Patents by Inventor Devesh Kothari

Devesh Kothari has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8984559
    Abstract: A personalized auto-generated electronic programming guide for content delivery platforms is presented. A method to create a personalized auto-generated electronic programming guide (EPG) for content delivery platforms is also provided. The method can include obtaining, by a computing device, user preferences for content to be scheduled for a user, the user preferences including a type of content and a preferred time to view the type of content. The method can also include identifying one or more content items of a content hosting service that satisfy the user preferences and scheduling the identified one or more content items according to the user preferences. The method can also include presenting information about the scheduled one or more content items in a personalized EPG and providing the personalized EPG for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Devesh Kothari
  • Patent number: 8923647
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to providing privacy in a social network system. In some embodiments, a method includes recognizing one or more objects in at least one photo. The method also includes determining one or more objects to be obscured in the at least one photo based on one or more user preferences. The method also includes causing the at least one photo to be displayed such that the determined one or more objects are obscured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventor: Devesh Kothari
  • Publication number: 20130332959
    Abstract: A personalized auto-generated electronic programming guide for content delivery platforms is presented. A method to create a personalized auto-generated electronic programming guide (EPG) for content delivery platforms is also provided. The method can include obtaining, by a computing device, user preferences for content to be scheduled for a user, the user preferences including a type of content and a preferred time to view the type of content. The method can also include identifying one or more content items of a content hosting service that satisfy the user preferences and scheduling the identified one or more content items according to the user preferences. The method can also include presenting information about the scheduled one or more content items in a personalized EPG and providing the personalized EPG for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Devesh Kothari