Patents by Inventor Gregory Garland Thatcher
Gregory Garland Thatcher 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).
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Patent number: 11947707Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining an external content item from an online service for presentation on the client device is presented. On the client device, a condition is detected in the execution context of an executing application, the condition corresponding to the presentation of an external content item by the application. A request is made to the online service for content items. In response, content information is received, where the content information identifies potential content items. According to various embodiments, initial scores are associated with each potential content item in the content information. At the client device, a completed score is generated for each content item according to local information on the client device and the corresponding initial score. An external content item is selected for presentation on the client device from the potential content items according to, at least in part, the completed scores.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Vungle, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Hammond Guerin, Jian Chen, Akifumi Shinagawa, Albert Tsai
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Publication number: 20220343024Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining an external content item from an online service for presentation on the client device is presented. On the client device, a condition is detected in the execution context of an executing application, the condition corresponding to the presentation of an external content item by the application. A request is made to the online service for content items. In response, content information is received, where the content information identifies potential content items. According to various embodiments, initial scores are associated with each potential content item in the content information. At the client device, a completed score is generated for each content item according to local information on the client device and the corresponding initial score. An external content item is selected for presentation on the client device from the potential content items according to, at least in part, the completed scores.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Hammond Guerin, Jian Chen, Akifumi Shinagawa, Albert Tsai
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Patent number: 10911383Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.Inventors: Adam Michael Smith, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Gregory Garland Thatcher
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Patent number: 10768787Abstract: A communication is received over a network from a sender. A method includes identifying, by a computing device, one or more candidates for a phone number in the communication, the one or more candidates including a first candidate; determining, by the computing device, whether the first candidate is an IP address; and in response to determining that the first candidate is not an IP address, storing, in a data repository, the first candidate as a first phone number in a profile of the sender.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: OATH INC.Inventors: Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Gregory Garland Thatcher, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Robin Andrew Radez, Frank J. Cort
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Publication number: 20180131652Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Adam Michael SMITH, Joshua Robert Russell JACOBSON, Brian Tadao KOBASHIKAWA, Gregory Garland THATCHER
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Patent number: 9866509Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Adam Michael Smith, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Gregory Garland Thatcher
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Patent number: 9819765Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during user input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. When a user is typing an input, the profiles are used to identify suggestions for the completion of the user input.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20170083190Abstract: Information is presented to a user of a user device by a method including: collecting data relating to communications sent to or from the user, including to or from a first person, each communication including a link of a plurality of links; generating personal profiles from the collected data, the profiles comprising a first personal profile of the first person and including a first link of the plurality of links; and presenting the first personal profile to the user, comprising displaying the first link in a user interface on the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Gregory Garland Thatcher, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Robin Andrew Radez, Frank J. Cort
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Patent number: 9514466Abstract: Information is presented to a user of a user device by a method including: collecting data relating to communications sent to or from the user, including to or from a first person, each communication including a link of a plurality of links; generating personal profiles from the collected data, the profiles comprising a first personal profile of the first person and including a first link of the plurality of links; and presenting the first personal profile to the user, comprising displaying the first link in a user interface on the user device.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Gregory Garland Thatcher, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Robin Andrew Radez, Frank J. Cort
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Publication number: 20160028674Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Adam Michael Smith, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Gregory Garland Thatcher
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Patent number: 9152952Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Adam Michael Smith, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Gregory Garland Thatcher
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Publication number: 20120215861Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing e-mails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to identify false positives.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATIONInventors: Adam Michael Smith, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Gregory Garland Thatcher
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Publication number: 20120166999Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during user input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. When a user is typing an input, the profiles are used to identify suggestions for the completion of the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
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Patent number: 8145791Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Xobni CorporationInventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20110219317Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20110119593Abstract: Information is presented to a user of a user device by a method including: collecting data relating to communications sent to or from the user, including to or from a first person, each communication including a link of a plurality of links; generating personal profiles from the collected data, the profiles comprising a first personal profile of the first person and including a first link of the plurality of links; and presenting the first personal profile to the user, comprising displaying the first link in a user interface on the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Gregory Garland Thatcher, Brian Tadao Kobashikawa, Robin Andrew Radez, Frank J. Cort
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Patent number: 7930430Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Xobni CorporationInventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20110010423Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory Garland THATCHER, Joshua Robert Russell JACOBSON, Frank J. CORT, Adam Michael SMITH
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Patent number: 7805492Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Xobni CorporationInventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith