Patents by Inventor James Robert MacGill

James Robert MacGill 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).

  • Publication number: 20150227583
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a set of search results. The set of search results is responsive to a search query received from a user. The method includes determining whether the search query is a navigational query or an exploratory query. The method also includes determining a number of search results to be presented to the user depending on whether the search query is determined to be a navigational query or an exploratory query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Vladislav Scholgol, James Robert Macgill
  • Patent number: 9098590
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Perrow, James Robert MacGill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • Patent number: 9015152
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a set of search results. The set of search results is responsive to a search query received from a user. The method includes determining whether the search query is a navigational query or an exploratory query. The method also includes determining a number of search results to be presented to the user depending on whether the search query is determined to be a navigational query or an exploratory query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vladislav Schogol, James Robert MacGill
  • Patent number: 8739123
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying information from a mapping application on a first domain on a web page, displaying one or more portable program modules from a second domain on the web page, and generating a display on the mapping application based actions form the one or more portable program modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Patent number: 8538944
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first search query that is associated with a particular query location. A first search result that is responsive to the first search query is selected. The first search result references a first resource that has a first catchment area. The first catchment area includes the particular query location. A second search result that is responsive to the first search query is selected. The second search result references a second resource that has a second catchment area. The second catchment area does not include the particular query location. The second catchment area does include a business location of the first resource. First data specifying selection of the first search result and the second search result in response to the search query are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Macgill, Tamara I. Stern
  • Patent number: 8316078
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Publication number: 20120246177
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • Patent number: 8201089
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • Publication number: 20120066296
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Patent number: 8032584
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Publication number: 20110022730
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Patent number: 7809785
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert MacGill
  • Publication number: 20100010958
    Abstract: A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that is requesting the display environment. The selection is facilitated by content targeting data (e.g., feature selection and query submission) that can be received from user devices while the map space is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Mike Perrow, James Robert Macgill, Dana Zhang, Nicholas Verne, David Symonds
  • Publication number: 20080301643
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes displaying information from a mapping application on a first domain on a web page, displaying one or more portable program modules from a second domain on the web page, and generating a display on the mapping application based actions form the one or more portable program modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill
  • Publication number: 20080298342
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Appleton, Steffen Meschkat, Thai Tran, Adam Sah, Zheng Wang, Adam Paul Schuck, James Robert Macgill