Patents by Inventor Karen Groenink

Karen Groenink 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: 9298705
    Abstract: A system and method for associating a photo with a geographic place is provided. Indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo is received. Based on the user input requesting suggestions, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo are determined, the one or more suggestions for the place being proximate to the mapped location of the photo. The determined one or more suggestions for the place are provided for display. Indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place is received. The selected place is associated with the photo. The associated place and the mapped location of the photo are provided for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolay Zherebtsov, Gyuri Dorko, Karen Groenink
  • Publication number: 20150153934
    Abstract: A system and method for associating a photo with a geographic place is provided. Indication of user input requesting suggestions for a place to associate with the photo is received. Based on the user input requesting suggestions, one or more suggestions for the place to associate with the photo are determined, the one or more suggestions for the place being proximate to the mapped location of the photo. The determined one or more suggestions for the place are provided for display. Indication of user input selecting one place from the one or more suggestions for the place is received. The selected place is associated with the photo. The associated place and the mapped location of the photo are provided for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolay ZHEREBTSOV, Gyuri DORKO, Karen GROENINK
  • Publication number: 20090187954
    Abstract: The described embodiments of the present invention provide a video database client application configured to execute on a wireless communication device or a device with a small display screen. The video database client application includes a user interface including user interface components designed to access video information and view videos using the wireless communication device. The video database client application includes a video player module to integrate and control a native video player within the user interface. The video database client application further includes a video database interface module adapted to retrieve videos and video information from the video database. The video database interface module functions to pre-fetch information from the video database based on anticipated user information needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Tuerk, Stephen Spence, Natalie Doduc, Karen Groenink, Matthew Sharifi, Tim Jones, Dwipal Desai
  • Publication number: 20090187859
    Abstract: The described embodiments of the present invention provide a video database client application configured to execute on a wireless communication device or a device with a small display screen. The video database client application includes a user interface including user interface components designed to access video information and view videos using the wireless communication device. The video database client application includes a video player module to integrate and control a native video player within the user interface. The video database client application further includes a video database interface module adapted to retrieve videos and video information from the video database. The video database interface module functions to pre-fetch information from the video database based on anticipated user information needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Tuerk, Stephen Spence, Natalie Doduc, Karen Groenink, Matthew Sharifi, Tim Jones, Dwipal Desai