Patents by Inventor Robert David Cleveland

Robert David Cleveland 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).

  • Initiating a communication session based on an associated content item
    Patent number: 10554696
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques in which one or more computing devices receive a signal from a first client computing device. The signal indicates that the first client computing device is available for participation in a communication session that enables communication between the first client computing device and one or more other client computing devices. The one or more computing devices determine a context for a topic of discussion associated with the communication session. The context is associated with a content item capable of being outputted by the first client computing device. Responsive to receiving the signal, the one or more computing devices initiate the communication session and send an invitation to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices to join the communication session. The invitation indicates the context of the communication session to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ujjwal Singh, Brian Laird, Christopher Paul David Johnson, Robert David Cleveland
  • INITIATING A COMMUNICATION SESSION BASED ON AN ASSOCIATED CONTENT ITEM
    Publication number: 20160226926
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques in which one or more computing devices receive a signal from a first client computing device. The signal indicates that the first client computing device is available for participation in a communication session that enables communication between the first client computing device and one or more other client computing devices. The one or more computing devices determine a context for a topic of discussion associated with the communication session. The context is associated with a content item capable of being outputted by the first client computing device. Responsive to receiving the signal, the one or more computing devices initiate the communication session and send an invitation to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices to join the communication session. The invitation indicates the context of the communication session to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ujjwal Singh, Brian Laird, Christopher Paul David Johnson, Robert David Cleveland
  • Initiating a communication session based on an associated content item
    Patent number: 9230241
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques in which one or more computing devices receive a signal from a first client computing device. The signal indicates that the first client computing device is available for participation in a communication session that enables communication between the first client computing device and one or more other client computing devices. The one or more computing devices determine a context for a topic of discussion associated with the communication session. The context is associated with a content item capable of being outputted by the first client computing device. Responsive to receiving the signal, the one or more computing devices initiate the communication session and send an invitation to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices to join the communication session. The invitation indicates the context of the communication session to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ujjwal Singh, Brian Laird, Christopher Paul David Johnson, Robert David Cleveland