Patents by Inventor Robert McMullan

Robert McMullan 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: 20140181205
    Abstract: Implementations generally relate to promoting sharing in a social network system. In some implementations, a method includes receiving one or more media items in a social network, where the one or more media items are associated with a location. The method also includes detecting a post, where content in the post references the location. The method also includes providing a suggestion to a user to share the one or more media items in the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Doug Sherrets, Scott Robert McMullan, Daniel Burka
  • Publication number: 20130347078
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for automatically authorizing data transfer from a third party service to a user device. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive a request for data from a user of a user device; receive information associated with the user and information associated with the user device; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for the user device; and if the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site or has previously provided authorization for the user device, send data to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc
    Inventors: Ayush Agarwal, David Glazer, Samuel Shoji Fukujima Goto, Jennifer W. Lin, Francis Ma, Scott Robert McMullan, Joseph Robert Smarr, Seth Jason Sternberg
  • Publication number: 20120324695
    Abstract: An extension tooling apparatus can include a delivery portion and a control portion. The delivery portion can include a base element mountable to a fixed surface, an arm pivotably coupled to the base element, and a tool attachment coupled to a tool end of the arm. The control portion can include a shank, a tip member joined to a tip end of the shank, and a collar adjacent a distal end of the tip member. The collar can support the tool attachment of the delivery portion so that positioning of the tool attachment is controllable by movement of the shank. The extension tooling apparatus can be useful for manipulating nuts, bolts, and other hardware from a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: PROMATION NUCLEAR LTD.
    Inventors: David Taro Morikawa, Bernard Argos Majarais, Radomir Radivojcevic, Robert McMullan