Patents by Inventor Ryan Steelberg

Ryan Steelberg 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).

  • Enhanced World Wide Web-Based Communications
    Publication number: 20120159356
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a browsing widget, comprising a javascript component that obtains at least one permission regarding the primary content and that receives browsing content produced remotely from a second one of the javascript component as forwarded over at least one network to said javascript component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MEDIA ENHANCEMENT THAT PROVIDES A SPRINGING BROWSER WINDOW
    Publication number: 20120150665
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120151324
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONTEXTUALLY-BASED MEDIA ENHANCEMENT WIDGET
    Publication number: 20120150944
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120150663
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120150647
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120150646
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLACKLISTING CONTENT OF A CONTEXTUALLY-BASED MEDIA ENHANCEMENT WIDGET
    Publication number: 20120151325
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for a Vibrant Flash Widget
    Publication number: 20120150660
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget for serving ads and endorsements to certain media content. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for a Media Enhancement Widget
    Publication number: 20120144314
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan Steelberg
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SELF PLACEMENT MEDIA ENHANCEMENT WIDGET
    Publication number: 20120130807
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPORTS VIDEO PUBLISHING AND DELIVERY AND API FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20120131443
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Selecting a Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120130815
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for Disambiguating a Request for a Media Enhancement
    Publication number: 20120059852
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg
  • Open API video system and method of making and using same
    Patent number: 8122467
    Abstract: A video player unit, system and method, and a video hierarchy. Included are at least one memory device, a plurality of communication access points for receiving at least one program play, an open application programming interface associated with the at least one memory device, wherein a plurality of applications correspondent to the open application programming interface allow a user to manipulate metadata associated with ones of the programs plays, wherein the metadata relates to interframe interactivity with detailed aspects of the ones of the program plays, and at least one correlation engine in communication with the open application programming interface, wherein the at least one correlation engine provides for correlation among at least the interframes of the program play to ones of the interframes of other ones of the program plays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Auctioneer
    Patent number: 8099327
    Abstract: A system and method select bids for a plurality of media plays, such as advertising spots on radio stations. Users provide bids for the medial plays and may select providers of the media plays and a time period of the media play. The media plays are associated with the bids. The bids are allocated to the media plays, and winning bids are selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg, Scott Beauchamp, Russell Kevin Ketchum, Robert Gardner, Alex Smolyanov, Jos Bergmans
  • Traffic estimator
    Patent number: 8099326
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and a user interface are used for bidding on media plays. The user can specify criteria for play of the media play, including times, stations, and budgets. A traffic estimator uses historical data to estimate bids and auctions, and the likelihood of winning, for generating listener traffic based on the criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Steelberg, Ryan Steelberg, Scott Beauchamp, Russell Kevin Ketchum, Eliot Clingman, Robert Gardner
  • Deep Water Power Generation System and Apparatus
    Publication number: 20110278843
    Abstract: A system for generation of power using an apparatus in deep water is disclosed. The system includes a ballast buoy configured to achieve a desired depth in the deep water, a substantially vertical hollow tube attached to the ballast buoy that is submerged under water when the ballast buoy achieves the desired depth in the deep water, and a converter for converting the physical environment created in the substantially vertical hollow tube by placement of the ballast buoy at the desired depth in the deep water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • High Volume Scrollbar and Method for Using Same
    Publication number: 20110258577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for navigate through large amounts of data in a quick and instantaneous manner by use of a scrollbar. The present invention may display information related to data being reviewed from a remote database, for example, without significantly increasing use of available processor capacity. The displayed information may allow the user of the present invention to effectively navigate large amounts of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg
  • Apparatus, System and Method for a Media Enhancement Widget
    Publication number: 20110225508
    Abstract: The present invention is and includes a device, system and method for providing an image enhancement widget. The device, system and method include a javascript component that, upon execution, obtains at least one subject of primary content on a networked page, and at least one permission for enhancement of the primary content, ones of a plurality of content produced remotely from the javascript component and according to the javascript component, and an enhancement widget. The enhancement widget may be a flash widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan Steelberg, Chad Steelberg