Patents by Inventor William C. Brougher

William C. Brougher 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: 9760547
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems are described for computer implemented online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors for online publication are received at one or more first computers. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author corresponding to the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. An online content item from the multiple online content items is published for display on one or more second computers, which includes displaying an advertisement in conjunction with displaying the online content item. A share of revenue for the author of the online content item for displaying the advertisement is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brougher, Nathan Stoll, Sepandar D. Karnvar, Brian Axe, Christian Oestlien
  • Publication number: 20150074005
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that displays a patent. This system provides a user interface, which is configured to display panels containing different sections of the patent, wherein the panels for the different sections of the patent are visible at the same time. In this way, a user does not have to navigate to view the different sections of the patent. In a variation on this embodiment, the panels for the different sections of the patent can include: (1) a patent summary panel, which displays the abstract of the patent and also displays information associated with the patent, including: the patent number, the filing date, the issue date, the names of the inventors and the assignee; (2) a citations panel which displays documents which are cited by the patent; and (3) a claims panel which displays one or more claims in the patent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: William C. Brougher, Doug Banks
  • Publication number: 20130151497
    Abstract: A system identifies a document, performs a search to identify web documents relating to an attribute associated with the document, and provides information associated with the web documents and the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Siraj KHALIQ, William C. Brougher
  • Patent number: 8386453
    Abstract: A system identifies a document, performs a search to identify web documents relating to an attribute associated with the document, and provides information associated with the web documents and the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Siraj Khaliq, William C. Brougher
  • Patent number: 8150842
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems are described for online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors are received at one or more first computers for online publication. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author of the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. In response to a query for online content received from a second computer, a set of search results is generated that includes an online content item from the multiple online content items. A ranking of the online content item in the set is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brougher, Nathan Stoll, Sepandar D. Kamvar, Michael D. Dixon
  • Publication number: 20090157667
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems are described for online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors are received at one or more first computers for online publication. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author of the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. In response to a query for online content received from a second computer, a set of search results is generated that includes an online content item from the multiple online content items. A ranking of the online content item in the set is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: William C. Brougher, Nathan Stoll, Sepandar D. Kamvar, Michael D. Dixon
  • Publication number: 20090157491
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems are described for computer implemented online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors for online publication are received at one or more first computers. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author corresponding to the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. An online content item from the multiple online content items is published for display on one or more second computers, which includes displaying an advertisement in conjunction with displaying the online content item. A share of revenue for the author of the online content item for displaying the advertisement is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: William C. Brougher, Nathan Stoll, Sepandar D. Kamvar, Brian Axe, Christian Oestlien