Patents by Inventor Antonino Gulli

Antonino Gulli 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).

  • Method and system to present a preview of video content
    Publication number: 20070130602
    Abstract: A method and system to preview video content. The system includes a loader to present one or more objects associated with video content, responsive to a search request; a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first object from the one or more objects; and a mode selector to provide the first object in a preview mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Mario Veri
  • Method and system to present video content
    Publication number: 20070130159
    Abstract: A method and system to preview video content. The system comprises an access component to receive a search request and a loader to simultaneously stream a plurality of videos associated with the search request. The system may further comprise a trigger to detect a pointer positioned over a first video and a mode selector to provide the first video in a preview mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Mario Veri
  • Sampling Internet user traffic to improve search results
    Publication number: 20070112730
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for improving Internet search results include monitoring network activity on a communications network, generating a near real-time map of the network activity, and integrating the near real-time map with a search engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Monica Mori
  • Similarity detection and clustering of images
    Publication number: 20070078846
    Abstract: A method for determining if a set of images in a large collection of images are near duplicates is described. The method includes processing the set of images, generating an image signature for each image in the set of images, and comparing the generated image signatures. The method can be used in clustering and ranking of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Antonino Gulli, Antonio Savona, Tao Yang, Xin Liu, Beitao Li, Ankur Choksi, Filippo Tanganelli, Luigi Carnevale