Patents by Inventor Ariel L. Rideout

Ariel L. Rideout 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: 8520809
    Abstract: A server system having one or more processors and memory receives a respective electronic message associated with audio data and determines whether the respective electronic message is associated with a voicemail tag that identifies the audio data as including a voicemail message. In accordance with a determination that the respective electronic message is associated with the voicemail tag, the server system sends an audio player object for playing the audio data along with the respective electronic message when the respective electronic message is delivered to a client. In accordance with a determination that the respective electronic message is not associated with the voicemail tag, the server system sends the respective electronic message without the audio player object when the respective electronic message is delivered to a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Rose Yao, Ariel L. Rideout, Michael D. Sego
  • Publication number: 20120114109
    Abstract: A server system having one or more processors and memory receives a respective electronic message associated with audio data and determines whether the respective electronic message is associated with a voicemail tag that identifies the audio data as including a voicemail message. In accordance with a determination that the respective electronic message is associated with the voicemail tag, the server system sends an audio player object for playing the audio data along with the respective electronic message when the respective electronic message is delivered to a client. In accordance with a determination that the respective electronic message is not associated with the voicemail tag, the server system sends the respective electronic message without the audio player object when the respective electronic message is delivered to a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Rose YAO, Ariel L. RIDEOUT, Michael D. SEGO
  • Patent number: 8121263
    Abstract: When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with the same thread as the electronic message. The electronic message with the voicemail attachment is associated with a conversation thread that may also include chat messages and email messages. In a conversation view of a respective conversation thread, representations of an electronic voicemail message (an electronic message having a voicemail attachment), one or more chat messages and one or more email messages may be displayed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Rose Yao, Ariel L. Rideout, Michael D. Sego
  • Patent number: 7769144
    Abstract: When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with the same thread as the electronic message. The electronic message with the voicemail attachment is associated with a conversation thread that may also include chat messages and email messages. In a conversation view of a respective conversation thread, representations of an electronic voicemail message (an electronic message having a voicemail attachment), one or more chat messages and one or more email messages may be displayed simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Rose Yao, Ariel L. Rideout, Michael D. Sego
  • Publication number: 20080037726
    Abstract: When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with the same thread as the electronic message. The electronic message with the voicemail attachment is associated with a conversation thread that may also include chat messages and email messages. In a conversation view of a respective conversation thread, representations of an electronic voicemail message (an electronic message having a voicemail attachment), one or more chat messages and one or more email messages may be displayed simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Rose Yao, Ariel L. Rideout, Michael D. Sego
  • Publication number: 20080037721
    Abstract: When an electronic message with a voicemail attachment is received, an audio player object and a reply by chat object are displayed simultaneously along with the electronic message. A reply to the electronic message, whether by chat or by email, is associated with the same thread as the electronic message. The electronic message with the voicemail attachment is associated with a conversation thread that may also include chat messages and email messages. In a conversation view of a respective conversation thread, representations of an electronic voicemail message (an electronic message having a voicemail attachment), one or more chat messages and one or more email messages may be displayed simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Rose Yao, Ariel L. Rideout, Michael D. Sego