Patents by Inventor Brian Gogan

Brian Gogan 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: 20150208127
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method including receiving programming data from programming data stores, each of the received programming data having a data store identification, converting each of the programming data to a common data format, the common data format being different than a data formats of the received data, maintaining a list of unique identifications of converted programming data, associating converted like programming data received from the programming data stores with one of the unique identifications, wherein like programming data received from different programming data stores is associated with the same program content, selecting one of the programming data stores associated with the like programming data as a programming data source for each of the associated unique identifications, and generating a unified view of the converted programming data including each of the associated unique identifications and each of the selected data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Simon, Erez Louidor, Brian Gogan
  • Patent number: 8438171
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of media items. Each metadata includes a ranking score and a resource locator of the media item. Queuing media item identifiers based on the plurality of metadata and ordering the queue based on the ranking scores. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item and providing the portion to a content playback device. Receiving vote indications for an unplayed media item. The ranking score of the unplayed media is updated item based on the received vote indications. The unplayed media items are reordered in the queue based upon the updated ranking score of the unplayed media item. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item in the reordered queue and providing the portion to a content playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Gogan
  • Publication number: 20130080445
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of media items. Each metadata includes a ranking score and a resource locator of the media item. Queuing media item identifiers based on the plurality of metadata and ordering the queue based on the ranking scores. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item and providing the portion to a content playback device. Receiving vote indications for an unplayed media item. The ranking score of the unplayed media is updated item based on the received vote indications. The unplayed media items are reordered in the queue based upon the updated ranking score of the unplayed media item. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item in the reordered queue and providing the portion to a content playback device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Brian Gogan
  • Patent number: 8204890
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of media items. Each metadata includes a ranking score and a resource locator of the media item. Queuing media item identifiers based on the plurality of metadata and ordering the queue based on the ranking scores. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item and providing the portion to a content playback device. Receiving vote indications for an unplayed media item. The ranking score of the unplayed media is updated item based on the received vote indications. The unplayed media items are reordered in the queue based upon the updated ranking score of the unplayed media item. Retrieving a portion of a highest-ranking unplayed media item in the reordered queue and providing the portion to a content playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Gogan