Patents by Inventor Brinton Williams

Brinton Williams 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).

  • Adaptive search using social graph information
    Patent number: 11461340
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for returning accurate and relevant search results in an online platform. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for displaying a first set of search results, the first set of search results including a first plurality of media content items arranged in an order of descending relevance based on search frequency, receiving a first character input from a user of a user device, the first character input defining a first character in a search query, and updating the first set of search results to a second set of search results based on the first character input, the second set of search results comprising at least one media content item not included in the first set of search results that is available for consumption by the user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Choi, Daniel Morales, Brinton Williams, Christopher DePizzol
  • ADAPTIVE SEARCH USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190220523
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for returning accurate and relevant search results in an online platform. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for displaying a first set of search results, the first set of search results including a first plurality of media content items arranged in an order of descending relevance based on search frequency, receiving a first character input from a user of a user device, the first character input defining a first character in a search query, and updating the first set of search results to a second set of search results based on the first character input, the second set of search results comprising at least one media content item not included in the first set of search results that is available for consumption by the user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Choi, Daniel Morales, Brinton Williams, Christopher DePizzol