Patents by Inventor Charles Thomas Curry

Charles Thomas Curry 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: 20240086413
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Eileen Long, Jonathan Frankle, William Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yeung, Karin Ingrid von Glehn
  • Patent number: 11829373
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, Jonathan Frankle, Will Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Ingrid Karin von Glehn
  • Patent number: 10671616
    Abstract: A method for selectively modifying scores of youth-oriented content search results is disclosed. The method includes identifying a plurality of search results, with each search result being associated with one of a plurality of scores. The method further includes selecting a subset of search results from the plurality of search results, and selecting a subset of scores within the plurality of scores that includes scores associated with the selected subset of search results. The method further includes modifying each score of the subset of scores with a query-dependent factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Frankle, William Chambers, Charles Thomas Curry, Eileen Margaret Peters Long
  • Patent number: 9967628
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rating videos based on parental feedback axe presented. In an aspect, a method is provided that includes providing supervisory users respectively having a supervisory role over other users access to watch histories of respective ones of the other users and receiving feedback from the supervisory users regarding appropriateness of a video for the other users, respectively. The method further includes determining an age rating for the media item based on an average age of the other users that the feedback indicates the video is appropriate for, and recommending the video to a user for watching based on the user having an age that satisfies the age rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shiva Jaini, Kevin Dame, Bosun Adeoti, Charles Thomas Curry
  • Publication number: 20170251263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rating videos based on parental feedback axe presented. In an aspect, a method is provided that includes providing supervisory users respectively having a supervisory role over other users access to watch histories of respective ones of the other users and receiving feedback from the supervisory users regarding appropriateness of a video for the other users, respectively. The method further includes determining an age rating for the media item based on an average age of the other users that the feedback indicates the video is appropriate for, and recommending the video to a user for watching based on the user having an age that satisfies the age rating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Shiva Jaini, Kevin Dame, Bosun Adeoti, Charles Thomas Curry
  • Patent number: 9674579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for rating videos based on parental feedback are presented. In an aspect, a method is provided that includes providing supervisory users respectively having a supervisory role over other users access to watch histories of respective ones of the other users and receiving feedback from the supervisory users regarding appropriateness of a video for the other users, respectively. The method further includes determining an age rating for the media item based on an average age of the other users that the feedback indicates the video is appropriate for, and recommending the video to a user for watching based on the user having an age that satisfies the age rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Shiva Jaini, Kevin Dame, Bosun Adeoti, Charles Thomas Curry
  • Publication number: 20160246791
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, Jonathan Frankle, Will Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Ingrid Karin von Glehn