Patents by Inventor Ches Wajda

Ches Wajda 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).

  • Collaborative streaming of video content
    Patent number: 9560417
    Abstract: A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Pan, Ches Wajda, Hong Qu, Maryrose Dunton
  • Collaborative streaming of video content
    Patent number: 9282068
    Abstract: A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Pan, Ches Wajda, Hong Qu, Maryrose Dunton
  • Collaborative streaming of video content
    Patent number: 9246856
    Abstract: A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Pan, Ches Wajda, Hong Qu, Maryrose Dunton
  • Collaborative streaning of video content
    Patent number: 8700714
    Abstract: A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A video stream includes a group of videos to be viewed and commented by users who join the stream. Users who join a stream form a stream community. In a stream community, community members can add videos to the stream and interact collaboratively with others community members, such as chatting in real time with each other while viewing a video. With streams, a user can create a virtual room in an online video content distribution environment to watch videos of the streams and interact with others while sharing videos simultaneously. Consequently, users have an enhanced video viewing and sharing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Pan, Ches Wajda, Hong Qu, Maryrose Dunton
  • Collective ranking of digital content
    Patent number: 7840563
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collaboratively ranking a set of digital content items are disclosed. The invention utilizes users of a website who wish to participate in ranking a set of digital content items. In one embodiment, the method to determine a new collaborative ranking of a set of digital content items comprises receiving a plurality of ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, tallying the received user ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, calculate a ranking score by applying an algorithm comprising the number of user ranking votes to each digital content item and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Powers, Vijay Karunamurthy, Ches Wajda
  • Collective Ranking of Digital Content
    Publication number: 20080189272
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collaboratively ranking a set of digital content items are disclosed. The invention utilizes users of a website who wish to participate in ranking a set of digital content items. In one embodiment, the method to determine a new collaborative ranking of a set of digital content items comprises receiving a plurality of ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, tallying the received user ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, calculate a ranking score by applying an algorithm comprising the number of user ranking votes to each digital content item and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Powers, Vijay Karunamurthy, Ches Wajda