Patents by Inventor Christopher Alvino

Christopher Alvino 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: 10698909
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting and ordering groups of titles to present as recommendations. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed by one or more computing devices of an online services comprises selecting, for each of a plurality of row positions, a group of titles to fill the row position based at least in part on a relevance score computed for the group of titles. The relevance score is based at least in part on a personalized ranking for a particular user of titles in the groups in titles selected to fill the row positions. The groups of titles selected to fill to the row positions are presented as recommendations to the particular user as a sequence of rows in which each row in the sequence corresponds to one of the selected groups of titles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Alvino, Carlos Gomez-Uribe, Che Hammond, Janis Stipins, III
  • Publication number: 20170039199
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting and ordering groups of titles to present as recommendations. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed by one or more computing devices of an online services comprises selecting, for each of a plurality of row positions, a group of titles to fill the row position based at least in part on a relevance score computed for the group of titles. The relevance score is based at least in part on a personalized ranking for a particular user of titles in the groups in titles selected to fill the row positions. The groups of titles selected to fill to the row positions are presented as recommendations to the particular user as a sequence of rows in which each row in the sequence corresponds to one of the selected groups of titles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER ALVINO, CARLOS GOMEZ-URIBE, CHE HAMMOND, JANIS STIPINS, III
  • Patent number: 9477713
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting and ordering groups of titles to present as recommendations. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed by one or more computing devices of an online services comprises selecting, for each of a plurality of row positions, a group of titles to fill the row position based at least in part on a relevance score computed for the group of titles. The relevance score is based at least in part on a personalized ranking for a particular user of titles in the groups in titles selected to fill the row positions. The groups of titles selected to fill to the row positions are presented as recommendations to the particular user as a sequence of rows in which each row in the sequence corresponds to one of the selected groups of titles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Alvino, Carlos Gomez-Uribe, Che Hammond, Janis Stipins, III
  • Publication number: 20150356087
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting and ordering groups of titles to present as recommendations. In one embodiment, for example, a method performed by one or more computing devices of an online services comprises selecting, for each of a plurality of row positions, a group of titles to fill the row position based at least in part on a relevance score computed for the group of titles. The relevance score is based at least in part on a personalized ranking for a particular user of titles in the groups in titles selected to fill the row positions. The groups of titles selected to fill to the row positions are presented as recommendations to the particular user as a sequence of rows in which each row in the sequence corresponds to one of the selected groups of titles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Alvino, Carlos Gomez-Uribe, Che Hammond, Janis Stipins, III
  • Patent number: 7957591
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for propagating information about an image to segment a target structure. An input to denote a region of interest of the image containing the target structure is received. A first seed is set outside of the target structure and a second seed is set inside the target structure. A first partial differential equation (PDE) associated with the first seed is solved and a second PDE associated with the second seed is solved to segment the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gozde Unal, Bertrand Peny, Gregory G. Slabaugh, Christopher Alvino, Tong Fang
  • Publication number: 20070110310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for propagating information about an image to segment a target structure. An input to denote a region of interest of the image containing the target structure is received. A first seed is set outside of the target structure and a second seed is set inside the target structure. A first partial differential equation (PDE) associated with the first seed is solved and a second PDE associated with the second seed is solved to segment the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH INC
    Inventors: Gozde Unal, Bertrand Peny, Gregory Slabaugh, Christopher Alvino, Tong Fang