Patents by Inventor Christopher Jason Wetherell

Christopher Jason Wetherell 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: 9075505
    Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox
  • Patent number: 8949154
    Abstract: Additional content items that satisfy predefined criteria with respect to a user-selected content item are identified. The predefined criteria may be that the selected and additional content items have particular characteristics that are the same. Information corresponding to the selected and identified content items is presented to a user. Characteristics based on which additional content items may be identified may include data type, source, and absence of content. The information may be presented in a gallery view, which can be a thumbnails gallery for images or a playlist for digital audio or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Jason Wetherell
  • Patent number: 8255812
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of serving content includes receiving information identifying one or more content items in a content feed. The one or more content items have been individually selected by a first user at a first client. Code is provided that, when incorporated into a webpage, instructs the webpage to display or list the selected one or more content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai Parparita, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Jason H. Shellen
  • Patent number: 8230361
    Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox
  • Publication number: 20120060121
    Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox