Patents by Inventor Daniel Alan Rodney

Daniel Alan Rodney 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).

  • Scalable current leaderboard using delta-encoded updates
    Patent number: 9489447
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for providing a scalable current leaderboard. Entries may be received. The entries may include an identifier and a score. The entries may be sorted according to a sorting criterion to obtain a leaderboard. The entries may be ranked with a rank according to the position of the entry on the leaderboard. The entry may include the rank. The leaderboard may be divided into buckets. Each bucket may include consecutive entries from the leaderboard. One of the entries may be included at the end of a first buckets and at the beginning of a second buckets. The buckets may be ordered sequentially. The bucket may be updated with score versions to produce an updated bucket, where the score versions may include new versions and old versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Daniel Alan Rodney, Haruyoshi Sakai, Steve Martin
  • Scalable Current Leaderboard Using Delta-Encoded Updates
    Publication number: 20150242434
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for providing a scalable current leaderboard. Entries may be received. The entries may include an identifier and a score. The entries may be sorted according to a sorting criterion to obtain a leaderboard. The entries may be ranked with a rank according to the position of the entry on the leaderboard. The entry may include the rank. The leaderboard may be divided into buckets. Each bucket may include consecutive entries from the leaderboard. One of the entries may be included at the end of a first buckets and at the beginning of a second buckets. The buckets may be ordered sequentially. The bucket may be updated with score versions to produce an updated bucket, where the score versions may include new versions and old versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Derek Alexander Wollenstein, Daniel Alan Rodney, Haruyoshi Sakai, Steve Martin