Patents by Inventor Darwin Kengo Yamamoto

Darwin Kengo Yamamoto 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: 9606720
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a preview of a digital photo album is provided. A representation of a digital photo album, which includes plural content items is displayed on an electronic device. An interaction associated with the displayed representation of the digital photo album is detected on the electronic device. A determination of whether the interaction corresponds to a gesture that is maintained for a first threshold distance is made. A preview of the digital photo album is provided for display in response to the determination, where the preview includes one or more of the plural content items included within the digital photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ajmal Arshan Asver, Chandrashekar Raghavan, Denise K. Ho, Darwin Kengo Yamamoto, Aaron Schurman
  • Patent number: 8769399
    Abstract: Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for formatting and surfacing a badge are provided. The badge represents a graphical region presented in visual association with a search result on a web-results page. The format of the badge is initially dictated by a template that is automatically generated. Upon collecting performance information, a website owner is granted permission to alter the template and appearance of the badge, via a publisher portal. During interaction with the publisher portal, the website owner is prompted to provide feedback in order to manage parameters of the badge, such as uploading a visual representation of a logo, trademark, or other branded element, or specifying a type of metadata to be imported to the graphical region. Accordingly, the badge operates to improve a users' ability to distinguish between search results on the web-results page and assists users in confidently deciding upon and selecting a relevant search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Alec John Berntson, Darwin Kengo Yamamoto, Christina Marie Koehn, Steve Ballon, Keith Alan Regier, Brian Macdonald, Steven Tullis, Steven Macbeth, Rodney Coleman Edwards
  • Publication number: 20130007587
    Abstract: Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for formatting and surfacing a badge are provided. The badge represents a graphical region presented in visual association with a search result on a web-results page. The format of the badge is initially dictated by a template that is automatically generated. Upon collecting performance information, a website owner is granted permission to alter the template and appearance of the badge, via a publisher portal. During interaction with the publisher portal, the website owner is prompted to provide feedback in order to manage parameters of the badge, such as uploading a visual representation of a logo, trademark, or other branded element, or specifying a type of metadata to be imported to the graphical region. Accordingly, the badge operates to improve a users' ability to distinguish between search results on the web-results page and assists users in confidently deciding upon and selecting a relevant search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: DANIEL MARANTZ, ALEC JOHN BERNTSON, DARWIN KENGO YAMAMOTO, CHRISTINA MARIE KOEHN, STEVE BALLON, KEITH ALAN REGIER, BRIAN MACDONALD, STEVEN TULLIS, STEVEN MACBETH, RODNEY COLEMAN EDWARDS
  • Patent number: 8335784
    Abstract: Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary Mark Gutt, Paul Ronald Ray, Rodney Coleman Edwards, Darwin Kengo Yamamoto, Hady Moustafa Abou El Kheir, Brian Whalen MacDonald, Jerry Daniel Bain
  • Publication number: 20110055203
    Abstract: Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: ZACHARY MARK GUTT, PAUL RONALD RAY, RODNEY COLEMAN EDWARDS, DARWIN KENGO YAMAMOTO, HADY MOUSTAFA ABOU EL KHEIR, BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD, JERRY DANIEL BAIN