Patents by Inventor David G. Arthur

David G. Arthur 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: 10579709
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method for providing creatives. The method comprises identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion and a body portion, where the body portion includes a visual uniform resource locator (URL), the visual URL comprising a visual portion and a link to a resource. The method further comprises evaluating the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion, including determining when promotion of the visual URL satisfies one or more promotion criterion, and if so, promoting the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion. The method further comprises providing the creative including the title portion with the promoted visual URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily Kay Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Publication number: 20180349330
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method for providing creatives. The method comprises identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion and a body portion, where the body portion includes a visual uniform resource locator (URL), the visual URL comprising a visual portion and a link to a resource. The method further comprises evaluating the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion, including determining when promotion of the visual URL satisfies one or more promotion criterion, and if so, promoting the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion. The method further comprises providing the creative including the title portion with the promoted visual URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily Kay Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Patent number: 10061751
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method for providing creatives. The method comprises identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion and a body portion, where the body portion includes a visual uniform resource locator (URL), the visual URL comprising a visual portion and a link to a resource. The method further comprises evaluating the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion, including determining when promotion of the visual URL satisfies one or more promotion criterion, and if so, promoting the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion. The method further comprises providing the creative including the title portion with the promoted visual URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily Kay Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Patent number: 9471551
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method that includes identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing. The creative includes a title portion and a body portion. The body portion includes a plurality of lines of text includes a first line of text and a second line of text. The method further includes evaluating the body portion including determining when the body portion includes a complete phrase. The evaluating includes applying a test to one or more words in the body portion. The method further includes promoting, using the one or more processors, the complete phrase into the title portion. The method further includes providing the creative includes the title portion with the promoted complete phrase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily K. Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Patent number: 9378191
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for providing creatives. The method comprises identifying a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion, a body portion and optionally a reference portion. The method further comprises evaluating the body portion and the reference portion including determining when either portion includes one or more candidate words or candidate reference that can be added to the title portion. The method further comprises determining when, if promoted, the candidate one or more words or candidate reference would be redundant to content already included in the title portion. The method further comprises promoting the candidate one or more words or candidate reference into the title portion when no unacceptable redundancy is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily K. Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Patent number: 9304985
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method for providing creatives. The method comprises identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion and a body portion, where the body portion includes a visual uniform resource locator (URL), the visual URL comprising a visual portion and a link to a resource. The method further comprises evaluating the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion, including determining when promotion of the visual URL satisfies one or more promotion criterion, and if so, promoting the visual URL for inclusion in the title portion. The method further comprises providing the creative including the title portion with the promoted visual URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily K. Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn
  • Patent number: 8712850
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a computer-implemented method for providing a creative. The method comprises identifying, using one or more processors, a creative for processing, the creative including a title portion, a body portion and optionally a reference portion. The method further comprises evaluating the body portion including determining when the body portion includes one or more words that can be added to the title portion. The method further comprises promoting, using the one or more processors, the one or more words into the title portion. The method further comprises providing the creative including the title portion with the promoted one or more words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek Raghunathan, David G. Arthur, Rohan Jain, Emily K. Moxley, Shivakumar Venkataraman, Nipun Kwatra, Brett A. McLarnon, David J. Ganzhorn