Patents by Inventor Ian James Leader

Ian James Leader 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: 11720920
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. Search results responsive to a query are identified including a first search result in a top set of search results, the first search result associated with a first entity. A first eligible content item is identified for presentation along with the search results, the first eligible content item associated with the first entity. A combined content item is identified that is a combination of the first search result and first eligible content item and is to be presented as a search result responsive to the query. The combined content item is augmented including: identifying entities related to the first entity, identifying content items that are associated with the related entities, selecting at least one identified content item, and using content from the selected content items to augment the combined content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhou, Jennifer J. Huang, Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Conrad Wai, Christopher Souvey, Lewis Denizen, Gaurav Garg, Awaneesh Verma, Emily Kay Moxley, Jeremy Silber, Daniel Amaral de Medeiros Rocha, Alexander Fischer
  • Patent number: 11386466
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao
  • Publication number: 20210286844
    Abstract: Routing packetized actions in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify trigger keyword and request, and generate an action data structure. The action data structure can include digital components and entity-action pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou, Gaurav Bhaya, Robert Stets
  • Patent number: 11030239
    Abstract: Routing packetized actions in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify trigger keyword and request, and generate an action data structure. The action data structure can include digital components and entity-action pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou, Gaurav Bhaya, Robert Stets
  • Patent number: 10929883
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. Search results responsive to a query are identified including a first search result in a top set of search results, the first search result associated with a first entity. A first eligible content item is identified for presentation along with the search results, the first eligible content item associated with the first entity. A combined content item is identified that is a combination of the first search result and first eligible content item and is to be presented as a search result responsive to the query. The combined content item is augmented including: identifying entities related to the first entity, identifying content items that are associated with the related entities, selecting at least one identified content item, and using content from the selected content items to augment the combined content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhou, Jennifer J. Huang, Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Conrad Wai, Christopher Souvey, Lewis Denizen, Gaurav Garg, Awaneesh Verma, Emily Kay Moxley, Jeremy Silber, Daniel Amaral de Medeiros Rocha, Alexander Fischer
  • Patent number: 10580039
    Abstract: Systems and methods for entity-based searching with content selection include receiving a search query and determining that the search query corresponds to a search entity. The search entity may be associated with an online action, thereby forming an entity-action pair. Auction parameters that specify the entity-action pair may be used to select third-party content. A visual layout for the third-party content may be generated based on the relationship between a search query and the entity-action pair and used as part of the presentation of the third-party content on a search result screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190205948
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao
  • Publication number: 20190180332
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao
  • Patent number: 10248976
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao
  • Patent number: 10108150
    Abstract: A computing system may process previous inputs from a user into at least one electronic device, the previous inputs including at least a first input indicating that the user has woken up and a second input indicating that the user has left a sleeping location. The computing system may predict a bed-to-door time duration between the user waking up and the user leaving the sleeping location based on the first input indicating that the user has woken up and the second input indicating that the user has left the sleeping location. The computing system may determine a wakeup time for the user based on the predicted bed-to-door time duration and a time at which the user should leave the sleeping location to arrive at the appointment on time. The computing system may cause the at least one electronic device to output an alarm at the determined wakeup time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Oana Gheorghita, Ali Ajdari Rad, Ian James Leader, Fabian Roth, Hans Van Wesenbeeck, Kristoffer Lidstroem
  • Publication number: 20180225375
    Abstract: Routing packetized actions in a voice activated data packet based computer network environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify trigger keyword and request, and generate an action data structure. The action data structure can include digital components and entity-action pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou, Gaurav Bhaya, Robert Stets
  • Patent number: 10007703
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a feed upload for search entity based content selection include receiving a feed. The feed has feed items that include identification data, a feed item type, and an online action. The identification data and item type are used to identify a unique search entity that corresponds to a named entity in the physical world. An entity-action pair is generated based on the identified search entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou
  • Patent number: 9953055
    Abstract: Systems and methods of this disclosure are directed to optimizing a content selector executing on content selection infrastructure. An entity engine retrieves a search query report with queries corresponding to selected content items of a content campaign and a performance metric for each query. The entity engine determines an entity for each of the queries. A cluster engine generates a first subset of the queries and a second subset of the queries based on the entity for each query. The cluster engine generates a first performance metric for the first subset and a second performance metric for the second subset. An interface displays the first performance metric and the second performance metric. A campaign generator receives a selection of a semantic criterion based on the first subset and updates the content campaign to include the semantic criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Lars Kare Engebretsen, Ian James Leader
  • Patent number: 9953085
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a feed upload for search entity based content selection include receiving a feed. The feed has feed items that include identification data, a feed item type, and an online action. The identification data and item type are used to identify a unique search entity that corresponds to a named entity in the physical world. An entity-action pair is generated based on the identified search entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou
  • Patent number: 9536259
    Abstract: Systems and methods for entity-based searching with content selection include receiving a search query and determining that the search query corresponds to a search entity. The search entity may be associated with an online action, thereby forming an entity-action pair. Auction parameters that specify the entity-action pair may be used to select third-party content. A visual layout for the third-party content may be generated based on the relationship between a search query and the entity-action pair and used as part of the presentation of the third-party content on a search result screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Yunkai Zhou
  • Patent number: 9298779
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. Search results responsive to a query are identified including a first search result in a top set of search results, the first search result associated with a first entity. A first eligible content item is identified for presentation along with the search results, the first eligible content item associated with the first entity. A combined content item is identified that is a combination of the first search result and first eligible content item and is to be presented as a search result responsive to the query. The combined content item is augmented including: identifying entities related to the first entity, identifying content items that are associated with the related entities, selecting at least one identified content item, and using content from the selected content items to augment the combined content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhou, Jennifer J. Huang, Alexander Collins, Ian James Leader, Conrad Wai, Christopher Souvey, Lewis Denizen, Gaurav Garg, Awaneesh Verma, Emily K. Moxley, Jeremy Silber, Daniel A. de M. Rocha, Alexander Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160019605
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao
  • Publication number: 20150199718
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. Search results are identified for a received search query, including identifying a number of top search results. For each of the number of top search results, an associated page is evaluated to identify prominent entities that describe content represented by the page, wherein evaluating includes creating a list of prominent entities from each page. Selection criteria are determined using the list of prominent entities, including ranking the entities in the list of prominent entities based at least in part on importance of a given entity to a respective source page and a ranking of the source page, wherein determining includes determining a weighted list of entities to use as selection criteria. Using the selection criteria, one or more content items are determined to deliver along with the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hannu Helminen, Ian James Leader
  • Publication number: 20150112818
    Abstract: Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Clemens Lombriser, Ian James Leader, Hongji Bao