Patents by Inventor Ian Mesa

Ian Mesa 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).

  • Publication number: 20240320269
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Alan Lee Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Patent number: 12032633
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alan Lee Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Publication number: 20230315788
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Lee Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Patent number: 11023106
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes transmitting a visual-content query to a server computing device and receiving a response to the visual-content query that identifies a digital supplement. The example method also includes causing a user interface to be displayed that includes information associated with the digital supplement. The visual-content query may be based on an image. The digital supplement may include information about the content of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Patent number: 10878037
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Publication number: 20200159377
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes transmitting a visual-content query to a server computing device and receiving a response to the visual-content query that identifies a digital supplement. The example method also includes causing a user interface to be displayed that includes information associated with the digital supplement. The visual-content query may be based on an image. The digital supplement may include information about the content of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Patent number: 10579230
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes transmitting a visual-content query to a server computing device and receiving a response to the visual-content query that identifies a digital supplement. The example method also includes causing a user interface to be displayed that includes information associated with the digital supplement. The visual-content query may be based on an image. The digital supplement may include information about the content of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Publication number: 20190391715
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes transmitting a visual-content query to a server computing device and receiving a response to the visual-content query that identifies a digital supplement. The example method also includes causing a user interface to be displayed that includes information associated with the digital supplement. The visual-content query may be based on an image. The digital supplement may include information about the content of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson
  • Publication number: 20190392084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Joyce, Edgar Chung, Zhe Yang, Ian Mesa, Joseph Olson