Patents by Inventor Jacob Smullyan

Jacob Smullyan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for enabling a searchable history of real-world user experiences
    Patent number: 9087058
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a searchable history of real-world user experiences is described. The method may include capturing media data by a mobile computing device. The method may also include transmitting the captured media data to a server computer system, the server computer system to perform one or more recognition processes on the captured media data and add the captured media data to a history of real-world experiences of a user of the mobile computing device when the one or more recognition processes find a match. The method may also include transmitting a query of the user to the server computer system to initiate a search of the history or real-world experiences, and receiving results relevant to the query that include data indicative of the media data in the history of real-world experiences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Hartmut Neven, David Petrou, Jacob Smullyan, Hartwig Adam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A SEARCHABLE HISTORY OF REAL-WORLD USER EXPERIENCES
    Publication number: 20130036134
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a searchable history of real-world user experiences is described. The method may include capturing media data by a mobile computing device. The method may also include transmitting the captured media data to a server computer system, the server computer system to perform one or more recognition processes on the captured media data and add the captured media data to a history of real-world experiences of a user of the mobile computing device when the one or more recognition processes find a match. The method may also include transmitting a query of the user to the server computer system to initiate a search of the history or real-world experiences, and receiving results relevant to the query that include data indicative of the media data in the history of real-world experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hartmut Neven, David Petrou, Jacob Smullyan, Hartwig Adam