Patents by Inventor James Futrell

James Futrell 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: 12118036
    Abstract: Systems and methods of automatically extracting summaries of video content are described herein. A data processing system can access, from a video database, a first video content element including a first plurality of frame. The data processing system can select an intervallic subset of the first plurality of frames of the first video content element. The data processing system can calculate, for each of a plurality of further subsets comprising a predetermined number of frames from the intervallic subset, a score for the further subset. The data processing system can identify, from the plurality of further subsets, a further subset having a highest score. The data processing system can select a portion of the first video content element comprising the frames of the further subset having the highest score. The data processing system can generate a second video content element comprising the selected portion of the first video content element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yi Shen, Xiangrong Chen, Min-hsuan Tsai, Yun Shi, Tianpeng Jin, Zheng Sun, Weilong Yang, Jingbin Wang, Carolyn Au, James Futrell
  • Publication number: 20240314373
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a server-generated mosaic video stream of live-stream media items are provided herein. A plurality of source video streams is identified by a server. The plurality of source video streams are combined into a mosaic video stream, wherein each source video stream of the plurality of source video streams occupies a corresponding spatial fragment of a predefined shape within a visual rendering of the mosaic video stream, and wherein video frames of the plurality of source video streams are simultaneously present within the mosaic video stream. The mosaic video stream is transmitted to a client device for decoding and visual rendering within an output window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brianne Courtney Mirecki, Mayank Prakash Mohta, James Futrell, Kong Man Cheung
  • Patent number: D823891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Lupei, William Khoo, James Futrell, Eran Lewis