Patents by Inventor Jared Hirsch

Jared Hirsch 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).

  • Content discovery in a topical community
    Patent number: 9436709
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for discovering content in a topical community. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions when executed cause the system to: receive data indicating a first engagement action associated with a content item, the first engagement action performed by a first user; determine a topic associated with the content item; determine a topical reputation score related to the topic for the first user based on one or more second engagement actions performed by one or more second users associated with the content item; determine that the topical reputation score satisfies a reputation threshold; unlock the topic for the first user responsive to the determination that the topical reputation score satisfies the reputation threshold and provide the first user an ability to curate other content items associated with the unlocked topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Ventura Anima, Ralph Jacob Cressman, Kevin Ferguson, Mikhail Dhruv, Vinay Jain, Jeremy Lazarus, Benson Luk, Umanka Hebbar Karkada, Steve Tsai, James Rodgers, Fengjia Li, Paul Sowden, Jared Hirsch