Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Dean Grimes

Jeffrey Dean Grimes 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).

  • Identifying Existing Synchronous Communication Sessions Associated with a User
    Publication number: 20160088091
    Abstract: Existing synchronous communication sessions associated with a user are identified. A request to display information about the user is received. A plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions is identified. Each existing synchronous communication session includes at least one participant and is associated with a user. An affinity score for each of the plurality of synchronous communication sessions is determined based on an affinity between the user and at least one of the participants of the synchronous communication session. The plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions associated with the user is ranked based on the affinity score. An indication of a subset of the plurality of existing synchronous communication sessions is sent for display on the one more computing devices. In some embodiments, an indication of one of the existing synchronous communication sessions is sent for display on the one more computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn Chapman Cushing, David S. Bennett, Alexander Jan Verhage, Gregory Matthew Marra, Jeffrey Dean Grimes