Patents by Inventor Kathryn Bush

Kathryn Bush 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: 9877059
    Abstract: A video hosting system is provided for storing and managing broadcasts. A user device communicates with the video hosting system to create or join a broadcast. The user device transmits video to the video hosting system for inclusion in the broadcast that may be joined by video transmitted by other user devices. Users of user devices may also search for nearby broadcasts to join. The video hosting system associates a time and place for broadcasts and limits users from joining a broadcast who do not correspond to the time and place of the broadcast. Users of the video hosting system may search for and view videos associated with a broadcast and compile portions of videos associated with a broadcast to create a compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Joshua Sassoon
  • Patent number: 9788063
    Abstract: A video hosting system is provided for storing and managing broadcasts. A user device communicates with the video hosting system to create or join a broadcast. The user device transmits video to the video hosting system for inclusion in the broadcast that may be joined by video transmitted by other user devices. Users of user devices may also search for nearby broadcasts to join. The video hosting system associates a time and place for broadcasts and limits users from joining a broadcast who do not correspond to the time and place of the broadcast. Users of the video hosting system may search for and view videos associated with a broadcast and compile portions of videos associated with a broadcast to create a compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Joshua Sassoon
  • Patent number: 9680966
    Abstract: A network device has a housing, a magnetic induction charger, a wireless data link and a processor. The housing has one or more sides. The induction charger is housed by the housing and is arranged to wirelessly charge a rechargeable battery of a portable electronic device. The electronic device is adjacent to or in contact with the housing. The wireless data link communicates with the portable electronic device. The processor communicates with the magnetic induction charger and the wireless data link. In addition, the processor recognizes the portable electronic device and associates a profile with the portable electronic device. The processor delivers content to an associated media device based on the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Andrea Knight
  • Patent number: 9584834
    Abstract: A video hosting system is provided for storing and managing broadcasts. A user device communicates with the video hosting system to create or join a broadcast. The user device transmits video to the video hosting system for inclusion in the broadcast that may be joined by video transmitted by other user devices. Users of user devices may also search for nearby broadcasts to join. The video hosting system associates a time and place for broadcasts and limits users from joining a broadcast who do not correspond to the time and place of the broadcast. Users of the video hosting system may search for and view videos associated with a broadcast and compile portions of videos associated with a broadcast to create a compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Joshua Sassoon
  • Patent number: 9563627
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to contextual determination of related media content. A referral source identification component determines a referral source associated with a request for media content, and a determination component determines a set of context data for the request based in part on the referral source. A contextual suggestion component identifies or selects a set of additional content based in part on a subset of the context data, and suggests or recommends a subset of the additional content to a user based on a set of recommendation criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Joseph Wheeler, Kathryn Bush
  • Publication number: 20160337477
    Abstract: A network device has a housing, a magnetic induction charger, a wireless data link and a processor. The housing has one or more sides. The induction charger is housed by the housing and is arranged to wirelessly charge a rechargeable battery of a portable electronic device. The electronic device is adjacent to or in contact with the housing. The wireless data link communicates with the portable electronic device. The processor communicates with the magnetic induction charger and the wireless data link. In addition, the processor recognizes the portable electronic device and associates a profile with the portable electronic device. The processor delivers content to an associated media device based on the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Andrea Knight
  • Patent number: 9432480
    Abstract: A network device has a housing, a magnetic induction charger, a wireless data link and a processor. The housing has one or more sides. The induction charger is housed by the housing and is arranged to wirelessly charge a rechargeable battery of a portable electronic device. The electronic device is adjacent to or in contact with the housing. The wireless data link communicates with the portable electronic device. The processor communicates with the magnetic induction charger and the wireless data link. In addition, the processor recognizes the portable electronic device and associates a profile with the portable electronic device. The processor delivers content to an associated media device based on the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Andrea Knight
  • Patent number: 9176656
    Abstract: A system for navigating large bodies of content is provided. The system includes an interface component configured to generate a user interface for navigating a body of content on a display device, the interface comprising a display area, a scrollbar comprising a plurality of segments, a scroll box and an exit command widget attached to the scroll box. Each of the plurality of segments are associated with respective portions of the body of content and the scroll box is configured to move over the plurality of segments to navigate through the body content and cause a respective portion of the body of the content to be displayed in the display area when the scroll box is positioned over a segment associated with the respective portion, and wherein the scroll box is configured to move to the exit command widget directly from a segment to focus on the exit command widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Kathryn Bush
  • Publication number: 20150046526
    Abstract: A network device has a housing, a magnetic induction charger, a wireless data link and a processor. The housing has one or more sides. The induction charger is housed by the housing and is arranged to wirelessly charge a rechargeable battery of a portable electronic device. The electronic device is adjacent to or in contact with the housing. The wireless data link communicates with the portable electronic device. The processor communicates with the magnetic induction charger and the wireless data link. In addition, the processor recognizes the portable electronic device and associates a profile with the portable electronic device. The processor delivers content to an associated media device based on the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Bush, Andrea Knight