Patents by Inventor Kurt Wilms
Kurt Wilms 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).
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Patent number: 11627362Abstract: A video item is provided for playback at a media player executing at a user device. The media player is logically divided into multiple sections. An indication of a touch gesture made by a user with respect to a touchscreen of the user device is received. Whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a first predetermined touch gesture is determined. The first predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of a user interface (UI) that is includes in a first section of the media player. Responsive to determining the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture, the playback of the video item is moved from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Andrea Zvinakis, Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Matthew Turner Smith, Garen Checkley
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Publication number: 20190394514Abstract: A video item is provided for playback at a media player executing at a user device. The media player is logically divided into multiple sections. An indication of a touch gesture made by a user with respect to a touchscreen of the user device is received. Whether the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as a first predetermined touch gesture is determined. The first predetermined touch gesture is within a portion of a user interface (UI) that is includes in a first section of the media player. Responsive to determining the touch gesture with respect to the touchscreen of the user device qualifies as the first predetermined gesture, the playback of the video item is moved from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Andrea Zvinakis, Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Matthew Turner Smith, Garen Checkley
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Patent number: 10397632Abstract: A method of touch gesture control of video playback is discloses. The method includes providing a video item for playback The method also receives an indication of a touch gesture made by a user of mobile user device. The method further determines whether the touch gesture is a swipe gesture within a portion of a user interface (UI) including a media player to play the video item. The method also moves the playback of the video item from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time in response to determining the touch gesture is the swipe gesture within the portion of the UI comprising the media player.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Andrea Zvinakis, Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Matthew Turner Smith
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Patent number: 10390085Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for scoring and categorizing a video channel. A method includes identifying a first group of multimedia content items arranged in a sequential order by a curator to be played by a plurality of user devices in the sequential order; receiving category identifiers associated with a plurality of multimedia content items in the first group; and generating, for the first group, a first category score corresponding to a first category and a second category score corresponding to a second category.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kurt Wilms, Clement Courbet, Vincent Simonet
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Patent number: 10321177Abstract: A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. Automated playback and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across sessions and application launches.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrea Zvinakis, Matthew Turner Smith
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Publication number: 20190007734Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for scoring and categorizing a video channel. A method includes identifying a first group of multimedia content items arranged in a sequential order by a curator to be played by a plurality of user devices in the sequential order; receiving category identifiers associated with a plurality of multimedia content items in the first group; and generating, for the first group, a first category score corresponding to a first category and a second category score corresponding to a second category.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Kurt Wilms, Clement Courbet, Vincent Simonet
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Patent number: 10075763Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for scoring and categorizing a video channel. A method includes receiving category identifiers associated with a plurality of videos in a video channel. The plurality of videos is associated with a plurality of categories specified by the category identifiers. The method further includes receiving ratings of each of the plurality of videos in the video channel. The ratings are based on video use within the video channel. The method further includes generating one or more scores of the video channel in view of the category identifiers and the ratings. Each of the one or more scores is indicative of relevance of the video channel to a respective category specified by the category identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kurt Wilms, Clement Courbet, Vincent Simonet
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Publication number: 20180146229Abstract: A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. Automated playback and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across sessions and application launches.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Kurt WILMS, Bryce Gibson REID, Andrea ZVINAKIS, Matthew Turner SMITH
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Patent number: 9877055Abstract: A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. A user behavior server proposes additional watch recommendations to a user in response to detecting certain user behavior. Autoplay and autoscroll functionality is provided that permits a user to browse a video feed during playback of selected content. Global play and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across session and application launches.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrea Zvinakis, Matthew Turner Smith
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Publication number: 20170238043Abstract: A method of touch gesture control of video playback is discloses. The method includes providing a video item for playback The method also receives an indication of a touch gesture made by a user of mobile user device. The method further determines whether the touch gesture is a swipe gesture within a portion of a user interface (UI) including a media player to play the video item. The method also moves the playback of the video item from a first point in time to a second point in time by a predetermined amount of time in response to determining the touch gesture is the swipe gesture within the portion of the UI comprising the media player.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Andrea Zvinakis, Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Matthew Turner Smith
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Publication number: 20170180772Abstract: A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. A user behavior server proposes additional watch recommendations to a user in response to detecting certain user behavior. Autoplay and autoscroll functionality is provided that permits a user to browse a video feed during playback of selected content. Global play and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across session and application launches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Kurt Wilms, Bryce Gibson Reid, Andrea Zvinakis, Matthew Turner Smith
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Publication number: 20160360266Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for scoring and categorizing a video channel. A method includes receiving category identifiers associated with a plurality of videos in a video channel. The plurality of videos is associated with a plurality of categories specified by the category identifiers. The method further includes receiving ratings of each of the plurality of videos in the video channel. The ratings are based on video use within the video channel. The method further includes generating one or more scores of the video channel in view of the category identifiers and the ratings. Each of the one or more scores is indicative of relevance of the video channel to a respective category specified by the category identifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Kurt Wilms, Clement Courbet, Vincent Simonet
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Patent number: 8868568Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: LinkedIn CorporationInventors: R. Kevin Rose, Elliott White, III, Kurt Wilms
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Patent number: 8751510Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: LinkedIn CorporationInventors: R. Kevin Rose, Elliott White, Kurt Wilms
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Patent number: 8631015Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: LinkedIn CorporationInventors: R. Kevin Rose, Elliott White, III, Kurt Wilms
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Publication number: 20130238616Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Linkedln CorporationInventors: R. Kevin Rose, Elliott White, III, Kurt Wilms
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Publication number: 20130066864Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: R. Kevin Rose, Elliot White, III, Kurt Wilms