Patents by Inventor Martin Brandt Freund

Martin Brandt Freund 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: 11727048
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Publication number: 20230047994
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 11416540
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 11232119
    Abstract: Content items may be selected and served with a resource such that each content item is displayed in a corresponding content item slot based on a determined order. The determined order may be based on content of the resource and a referral query. A referral query location of the resource may be based on the referral query and data indicative of content of the resource. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a predictive model and the referral query location. The predictive model may be based on aggregate historical data of interactions. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a proximity of a content item slot relative to the referral query location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Publication number: 20200257718
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 10725611
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a particular time, a user request for a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of interactive graphical elements that are associated with a user account of a user, each interactive graphical element identifies a type of an application and is selectable by the user to provide access to a corresponding application. The method further includes determining, for each of the plurality of interactive graphical elements, a relevance of a respective interactive graphical element to the user at the particular time based on one or more operations previously performed by the user with respect to the respective interactive graphical element close to the particular time within the user account, and causing a presentation of the plurality of interactive graphical elements for the user account using an ordering of the interactive graphical elements that is based on the relevance of each of the plurality of interactive graphical elements to the user at the particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Patent number: 10635710
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Publication number: 20200097467
    Abstract: Content items may be selected and served with a resource such that each content item is displayed in a corresponding content item slot based on a determined order. The determined order may be based on content of the resource and a referral query. A referral query location of the resource may be based on the referral query and data indicative of content of the resource. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a predictive model and the referral query location. The predictive model may be based on aggregate historical data of interactions. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a proximity of a content item slot relative to the referral query location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Patent number: 10496660
    Abstract: Content items may be selected and served with a resource such that each content item is displayed in a corresponding content item slot based on a determined order. The determined order may be based on content of the resource and a referral query. A referral query location of the resource may be based on the referral query and data indicative of content of the resource. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a predictive model and the referral query location. The predictive model may be based on aggregate historical data of interactions. In some implementations, the determined order may be based on a proximity of a content item slot relative to the referral query location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Patent number: 10445413
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for sharing links which include user input. A first web page is displayed in a web browser, where the first web page is associated with a first universal resource locator and includes at least one input element. One or more user entries are received to form a filled-in web page, where each entry is associated with an input element of the at least one input element. Each received user entry is converted into a respective string value. A second universal resource locator is generated based on the string values and the first universal resource locator, where the second universal resource locator, when processed, generates a second web page corresponding to the first web page and having at least one input element filled in based on the second URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Patent number: 10394408
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recommending media based on received signals indicating user interest in a plurality of recommended media items are presented. In one or more aspects, a system is provided that includes a recommendation component configured to analyze a set of videos and identify a first subset of videos to recommend to a user, wherein respective representations of the videos included in the first subset are presented to a user via a user interface displayed at a client device. The system further includes a selection component configured to receive input regarding user interest in two or more videos included in the first subset of videos. The recommendation component further identifies a first subset of the two or more videos for re-recommending to the user based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Jason Robert Richard Sanio
  • Patent number: 10387916
    Abstract: A method for providing a content item for display based on a relationship between a loading speed of a web page, a bandwidth of a channel between a content source and a device, and a size of the content item including receiving, from a server, a request to provide a content item for display at a device. The method further includes calculating, by one or more processors, a quality score for the content item based on a loading speed of a web page, a bandwidth of a channel between a content source and the device, and a size of the content item. The method also includes, based on the quality score, selecting the content item for presentation on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Publication number: 20180165259
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for sharing links which include user input. A first web page is displayed in a web browser, where the first web page is associated with a first universal resource locator and includes at least one input element. One or more user entries are received to form a filled-in web page, where each entry is associated with an input element of the at least one input element. Each received user entry is converted into a respective string value. A second universal resource locator is generated based on the string values and the first universal resource locator, where the second universal resource locator, when processed, generates a second web page corresponding to the first web page and having at least one input element filled in based on the second URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Brandt FREUND, Yuanying XIE
  • Patent number: 9973872
    Abstract: Systems and methods that reproduce surround sound effects from an audio source are described. Wireless communication devices form a wireless network in which music, for example, can be played on the speakers of the wireless communication devices to reproduce surround sound effects from a selected audio source. As the wireless communication devices roam with respect to each other or with respect to a focal point or listening position of the wireless network, the wireless network adjusts how the audio source is played at each speaker of the respective wireless communication device to maintain or to enhance the reproduction of surround sound effects from the audio source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Momchil Filev, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 9928221
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for sharing links which include user input. A first web page is displayed in a web browser, where the first web page is associated with a first universal resource locator and includes at least one input element. One or more user entries are received to form a filled-in web page, where each entry is associated with an input element of the at least one input element. Each received user entry is converted into a respective string value. A second universal resource locator is generated based on the string values and the first universal resource locator, where the second universal resource locator, when processed, generates a second web page corresponding to the first web page and having at least one input element filled in based on the second URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Publication number: 20180082340
    Abstract: Video ads that play in connection with the presentation of requested videos can generally be skipped if the content consumer is not interested in watching the ad. However, it is common that the content consumer will let the ad play, but focus attention on a different task (e.g., checking email) until the requested content begins. A determination can be made based on input to a user interface that the presentation of the ad does not have the attention of the content consumer. In response, the presentation can be paused. If the user is not interested in watching the ad, the ad can be skipped, but if the user is interested, the ad will not be missed. Such can mitigate unnecessary expenses for advertisers where their ads are played, but ignored by the content consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Yuanying Xie
  • Publication number: 20180060321
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 9824151
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to providing a portion of data based on historical user interaction with the data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a webpage corresponding to a search query. The method further includes selecting a portion of the requested webpage based on historical data. The historical data includes user interactions with the webpage subsequent to previous search queries. The method further includes providing the selected portion of the requested webpage, in response to the received request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Brandt Freund, Momchil Filev
  • Patent number: 9811521
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Martin Brandt Freund
  • Patent number: 9753461
    Abstract: An aerial inspection system is provided, including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having an articulated arm coupled thereto. An end effector is coupled to a second end of the articulated arm, the end effector sized and shaped to extend at least partially around an aerial cable in close proximity. One or more sensors are positioned along an inner surface of the end effector, and provide feedback to a control unit. In response, the control unit adjusts a position of at least one of the UAV, the articulated arm, and the end effector such that the end effector maintains a close, non-contact position with respect to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Wesley Johnson, Martin Brandt Freund