Patents by Inventor Matt Ward

Matt Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20190000288
    Abstract: A surface cleaning device including a head including an inlet in fluid communication with a fluid tank and a suction source. The inlet is configured to receive a cleaning fluid from a surface. The head further includes an inlet extension member that at least partially surrounds the inlet, the inlet extension member including an opening and the inlet extension member movable with respect to the inlet between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the inlet is closer to the surface than the opening of the inlet extension member and in the second position, the opening of the inlet extension member is closer to the surface than the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gavin Burnham, Jake Tyler, Matt Ward
  • Patent number: 10070762
    Abstract: A head for a surface cleaning device, the head includes an inlet for receiving dirt-laden fluid from a surface and an inlet extension member. The inlet extension member is movable with respect to the inlet between first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Gavin Burnham, Jake Tyler, Matt Ward
  • Publication number: 20170255354
    Abstract: A method for determining playback behavior of a media item including a video component and an audio component includes determining a current event that causes a playing of the video component of the media item on a screen of a user device to be suspended. The method further includes predicting user playback preferences for the media item using a behavioral model trained on previous events corresponding to the current event, and determining, based on the predicted user playback preferences, whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Matt Ward, Bryce Gibson Reid
  • Patent number: 9674247
    Abstract: A media player generates a first manifest file for a digital media item as the digital media item is downloaded and/or processed. The first manifest file is used to seek to locations within a buffered portion of the digital media item. When a seek request to a location in an unbuffered portion is received, the media player downloads a second manifest file from a server. The second manifest file is used to seek for subsequent seek requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Matt Ward, Matt Doucleff, Eric Perkens-Argueta
  • Patent number: 9665248
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing adaptive background playback behavior is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of playing a media item in a media viewer executing on a processor of a computing device. The media item includes both an audio component and a video component. The method further includes steps of detecting an event that causes the playing of the video component of the media item to be suspended and of identifying data pertaining to user behavior associated with the event. Additionally, the method includes determining whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item in view of the identified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Matt Ward, Bryce Gibson Reid
  • Publication number: 20160331197
    Abstract: A head for a surface cleaning device, the head includes an inlet for receiving dirt-laden fluid from a surface and an inlet extension member. The inlet extension member is movable with respect to the inlet between first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Gavin BURNHAM, Jake TYLER, Matt WARD
  • Publication number: 20160018959
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing adaptive background playback behavior is provided herein. Embodiments of the method include steps of playing a media item in a media viewer executing on a processor of a computing device. The media item includes both an audio component and a video component. The method further includes steps of detecting an event that causes the playing of the video component of the media item to be suspended and of identifying data pertaining to user behavior associated with the event. Additionally, the method includes determining whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item in view of the identified data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yuhki Yamashita, Matt Ward, Bryce Gibson Reid
  • Publication number: 20150106260
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining if a Merchant should be provided transaction processing services by an Acquirer and/or continue to be provided such services by the Acquirer. In one embodiment, the inventive system and methods permit a more accurate and reliable determination of the risk to an Acquirer presented by a Merchant, based on a risk assessment engine and the described set of data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Gavin Willard Andrews, Matt Ward-Steinman, Edward James Barton