Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Nichols

Matthew J. Nichols 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).

  • ITEM COUNT APPROXIMATION
    Publication number: 20140164369
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for approximating item counts. One of the methods includes maintaining a collection of counters for a class of items, processing each item in an item stream as a current item, including determining whether or not the collection includes an item counter for the current item, and if the collection includes an item counter for the current item, updating each count level in the item counter for the current item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc
    Inventors: Matthew J. Nichols, Nikunj Bhagat, Ian Porteous