Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Soland

Michael Paul Soland 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).

  • Content recommendation based on context
    Patent number: 9178933
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for providing recommended content to a user. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: receive data describing one or more engagement actions performed by a user; generate an engagement profile associated with the user; receive data describing one or more images associated with the user, the one or more images including temporal data describing one or more timestamps and location data describing one or more locations; generate a location profile based on the one or more locations and the one or more timestamps; receive data describing one or more content items; determine one or more interest scores for the one or more content items; determine one or more recommended items based on the one or more interest scores; and provide the one or more recommended items to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Soland