Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ian McIntosh

Nicholas Ian McIntosh 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: 11200244
    Abstract: A keyword reporting system for mobile applications is disclosed that generates keyword reports for a subject mobile application. The reports include a set of most relevant keywords for the subject mobile application with their associated ranking and result value. The ranking of a keyword is the subject mobile application's position in a search result for the keyword. A result value is determined for each keyword as well, where the result value is the number of mobile applications found in a search result for the keyword. Based on the ranking and result value of each keyword, a weight value is determined for each keyword. The weight value indicates the relevance of the keyword for the subject mobile application. A set of keywords are sorted and selected based on the weight value and a keyword report is generated that includes the set of keywords along with their rankings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: App Annie Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Ian McIntosh, Fang Nan, Zhiming Zhang, Chen Liu, Xuesong Ding, Matthew James Hunter
  • Patent number: 11144555
    Abstract: A keyword reporting system for mobile applications is disclosed that generates keyword reports for a subject mobile application. The reports include a set of most relevant keywords for the subject mobile application with their associated ranking and result value. The ranking of a keyword is the subject mobile application's position in a search result for the keyword. A result value is determined for each keyword as well, where the result value is the number of mobile applications found in a search result for the keyword. Based on the ranking and result value of each keyword, a weight value is determined for each keyword. The weight value indicates the relevance of the keyword for the subject mobile application. A set of keywords are sorted and selected based on the weight value and a keyword report is generated that includes the set of keywords along with their rankings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: APP ANNIE INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Ian McIntosh, Fang Nan, Zhiming Zhang, Chen Liu, Xuesong Ding, Matthew James Hunter
  • Publication number: 20200257695
    Abstract: A keyword reporting system for mobile applications is disclosed that generates keyword reports for a subject mobile application. The reports include a set of most relevant keywords for the subject mobile application with their associated ranking and result value. The ranking of a keyword is the subject mobile application's position in a search result for the keyword. A result value is determined for each keyword as well, where the result value is the number of mobile applications found in a search result for the keyword. Based on the ranking and result value of each keyword, a weight value is determined for each keyword. The weight value indicates the relevance of the keyword for the subject mobile application. A set of keywords are sorted and selected based on the weight value and a keyword report is generated that includes the set of keywords along with their rankings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Ian McIntosh, Fang Nan, Zhiming Zhang, Chen Liu, Xuesong Ding, Matthew James Hunter
  • Publication number: 20160364735
    Abstract: A cross-platform mobile application reporting system is disclosed that generates analytical reports for a business entity sorted on an aggregated business metric. The reporting system receives a set of application properties for one or more mobile applications from a plurality of application stores. The reporting system extracts metadata about a plurality of publisher profiles from the application properties and clusters two or more of the plurality of publisher profiles based on a determined likelihood that the clustered publisher profiles represent the same business entity. The clustered publisher profiles and their mobile applications are associated with a business entity. The business metric for the mobile applications associated with the business entity is aggregated and an analysis report is generated based in part on the aggregated business metric. The report is sent, responsive to the request, for display to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Ian McIntosh, Jie Teng, Kristin Kazue Yamauchi, Isabelle Fanchiu Engler, Mark Wilson Ungerer, Matthew James Hunter, Bertrand Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160328402
    Abstract: A keyword reporting system for mobile applications is disclosed that generates keyword reports for a subject mobile application. The reports include a set of most relevant keywords for the subject mobile application with their associated ranking and result value. The ranking of a keyword is the subject mobile application's position in a search result for the keyword. A result value is determined for each keyword as well, where the result value is the number of mobile applications found in a search result for the keyword. Based on the ranking and result value of each keyword, a weight value is determined for each keyword. The weight value indicates the relevance of the keyword for the subject mobile application. A set of keywords are sorted and selected based on the weight value and a keyword report is generated that includes the set of keywords along with their rankings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Ian McIntosh, Fang Nan, Zhiming Zhang, Chen Liu, Xuesong Ding, Matthew James Hunter