Patents by Inventor Owen Daniel Otto

Owen Daniel Otto 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: 8819841
    Abstract: Content stored on a server may be selected using a user device and enabled on a central device. The identity of the central device may be authenticated without transmitting user credentials corresponding to the user, user device, user account, etc. A central device identifier can be sent to the server via the user device. An encrypted version of the central device identifier may be returned to the user device and to the central device. The central device can send the encrypted and unencrypted version of the identifier to the server, and the server can transmit the desired content to the remote device based on a comparison of the encrypted and unencrypted identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Parks, Timothy Kilbourn, Jeremy Ellington, Cyrus Phiroze Master, Joe Freeman Britt, Jr., Jeremy Lyon, Eugene Koh, Owen Daniel Otto, Michael Jonathon Chen, Jason Simmons, Dmitry Dolinsky, Jeffrey David Yaksick, Manuel Roman
  • Publication number: 20140229828
    Abstract: A method for automatic selection of songs for consumption in a music library may include assigning a selection score for each of a plurality of songs in the music library based on at least one selection criteria. A first list of songs may be generated from the plurality of songs. The selection score for each of the songs in the first list may be higher than a determined threshold value. A similarity score may be generated for each of the songs in the first list. The similarity score for a corresponding song in the first list may be based on a first number of songs selected from the plurality of songs, and the first number of songs may be similar to the corresponding song. The songs in the first list may be ranked based on a highest similarity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Owen Daniel Otto
  • Publication number: 20140223302
    Abstract: A method for uploading content to a server may include associating an identifier and a trigger with a digital audio item uploaded to the server for inclusion into a digital multimedia store managed by the server. The identifier may identify the digital audio item from a plurality of other audio items available at the digital multimedia store. If the trigger is active, a first user interface may be displayed in the digital multimedia store. The first user interface may be associated with the uploaded digital audio item and may provide code for executing an embedding functionality. Upon execution, the embedding functionality may allow for automatic inclusion of the digital audio item into an individual media profile of a user. The media profile may be managed by the server and may be associated with the digital multimedia store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Owen Daniel Otto, Paul Nicholas Gennai, Bo Yang
  • Patent number: 8735708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for music recognition and/or tag history synchronization are described. The system includes, for example, a first device, a second device and a server. The first device is configured to record music from a surrounding environment. The first device wirelessly sends the recorded music to the server for identification. The server is configured to identify the recorded music and to generate a tag corresponding to the identified music. The first tag history is updated to include the tag which includes information corresponding to the identified music. The first device and the second device are registered with the server as part of a particular user account. The server is configured to synchronize a second tag history stored in the second device with the updated first tag history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joyce, Dominik Roblek, Owen Daniel Otto, Matthew Sharifi, Annie Chen, Lars Fabian Krüger
  • Publication number: 20140067827
    Abstract: A method for generating a playlist may include automatically selecting a plurality of seed songs from a music library based on at least one selection criteria associated with song popularity. The at least one selection criteria may be selected (e.g., randomly) from a plurality of available selection criteria. One of the plurality of seed songs may be selected (e.g., randomly). A first playlist with a plurality of songs from the music library may be generated. The plurality of songs in the first playlist may be automatically selected to be similar to the selected one of the plurality of seed songs. The at least one selection criteria may include one or more of a highest song rating, frequency of song playback within a determined time period, recent song purchase, and social media posting by a user regarding a song from the music library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Owen Daniel Otto
  • Publication number: 20130347117
    Abstract: Content stored on a server may be selected using a user device and enabled on a central device. The identity of the central device may be authenticated without transmitting user credentials corresponding to the user, user device, user account, etc. A central device identifier can be sent to the server via the user device. An encrypted version of the central device identifier may be returned to the user device and to the central device. The central device can send the encrypted and unencrypted version of the identifier to the server, and the server can transmit the desired content to the remote device based on a comparison of the encrypted and unencrypted identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason Parks, Timothy Kilbourn, Jeremy Ellington, Cyrus Phiroze Master, Joe Freeman Britt, JR., Jeremy Lyon, Eugene Koh, Owen Daniel Otto, Michael Jonathon Chen, Jason Simmons, Dmitry Dolinsky, Jeffery David Yaksick, Manuel Roman
  • Patent number: 8612442
    Abstract: A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about a music library is provided. The method initiates with receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data. The metadata of the audio files in the music library are transmitted to the client device. A music application code is transmitted to the client device, the music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Owen Daniel Otto, Vera Khovanskaya, Colin Zwiebel, Yashvir Sekhon
  • Publication number: 20130297686
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring, with a computing device, a social media stream for the occurrence of a media sharing post. The media sharing post is processed, with the computing device, to extract file identification information. A playlist entry based, at least in part, upon the extracted file identification information is generated with the computing device. A media sharing playlist is populated, with the computing device, to include the playlist entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Curtis Glenn Hawthorne, Owen Daniel Otto
  • Publication number: 20130124517
    Abstract: A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about a music library is provided. The method initiates with receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data. The metadata of the audio files in the music library are transmitted to the client device. A music application code is transmitted to the client device, the music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Owen Daniel Otto, Vera Khovanskaya, Colin Zwiebel, Yashvir Sekhon
  • Publication number: 20130124584
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing an interface page for a music library are provided. According to one embodiment, a method initiates with retrieving metadata associated with audio files contained in a music library of a user. User-defined interactions with the audio files are parsed from the metadata. The user-defined interactions are analyzed to determine songs, artists, albums, or genres of interest to the user. Then information related to the songs, artists, albums, or genres of interest is retrieved from an information source. The related information is presented on an interface page for accessing the music library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Owen Daniel Otto, Brandon Bilinski, Paul Joyce