Patents by Inventor Philip John Hutton

Philip John Hutton 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for discovery of attributes using a social mobile application
    Patent number: 8589393
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive, at a first device, a target attribute associated with a first user account and to access a code representing the target attribute and including a plurality of values. The instructions can include instructions to send, to the second device, a portion of the code and an indicator of a relative location within the code of the portion of the code, and to receive an indicator from the second device that the portion of the code is included at the relative location within at least one code from a plurality of codes associated with a plurality of attributes associated with a second user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: John Norman Hedditch, Philip John Hutton
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERY OF ATTRIBUTES USING A SOCIAL MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20130117276
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive, at a first device, a target attribute associated with a first user account and to access a code representing the target attribute and including a plurality of values. The instructions can include instructions to send, to the second device, a portion of the code and an indicator of a relative location within the code of the portion of the code, and to receive an indicator from the second device that the portion of the code is included at the relative location within at least one code from a plurality of codes associated with a plurality of attributes associated with a second user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: John Norman Hedditch, Philip John Hutton