Patents by Inventor Samuel Shoji Goto

Samuel Shoji Goto 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).

  • Suggesting a tag for content
    Patent number: 9294537
    Abstract: Techniques for suggesting a tag for content may include the following: receiving, from a member of a social network, an entry in a display field along with an indication that the entry is for a post; after receiving the entry and the indication, identifying content by performing a search using at least some of the entry and information about the member of the social network; obtaining tags corresponding to the identified content; ranking the tags; outputting the ranked tags as suggestions to include with the display field; and augmenting the entry by adding a selected tag to the display field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Zuccarino, Samuel Shoji Goto, Christopher Reaves Messina, Richard Gingras, Lucian F. Cionca, Andre Rohe, Hao Wang