Patents by Inventor Shannon Nix

Shannon Nix 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).

  • Online engagement platform for video creators
    Patent number: 11941222
    Abstract: A channel graphical user interface (GUI) of a content sharing platform is provided for presentation to a channel owner. A request is received, via the channel GUI, to enable an online community option that (i) facilitates an online conversation between the channel owner and a subset of viewers of the channel of the channel owner on the content sharing platform, and (ii) allows the channel owner to control viewer responses that are permitted during the online conversation. In response to the request of the channel owner to enable the online community option, the online community option is associated with the channel in a data store, and the channel GUI is modified, the modified channel GUI presenting an online community GUI element representing the online community option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Renato Verdugo, Kiley McEvoy, Shannon Butler, Paul Heider, Molly Nix, Nicholas Jones, Eric Mayers
  • Distributed, rule based packet redirection
    Patent number: 7443796
    Abstract: A forwarding agent is implemented on a router. The forwarding agent receives instructions from a service manager for redirecting packets that match the instructions. A packet is received that matches the instructions and the packet is redirected according to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Albert, Louis F. Menditto, Shannon Nix, Pranav Tiwari, Tzu-Ming Tsang
  • Distributed, rule based packet redirection
    Patent number: 6836462
    Abstract: A forwarding agent is implemented on a router. The forwarding agent receives instructions from a service manager for redirecting packets that match the instructions. A packet is received that matches the instructions and the packet is redirected according to the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Albert, Louis F. Menditto, Shannon Nix, Pranav Tiwari, Tzu-Ming Tsang