Patents by Inventor Simon Birkenhead

Simon Birkenhead 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).

  • Distributing content
    Patent number: 8402482
    Abstract: Activity involving content distributed in a first content distribution channel, such as viewership of a content item, is used to determine how related content, such as another content item, should be distributed in a second content distribution channel. The determination can be made based on a model of the relationship between activity in the first content distribution channel and activity in the second content distribution channel. Distribution information regarding how the related content is to be distributed can be created or modified based on the determination, and the related content can be distributed according to the distribution information for the related content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Josh Woodward, Nicholas S. Arini, Simon Birkenhead
  • Distributing Content
    Publication number: 20110239246
    Abstract: Activity involving content distributed in a first content distribution channel, such as viewership of a content item, is used to determine how related content, such as another content item, should be distributed in a second content distribution channel. The determination can be made based on a model of the relationship between activity in the first content distribution channel and activity in the second content distribution channel. Distribution information regarding how the related content is to be distributed can be created or modified based on the determination, and the related content can be distributed according to the distribution information for the related content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Josh Woodward, Nicholas S. Arini, Simon Birkenhead