Patents by Inventor Thomas James Broxton

Thomas James Broxton 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).

  • Thumbnail of content video to provide context to ad video playback
    Patent number: 11818404
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai
  • THUMBNAIL OF CONTENT VIDEO TO PROVIDE CONTEXT TO AD VIDEO PLAYBACK
    Publication number: 20210344980
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai
  • Thumbnail of content video to provide context to ad video playback
    Patent number: 11089342
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai
  • Visualizing video audience retention by impression frequency
    Patent number: 9402113
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing audience retention for a video as a function of impression frequency are provided. In an aspect, a system includes a reception component configured to receive watch history information for a plurality of users regarding their watch history of a video, and a visualization component configured to generate a visualization based on the watch history information that graphically depicts viewer retention over duration of the video as a function of impression frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lane Shackleton, Avi Fein, Jason Carlin, Thomas James Broxton
  • Thumbnail of content video to provide context to ad video playback
    Patent number: 9386328
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Nicola Ann Crane, Jamieson Kerns, Shiva Jaini, Thomas James Broxton, Ramesh Sarukkai