Patents by Inventor Thomas William Schneider

Thomas William Schneider 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).

  • Presentation of the Media Content on Mobile Devices
    Publication number: 20170108999
    Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for generating a magazine edition menu, is provided. Dimensions of a display screen on a mobile device are determined. Based on the dimensions, the size of an edition preview pane is determined, where the edition preview pane displays multiple images from the magazine editions. Based on the dimensions the size of a thumbnail section is determined, the thumbnail section displays a plurality of thumbnail editions associated with each magazine edition. Based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of magazine editions, a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on a display screen is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Maurice Bennett Shore, Thomas William Schneider, William Frederick Kiefer, III, Cassandra Lynn Doll
  • Presentation of the media content on mobile devices
    Patent number: 9536012
    Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for generating a magazine edition menu, is provided. Dimensions of a display screen on a mobile device are determined. Based on the dimensions, the size of an edition preview pane is determined, where the edition preview pane displays multiple images from the magazine editions. Based on the dimensions the size of a thumbnail section is determined, the thumbnail section displays a plurality of thumbnail editions associated with each magazine edition. Based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of magazine editions, a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on a display screen is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Bennett Shore, Thomas William Schneider, William Frederick Kiefer, III, Cassandra Lynn Doll
  • Incremental Synchronization for Magazines
    Publication number: 20130145258
    Abstract: Methods and systems for efficient synchronization of magazine edition content on heterogeneous mobile devices are provided. Display screen information is obtained for a mobile device, including resolution and screen dimensions. Edition content changes for each magazine edition presented on the mobile device are determined based on the display screen information. Subscription information, edition summaries, edition design information and media library information specific to the edition content changes are each provided. When any of these portions of the edition content changes fails to synchronize, synchronization is continued with that portion that failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Reilly, William F. Kiefer, Thomas William Schneider, Sami Mohammed Shalabi
  • Presentation of the Media Content on Mobile Devices
    Publication number: 20130145306
    Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for generating a magazine edition menu, is provided. Dimensions of a display screen on a mobile device are determined. Based on the dimensions, the size of an edition preview pane is determined, where the edition preview pane displays multiple images from the magazine editions. Based on the dimensions the size of a thumbnail section is determined, the thumbnail section displays a plurality of thumbnail editions associated with each magazine edition. Based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of magazine editions, a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on a display screen is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Bennett SHORE, Thomas William Schneider, William Frederick Kiefer, III, Cassandra Lynn Doll