Patents by Inventor Zachary Yeskel

Zachary Yeskel 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).

  • Publication number: 20160323335
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a live stream of event content is provided. In an embodiment, a method may include defining an online collaborative space associated with an event. A plurality of event participants may be associated with the event. Content contributions may be received from one or more of the event participants. An event content update may be transmitted to a client event application based on the received content contributions to provide a live stream of event content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Anton Lopyrev, Tianxuan Chen, Dave Cohen, Kavi Harshawat, Matthew Steiner, James Gallagher, Denise Ho, Ajmal Asver
  • Patent number: 9391792
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a live stream of event content is provided. In an embodiment, a method may include defining an online collaborative space associated with an event. A plurality of event participants may be associated with the event. Content contributions may be received from one or more of the event participants. An event content update may be transmitted to a client event application based on the received content contributions to provide a live stream of event content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Anton Lopyrev, Tianxuan Chen, Dave Cohen, Kavi Harshawat, Matthew Steiner, James Gallagher, Denise Ho, Ajmal Asver
  • Patent number: 9294522
    Abstract: A method and computing system for providing, using one or more computing devices, a plurality of users of a social network with the ability to schedule a topic-specific, synchronous communication session to occur at a future time. An indication is received, from a first user of the plurality of users, to schedule the topic-specific, synchronous communication session to occur at a future time. Electronic invitations are provided concerning the topic-specific, synchronous communication session, using the one or more computing devices, to one or more invited users chosen from the plurality of users of the social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, David Scrymgeour Bennett, Kathryn Cushing, Dave Cohen
  • Patent number: 9231901
    Abstract: Systems and methods for notifying users of upcoming communication sessions in a virtual forum of an online community, for example, a video or audio forum, in which multiple users “hang out” and communicate. Users are notified of these upcoming meetings in advance, so they may participate in them, even at short notice, for example, in the event a meeting is ongoing. In some embodiments, the systems and methods permit users to subscribe to a particular entity within an online community, which may either be individuals (for example, a celebrity), company pages, groups, etc. Those who subscribe to the particular entity are immediately notified in the event a meeting relating to the entity is designated to occur or is ongoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn Chapman Cushing, David Scrymgeour Bennett, David Cohen, Zachary Yeskel
  • Patent number: 9083670
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing a user with notifications about events in a social network. A system may be configured to determine that a number of events for a user have occurred on a social network, wherein each event for the user is associated with an entity, calculate a score for each event based on a profile for the user and a profile for the entity associated with the event, and generate a notification for the user, wherein the notification comprises a plurality of information elements, wherein each information element is associated with one of the events in the number of events, and wherein the plurality of information elements in the notification are prioritized based on the score for each of the events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alison Boncha, Brett Rolston Lider, Zachary Yeskel, Bin Chang, Joseph Robert Smarr, Balaji Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20150118672
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at one or more server computers, an assignment creation request from a leader user account. The assignment creation request identifies a document that is stored at a storage system, identifies a plurality of participant user accounts, and causes creation of an assignment at the one or more server computers. The method also includes storing, at the storage system, a respective copy of the document for each participant user account, wherein an ownership parameter for each respective copy of the document references a respective participant user account from the plurality of participant user accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Kara Ann Levy, James Michael McCollum, Vance Vagell, Cinthya Mohr, Shoshana Holtzblatt, Tamara Olson
  • Patent number: 8924493
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for ordering notifications for display in a social networking environment. One example system is configured to obtain a set of notifications for a user, wherein each notification in the set of notifications is generated in response to an event in a social network and, for each notification in the set of notifications, determine an event type associated with the notification and calculate a priority score for the notification based on the event type associated with the notification. The system is further configured to display the set of notifications based on the priority score for each notification in the set of notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Balaji Srinivasan, Brett Rolston Lider, Alison Boncha, Boris Mazniker, Andrew A. Bunner, Gregory Matthew Marra
  • Publication number: 20140006515
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a live stream of event content is provided. In an embodiment, a method may include defining an online collaborative space associated with an event. A plurality of event participants may be associated with the event. Content contributions may be received from one or more of the event participants. An event content update may be transmitted to a client event application based on the received content contributions to provide a live stream of event content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Anton Lopyrev, Tianxuan Chen, Dave Cohen, Kavi Harshawat, Matthew Steiner, James Gallagher, Denise Ho, Ajmal Asver
  • Publication number: 20140006388
    Abstract: A method and system for event searching and suggestion is described. A method may include determining one or more result events to recommend to attend based upon, at least in part, at least one of: an indication of a location of a client computing device associated with a user, and an index associated with the event, the index based upon, at least in part, event content associated with the event. The method may also include ranking the one or more result events based upon, at least in part, at least one of: the index associated with the event and the indication of the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Yeskel, Anton Lopyrev, Tianxuan Chen, Kavi Harshawat, Matthew Steiner, Denise Ho, Dave Cohen, Ajmal Asver, James Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20130346869
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computing system for generating a slideshow is provided. The method may include generating, using one or more computing devices, an event page corresponding to a particular event, the event page associated with a social network. The method may also include allowing access to the event page to one or more members of the social network. The method may further include receiving at least one photograph at the event page from the one or more members of the social network, displaying the at least one photograph at the event page and generating a slideshow based upon, at least in part, the at least one photograph received at the event page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: AJ Asver, Vincent Mo, Antin Harasymiv, Denise Ho, Zachary Yeskel, Nicholas Gordon Fey
  • Publication number: 20130346498
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computing system for generating, using one or more computing devices, an event page corresponding to a particular event, the event page associated with a social network. The method further configured to allow access to the event page to one or more members of the social network and to determine a subset of the one or more members of the social network. The method further configured to provide the subset of the one or more members of the social network with permission to edit the event page and receive real-time updates to the event page from the subset of the one or more members of the social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Ajmal Asver, Matthew Eric Waddell, Matthew Steiner, Denise Ho, Zachary Yeskel, Kavi Harshawat, James Gallagher, Dave Cohen, Anton Lopyrev, Dobromir Montauk