Matthew C Stokes

US Patent:

20080281832, Nov 13, 2008

Filed:

May 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/745819

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Pulver - Great Neck NY, US
James R. Marcus - New Canaan CT, US
Suman Roy - New York NY, US
Matthew Stokes - Brooklyn NY, US
Dmitry V. Yashin - Old Westbury NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707100, 715205, 715234, 707E17123

Abstract:

The invention provides a system and method for acquiring, normalizing, indexing and storing information related to RSS feeds and their constituent content items in a searchable database. In some embodiments, the invention includes an application that accesses electronic feed documents for a plurality of RSS feeds to ascertain information regarding the feed and content items within the feed. The information is then parsed to identify characteristics of the feeds and their content items. The characteristics of the feeds and content items can then be stored in a common format in a database. This enables, inter alia, creation of custom feeds by utilizing the normalized feed data.

US Patent:

20230026521, Jan 26, 2023

Filed:

Jul 26, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/443352

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Tim Wantland - Pacifica CA, US
Matthew Stokes - Hancock NH, US
Bingying Xia - Mountain View CA, US
Melissa Bamhart - Pacifica CA, US
Gus Winkleman - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Google LLC - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/0481
G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/16
G06F 3/0488
H04W 4/38
H04W 4/029

Abstract:

A method includes, while a user device is using a first presentation mode to present content to a user, obtaining a current state of the user of the user device. The method also includes, based on the current state of the user, providing, as output from a user interface of the user device, a user-selectable option that when selected causes the user device to use a second presentation mode to present the content to the user. The method further includes, in response to receiving a user input indication indicating selection of the user-selectable option, initiating presentation of the content using the second presentation mode.