Michael G Kramer

US Patent:

6721681, Apr 13, 2004

Filed:

Dec 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/330569

Inventors:

Lutrell M. Christian - Santa Monica CA 90405
Michael J. Kramer - San Francisco CA 99999

International Classification:

G04B 1924

US Classification:

702178, 250253, 34082554, 342457, 348143, 358 64

Abstract:

A chronometric identification and location tag for an animal, such as a dog, that incorporates a variety of detection and sensing functions as well as communication capacities. Assembled in a compact form that allows ready transport on a trainable animal, such as a dog, the chronometer identification and location tag enables the location of the associated animal, as well as the transmission and reception of information and data. Specific embodiments include the use of GPS to provide location data, as well as an alternative location system using temporary or permanent antenna installations. Hazardous material, visual, and acoustic detectors and other sensors and/or generators may be used in conjunction with transmission facilities for providing data regarding the animals environment. Information and signals may be transmitted to the central controller by a receiver and a speaker can provide for audio signaling to the animal or others close to the animal in an audible range of the speaker.

US Patent:

20220360604, Nov 10, 2022

Filed:

May 4, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/736111

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Andras BENKE - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan R DODSON - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey FENCHEL - San Francisco CA, US
Loretta JIMENEZ - San Francisco CA, US
Michael KRAMER - San Francisco CA, US
Fabien VIVES - San Francisco CA, US
Adam BEAUGH - Kensington CA, US
Felix Medina WONG - Fremont CA, US
Melinda CHU - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher MILLER - San Francisco CA, US
Ali ZAFARANI - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/40
G06F 16/951
G06Q 50/00

Abstract:

A system and method for detecting interactive network of automated accounts, the interactive network of automated accounts comprising a plurality of automated accounts posting to a social media channel, the system comprising: an ingestion engine operated by a computational device for connecting to the social media channel and receiving a plurality of social media postings from a plurality of posting entities; a bot model operated by a computational device for determining whether at least one posting entity is a suspected bot; and a computer network for communication between said computational devices.

US Patent:

20230090601, Mar 23, 2023

Filed:

Sep 23, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/951101

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Michael KRAMER - San Francisco CA, US
Kaitlyn RASSI - Austin TX, US
Heather Christiana MCCORMISH - San Francisco CA, US
Bradley WHITE - Denver CO, US
Ali ZAFARANI - Walnut Creek CA, US
David ATLAS - San Francisco CA, US
Alex SMITH - Chadron NE, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/31
G06F 40/284

Abstract:

A system and method for determining polarization in a plurality of documents, which may be grouped in a variety of ways, for example according to publication source. The polarization may be determined according to an analysis of the document itself and/or of the publication source of the document. Optionally, topic modeling is performed on one or more documents from one or more sources as part of the above analysis. One or more topic models may then be applied for tagging one or more such documents.

US Patent:

20210256221, Aug 19, 2021

Filed:

Apr 7, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/224224

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Andras BENKE - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan R. DODSON - San Francisco CA, US
Michael KRAMER - San Francisco CA, US
Felix Medina WONG - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alex SMITH - Chadron NE, US
Fabien VIVES - San Francisco CA, US
Ali ZAFARANI - Walnut Creek CA, US
Michael David WEST - Eugene OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 40/30
G06F 16/93
G06F 40/117

Abstract:

Embodiments disclose a method for automatic summarization of content. The method includes accessing a plurality of stories from a plurality of data sources for a predefined time. Each story is associated with a media item. The method includes plotting the plurality of stories over the predefined time for determining one or more peaks and extracting a set of stories from the one or more peaks. The method includes detecting one or more themes from the set of stories using LDA algorithm. Each theme is associated with a group of stories. The method further includes determining at least one subset of stories for each theme from the group of stories representing the set of stories in the one or more peaks using RBM algorithm. The method includes generating a summarized content for each user based on an associated user profile and the at least one subset of stories.

US Patent:

20200098161, Mar 26, 2020

Filed:

Sep 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/580098

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Andras BENKE - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan R. DODSON - San Francisco CA, US
Michael KRAMER - San Francisco CA, US
Fabien VIVES - San Francisco CA, US
Adam BEAUGH - Kendington CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 15/00
G06T 15/04
G06F 17/16
G06F 17/27
G06Q 50/00
G06K 9/62
G06K 9/00

Abstract:

A system and method for performing non-graphical algorithm calculations on a GPU (graphics processing unit), by adapting the non-graphical algorithm to be executed according to the texture mapping calculation functions of the GPU, for example within the Web Browser environment. The non-graphical algorithm preferably relates to comparison of a plurality of data points. Each data point may relate to any unit of information, including but not limited to a document (for a document comparison algorithm), information about movements of a unit (for a collision detection algorithm), determination of interactions between two more nodes on a graph, such as for example and without limitation, determining such interactions in a social media channel.

US Patent:

20190394231, Dec 26, 2019

Filed:

Jun 26, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/452640

Inventors:

- San Franciso CA, US
Andras BENKE - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan R. DODSON - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey FENCHEL - San Francisco CA, US
Loretta JIMENEZ - San Francisco CA, US
Michael KRAMER - San Francisco CA, US
Fabien VIVES - San Francisco CA, US
Adam BEAUGH - Kensington CA, US
Felix Medina WONG - Fremont CA, US
Melinda CHU - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher MILLER - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A system and method for detecting interactive network of automated accounts, the interactive network of automated accounts comprising a plurality of automated accounts posting to a social media channel, the system comprising: an ingestion engine operated by a computational device for connecting to the social media channel and receiving a plurality of social media postings from a plurality of posting entities; a bot model operated by a computational device for determining whether at least one posting entity is a suspected bot; and a computer network for communication between said computational devices.

US Patent:

20190385062, Dec 19, 2019

Filed:

Jun 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/438751

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Andras BENKE - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan R DODSON - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey FENCHEL - San Francisco CA, US
Loretta JIMENEZ - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Kramer - San Francisco CA, US
Alex SMITH - Chadron NE, US
Fabien VIVES - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06N 3/08
G06N 3/04
G06F 16/483

Abstract:

A system and method for data curation, which enables multimedia content, such as social media postings, to be analyzed automatically and accurately.