Alexander A Austin

US Patent:

20200081930, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep 5, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/561848

Inventors:

- Redwood City CA, US
Alexander Austin - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric J. Glover - Palo Alto CA, US
Jyotsna Jayaraman - San Francisco CA, US
Jonas Frederick Bauer - Atherton CA, US
Kan Yu - San Mateo CA, US
Charles Currin Gilliam - Raleigh NC, US
Rishi Khaitan - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Branch Metrics, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 16/9536
G06F 16/9538

Abstract:

A method includes storing entity records that include entity information that describes an entity and an application link that accesses an application state associated with the entity. The method includes receiving event data from user devices that indicates a number of times each of the application states was accessed by the user devices. The method includes determining a popularity score for each entity record based on the received event data, wherein the popularity score indicates the number of times the application state for the entity record was accessed relative to the number of times other application states were accessed. The method includes identifying a set of preliminary result entity records based on a search request, generating result scores for each of the preliminary result entity records based on the popularity scores, and generating search results that include application links from the preliminary result entity records.

US Patent:

20190317941, Oct 17, 2019

Filed:

Apr 16, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/385202

Inventors:

- Redwood City CA, US
Eric J. Glover - Palo Alto CA, US
Alexander Austin - Palo Alto CA, US
Kan Yu - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Branch Metrics, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 16/2457
G06F 16/248
G06F 16/25

Abstract:

A user device includes a processing unit that executes a search application. Executing the search application causes the processing unit to receive a user search query, send the user search query to a plurality of target applications, and receive a set of search results from each of the target applications. Each search result includes application state access data configured to access an application state of the target application associated with the search result. Executing the search application causes the processing unit to rank the search results, display the ranked search results, and detect user selection of one of the displayed search results. Additionally, executing the search application causes the processing unit to send the application state access data associated with the selected search result to the target application associated with the selected search result and display the application state accessed using the application state access data.

US Patent:

20180332453, Nov 15, 2018

Filed:

Jul 23, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/042903

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Maria Madalina Seghete - Palo Alto CA, US
Alexander John Austin - Palo Alto CA, US
Dmitri Gaskin - Albany CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/60
H04L 29/08
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A contextual deep linking server receives a request associated with a valid contextual deep link from a client device, the contextual deep link associated with link data indicating a particular configuration of an application. The server also receives, after determining that the client device has stored a previously generated fingerprint, stored contextual information for the client device identified by a locally stored fingerprint that matches the previously generated fingerprint. The server then generates, after determining that the client device does not have the previously generated fingerprint, a unique fingerprint of the client device based on a plurality of characteristics of the client device and determining contextual information of the request based on a characteristic of the client device. The server also transmits a response to the client device that is selected based on the contextual information of the client device such that the response is operable on the client device.

US Patent:

20160142858, May 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov 6, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/935301

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Maria Madalina Seghete - Palo Alto CA, US
Alexander John Austin - Palo Alto CA, US
Dmitri Gaskin - Albany CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/00
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A contextual deep linking server receives a request associated with a valid contextual deep link from a client device, the contextual deep link associated with link data indicating a particular configuration of an application. The server also receives, after determining that the client device has stored a previously generated fingerprint, stored contextual information for the client device identified by a locally stored fingerprint that matches the previously generated fingerprint. The server then generates, after determining that the client device does not have the previously generated fingerprint, a unique fingerprint of the client device based on a plurality of characteristics of the client device and determining contextual information of the request based on a characteristic of the client device. The server also transmits a response to the client device that is selected based on the contextual information of the client device such that the response is operable on the client device.

US Patent:

20160142859, May 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov 6, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/935308

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Maria Madalina Seghete - Palo Alto CA, US
Alexander John Austin - Palo Alto CA, US
Dmitri Gaskin - Albany CA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/00
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A client device transmits to a server a request associated with a contextual deep link, the contextual deep link associated with link data indicating a configuration of an application. The client device receives a response according to the contextual information of the client device. The client device initiates the application and transmits a request by the application for link data. The application on the client device generates a unique fingerprint of the client device based on a plurality of characteristics of the client device and transmits the unique fingerprint to the server. The client device receives the link data associated with the contextual deep link and configures the application according to the configuration indicated in the link data.