Gregory A Funk

US Patent:

8271334, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Oct 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/253794

Inventors:

Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US
Vincent Dureau - Palo Alto CA, US
Rich Bragg - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/025
G06F 3/00
G00F 17/60

US Classification:

705 1473, 705 1411, 725 34

Abstract:

Systems and methods for bookmarking media content for future availability are described. The method includes receiving a receiving a request for media content and user account data for a plurality of unique online content sources. The method also includes requesting content availability data from the plurality of unique online content sources and using received content availability data to generate a notification. Pricing information, the media format, and notification preferences may be used to further configure the searches and notifications.

US Patent:

8479228, Jul 2, 2013

Filed:

Sep 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/245820

Inventors:

Randy Simon - San Francisco CA, US
Matias Cudich - San Francisco CA, US
Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/10

US Classification:

725 34, 725 35, 709219

Abstract:

Metadata associated with video data by a content management system is transmitted to one or more advertising servers to tailor advertisements, or other data, presented in addition to the video data. In one embodiment, a user specifies the metadata associated with the video data, and the management system communicates the metadata to one or more advertising servers. Responsive to a user changing a subset of the metadata using the content management system, the changed subset of the metadata is communicated to the one or more advertising servers, which modify advertisements associated with the video data responsive to the changed metadata. Hence, changes to metadata associated with video data are pushed from the management system to an advertising server, allowing the advertising server to more quickly modify the advertisements associated with the video data.

US Patent:

8510644, Aug 13, 2013

Filed:

Oct 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/277381

Inventors:

Nareshkumar Rajkumar - San Jose CA, US
Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US
Theodore Kent Hamilton - Küsnacht, CH
Vincent Gatto, Jr. - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715201

Abstract:

A system and method for optimizing content of a web page is disclosed. The system comprises a configuration analysis module, a request analysis module, an analytics module and an optimization module that are communicatively coupled to each other. The configuration analysis module receives first and second sets of web interaction data associated with a web page and determines first and second content configurations for the first and second sets of web interaction data, respectively. The request analysis module receives first and second requests for the first and second content configurations, respectively, and extracts a first set of event data from the first request and a second set of event data from the second request. The analytics module generates a first set and a second set of video-aware analytics data. The optimization module optimizes the content of the web page based at least in part on video-aware analytics data.

US Patent:

8560683, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/158313

Inventors:

Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US
Vincent Gatto, Jr. - San Francisco CA, US
Nareshkumar Rajkumar - San Jose CA, US
Theodore Kent Hamilton - Rüschlikon, CH

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 709203

Abstract:

Analytics describing video data published to one or more destination sites are calculated. Metrics describing performance of the video data, such as performance in different geographical areas, in different demographics and in different devices are calculated. An interface simplifies calculation of the video metrics to simplify analysis by allowing a user to identify different videos or sets of videos for analysis. Additionally, interaction with one or more web pages including the video data is also captured and combined with video data performance metrics. Integrating web page interaction data and video performance metrics provide a user with a more accurate description of how visitors interact with content presented using the one or more web pages.

US Patent:

8572243, Oct 29, 2013

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/158327

Inventors:

Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US
Vincent Gatto, Jr. - San Francisco CA, US
Nareshkumar Rajkumar - San Jose CA, US
Theodore Kent Hamilton - Rüschlikon, CH

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 705 1441

Abstract:

Analytics describing video data published to one or more destination sites are calculated. Metrics describing performance of the video data, such as performance in different geographical areas, in different demographics and in different devices are calculated. An interface simplifies calculation of the video metrics to simplify analysis by allowing a user to identify different videos or sets of videos for analysis. Additionally, interaction with one or more web pages including the video data is also captured and combined with video data performance metrics. For example, the effect of video data on navigation between web pages within a website is described by one or more navigation paths accounting for interaction with video data.

US Patent:

8583489, Nov 12, 2013

Filed:

Aug 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/595737

Inventors:

Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US
Vincent Dureau - Palo Alto CA, US
Rich Bragg - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 1473, 705 1419, 709204, 725 39, 725101

Abstract:

Systems and methods for bookmarking media content for future availability are described. The method includes receiving a receiving a request for media content and user account data for a plurality of unique online content sources. The method also includes requesting content availability data from the plurality of unique online content sources and using received content availability data to generate a notification. Pricing information, the media format, and notification preferences may be used to further configure the searches and notifications.

US Patent:

20090271398, Oct 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/429400

Inventors:

Steven D. Scherf - Fremont CA, US
Gregory Allan Funk - Berkeley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17017

Abstract:

A method and system is provided for recognizing video content represented by temporally segmented video content. An example system includes a communication module and a search and match module. The communications module may be configured to receive a source table of contents (TOC) related to a temporally segmented video content. The source TOC may include one or more titles and a source playback length. The search and match module may be configured to interrogate a video products database with the source TOC to determine one or more match results, utilizing a fuzzy matching technique.

US Patent:

20130071087, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/233483

Inventors:

Nilofer Fakhruddin Motiwala - San Francisco CA, US
Matias Cudich - San Francisco CA, US
Randy Simon - San Francisco CA, US
Daniil Khidekel - Berkeley CA, US
Gregory Allan Funk - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 9/80

US Classification:

386241, 386239, 386248, 386E09011

Abstract:

A system and method for managing video data and metadata associated with the video data is disclosed. In one embodiment, a content management system receives video data and metadata associated with the video data, such as a title, a thumbnail image and a subject matter identifier. Instructions for a media player used to present the video data using a destination site are also generated to simplify distribution of the video data to one or more destination sites. The content management system further enables a user to edit the stored video data to customize placements of advertisements or other data within the video data by identifying one or more cue points in the video data. A data store is coupled to the content management system to store the video data and the metadata associated with the video data.