Patents Assigned to NEWSPLUG, INC.
  • Patent number: 11507630
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure enable real-time communication between a first user and a second user regarding web content, and enable the second user to receive a submission of at least some of the web content from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 11436292
    Abstract: Technologies for implementing geographic location based news feeds. A server computer indexes web content transmitted from a first client computer. And, the server computer, in response to receiving a search query from a second client computer, generates geographically filtered search results based on the search query from the second client computer and a geographic location tag of the search query. The geographically filtered search results can include parts of the web content transmitted from a first client computer corresponding to the search query and the geographic location tag of the search query. The server computer also transmits the geographically filtered search results to the second client computer to be displayed by the second client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 11113343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that transmits a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer. The web browser displays web content in a main window. The plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer. The user interface is separate from the main window of the web browser, displays at least a portion of the web content, and is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 11106744
    Abstract: A search engine to index web content with user content. A server computer receives, from a first client computer operated by a first user, an identification of first web content displayed by a web browser of the first client computer in a main browser window. The identification of the first web content is transmitted by the first user to the server computer via a user interface separate from the main browser window. The server computer then indexes the first web content. In response to receiving a search query from a web browser of a second client computer operated by a second user, the server computer transmits search results to the web browser of the second client computer. The search results include the first web content identified by the first user in a position relative to identifications of other web content received from other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 10387391
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure enable real-time communication between a first user and a second user regarding web content, and enable the second user to receive a submission of at least some of the web content from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 10180952
    Abstract: A search engine to index web content with user content. A server computer receives, from a first client computer operated by a first user, an identification of first web content displayed by a web browser of the first client computer in a main browser window. The identification of the first web content is transmitted by the first user to the server computer via a user interface separate from the main browser window. The server computer then indexes the first web content. In response to receiving a search query from a web browser of a second client computer operated by a second user, the server computer transmits search results to the web browser of the second client computer. The search results include the first web content identified by the first user in a position relative to identifications of other web content received from other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
  • Patent number: 9977800
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that transmits a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer. The web browser displays web content in a main window. The plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer. The user interface is separate from the main window of the web browser, displays at least a portion of the web content, and is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NEWSPLUG, INC.
    Inventors: John S. Shriber, Roman Zaks