Patents by Inventor Benjamin Jackson Roach

Benjamin Jackson Roach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10895961
    Abstract: Approaches are described for an interface element that displays progressively more information about a search result in a listing of search results. In an embodiment, a user interacts with a search result, for example by utilizing a gesture on a touch-sensitive display, and a supplemental content item is generated and displayed using, in one example, a subset of available supplemental information associated with the search result. The display of the supplemental content item is accompanied by an animation is some embodiments whereby the supplemental content item visually “slides” over to replace the search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Jackson Roach, Sean Michael Bell, Whitney Gale Spathelf
  • Publication number: 20190377466
    Abstract: Approaches are described for an interface element that displays progressively more information about a search result in a listing of search results. In an embodiment, a user interacts with a search result, for example by utilizing a gesture on a touch-sensitive display, and a supplemental content item is generated and displayed using, in one example, a subset of available supplemental information associated with the search result. The display of the supplemental content item is accompanied by an animation is some embodiments whereby the supplemental content item visually “slides” over to replace the search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Jackson Roach, Sean Michael Bell, Whitney Gale Spathelf
  • Patent number: 10423303
    Abstract: Approaches are described for an interface element that displays progressively more information about a search result in a listing of search results. In an embodiment, a user interacts with a search result, for example by utilizing a gesture on a touch-sensitive display, and a supplemental content item is generated and displayed using, in one example, a subset of available supplemental information associated with the search result. The display of the supplemental content item is accompanied by an animation is some embodiments whereby the supplemental content item visually “slides” over to replace the search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Jackson Roach, Sean Michael Bell, Whitney Gale Spathelf