Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Vacanti

Daniel S. Vacanti 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).

  • Method and system for non-repeating user identification in a communication system
    Patent number: 7900245
    Abstract: A method and system operative to preclude content providers from tracking users, while still allowing content providers to communicate to users. An intermediary, such as an access channel provider for instance, gives content providers non-repeating user-identification-tokens, each of which a content provider can use as a key to access an intermediary resource that facilitates a communication to the user, without revealing the user's identity to the content provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Geddes, Daniel S. Vacanti, David J. Anderson, Todd M. Conley, Piyush Jethwa, Tania Maza-Deblauwe, Wone-Hoe Chan, Ganga Madhavarapu
  • Method and system for inserting web content through intermediation between a content server and a client station
    Patent number: 7801945
    Abstract: A method and system for inserting web content through intermediation between a content server and a client station. An intermediation system within an HTTP communication path between a content server and a client station receives a markup language that is being transmitted via the HTTP communication path from the content server to the client station. The intermediation system then detects a markup-insertion instruction within the markup language and responsively inserts new markup language into the set of markup language, so as to establish a modified set of markup language. The intermediation system then sends the modified markup language along the HTTP communication path to the client station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Geddes, Daniel S. Vacanti, Todd M. Conley, David J. Anderson, Neil E. Lowrey
  • Method and system for embellishing web content during transmission between a content server and a client station
    Patent number: 7568002
    Abstract: A method and system for embellishing web content during transmission of the content between a content server and a client station. An intermediation system receives web content that is being transmitted via an HTTP communication path from the content server to the client station. The system then adds into the content at least one explanatory object and then sends the content with the explanatory object along the HTTP communication path to the client station. The explanatory object could take various forms. For instance, it could be an explanation of what will happen when a user clicks on a particular hyperlink in the web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Vacanti, Todd M. Conley, Martin Geddes, David J. Anderson
  • Method and system for dynamically varying intermediation functions in a communication path between a content server and a client station
    Patent number: 7360210
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamically varying intermediation functions in a communication path between a content server and a client station. An intermediation system within the communication path receives an HTTP message and detects an intermediation-variance instruction within the message. In response, the intermediation system varies a default set of intermediation logic, such as by removing, changing or adding one or more intermediation triggers and/or intermediation actions. In turn, the intermediation system applies the variant intermediation logic in response to the HTTP message and/or in response to subsequent HTTP messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Vacanti, Martin Geddes, Todd M. Conley, David J. Anderson, Neil E. Lowrey
  • Method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content
    Patent number: 7310516
    Abstract: A method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content. During transmission of web content over a communication path between a content server and a client station, an intermediation system adds into the web content, in conjunction with a hyperlink to web content, an indication of cost to access the referenced web content. The indication of cost will then be presented to a user when the web content is presented to the user, thereby giving the user an advanced notice of the cost to access the referenced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Vacanti, Todd M. Conley, Martin Geddes, David J. Anderson
  • Method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content
    Patent number: 6987987
    Abstract: A method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content. During transmission of web content over a communication path between a content server and a client station, an intermediation system adds into the web content, in conjunction with a hyperlink to web content, an indication of cost to access the referenced web content. The indication of cost will then be presented to a user when the web content is presented to the user, thereby giving the user an advanced notice of the cost to access the referenced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Vacanti, Todd M. Conley, Martin Geddes, David J. Anderson