Patents by Inventor David Rahardia

David Rahardia 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).

  • Search extensibility to third party applications
    Patent number: 9098363
    Abstract: At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to extend search capabilities to third party applications installed on a device. In one embodiment, records associated with a third party application are indexed in a process isolated from other third party applications installed on the device using a search plugin specific to the third party application. Furthermore, the indexed records can be searched in response to a user search query without invoking the third party application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Benjamin S. Phipps, David Rahardia
  • SEARCH EXTENSIBILITY TO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20110252038
    Abstract: At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to extend search capabilities to third party applications installed on a device. In one embodiment, records associated with a third party application are indexed in a process isolated from other third party applications installed on the device using a search plugin specific to the third party application. Furthermore, the indexed records can be searched in response to a user search query without invoking the third party application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Edward T. Schmidt, Gordon J. Freedman, Benjamin S. Phipps, David Rahardia