Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Bryan

Douglas L. Bryan 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).

  • Visual navigation utilizing web technology
    Patent number: 6664980
    Abstract: A display navigation system is presented in which indicia for a first target category and a second target category are presented to a user on a display, where the indicia are associated with keywords and the keywords are assigned weight. The user then performs various interactions and the user's interactions are detected. Additional indicia are presented to the user in response to the interactions, where the additional indicia represent additional target categories that are similar or dissimilar to the first and second target catergories depending on the interactions and weight of the keywords. Finally, additional indicia are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Accenture LLP
    Inventors: Douglas L. Bryan, Anatole V. Gershman
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR VISUAL NAVIGATION UTILIZING WEB TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20030048307
    Abstract: A display navigation system is presented in which a plurality of indicia are presented to a user representing common items. As an item is selected on the display more items corresponding to the selected item selected are displayed to allow a user to intuitively identify a category of items of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: DOUGLAS L. BRYAN, ANATOLE V. GERSHMAN