Patents by Inventor Eric M. Tucker

Eric M. Tucker 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).

  • System and method for distributing preferenced data over a communications network
    Patent number: 6237022
    Abstract: A system and method for distributing and presenting preferenced data from a host server to a browsing device through a communications network. The method involves identifying a user preference, providing at least one data feed containing information related to the user preference, selecting preferenced data from the data feed corresponding to the user preference, preloading the preferenced data from the host server to the browsing device, and presenting the preferenced data through the browsing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: WebTV Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Timo Bruck, Alan Cohn, Wei Huang, Eric M. Tucker, Samuel Thomas Scott, III, Bruce A. Leak