Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Oldham

Jeffrey Oldham 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).

  • Publication number: 20130198177
    Abstract: A system sends a search query to a search engine and receives from the search engine, responsive to the search query, a document comprising a first search result item and a second search result item. The system visually renders a portion that includes less than an entirety of the first search result item and includes the second search result item, where the portion is visually rendered in a region of the document. The system receives a selection of the first search result item from a user and visually expands the region of the document to a size sufficient to render an entirety of the first search result item based on the selection. The system visually renders the entirety of the first search result item within the expanded region of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey OLDHAM, Joshua D. MITTLEMAN, Alex COOK
  • Publication number: 20090307188
    Abstract: A system sends a search query to a search engine and receives from the search engine, responsive to the search query, a document comprising a first search result item and a second search result item. The system visually renders a portion that includes less than an entirety of the first search result item and includes the second search result item, where the portion is visually rendered in a region of the document. The system receives a selection of the first search result item from a user and visually expands the region of the document to a size sufficient to render an entirety of the first search result item based on the selection. The system visually renders the entirety of the first search result item within the expanded region of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Oldham, Joshua D. Mittleman, Alex Cook
  • Publication number: 20080103887
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products, are provided for selecting advertisements based on transactions. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that includes receiving information descriptive of a transaction, the information including an identification of an item from the transaction and identifying from a collection of advertisements one or more first advertisements based on an association identified between the first advertisements and the information. The method includes selecting one or more second advertisements from among the first advertisements and presenting the one or more second advertisement at the time of the transaction according to a ranking order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Oldham, Sheng Song
  • Patent number: D316917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Oldham