Patents by Inventor Jon Sweet

Jon Sweet 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 performing bi-directional search
    Patent number: 10198519
    Abstract: When a user enters a primary search query into a primary search query input area to perform a first search of the primary search query, disclosed is a method and system for automatically entering the primary search query into a secondary search query input area to perform a second search of the primary search query. When the user enters a secondary search query into the secondary search query input area to perform a first search of the secondary search query, the method and system automatically enters the secondary search query into the primary search query input area to perform a second search of the secondary search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, Frank Yoo, Burke Culligan
  • Method and system for topic-based browsing
    Patent number: 10083248
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for navigating, by a browser executing on the computing device, to a web page; transmitting by a client-side module executing on the computing device to a server computer over a network a request to the server computer for topics associated with the web page; receiving, by the computing device, a set of (one or more) topics associated with the web page from the server computer; displaying by the browser in a first content area the web page; and displaying by the browser in a second content area the received set of topics associated with the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, John Greene, Frank Yoo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING BI-DIRECTIONAL SEARCH
    Publication number: 20160239577
    Abstract: When a user enters a primary search query into a primary search query input area to perform a first search of the primary search query, disclosed is a method and system for automatically entering the primary search query into a secondary search query input area to perform a second search of the primary search query. When the user enters a secondary search query into the secondary search query input area to perform a first search of the secondary search query, the method and system automatically enters the secondary search query into the primary search query input area to perform a second search of the secondary search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, Frank Yoo, Burke Culligan
  • Method and system for performing bi-directional search
    Patent number: 9323843
    Abstract: When a user enters a primary search query into a primary search query input area to perform a first search of the primary search query, disclosed is a method and system for automatically entering the primary search query into a secondary search query input area to perform a second search of the primary search query. When the user enters a secondary search query into the secondary search query input area to perform a first search of the secondary search query, the method and system automatically enters the secondary search query into the primary search query input area to perform a second search of the secondary search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, Frank Yoo, Burke Culligan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC-BASED BROWSING
    Publication number: 20110252060
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for navigating, by a browser executing on the computing device, to a web page; transmitting by a client-side module executing on the computing device to a server computer over a network a request to the server computer for topics associated with the web page; receiving, by the computing device, a set of (one or more) topics associated with the web page from the server computer; displaying by the browser in a first content area the web page; and displaying by the browser in a second content area the received set of topics associated with the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, John Greene, Frank Yoo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING BI-DIRECTIONAL SEARCH
    Publication number: 20110252343
    Abstract: When a user enters a primary search query into a primary search query input area to perform a first search of the primary search query, disclosed is a method and system for automatically entering the primary search query into a secondary search query input area to perform a second search of the primary search query. When the user enters a secondary search query into the secondary search query input area to perform a first search of the secondary search query, the method and system automatically enters the secondary search query into the primary search query input area to perform a second search of the secondary search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, Frank Yoo, Burke Culligan