Patents by Inventor Kurt R. Taylor

Kurt R. Taylor 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: 20240099820
    Abstract: A handle of an oral irrigator is provided. The handle may include a handle housing with a first segment and a second segment configured to couple together and define a cavity there between, a first set of interior walls extending from the first segment, and a second set of interior walls extending from the second segment. A wall of the first set of interior walls and a wall of the second set of interior walls may limit movement of an oral irrigator component at least partially disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Brian BOYD, Brian R. WILLIAMS, Kurt M. TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 8271501
    Abstract: Web search by a search engine among rich media objects, the search engine including a web crawler, where web search includes: maintaining, for each of a plurality of users, a reputation score; counting, by the web crawler for a particular search term, a number of tags associated with one or more rich media objects by one or more of the users, the tags including text describing the rich media objects, the text including the particular search term; calculating, for the particular search term and for each of the one or more rich media objects, in dependence upon the number of tags associated with the rich media objects and the reputation scores of the users that associated the tags with the rich media objects, a search result score; and recording the search result scores of each of the one or more rich media objects in a primary search index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Buccella, Sean L. Dague, Kurt R. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20110227919
    Abstract: A method for managing object attributes in a virtual world environment selects a plurality of selected objects based on a supplied criterion from the user. A plurality of objects meeting the supplied criterion are visually identified to a user of the virtual world environment. The user then chooses a plurality of chosen objects from the plurality of selected objects. An object component for the chosen objects is then modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Bongio, Sean L. Dague, Kurt R. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100153354
    Abstract: Web search by a search engine among rich media objects, the search engine including a web crawler, where web search includes: maintaining, for each of a plurality of users, a reputation score; counting, by the web crawler for a particular search term, a number of tags associated with one or more rich media objects by one or more of the users, the tags including text describing the rich media objects, the text including the particular search term; calculating, for the particular search term and for each of the one or more rich media objects, in dependence upon the number of tags associated with the rich media objects and the reputation scores of the users that associated the tags with the rich media objects, a search result score; and recording the search result scores of each of the one or more rich media objects in a primary search index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher J. Buccella, Sean L. Dague, Kurt R. Taylor