Patents by Inventor Michael D. Norman

Michael D. Norman 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: 20140281888
    Abstract: A web developer or other user may rapidly update the appearance of user generated content (UGC) or other content that appears as part of a web page. The look and feel of UGC or other content may be customized in order to provider a user of a web site with a better browsing experience, and to make the UGC's appearance consistent with other web site portions. In various embodiments, a displayed preview of content may be updated without having to communicate with an external program and/or without having to re-load a graphical rendering engine that is used to display the content preview. An API may be used to change internal data settings of a graphical rendering engine, which may enable the graphical rendering engine to avoid re-loading data or settings that have not been changed, thus speeding up user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Bazaarvoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Rego, Michael D. Norman
  • Publication number: 20140201623
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for determining style attributes of a web page are disclosed. More specifically, in one embodiment, an indication of a document corresponding to a web page may be received and one or more style attributes associated with the web page determined. To determine these style attributes, a document object model (DOM) may be produced based on the document corresponding to the web page and the analyzed DOM. Information indicative of the one or more style attributes can then be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Bazaarvoice, Inc
    Inventors: J. Stephen Kattner, Michael D. Norman
  • Publication number: 20100218081
    Abstract: A relative ordering method is disclosed wherein generic items are ordered by using relative ordering information rather than explicit ordering information. The method allows items to be ordered relative to one another based on users' preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Michael D. Norman, Justin Ohmie
  • Patent number: 5096101
    Abstract: A garment hanger including a body having a hook member and a tab holder. The tab holder includes an enlarged region. An information tab includes resilient fingers which are captured by the enlarged region to substantially prevent removal of the tab from the tab holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Norman, Clifford A. Deupree, Michael Elchisak
  • Patent number: D337893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Norman
  • Patent number: D352834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: A & E Products Group, a Division of Carlisle Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Norman