Patents by Inventor Scott Laird

Scott Laird 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).

  • Patent number: 7555542
    Abstract: A method and system for pointing a Internet user requesting access to content on a particular web site to one of a plurality of content servers associated with that web site based on one or more cost measurements associated with serving said content. The identification of the web site is mapped to the content servers associated with that web site. The user's IP address is then mapped to a particular content server based on a cost function and the IP address of the selected content server is provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Internap Network Services Corporation
    Inventors: Matt Ayers, Benjamin J. Black, Chris Brown, John Carlson, Dan Cohn, Scott Laird, Jonathan Miller, Stephen Ramsey, Ophir Ronen, Paul Schachter, Oscar Stiffelman
  • Patent number: 6068377
    Abstract: A novel psychophysical visual test is proposed for testing a person for glaucoma, and based on the discovery that a frequency doubling phenomenon is produced by isoluminent color visual stimuli. More specifically, it is proposed to construct a visual stimulus for which alternating colors in a grating pattern is the only basis for producing the frequency doubling phenomenon. That is, the colors are of the same luminance or intensity level, i.e., isoluminent, but each grating or pattern alternates from one color to another. Preferably, the colors are complementary color pairs, such as blue and yellow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: VisionRx.Com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart James McKinnon, Scott Laird Whittenburg, Jeffrey L. Stewart