Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Yaeger

Stephen L. Yaeger 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: 20160205070
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatic completion of an entry into an input field is provided. The apparatus may include a webpage. The webpage may include a search box. The search box may include a user input field. The apparatus may further include a processor and a machine-readable memory. When a user begins to type a query into the user input box, the processor may be configured to complete, pending user confirmation, the user's query. The completion may be based, for example, on information stored on the machine-readable memory pertaining to the user. The information may be available to an authorized accessor of the machine-readable memory via a secure communications channel. However, the information may be restricted from the user's access via a communications channel associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Viju Kothuvatiparambil, Stephen L. Yaeger, Marco A. Ramirez, Ramakrishna R. Yannam, David H. Witting
  • Publication number: 20160203220
    Abstract: Apparatus, including a processor, for performing a search based, at least in part, on MCC information, is provided. The processor may identify an MCC with greater than a threshold level of correlation to a user's query. The processor may be configured to search a machine-readable memory for documents pertaining to the MCC and/or pertaining to the user's query. The processor may respond to the user's query by providing a set of documents. The processor may provide a reciprocal query. The reciprocal query may be for obtaining a greater quantum of MCC information then was included in the user's query. The reciprocal query may prompt the user to choose from one or more of a plurality of MCCs that correlate to the subject matter area. The reciprocal query may prompt a user to select from a plurality of subject matter areas corresponding to the plurality of MCCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Viju Kothuvatiparambil, Stephen L. Yaeger, Marco A. Ramirez, Ramakrishna R. Yannam, David H. Witting