Patents by Inventor Yuval Rakavy

Yuval Rakavy 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 apparatus for transmitting and displaying information between a remote network and a local computer
    Patent number: 6539429
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting advertisements and other information from a computer network database based on user defined preferences and transmitting the selected advertisement in background mode over a communications link between the computer network and a local computer with minimal interference with other processes communicating over the communications link. This method includes monitoring the communications link and transmitting portions of the advertisement when the communications link line utilization is below a preestablished threshold. Methods and apparatus are also provided for displaying or otherwise presenting the selected advertisements on the user's computer. Additional methods and apparatus are provided for selecting and presenting information stored on a local storage media based on user defined preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Backweb Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Eli Barkat
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting and displaying information between a remote network and a local computer
    Publication number: 20020010775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting advertisements and other information from a computer network database based on user defined preferences and transmitting the selected advertisement in background mode over a communications link between the computer network and a local computer with minimal interference with other processes communicating over the communications link. This method includes monitoring the communications link and transmitting portions of the advertisement when the communications link line utilization is below a preestablished threshold. Methods and apparatus are also provided for displaying or otherwise presenting the selected advertisements on the user's computer. Additional methods and apparatus are provided for selecting and presenting information stored on a local storage media based on user defined preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Eli Barkat
  • Network enhanced bios enabling remote management of a computer without a functioning operating system
    Patent number: 6324644
    Abstract: A method and system of communicating with a computer through a network prior to booting the computer's operating system or after operating system failure is provided. A multitasking kernel is implemented in a network enhanced BIOS. External references in a NIC device driver are resolved to reference services provided by the network enhanced BIOS. A workstation coupled to the computer through a network may be used to access and set status on the computer prior to loading the operating system or after operating system failure. The multitasking kernel may be operated simultaneously with a conventional BIOS. The computer may be further provided with a means for alerting the workstation in the event of a POST failure or operating system crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Ian Anderson, Andrew Garsten, James Roche, Michael Peter R. Burton
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting and displaying information between a remote network and a local computer
    Patent number: 6317789
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting advertisements and other information from a computer network database based on user defined preferences and transmitting the selected advertisement in background mode over a communications link between the computer network and a local computer with minimal interference with other processes communicating over the communications link. This method includes monitoring the communications link and transmitting portions of the advertisement when the communications link line utilization is below a preestablished threshold. Methods and apparatus are also provided for displaying or otherwise presenting the selected advertisements on the user's computer. Additional methods and apparatus are provided for selecting and presenting information stored on a local storage media based on user defined preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Backweb, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Eli Barkat
  • Network enhanced BIOS enabling remote management of a computer without a functioning operating system
    Patent number: 5978912
    Abstract: A method and system of communicating with a computer through a network prior to booting the computer's operating system or after operating system failure is provided. A multitasking kernel is implemented in a network enhanced BIOS. External references in a NIC device driver are resolved to reference services provided by the network enhanced BIOS. A workstation coupled to the computer through a network may be used to access and set status on the computer prior to loading the operating system or after operating system failure. The multitasking kernel may be operated simultaneously with a conventional BIOS. The computer may be further provided with a means for alerting the workstation in the event of a POST failure or operating system crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Ian Anderson, Andrew Garsten, James Roche, Michael Peter R. Burton
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting and displaying information between a remote network and a local computer
    Patent number: 5913040
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting advertisements and other information from a computer network database based on user defined preferences and transmitting the selected advertisement in background mode over a communications link between the computer network and a local computer with minimal interference with other processes communicating over the communications link. This method includes monitoring the communications link and transmitting portions of the advertisement when the communications link line utilization is below a preestablished threshold. Methods and apparatus are also provided for displaying or otherwise presenting the selected advertisements on the user's computer. Additional methods and apparatus are provided for selecting and presenting information stored on a local storage media based on user defined preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Backweb Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuval Rakavy, Eli Barkat