Patents Assigned to Content Directions, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12038994
    Abstract: The Integrated, Information-Engineered and Self-Improving Advertising, E-Commerce and Online Customer Interactions Apparatuses, Processes and Systems (“ISICI”) transforms menu identifier, menu target identifier, menu content hierarchy items, menu specification, indicia of usage inputs via ISICI components into menu/user interface, user interface updates, transactions, metrics outputs. In one embodiment, the ISICI is comprised of three components: 1) a creation and maintenance of MultiLink menus component; 2) a registration and updating of the underlying multilink records component; and 3) a distribution/syndication of the MultiLink menus component. The ISICI allows for the creation of MultiLink menus. These menus may appear over any links, ads, ecommerce, etc. The ISICI provides a mechanism to track how users use the MultiLink menu. This tracking information is fed back to the ISICI, which allows it to further refine the menu structure in response to actual usage tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Content Directions, Inc.
    Inventor: David Anthony Sidman
  • Publication number: 20230050429
    Abstract: The disclosure teaches a hierarchical multidimensional interfaces for navigating information, responsive to user feedback in the placement and appearance of navigation panes The way a user views the contents of a menu pane is to move the mouse toward the particular menu pane. When a cursor is hovering over a pane, it may be highlighted. When the cursor is subsequently moved toward any inactive pane, a preview of that pane slides into view, showing only part of the pane. The closer the cursor gets to the pane, the larger the preview area becomes and if the user moves the mouse away frin an inactive pane, its preview becomes smaller. Once the cursor crosses over to a pane different from the currently viewed, that pane slides into view. A user only need select a menu item when one wishes to navigate to a URL or application external to a navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Content Directions Inc. (dba) Linkstorm
    Inventor: David SIDMAN
  • Publication number: 20210208770
    Abstract: The disclosure teaches a hierarchical multidimensional interfaces for navigating information, responsive to user feedback in the placement and appearance of navigation panes The way a user views the contents of a menu pane is to move the mouse toward the particular menu pane. When a cursor is hovering over a pane, it may be highlighted. When the cursor is subsequently moved toward any inactive pane, a preview of that pane slides into view, showing only part of the pane. The closer the cursor gets to the pane, the larger the preview area becomes and if the user moves the mouse away frin an inactive pane, its preview becomes smaller. Once the cursor crosses over to a pane different from the currently viewed, that pane slides into view. A user only need select a menu item when one wishes to navigate to a URL or application external to a navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Content Directions Inc. (dba) Linkstorm
    Inventor: David SIDMAN
  • Publication number: 20200285376
    Abstract: The disclosure teaches a hierarchical multidimensional interfaces for navigating information, responsive to user feedback in the placement and appearance of navigation panes The way a user views the contents of a menu pane is to move the mouse toward the particular menu pane. When a cursor is hovering over a pane, it may e highlighted. When the cursor is subsequently moved toward any inactive pane, a preview of that pane slides into view, showing only part of the pane. The closer the cursor gets to the pane, the larger the preview area becomes and if the user moves the mouse away from an inactive pane, its preview becomes smaller. Once the cursor crosses over to a pane different from the currently viewed, that pane slides into view. A user only need select a menu item when one wishes to navigate to a URL or application external to a navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Content Directions Inc. (dba) Linkstorm
    Inventor: David SIDMAN
  • Publication number: 20200019584
    Abstract: The Supra Boundary Web Compositor Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SBWC”) transforms webpage request inputs via SBWC components into composited expandable element outputs. A top level listening (TLL) component that creates a node list of first level frames is provided. The TLL component executes components provided by a frame busting (FB) component. A first frame obtains a frame escaping (FE) component. The FE component generates a unique frame identifier and creates a second frame that obtains the FB component. The FE component listens for TLL messages, determines a node list identifier of a first level frame, and sends the node list identifier to the FB component. The FB component generates a component that facilitates determining which first level frame contains associated expandable display payload. The FB component listens for FE messages, determines the node list identifier, and generates a component that facilitates rebuilding the expandable display payload in webpage top level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Content Directions, Inc. dba Linkstorm
    Inventors: Timothy Donald Ross, David Anthony Sidman
  • Publication number: 20180081980
    Abstract: The Supra Boundary Web Compositor Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SBWC”) transforms webpage request inputs via SBWC components into composited expandable element outputs. A top level listening (TLL) component that creates a node list of first level frames is provided. The TLL component executes components provided by a frame busting (FB) component. A first frame obtains a frame escaping (FE) component. The FE component generates a unique frame identifier and creates a second frame that obtains the FB component. The FE component listens for TLL messages, determines a node list identifier of a first level frame, and sends the node list identifier to the FB component. The FB component generates a component that facilitates determining which first level frame contains associated expandable display payload. The FB component listens for FE messages, determines the node list identifier, and generates a component that facilitates rebuilding the expandable display payload in webpage top level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Content Directions, Inc. dba Linkstorm
    Inventors: Timothy Donald Ross, David Anthony Sidman
  • Publication number: 20150039442
    Abstract: The MULTIPLE-RESOLUTION, INFORMATION-ENGINEERED, SELF-IMPROVING ADVERTISING AND INFORMATION ACCESS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“MISAIA”) transforms content and content identifier inputs via MISAIA components into self-engineered, self-improving advertisements and information accessing unique persistent universal name identifier (UPUNI) outputs. MISAIA receives a request for a unique persistent universal name identifier (UPUNI) from a requesting client accessing content, obtains an UPUNI menu specification, if the UPUNI menu specification exists, obtains UPUNI record information from an UPUNI directory, generates an UPUNI menu specification from metadata in the UPUNI directory, if one is unavailable, stores the UPUNI menu specification, in the UPUNI directory, in an UPUNI syndicator, generates an UPUNI menu from the UPUNI menu specification, and provides via a processor the UPUNI menu to the requesting client that is responsive to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Content Directions, Inc. dba Linkstorm
    Inventor: David Sidman
  • Patent number: 8156151
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system to track information access over a communications network. The present disclosure teaches how to associate access credentials with content accesser in a global and persistent manner. Both content and people are registered with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) handle system (1603). Furthermore, security and other information such as certificates, personal records, encryption keys, and all other objects involved in such transactions may also be registered with a DOI in the handle system and/or may be associated with another DOI as one of the multiple-resolution pointers contained in a DOI record. A right clearinghouse (1604) then maintains a rights database associated content rights with content accessers by DOIs. The association of people, i.e., content accessers, with digital object identifiers further ensures that content and accessers may be mapped in a manner allowing for the secure tracking of content access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Content Directions, Inc.
    Inventor: David Sidman
  • Patent number: 7440953
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system to validate the integrity of a persistent identifier of information that may be located in multiple locations, formats, and accessible in variable fashions based on the context of use (135). The present disclosure further provides the ability to validate that the information being identified is valid for any given identifier. The present disclosure also teaches the ability to automatically generate tags that allows for the validation of both information and associated information identifiers either through validation and/or through registration. The invention teaches how to test and assure the quality of association between an identifier of information and the actual information. The invention details how to automatically correct poor quality references being used by identifiers, and/or provides notification escalation to aid in maintaining persistent identifier and information association (135).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Content Directions, Inc.
    Inventor: David Sidman