Patents Assigned to Mercury Kingdom Assets Limited
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Patent number: 10394887Abstract: Video trailers for a video quote may be created and provided to a user. The Internet may be searched to identify documents that likely include references to a video. A reference to the video within an identified document may be detected and determined to be a video quote. The video quote and related information may be extracted from the identified document. A location of the video quote within the video may be determined. A video trailer that includes the video quote may be created based on the location of the video quote. A request for a video trailer that includes a video quote or a partial video quote, specified by the user, may be received from the user. A video trailer that includes the video quote or the partial video quote may be identified and provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Abdur R. Chowdhury, Harmannus Vandermolen
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Patent number: 10027613Abstract: In some embodiments, electronic data may be automatically captured to provide a user with a universal Internet identity and e-mail address, comprehensive e-mail filtering and forwarding services, and e-receipt identification and data extraction. Detailed user e-mail preferences data stored at a central server may be selectively altered such that incoming correspondence is redirected in accordance with the user's preferences. Computer program code at the central server may parse incoming e-mail header information and data content, selectively extract data from identified types of correspondence, and forward the extracted data in accordance with the user's preferences. Additional computer program code may manipulate the extracted data in accordance with format requirements and display the manipulated data to a user in a desired format.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Jai Rawat, Julian Gordon, Santhosh Raman, Renuka Kulkami, Rajiv Anand, Silvia Doundakova, Vijayasankar Dhanapal, Oswald D'Sa, Srinivas Gubbala
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Patent number: 9866612Abstract: A server-based browser system provides a server-based browser and a client system browser. The client browser reports the position of a user click on its display screen, hotspot ID, or URL to the server-side browser which retrieves a Document Object Model (DOM) model and view tree for the client and finds the location on the Web page that the user clicked on using the coordinates or hotspot ID received from the client. If there is a script associated with the location, it is executed and the resulting page location is requested from the appropriate server. If there is a URL associated with the location, it is requested from the appropriate server. The response Web page HTML definition is parsed and a DOM tree model is created which is used to create a view tree model. The server-side browser retrieves a style sheet, layout algorithms, and device constraints for the client device and lays out the view model using them onto a virtual page and determines the visual content.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventor: Ahad Rana
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Patent number: 9589034Abstract: An online service provider (OSP) operates online data centers to store members' data objects relating to various online member services of the OSP. An aggregated catalog lists members' data objects residing in the online data centers and also those residing in member computers' local storage. An aggregator monitors contents of the online storage facilities to detect new storage of prescribed types of data objects owned by the members, and also communicates with member computers to identify prescribed types of data objects newly stored in the respective local storage. The aggregator updates the aggregated catalog to list the newly stored data objects. Responsive to a request by a member, a finder searches the aggregated catalog and utilizes results of the search to provide, for display at the requesting member's computer, a consolidated listing of online data objects and locally stored data objects owned by the requesting member.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Granville R Fairchild, Bill Frischling, John Keeling, Dan Pacheco, Myron Rosmarin
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Patent number: 9424346Abstract: A query phrase may be automatically classified to one or more topics of interest (e.g., categories) to assist in routing the query phrase to one or more appropriate backend databases. A selectional preference query classification technique may be used to classify the query phrase based on a comparison between the query phrase and patterns of query phrases. Additionally, or alternatively, a combination of query classification techniques may be used to classify the query phrase. Topical classification of a query phrase also may be used to assist a search system in delivering auxiliary information to a user who entered the query phrase. Advertisements, for instance, may be tailored based on classification rather than query keywords.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Abdur R. Chowdhury, Steven Michael Beitzel, David Dolan Lewis, Aleksander Kolcz
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Patent number: 9378209Abstract: Video trailers for a video quote may be created and provided to a user. The Internet may be searched to identify documents that likely include references to a video. A reference to the video within an identified document may be detected and determined to be a video quote. The video quote and related information may be extracted from the identified document. A location of the video quote within the video may be determined. A video trailer that includes the video quote may be created based on the location of the video quote. A request for a video trailer that includes a video quote or a partial video quote, specified by the user, may be received from the user. A video trailer that includes the video quote or the partial video quote may be identified and provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Abdur R. Chowdhury, Harmannus Vandermolen
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Patent number: 9374284Abstract: A browser-based tool is provided that loads a Webpage, accesses the document object model (DOM) of the page, collects information about the page structure and parses the page, determines through the use of heuristics such factors as how much text is found on the page and the like, produces statistical breakdown of the page, and calculates a score based on performance of the page. Key to the operation of the invention is the ability to observe operation of the Webpage as it actually loads in real time, scoring the page for several of various performance factors, and producing a combined score for the various factors.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Robert D. Clary, Jim Davidson, Judson Valeski
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Patent number: 9313279Abstract: Methods and systems for preserving user attribute data by way of managing and synchronizing redundant storage locations.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventor: Joseph G. Wilson
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Patent number: 9280763Abstract: In some embodiments, electronic data may be automatically captured to provide a user with a universal Internet identity and e-mail address, comprehensive e-mail filtering and forwarding services, and e-receipt identification and data extraction. Detailed user e-mail preferences data stored at a central server may be selectively altered such that incoming correspondence is redirected in accordance with the user's preferences. Computer program code at the central server may parse incoming e-mail header information and data content, selectively extract data from identified types of correspondence, and forward the extracted data in accordance with the user's preferences. Additional computer program code may manipulate the extracted data in accordance with format requirements and display the manipulated data to a user in a desired format.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Jai Rawat, Silvia Doundakova, Oswald D'Sa, Julian Gordon, Renuka Kulkami, Vijayasankar Dhanapal, Srinivas Gubbala, Santhosh Raman, Rajiv Anand
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Patent number: 9213984Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a system, method, and apparatus for analyzing advertisement-related data are presented, which may include receiving data related to an aspect of an advertisement and modeling the aspect of the advertisement with a mathematical model. The mathematical model may include a control-signal-related component, a control-signal-independent component, and an error component. Each component may be updated based on at least one of a control signal, the received data, and a previous state of at least one of the components. An updated model may be created base on the updated components. The system, method, and apparatus may also include predicting the aspect of the advertisement using the updated model. Exemplary aspects of and data related to the advertisement may include one or more of the following: a number of impressions, “clicks,” or “conversions” and/or the impression-to-conversion, impression-to-click, or click-to-conversion ratios.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Niklas Karlsson, Jaime Batiz-Mendoza, Jianlong Zhang
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Patent number: 8997100Abstract: A task management system may be configured to select and/or perform one or more tasks. The task management system may be configured to create weighted groups of tasks to be performed in response to various triggering conditions. The task management system may include a value generation module, which may be configured to generate values used to select tasks from two or more of the weighted groups of tasks.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: David C. Sobotka, Sudhir Tonse, Aftab Zia
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Patent number: 8983946Abstract: A browser-based tool is provided that loads a Webpage, accesses the document object model (DOM) of the page, collects information about the page structure and parses the page, determines through the use of heuristics such factors as how much text is found on the page and the like, produces statistical breakdown of the page, and calculates a score based on performance of the page. Key to the operation of the invention is the ability to observe operation of the Webpage as it actually loads in real time, scoring the page for several of various performance factors, and producing a combined score for the various factors.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Robert D. Clary, Jim Davidson, Judson Valeski
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Patent number: 8972305Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a system, method, and apparatus for analyzing advertisement-related data are presented, which may include receiving data related to an aspect of an advertisement and modeling the aspect of the advertisement with a mathematical model. The mathematical model may include a control-signal-related component, a control-signal-independent component, and an error component. Each component may be updated based on at least one of a control signal, the received data, and a previous state of at least one of the components. An updated model may be created base on the updated components. The system, method, and apparatus may also include predicting the aspect of the advertisement using the updated model. Exemplary aspects of and data related to the advertisement may include one or more of the following: a number of impressions, “clicks,” or “conversions” and/or the impression-to-conversion, impression-to-click, or click-to-conversion ratios.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Niklas Karlsson, Jamie Batiz-Mendoza, Jianlong Zhang
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Patent number: 8874637Abstract: A server-based browser system provides a server-based browser and a client system browser. The client browser reports the position of a user click on its display screen, hotspot ID, or URL to the server-side browser which retrieves a Document Object Model (DOM) model and view tree for the client and finds the location on the Web page that the user clicked on using the coordinates or hotspot ID received from the client. If there is a script associated with the location, it is executed and the resulting page location is requested from the appropriate server. If there is a URL associated with the location, it is requested from the appropriate server. The response Web page HTML definition is parsed and a DOM tree model is created which is used to create a view tree model. The server-side browser retrieves a style sheet, layout algorithms, and device constraints for the client device and lays out the view model using them onto a virtual page and determines the visual content.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventor: Ahad Rana
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Patent number: 8874446Abstract: A method of funneling user responses in a voice portal system to determine a desired item or service includes (a) querying a user for an attribute value associated with a first particular attribute of the desired item or service; and (b) determining if the attribute value given by the user satisfies an end state. If the end state is not satisfied, steps (a) and (b) are performed with a new particular attribute.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Steven Jeromy Carriere, Kelly James Slough, Steven Gregory Woods
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Patent number: 8768918Abstract: A browser-based tool is provided that loads a Webpage, accesses the document object model (DOM) of the page, collects information about the page structure and parses the page, determines through the use of heuristics such factors as how much text is found on the page and the like, produces statistical breakdown of the page, and calculates a score based on performance of the page. Key to the operation of the invention is the ability to observe operation of the Webpage as it actually loads in real time, scoring the page for several of various performance factors, and producing a combined score for the various factors.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Robert D. Clary, Jim Davidson, Judson Valeski
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Publication number: 20140172963Abstract: Methods and systems for preserving user attribute data by way of managing and synchronizing redundant storage locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventor: Joseph G. Wilson
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Patent number: 8738807Abstract: Methods and systems for preserving user attribute data by way of managing and synchronizing redundant storage locations.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventor: Joseph G Wilson
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Patent number: 8725769Abstract: An online service provider (OSP) operates online data centers to store members' data objects relating to various online member services of the OSP. An aggregated catalog lists members' data objects residing in the online data centers and also those residing in member computers' local storage. An aggregator monitors contents of the online storage facilities to detect new storage of prescribed types of data objects owned by the members, and also communicates with member computers to identify prescribed types of data objects newly stored in the respective local storage. The aggregator updates the aggregated catalog to list the newly stored data objects. Responsive to a request by a member, a finder searches the aggregated catalog and utilizes results of the search to provide, for display at the requesting member's computer, a consolidated listing of online data objects and locally stored data objects owned by the requesting member.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Granville R. Fairchild, Bill Frischling, John Keeling, Dan Pacheco, Myron Rosmarin
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Patent number: 8719189Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a system, method, and apparatus for analyzing advertisement-related data are presented, which may include receiving data related to an aspect of an advertisement and modeling the aspect of the advertisement with a mathematical model. The mathematical model may include a control-signal-related component, a control-signal-independent component, and an error component. Each component may be updated based on at least one of a control signal, the received data, and a previous state of at least one of the components. An updated model may be created based on the updated components. The system, method, and apparatus may also include predicting the aspect of the advertisement using the updated model. Exemplary aspects of and data related to the advertisement may include one or more of the following: a number of impressions, “clicks,” or “conversions” and/or the impression-to-conversion, impression-to-click, or click-to-conversion ratios.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Mercury Kingdom Assets LimitedInventors: Niklas Karlsson, Jaime Batiz-Mendoza, Jianlong Zhang