Patents by Inventor Andrew McFadden

Andrew McFadden 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: 20200082434
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicative of content to be published by a publisher and generating output text data based on comparing text data output by different text recognition operations on the received data. Another method includes extracting one or more text items and one or more images from the received data, determining that the content is associated with a first entity, and generating a directory webpage that includes the one or more text items and the one or more images. The directory webpage is associated with the first entity and is hosted in a subdomain of a domain associated with the publisher. A particular text item of the one or more text items, a particular image of the one or more images, or both, is associated with offer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Lloyd Armbrust, Jorge Gonzalez, Andrew McFadden, Jason Novek
  • Patent number: 10475068
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicative of content to be published by a publisher and generating output text data based on comparing text data output by different text recognition operations on the received data. Another method includes extracting one or more text items and one or more images from the received data, determining that the content is associated with a first entity, and generating a directory webpage that includes the one or more text items and the one or more images. The directory webpage is associated with the first entity and is hosted in a subdomain of a domain associated with the publisher. A particular text item of the one or more text items, a particular image of the one or more images, or both, is associated with offer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OwnLocal Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Armbrust, Jorge Gonzalez, Andrew McFadden, Jason Novek
  • Publication number: 20190034964
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicative of content to be published by a publisher and generating output text data based on comparing text data output by different text recognition operations on the received data. Another method includes extracting one or more text items and one or more images from the received data, determining that the content is associated with a first entity, and generating a directory webpage that includes the one or more text items and the one or more images. The directory webpage is associated with the first entity and is hosted in a subdomain of a domain associated with the publisher. A particular text item of the one or more text items, a particular image of the one or more images, or both, is associated with offer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Lloyd Armbrust, Jorge Gonzalez, Andrew McFadden, Jason Novek
  • Patent number: 5838927
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compressing a continuous, indistinct data stream is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, the data stream is examined to determine whether it is compressible. If compressible, the data stream is then attached to a compression stream, and compression is performed immediately to generate a compressed data stream. The compressed data stream is transmitted continuously as it is generated. According to another aspect of the invention, the data stream is an HTML data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: WebTV Networks
    Inventors: William G. Gillon, Andrew McFadden