Patents by Inventor Ashmeet S. Sidana

Ashmeet S. Sidana 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).

  • Web page annotating and processing
    Patent number: 6571295
    Abstract: A general purpose system and method for associating annotations, modifications, or other information with a web-viewable document is disclosed. An embodiment of the system and method includes the use of a “redirector.” A user attempting to access a document at a particular web address, sends a request to view the document to that address. The request is intercepted by the redirector which, in turn, requests the document on behalf of the user. The redirector modifies the document and returns the modified document for viewing by the user. The modifications may include, for example, various comments or annotations to the original web-viewable document. According to the invention, such customized documents may be presented to the user without modification of commercially available browser and/or server software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Ashmeet S. Sidana
  • General purpose web annotations without modifying browser
    Patent number: 6081829
    Abstract: A general purpose system and method for associating annotations, modifications, or other information with a web-viewable document is disclosed. An embodiment of the system and method includes the use of a "redirector." A user attempting to access a document at a particular web address, sends a request to view the document to that address. The request is intercepted by the redirector which, in turn, requests the document on behalf of the user. The redirector modifies the document and returns the modified document for viewing by the user. The modifications may include, for example, various comments or annotations to the original web-viewable document. According to the invention, such customized documents may be presented to the user without modification of commercially available browser and/or server software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ashmeet S. Sidana
  • Method and apparatus for publishing documents in a hypertextural network environment
    Patent number: 5890170
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for allowing a user to create and add information to his World Wide Web home page, or a private home page. In the present invention, a user drags and drops icons representing the information that should be included in the user's home page. The present invention creates links in the user's home page to the information (or to a copy of the information). The organization of the home page remains completely transparent to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ashmeet S. Sidana