Patents by Inventor Brendan P. Houle

Brendan P. Houle 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).

  • Client-side web site selection according to device capabilities
    Patent number: 11972198
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; the conditional data comprising one or more device characteristics indicating whether the web site requested and one or more of the alternate versions of the web site requested is a version of the web site appropriate for the client device, wherein the one or more device characteristics comprise device capabilities; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Brendan P. Houle
  • CLIENT-SIDE WEB SITE SELECTION ACCORDING TO DEVICE CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20170206189
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; the conditional data comprising one or more device characteristics indicating whether the web site requested and one or more of the alternate versions of the web site requested is a version of the web site appropriate for the client device, wherein the one or more device characteristics comprise device capabilities; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Brendan P. Houle
  • Client-side web site selection according to device capabilities
    Patent number: 9613160
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Brendan P. Houle
  • CLIENT-SIDE WEB SITE SELECTION ACCORDING TO DEVICE CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20140095583
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: sending a request for a web site from a client device to a server; receiving a response to the web site request from the server, wherein the response to the web site request includes at least a portion of a first version of the web site requested and one or more links describing one or more alternate versions of the web site requested, the one or more links comprising conditional data; determining if the conditional data is met; and in response to the conditional data being met, requesting an alternate version of the web site requested. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Brendan P. Houle