Patents by Inventor Bret C. Taylor

Bret C. Taylor 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).

  • INTERFACE FOR A UNIVERSAL SEARCH
    Publication number: 20150261762
    Abstract: A search engine may perform a search for a user search query over a number of possible search categories. For example, the search query may be performed for general web documents, images, and news documents. The search engine ranks categories based on the search query and/or the documents returned for each category and presents the search results to the user by category. Higher ranking categories may be presented more prominently than lower ranking categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Bret C. Taylor, Marissa Ann Mayer, Orkut Buyukkokten
  • System and method for generating a configuration schema
    Patent number: 8296400
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing with a network component is described. One embodiment includes an electronic method that accesses a network component; retrieves a command set from the network component; generates a configuration schema corresponding to the network component using the retrieved command set; and then stores the generated configuration schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. Gorthy, Brendan Kelly, Derek S. Hearne, David B. Heiser, Bret C. Taylor
  • System and method for generating a configuration schema
    Publication number: 20030051008
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing with a network component is described. One embodiment includes an electronic method that accesses a network component; retrieves a command set from the network component; generates a configuration schema corresponding to the network component using the retrieved command set; and then stores the generated configuration schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Scott B. Gorthy, Brendan Kelly, Derek S. Hearne, David B. Heiser, Bret C. Taylor