Patents by Inventor Bruce C. Gilliat

Bruce C. Gilliat 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).

  • Automatically generate and displaying metadata as supplemental information concurrently with the web page, there being no link between web page and metadata
    Patent number: 6282548
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that displays metadata about a web page currently being displayed by a browser. While the web browser is communicating with a web server to obtain the requested web page, client software communicates with a database metadata server to obtain metadata about the requested page. After the browser receives its requested information from the web server, it displays the requested web page in a conventional manner. The client concurrently displays its received metadata on the same computer as the web page, and concurrently with the web page. A preferred embodiment of the present invention opens a button bar in conjunction with the web page display. This button bar allows the user to view various portions of the metadata for the displayed web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Alexa Internet
    Inventors: Michael G. Burner, Bruce C. Gilliat, Eric W. Jaquith, David L. Marvit, Brewster Kahle, Niall O'Driscoll, Z E. Smith, Ronna C. Tanenbaum