Patents by Inventor Bruce Jaffe

Bruce Jaffe 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).

  • Search-highlighter system and method
    Patent number: 8688677
    Abstract: A text string may be captured when a user initiates a selection event in a web browser. In response to the selection event, the text string is derived from the selected element(s) in a rendered web page. The text string is automatically placed in a web-search text-entry field of the web browser without further instructions from the user. The user can modify the text string before querying a web-search engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Digiting, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Jaffe, Brian Smith
  • SEARCH-HIGHLIGHTER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110289066
    Abstract: A text string may be captured when a user initiates a selection event in a web browser. In response to the selection event, the text string is derived from the selected element(s) in a rendered web page. The text string is automatically placed in a web-search text-entry field of the web browser without further instructions from the user. The user can modify the text string before querying a web-search engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: DIGITING INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Jaffe, Brian Smith