Patents by Inventor Charles Joseph Coplen

Charles Joseph Coplen 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for web-based research
    Patent number: 8065265
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating web-based research among a community of users. Templates created by at least one user within the community may be modified by another user to facilitate further research on a item, such as a product and/or service, associated with the template. The modified template may be populated with data collected from at least one website and organized in such a manner so as to facilitate making a decision about the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Esther Hsiu-Meng Wang, Anthony Xavier Francisco, Charles Joseph Coplen