Patents by Inventor Christopher Jean Seiler

Christopher Jean Seiler 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).

  • System and method for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates
    Patent number: 9460094
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates. A GPS enabled computer device may obtain its location by requesting its GPS location. A list of network servers storing the desired data may be obtained by the computer system and the distance between each of the servers and the computer device may be calculated. The system then connects to the resource having the shortest distance without requiring a user to know and decide which server is closest to their location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Nosack, Christopher Jean Seiler, Ty Ellis
  • Method and apparatus to dynamically provide web content resources in a portal
    Patent number: 7987421
    Abstract: To display content in a user's preferred language, a content provider locates a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventors: Boyd H Timothy, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Matthew Gerrit Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, John Ransom VanOrman, II, James Mark Norman
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access to portal content from outside the portal
    Patent number: 7890639
    Abstract: To display content controlled by a portal outside of the portal itself, a user is authenticated to the portal and then permission to access the content authorized. After authentication and authorization, the requested content is returned to the requesting program. The content is returned in the user's preferred language, a using a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is also selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user or the requesting program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Matthew Holmstead, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Dale Allen Lowry, Christopher Jean Seiler
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically delivering a gadget
    Patent number: 7660843
    Abstract: A portal server requests a gadget from a gadget server. The gadget server makes a copy of the gadget. The gadget server accesses a value to be assigned to a variable for the portal server. The value can be received as part of the request for the gadget, or can be stored on the gadget server, associated with the portal server. Assuming that a policy permits the variable to be assigned the value, any previous value assigned to the variable is overridden. The copy of the gadget is then delivered to the portal server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Boyd “H” Timothy, Dale Allen Lowry, Shawn Matthew Holmstead
  • System and method for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates
    Patent number: 7643835
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a nearest network resource using GPS coordinates. A GPS enabled device may obtain its location by requesting its GPS location. A list of network resources storing the desired data may be obtained by the GPS enabled device and the distance between each of the network resources and the GPS enabled device may be calculated. The system then connects to the resource having the shortest distance without requiring a user to know and decide which network resource is closest to their location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Nosack, Christopher Jean Seiler, Ty Ellis
  • Method to dynamically determine a user's language for a network
    Patent number: 7412374
    Abstract: A portal system identifies a language in which content can be displayed to the user. Possible languages can be determined from one or more of identity information for the user, a container for the user's directory entry, and the user's location. The determined languages can be ranked, and the highest-ranked available language can be selected for content display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Jean Seiler, Matthew Gerrit Brooks, Olin Sayre Atkinson, James Mark Norman, Boyd “H” Timothy, Timothy Paul Schmanski