Patents by Inventor Christopher Mark Balz

Christopher Mark Balz 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).

  • Patent number: 11768890
    Abstract: Method and server apparatus for providing and using a centralized Link Metadata System to identify if navigational links are pop-out links, is provided. The present invention utilizes a Link Metadata System, available on the Internet, of metadata associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URI path combination. Software browsing user agents on remote window servers are then configured with the ability to request metadata from the Link Metadata System indicating that a link is a pop-out link. Upon receiving metadata, the user agent determines whether to perform navigation as normal or perform the pop-out link functionality of reloading the remote client user agent's top level container with the content provided at the link's destination URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 11558456
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are described for enabling the lookup of metadata on the Internet, from a centralized system. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System (“LMS”), available on the Internet, of information associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination (the “link”). Software browsing user agents are configured with the ability to request information from the LMS and perform actions based on the received information which can include navigation. The invention provides for receiving a request for information at a lookup server, looking up information, using the URI, in a lookup server, and sending a response with a payload of the requested information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 11500946
    Abstract: Apparatus is described for directing a user's local web browser/web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within the remote desktop, remote desktop application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. In response to navigation action on a link, the client of a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window or remote graphical windowing user session is sent a navigation command so that it wholly reloads its top level container with content provided by a destination URL or URI. Such a URL or URI may point to another remote graphical computer desktop, remote application window or remote graphical windowing user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20220092132
    Abstract: Method and server apparatus for providing and using a centralized Link Metadata System to identify if navigational links are pop-out links, is provided. The present invention utilizes a Link Metadata System, available on the Internet, of metadata associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URI path combination. Software browsing user agents on remote window servers are then configured with the ability to request metadata from the Link Metadata System indicating that a link is a pop-out link. Upon receiving metadata, the user agent determines whether to perform navigation as normal or perform the pop-out link functionality of reloading the remote client user agent's top level container with the content provided at the link's destination URI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 11194867
    Abstract: System, method, and apparatus for providing and using a centralized Link Metadata System to identify if navigational links are pop-out links, is provided. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System, available on the Internet, of metadata associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination. Software browsing user agents on remote window servers are then configured with the ability to request metadata from the Link Metadata System indicating that a link is a pop-out link. Upon receiving metadata, the user agent determines whether to perform navigation as normal or perform the pop-out link functionality of reloading the remote client web browser's top level container with the content provided at the link's destination URL or URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20210112122
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are described for enabling the lookup of metadata on the Internet, from a centralized system. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System (“LMS”), available on the Internet, of information associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination (the “link”). Software browsing user agents are configured with the ability to request information from the LMS and perform actions based on the received information which can include navigation. The invention provides for receiving a request for information at a lookup server, looking up information, using the URI, in a lookup server, and sending a response with a payload of the requested information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 10839027
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is described for directing a search engine web crawler's web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying content presented by a remote computer with new content that a navigational link, within a remote desktop, remote application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. Links can be modified to be recognizable as unique from traditional hyperlinks. Upon navigation action on such a link, by the web crawler viewing the remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, the Remoting Engine that is providing the remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, sends a navigation command to the remoting engine client running on the web crawler web view, and reloads a web crawler web view's top level container with content provided at the pop-out link's destination URL or URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20200342038
    Abstract: Apparatus is described for directing a user's local web browser/web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within the remote desktop, remote desktop application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. In response to navigation action on a link, the client of a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window or remote graphical windowing user session is sent a navigation command so that it wholly reloads its top level container with content provided by a destination URL or URI. Such a URL or URI may point to another remote graphical computer desktop, remote application window or remote graphical windowing user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 10740414
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for directing a user's local web browser/web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within the remote desktop, remote desktop application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. Upon navigation action on a link, the client of a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window or remote graphical windowing user session is redirected so that it wholly reloads its top level container with content provided by a destination URL or URI. Such a URL or URI may point to another remote graphical computer desktop, remote application window or remote graphical windowing user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20190155854
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for directing a user's local web browser/web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within the remote desktop, remote desktop application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. Upon navigation action on a link, the client of a remote graphical computer desktop, remote graphical application window or remote graphical windowing user session is redirected so that it wholly reloads its top level container with content provided by a destination URL or URI. Such a URL or URI may point to another remote graphical computer desktop, remote application window or remote graphical windowing user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20180203930
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is described for directing a search engine web crawler's web view to refresh the top-level container that is currently displaying the content presented by a remote computer with the new content that a navigational link, within a remote desktop, remote application window, or remote graphical windowing user session, points to. Links can be modified so as to be recognizable by the remote machine as unique from traditional hyperlinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Publication number: 20180052930
    Abstract: System, method, and apparatus for providing and using a centralized Link Metadata System to identify if navigational links are pop-out links, is provided. The present invention offers a Link Metadata System, available on the Internet, of metadata associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URL or URI path combination. Software browsing user agents on remote window servers are then configured with the ability to request metadata from the Link Metadata System indicating that a link is a pop-out link. Upon receiving metadata, the user agent determines whether to perform navigation as normal or perform the pop-out link functionality of reloading the remote client web browser's top level container with the content provided at the link's destination URL or URI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz