Patents by Inventor Christopher Todd Brewer

Christopher Todd Brewer 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: 12321341
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating and providing a hybrid search-and-browse interface for accurately and efficiently locating and presenting targeted genealogical content items. For example, the disclosed systems generate and provide a multi-layered navigational structure using browse trees that represent categories of genealogical content items, where each successive browse tree in the hybrid search-and-browse interface narrows the search results from the one before based on some (selected) criteria. In some cases, to support a hybrid search-and-browse interface, the hybrid search-and-browse system generates and maintains a facet index for genealogical content items stored in a database as a basis for generating and providing browse trees for navigating through search results of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Baird Wille, Christopher Todd Brewer, Blake Matthew Scarbrough, Justin Blake Christensen
  • Publication number: 20230418813
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating and providing a hybrid search-and-browse interface for accurately and efficiently locating and presenting targeted genealogical content items. For example, the disclosed systems generate and provide a multi-layered navigational structure using browse trees that represent categories of genealogical content items, where each successive browse tree in the hybrid search-and-browse interface narrows the search results from the one before based on some (selected) criteria. In some cases, to support a hybrid search-and-browse interface, the hybrid search-and-browse system generates and maintains a facet index for genealogical content items stored in a database as a basis for generating and providing browse trees for navigating through search results of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Baird Wille, Christopher Todd Brewer, Blake Matthew Scarbrough, Justin Blake Christensen