Patents by Inventor David L. Sifry

David L. Sifry 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).

  • Publication number: 20150143258
    Abstract: A system, method, service, user interface, and computer readable medium to integrate email and task management is disclosed. Users are provided with options to convert an email into a task, including one-click command options. Efficient triaging of incoming emails is supported. Integration with different email systems and third party services is also supported. Additionally, context aware operation supports features such as adapting operation for efficient use of mobile device in combination with desktop computers. An option is provided to convert an email into a To-Do item, which may include a contextually based reminder. Another option includes adding an email item to an electronic calendar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn CAROLAN, Jonathan McCOY, Ian G. McDOWELL, Michael H. BURKETT, Andrew J. LASSETTER, David L. SIFRY
  • Patent number: 8463824
    Abstract: Techniques are described for effecting data aggregation in a network. Event notifications are received from a plurality of content sites on the network. Each event notification indicates occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites. Each event corresponds to a change to content associated with the corresponding content site. In response to each event notification, event metadata are generated. The event metadata include a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the change to the content. The event metadata are indexed in a plurality of databases with reference to a plurality of index metrics including the time stamp. The indexing of the event metadata for each event occurs within days, hours, or even minutes of receipt of the corresponding event notification thereby enabling retrieving of the changes to the content from the plurality of databases using any of the index metrics in near real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Technorati, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Sifry
  • Publication number: 20090313265
    Abstract: Techniques are described for effecting data aggregation in a network. Event notifications are received from a plurality of content sites on the network. Each event notification indicates occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites. Each event corresponds to a change to content associated with the corresponding content site. In response to each event notification, event metadata are generated. The event metadata include a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the change to the content. The event metadata are indexed in a plurality of databases with reference to a plurality of index metrics including the time stamp. The indexing of the event metadata for each event occurs within days, hours, or even minutes of receipt of the corresponding event notification thereby enabling retrieving of the changes to the content from the plurality of databases using any of the index metrics in near real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Technorati Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Sifry
  • Patent number: 7596571
    Abstract: Techniques are described for effecting data aggregation in a network. Event notifications are received from a plurality of content sites on the network. Each event notification indicates occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites. Each event corresponds to a change to content associated with the corresponding content site. In response to each event notification, event metadata are generated. The event metadata include a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the change to the content. The event metadata are indexed in a plurality of databases with reference to a plurality of index metrics including the time stamp. The indexing of the event metadata for each event occurs within days, hours, or even minutes of receipt of the corresponding event notification thereby enabling retrieving of the changes to the content from the plurality of databases using any of the index metrics in near real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Technorati, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Sifry
  • Publication number: 20080228695
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for presenting information relating to event-based data aggregated in an event-based data aggregation system. A dashboard interface is presented which includes report summary data for each of a plurality of reports to which a user has access. Each report corresponds to a subset of the event-based data derived with reference to an associated report rule set. At least one of the report rules sets is editable by the user. The report summary data are updated in response to detection of new event-based data being added to the event-based data aggregation system which match a first one of the report rule sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: DAVID L. SIFRY, Brian Pinkerton, Richard P. Ault, Dorion Carroll