Patents by Inventor Denis Brent Walton
Denis Brent Walton 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).
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Publication number: 20220400165Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Patent number: 11425212Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Publication number: 20170041425Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Denis Brent WALTON
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Patent number: 9479608Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Publication number: 20140280523Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Patent number: 8745507Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Publication number: 20090144396Abstract: A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.Inventor: Denis Brent Walton
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Publication number: 20080046579Abstract: A system and method for authenticating electronic communications between a sender and a recipient via an email authentication server is described. The system includes a processor, a network interface in communication with the processor, the network interface capable of receiving an email from a sender and forwarding the email to a recipient and a memory unit in communication with the processor and having processor executable instructions. The processor executable instructions configure the processor to receive instructions to register a sender upon request from an unregistered sender, determine if the sender is approved by the recipient, and provide a current digital signature of the recipient to the sender if the sender is approved by the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventor: Denis Brent Walton