Patents by Inventor Dominic Mazzoni

Dominic Mazzoni 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).

  • Cross-extension messaging using a browser as an intermediary
    Patent number: 9384073
    Abstract: A method for mediating messages between at least two browser extensions using a web browser of a computing device includes receiving a request from a first browser extension via a messaging application programming interface provided by the web browser, wherein a receiver of the request is a second browser extension determined by the messaging application programming interface based on a requested functionality included in the request from the first browser extension. The method includes sending, using the messaging application programming interface, the request to the second browser extension when the requested functionality is available in the second browser extension, and sending an error message to the first browser extension using the messaging application programming interface when the requested functionality is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Mazzoni, Erik Kay
  • CROSS-EXTENSION MESSAGING USING A BROWSER AS AN INTERMEDIARY
    Publication number: 20130232506
    Abstract: A method for mediating messages between at least two browser extensions using a web browser of a computing device includes receiving a request from a first browser extension via a messaging application programming interface provided by the web browser, wherein a receiver of the request is a second browser extension determined by the messaging application programming interface based on a requested functionality included in the request from the first browser extension. The method includes sending, using the messaging application programming interface, the request to the second browser extension when the requested functionality is available in the second browser extension, and sending an error message to the first browser extension using the messaging application programming interface when the requested functionality is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Dominic Mazzoni, Erik Kay