Patents by Inventor Gamaiel Nathaniel Zavala

Gamaiel Nathaniel Zavala 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: 9159074
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing viewer entered comments about a specific word, phrase, picture, or other multimedia content, such as a picture, sound, or video clip, in an article, document, and/or a web page. A document is presented to a viewer, wherein the document includes special highlighting (e.g., font type/size, underlining, colors, and the like) of certain portions of the document defining one or more target objects. The highlighted portions are determined for the viewer according to a plurality of unique lists of target objects defined by an author of the multimedia content. The viewer selects the target object and a list of recent comments related specifically to the selected target object is displayed. The viewer may also enter comments directly related to the same or a different target object. Advertisements related to the target objects may be displayed to the user when the user selects the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jen Tarara, Gamaiel Nathaniel Zavala
  • Publication number: 20100241968
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing viewer entered comments about a specific word, phrase, picture, or other multimedia content, such as a picture, sound, or video clip, in an article, document, and/or a web page. A document is presented to a viewer, wherein the document includes special highlighting (e.g., font type/size, underlining, colors, and the like) of certain portions of the document defining one or more target objects. The highlighted portions are determined for the viewer according to a plurality of unique lists of target objects defined by an author of the multimedia content. The viewer selects the target object and a list of recent comments related specifically to the selected target object is displayed. The viewer may also enter comments directly related to the same or a different target object. Advertisements related to the target objects may be displayed to the user when the user selects the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jen Tarara, Gamaiel Nathaniel Zavala