Patents by Inventor Gerald F. Halstead

Gerald F. Halstead 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).

  • Method and apparatus of expanding web searching capabilities
    Patent number: 6701307
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving searching capability on a Web. At index time, a Web page is spidered and the text and metatags returned to a processor. The processor extracts spatial information from the text and metatags. A geocode is generated for the spatial information. The geocode is then indexed along with the remaining contents of the page. A subsequent query during query time can search for entries based on proximity to a known location using the indexed geocode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Martin W. Himmelstein, Dwight Aspinwall, Gerald F. Halstead, Charles Goldensher
  • Method and system for providing a web-sharable personal database
    Patent number: 6363392
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a flexible, web-sharable database with proximity searching capability. A processor receives data from a remote source. A database manager assembles the data into a database dynamically conforming to the form of the data received. An address extraction extracts addressing information from the data received and supplies the addressing information to a geocoder. The geocoder generates a geocode corresponding to the addressing information and associates the geocode with the addressing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Vicinity Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald F. Halstead, Dwight C. Aspinwall
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF EXPANDING WEB SEARCHING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20010011270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving searching capability on a Web. At index time, a Web page is spidered and the text and metatags returned to a processor. The processor extracts spatial information from the text and metatags. A geocode is generated for the spatial information. The geocode is then indexed along with the remaining contents of the page. A subsequent query during query time can search for entries based on proximity to a known location using the indexed geocode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: MARTIN W. HIMMELSTEIN, DWIGHT C. ASPINWALL, GERALD F. HALSTEAD, CHARLES GOLDENSHER
  • Audio workstation
    Patent number: D366871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Fostex Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Richardson, Jeffrey B. Postupack, Paul W. Brown, Clifford Sielitsky, Peter Phillips, Steven Maker, Lee A. McDavid, Robert Merrill, J. Alan Witmer, William Leathers, Matt P. Bucy, Jeffrey W. Doyle, Michael Geilich, Eric Gottesman, Gerald F. Halstead, Lannelle Jalowiec, Linda J. Donley, Richard Rosenzweig, Troy D. Andrews, Jeffrey C. Cunningham, Alexander Kish, Timothy Pinkham, David Russell, Lisa J. Thompson, Wu-Cheng Tsai, Robert Bristow-Johnson, Tyler Brown, Milton A. Colvin, Cameron W. Jones, Scott C. Peer, Ivor Taylor, Richard Wear, Dave Oren, Mickey Matsumoto