Patents by Inventor Gerald W. Ingram

Gerald W. Ingram 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 for adding a user selectable function to a hyperlink
    Patent number: 7206839
    Abstract: An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlinked are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. When the cursor has remained near the hyperlink for a predetermined time period, a toolbar is displayed containing one or more link enhancements that the user may select. In response to the users' selection of a particular link enhancement, then that link enhancement function would be performed without requiring the any further action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: I-LOR, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald W. Ingram, Steve Mansfield
  • Method for adding a plurality of user selectable functions to a hyperlink
    Patent number: 7076743
    Abstract: An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlink are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. After detecting the hyperlink, a toolbar is displayed containing one or more link enhancements that the user may select. In response to the users' selection of a particular link enhancement, that link enhancement function would be performed without requiring any further action by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: I-LOR, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald W. Ingram, Steve Mansfield
  • METHOD OF ENHANCING HYPERLINKS BY ADDING USER SELECTABLE FUNCTIONS TO HYPERLINKS FOR CAPTURING DISPLAYABLE ELEMENTS AND THE URL ASSOCIATED WITH THE HYPERLINKS AND DISPLAYING A LINK SNAPSHOT BASED ON THE HYPERLINK
    Patent number: 6925496
    Abstract: An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlinked are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. When the cursor has remained near the hyperlink for a predetermined time period, a toolbar is displayed containing one or more link enhancements that the user may select. In response to the users' selection of a particular link enhancement, then that link enhancement function would be performed without requiring the any further action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: I-LOR, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald W. Ingram, Steve Mansfield
  • Enhanced hyperlink
    Publication number: 20020052890
    Abstract: An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlink are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. After detecting the hyperlink, a toolbar is displayed containing one or more link enhancements that the user may select. In response to the users' selection of a particular link enhancement, that link enhancement function would be performed without requiring any further action by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald W. Ingram, Steve Mansfield