Patents by Inventor Gregory L. Coleman

Gregory L. Coleman 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).

  • Apparatus and method for delivering information over a network
    Patent number: 7016892
    Abstract: A method of generating directed content is provided. In the method, a set of lists are received. Each list in the set of lists is associated with a respective web service and each list includes searches submitted to the associated web service. The set of lists are distilled into a frequency database. The frequency database stores search frequency information indicating, for respective searches, a frequency with respect to each of one or more of the plurality of web services. A query is obtained, and the query is used to perform a search for matches between the query and a search in the database. Matches having highest associated frequency are selected. Each selected match indicates a respective selected web service of the web services. Directed content is displayed based on one or more of the selected web services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: CNET Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik D. Kokkonen, Daniel E. Dreilinger, Sean E. Dreilinger, Gregory L. Coleman, Amy E. Martel