Patents by Inventor Heidi Ann Pollock

Heidi Ann Pollock 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).

  • Mobile device catalog registration based on user agents and customer snapshots of capabilities
    Patent number: 8224308
    Abstract: A network device, system, and method are directed towards a mobile device catalog that contains capability information about a variety of mobile devices including, for example, the mobile device type, mobile carrier, and mobile browser. The capability information can be used to tailor content requested by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Olga Volodymyrivna Gavrylyako, Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, Nigel Choi, Heidi Ann Pollock, Daniel John Woods, Jeff Leung, James Liang, Michael Jeremy Temkin
  • Managing page sizes for a mobile device using estimation of content customizer techniques
    Patent number: 7996000
    Abstract: A network device, system, and method are directed towards enabling a determination for page size tailoring of content based, in part, on estimating of effects of processes applicable to preparing the content for use on a specified mobile device. Before performing the processes on the content, an estimation of the effects of the configuring processes may be determined. If the estimated content size is determined to be too large for the specified mobile device's memory footprint, page tailoring techniques may be applied to the content. Such page tailoring techniques may include stretching the content across a plurality of files, discarding a portion of the content, reducing portions of the content, or the like. Various processes may then be applied to the content to configure it for use on the specified mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Micah Dubinko, Chen Li, Heidi Ann Pollock, James Liang, Jeff Leung, Michael Jeremy Temkin, Cynthia Johanson, Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, Boaz Aharon Shaham, Hei Chan
  • MOBILE INTELLIGENCE TASKS
    Publication number: 20090063267
    Abstract: One or more intelligence tasks can be selected by a user on a mobile device. Once the user completes all or portions of an intelligence task, the user's performance of the intelligence task is validated by comparing the user's performance with the performance of the same intelligence task by other users. If the user's performance is validated, the user is provided with an award. In another aspect, the system is directed to collecting information regarding capabilities of various mobile devices through the performance of intelligence tasks. Intelligence tasks that prompt a user to identify or verify capabilities of a mobile device are provided to the user. Based on the validated performance of these intelligence tasks, information regarding the capabilities of various types of mobile devices is obtained. The obtained capability information is utilized to enable rendering of content on one or more mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Micah Dubinko, Heidi Ann Pollock, Olga Volodymyrivna Gavrylyako, Veeramurthy Veeraprakash