Patents by Inventor Howard Bank

Howard Bank 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: 10942981
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, document contents are stored in the form of individually addressable document elements, which can be displayed selectively based on display criteria received from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Mark Howard-Banks, Axel Tölke, Daniel Tschinder, Stephen Mansfield
  • Patent number: 10824682
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for enhanced tracking of user interactions with online documents, such as, in accordance with various embodiments, interaction tracking on a sub-document level of granularity and/or interaction tracking that involves storing one or more interaction parameters (e.g., an identifier of the document or of the interacting user) for each interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Darren Alvares, Niall Kelly, Vyacheslav Zholudev, Axel Tölke, Mark Howard-Banks, Stephen Mansfield, Steffen Irrgang
  • Patent number: 10558712
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for enhanced tracking of user interactions with online documents, such as, in accordance with various embodiments, interaction tracking on a sub-document level of granularity and/or interaction tracking that involves storing one or more interaction parameters (e.g., an identifier of the document or of the interacting user) for each interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Michael Häusler, Darren Alvares, Axel Tölke, Niall Kelly, Mark Howard-Banks
  • Publication number: 20190034424
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for enhanced tracking of user interactions with online documents, such as, in accordance with various embodiments, interaction tracking on a sub-document level of granularity and/or interaction tracking that involves storing one or more interaction parameters (e.g., an identifier of the document or of the interacting user) for each interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Darren Alvares, Niall Kelly, Vyacheslav Zholudev, Axel Tölke, Mark Howard-Banks, Stephen Mansfield, Steffen Irrgang
  • Publication number: 20180246888
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for enhanced tracking of user interactions with online documents, such as, in accordance with various embodiments, interaction tracking on a sub-document level of granularity and/or interaction tracking that involves storing one or more interaction parameters e.g., an identifier of the document or of the interacting user) for each interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Michael Häusler, Darren Alvares, Axel Tölke, Niall Kelly, Mark Howard-Banks
  • Publication number: 20180239833
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, document contents are stored in the form of individually addressable document elements, which can be displayed selectively based on display criteria received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Mark Howard-Banks, Axel Tölke, Daniel Tschinder, Stephen Mansfield
  • Patent number: 9996629
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, document contents are stored in the form of individually addressable document elements, which can be displayed selectively based on display criteria received from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Mark Howard-Banks, Axel Tölke, Daniel Tschinder, Stephen Mansfield
  • Patent number: 9928291
    Abstract: Described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically disambiguating author names for a plurality of publications so as to create clusters of author name mentions that are with high probability associated with a single author identity for each cluster. Also described are systems and methods for assigning the clusters to respective unique author identities, automatically and/or based on human input (e.g., as received from authors, co-authors, or administrative curators).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Häusler, Viacheslav Zholudev, Horst Fickenscher, Stephen Mansfield, Mark Howard-Banks, Eduardo Ojeda, Vincenz Priesnitz
  • Publication number: 20170004200
    Abstract: Described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically disambiguating author names for a plurality of publications so as to create clusters of author name mentions that are with high probability associated with a single author identity for each cluster. Also described are systems and methods for assigning the clusters to respective unique author identities, automatically and/or based on human input (e.g., as received from authors, co-authors, or administrative curators).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Häusler, Viacheslav Zholudev, Horst Fickenscher, Stephen Mansfield, Mark Howard-Banks, Eduardo Ojeda, Vincenz Priesnitz
  • Publication number: 20160232204
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, document contents are stored in the form of individually addressable document elements, which can be displayed selectively based on display criteria received from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Peter Magenheimer, Mark Howard-Banks, Axel Tölke, Daniel Tschinder, Stephen Mansfield
  • Patent number: 6452033
    Abstract: A method of preparing 3-[N-(2-aminoethyl)]aminoalkylalkoxysilanes in which ethylenediamine, ethylenediamine hydrochloride salt, and a suitable &ohgr;-chloroalkylalkoxysilane are fed to a reactor at a feed ratio of 3-40 moles total ethylenediamine per mole of chloroalkylalkoxysilane under reaction conditions to produce a such aminoalkylalkoxysilane. The proportions of ethylenediamine and ethylenediamine hydrochloride salt are controlled such that a phase containing the diamine salt is present in said reactor separate from a phase containing the aminoalkylalkoxysilane. Following said reaction, the salt phase is separated from the silane phase for recycle to the two phase reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Maki, Howard Bank, Steven H. Waier, Bryan Christopher McDonald