Patents by Inventor Jackie Andrew Freeman

Jackie Andrew Freeman 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).

  • Indication of exclusive items in a result set
    Patent number: 7747612
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Thun, Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, Gregory M. Makris, David Simpson, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold
  • Presentation of differences between multiple searches
    Patent number: 7747613
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold
  • Difference control for generating and displaying a difference result set from the result sets of a plurality of search engines
    Patent number: 7747614
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating and displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set. According to the present invention, a method for displaying the difference between a primary result set and a secondary result set for a query comprises generating a primary result set and a secondary result set, the primary result set and secondary result set generated according to one or more respective disparate search algorithms. A difference result set is determined according to a difference between items in the primary result set and second result set, which is displayed to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Andrew Freeman, Tony Sang-min Lee, David M. Ciemiewicz, Hal Schectman, Apostolos Karmirantzos, James Michael Reinhold, David Simpson, Gregory M. Makris
  • Programmable branch prediction system and method for inserting prediction operation which is independent of execution of program code
    Patent number: 5949995
    Abstract: A system for predicting branches in a computer system is provided having a memory containing program code comprising a plurality of instructions, said instructions including branch instructions and prediction operations, a store containing an reference to a branch instruction in said program code and corresponding prediction data, means for modifying said prediction data in response to said prediction operations contained within said program code, means for predicting an outcome of a branch instruction based on the prediction data to generate a prediction, and means responsive to the prediction for predicting the outcome of a branch instruction. A method for predicting branches is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Jackie Andrew Freeman