Patents by Inventor Jennifer Crakow

Jennifer Crakow 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).

  • System and method for providing an improved graphical user interface for search
    Patent number: 7908289
    Abstract: There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Ellis, Christina Wodtke, Jennifer Crakow, Qi Lu
  • System and method for providing an improved graphical user interface for search
    Patent number: 7337185
    Abstract: There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Ellis, Christina Wodtke, Jennifer Crakow, Qi Lu
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCH
    Publication number: 20080010607
    Abstract: There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin Ellis, Christina Wodtke, Jennifer Crakow, Qi Lu
  • System and method for providing an improved graphical user interface for search
    Publication number: 20050050024
    Abstract: There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Ellis, Christina Wodtke, Jennifer Crakow, Qi Lu