Patents by Inventor Joseph Trdinich

Joseph Trdinich 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: 8821231
    Abstract: Methods and system include obtaining attributes of athletic players from one or more sources. The attributes define statistics of the athletic players. Minimum requirements are determined for teams organized in a group. A listing is generated for each team in the group. The listing includes a plurality of entries wherein each entry is configured to present attributes of an athletic player or a team that is part of the group. Select ones of the plurality of entries in the listing are static and select ones of the entries are dynamic. The entries that are static are used to provide minimum requirements defined for each team in the group and the entries that are dynamic are used to provide attributes of the teams or the athletic players. The dynamic entries are adjusted during a drafting process to provide current status of the teams and the athletic players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Belmarch, Ed Lu, Joseph Trdinich, Edwin Pankau, David Geller, Dave Pawson, Paul Cameron, Shaelyn Clements
  • Publication number: 20130267313
    Abstract: Methods and system include obtaining attributes of athletic players from one or more sources. The attributes define statistics of the athletic players. Minimum requirements are determined for teams organized in a group. A listing is generated for each team in the group. The listing includes a plurality of entries wherein each entry is configured to present attributes of an athletic player or a team that is part of the group. Select ones of the plurality of entries in the listing are static and select ones of the entries are dynamic. The entries that are static are used to provide minimum requirements defined for each team in the group and the entries that are dynamic are used to provide attributes of the teams or the athletic players. The dynamic entries are adjusted during a drafting process to provide current status of the teams and the athletic players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Ron Belmarch, Ed Lu, Joseph Trdinich, Edwin Pankau, David Geller, Dave Pawson, Paul Cameron, Shaelyn Clements
  • Patent number: 8475249
    Abstract: Methods and system for presenting a plurality of attributes of a plurality of players from a plurality of teams that are part of a league includes obtaining a plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams. The plurality of attributes of the plurality of the players and of the teams is populated in one or more databases along with any updates to these attributes. The databases are queried to retrieve updated plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams. A roster grid is generated for the plurality of teams for rendering at a client in substantial real time. The roster grid displays the updated status of the plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams simultaneously in a clean, concise and effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Belmarch, Ed Lu, Joseph Trdinich, Edwin Pankau, David Geller, Dave Pawson, Paul Cameron, Shaelyn Clements
  • Publication number: 20120071219
    Abstract: Methods and system for presenting a plurality of attributes of a plurality of players from a plurality of teams that are part of a league includes obtaining a plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams. The plurality of attributes of the plurality of the players and of the teams is populated in one or more databases along with any updates to these attributes. The databases are queried to retrieve updated plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams. A roster grid is generated for the plurality of teams for rendering at a client in substantial real time. The roster grid displays the updated status of the plurality of attributes of the plurality of players and the plurality of teams simultaneously in a clean, concise and effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Yahoo!, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Belmarch, Ed Lu, Joseph Trdinich, Edwin Pankau, David Geller, Dave Pawson, Paul Cameron, Shaelyn Clements
  • Patent number: 7502807
    Abstract: Rich structured data for items in a file system that allows different kinds of data to be identified by metadata is mapped into a set of search properties for a desktop search service, which is a flat list. This is applicable to any rich structured data that should be mapped into search properties for a desktop search service. Included is an installation mechanism to install these mappings and an execution infrastructure for utilizing the generated SQL from the mappings to extract search properties from items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sambavi Muthukrishnan, Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Mahadevan Venkatraman, Anurag Gupta, Michael W. Thomas, Joseph Trdinich, Balan Sethu Raman, Sameet H. Argawal, Sanjay Anand, Salome Jacob, Roopali Kaujalgi, Amit Shukla, Maxim Mazeev, Rodger Nickels Kline
  • Publication number: 20080005135
    Abstract: Rich structured data for items in a file system that allows different kinds of data to be identified by metadata is mapped into a set of search properties for a desktop search service, which is a flat list. This is applicable to any rich structured data that should be mapped into search properties for a desktop search service. Included is an installation mechanism to install these mappings and an execution infrastructure for utilizing the generated SQL from the mappings to extract search properties from items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sambavi Muthukrishnan, Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Mahadevan Venkatraman, Anurag Gupta, Michael W. Thomas, Joseph Trdinich, Balan Sethu Raman, Sameet H. Agarwal, Sanjay Anand, Salome Jacob, Roopali Kaujalgi, Amit Shukla, Maxim Mazeev, Rodger Nickels Kline