Patents by Inventor Karl Andrew Dotter

Karl Andrew Dotter 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).

  • Generating and implementing A-lists to manage user relationships
    Patent number: 9495685
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically generating and displaying a list of contacts. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes identifying one or more contacts having associated contact information. The one or more contacts may be associated with a user and identified across a plurality of information services or sources. The method further includes determining a subset of the one or more contacts and associated contact information based on a set of predefined criteria, generating a list of the subset of contacts and associated contact information, and displaying the generated list of contacts and associated contact information on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Landsman, William G. Wetherell, David Gee Louie, Karl Andrew Dotter, Richard T. Kramer
  • GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING A-LISTS TO MANAGE USER RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20120254169
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically generating and displaying a contacts list for one or more services of a computing system. The method comprises identifying one or more contacts having associated contact information, the one or more contacts being associated with a user of the computing system, wherein the one or more contacts are identified across one or more information services or sources associated with the computing system; determining a subset of the one or more contacts and associated contact information based on a set of predefined criteria; generating a list of the subset of contacts and associated contact information; and displaying the generated list of contacts and associated contact information on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Richard A. Landsman, William G. Wetherell, David Gee Louie, Karl Andrew Dotter, Richard T. Kramer
  • Generating and implementing A-lists to manage user relationships
    Patent number: 8156098
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically generating and displaying a contacts list for one or more services of a computing system. The method may include identifying one or more contacts having associated contact information. The contacts may be associated with a user of the computing system and may be identified across one or more information services or sources associated with the computing system. The method may also include determining a subset of the contacts and associated contact information based on a set of predefined criteria; generating a list of the subset of contacts and associated contact information; and displaying the generated list of contacts and associated contact information on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Landsman, William G. Wetherell, David Gee Louie, Karl Andrew Dotter, Richard T. Kramer