Patents by Inventor Keith Ohlfs

Keith Ohlfs 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).

  • Publication number: 20120159388
    Abstract: In a method and system for providing in-context applications, a context is selected by a user. Context-specific metadata is retrieved from a context data structure. At least one application identified in the context data structure is loaded for the context. A user interface that includes at least one selectable user interface element is rendered for the context. The selectable user interface element is used to select the at least one loaded application. Based on a determination that a selectable user interface element has been selected, the context-specific metadata is passed to the selected application for use in retrieving context-related data. The context-related data is received via the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: FANHATTAN, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Olivier Chalouhi, Keith Ohlfs
  • Publication number: 20050149878
    Abstract: Methods and systems for scaling down a Web page image enables the image to be displayed on a standard television without horizontal scrolling of the image. A Web page image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of a television display is received from a web server and subsequently scaled down by a scaling factor that is based only upon the amount of scaling that is necessary to fit the image within the horizontal dimension of the television display. This scaling factor is used to scale the image horizontally and vertically, thus preserving the aspect ratio of the image. When a hyperlink from the scaled down Web page image is selected, coordinates to the hyperlink are scaled up based on the same scaling factor so that they will correspond with the server-side image map of the Web page image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: WebTV Networks, Inc. (Microsoft Corp.)
    Inventors: Christopher White, Phillip Goldman, David Anderson, Keith Ohlfs, Bruce Leak