Patents by Inventor Kevin Athey
Kevin Athey 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).
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Patent number: 8392536Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: YAHOO! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Publication number: 20120166573Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Patent number: 8135805Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Publication number: 20110153774Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Patent number: 7792926Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Publication number: 20070055779Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: YAHOO! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar Patel
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Patent number: 7177931Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel
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Publication number: 20030208598Abstract: A method delivering content from a plurality of sources to a plurality of end servers through a central manager is provided. The method includes receiving the content from the plurality of sources at the central manager, formatting the content to a form usable by the plurality of end servers, creating a transaction generic to the plurality of end servers where the transaction includes a reference to a set of instructions for storing the formatted content, sending the transaction to an end server in the plurality of end servers, and calling the reference to execute the set of instructions where the set of instructions store the formatted content into the memory of the end server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2001Publication date: November 6, 2003Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Kevin Athey, John Robison, Ashvinkumar P. Patel