Patents by Inventor Kevin David Fox
Kevin David Fox 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: 10277551Abstract: Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member, the email address is provided to the email program application which sent the request. The email address is then entered into the send-to parameter field of an email message. In another described method, contact information associated with a first member of a social can be provided to a second member of the social network. The contact information is provided if the relationship between the first and second members is an authorized relationship. The contact information associated with the first member can be used to update the contact information for the first member in an electronic address book associated with the second member.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kevin David Fox, Duane Scott Hess
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Patent number: 9509647Abstract: A system for displaying images associated with a received electronic message concurrently displays the received electronic message, a view-all-images icon and a respective view icon for each image of a plurality of images attached to the received electronic message as a plurality of distinct attachments. In response to a single user selection of the view-all-images icon, where the user selection of the view-all-images icon is made while the received electronic message and the view-all-images icon are concurrently displayed, the system fetches from a document storage system a single document containing the plurality of images and display the plurality of images contained in the document. In response to user selection of the view icon for a respective image attached to the received electronic message, the system displays the respective image.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Darick M. Tong, Paul T. Buchheit, Kevin David Fox
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Publication number: 20160057095Abstract: Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member, the email address is provided to the email program application which sent the request. The email address is then entered into the send-to parameter field of an email message. In another described method, contact information associated with a first member of a social can be provided to a second member of the social network. The contact information is provided if the relationship between the first and second members is an authorized relationship. The contact information associated with the first member can be used to update the contact information for the first member in an electronic address book associated with the second member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Kevin David Fox, Duane Scott Hess
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Patent number: 9117181Abstract: Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member, the email address is provided to the email program application which sent the request. The email address is then entered into the send-to parameter field of an email message. In another described method, contact information associated with a first member of a social can be provided to a second member of the social network. The contact information is provided if the relationship between the first and second members is an authorized relationship. The contact information associated with the first member can be used to update the contact information for the first member in an electronic address book associated with the second member.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Kevin David Fox, Duane Scott Hess
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Patent number: 9075505Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox
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Patent number: 8788593Abstract: A system for fetching multiple documents associated with a document from a server computer displays the document with an embedded document fetching icon on a client computer's monitor. In response to a single user selection of the document fetching icon, the system downloads from the server computer all the associated documents in a user-specified format to a user-specified location in the client computer.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Darick M. Tong, Kevin David Fox
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Publication number: 20140040771Abstract: A system for displaying images associated with a received electronic message concurrently displays the received electronic message, a view-all-images icon and a respective view icon for each image of a plurality of images attached to the received electronic message as a plurality of distinct attachments. In response to a single user selection of the view-all-images icon, where the user selection of the view-all-images icon is made while the received electronic message and the view-all-images icon are concurrently displayed, the system fetches from a document storage system a single document containing the plurality of images and display the plurality of images contained in the document. In response to user selection of the view icon for a respective image attached to the received electronic message, the system displays the respective image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Darick M. Tong, Paul T. Buchheit, Kevin David Fox
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Publication number: 20140006968Abstract: At a client computer, a communications list of a computer user is displayed in an inbox view, listing communications in which the computer user is a participant. In response to user selection, from the inbox view, of a respective communication in the displayed list, displaying the user selected communication. Further, in a contact list view distinct from the inbox view, display a contact list of a computer user. While displaying the contact list in the contact list view, receiving a user selection of an entry in the displayed contact list. In response to the user selection of the entry in the displayed contact list, concurrently displaying (A) contact information for a party corresponding to the user selected contact list entry, and (B) a list of communications corresponding to at least a subset of communications in which both the party and the computer user are participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Kevin David Fox, Darick M. Tong
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Patent number: 8554939Abstract: A system for displaying multiple images associated with an electronic message displays an image viewing icon in conjunction with the displayed electronic message on a client computer's monitor. In response to a single user selection of the image viewing icon, the system downloads from a document storage system a single document containing all associated images and displays the single document on the client computer's monitor.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Darick M. Tong, Paul T. Buchheit, Kevin David Fox
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Patent number: 8538810Abstract: Methods and systems for members of a member network to create and target advertisement to other members of the member network. A member can target advertisement to other members in the member network by establishing a member profile that includes associations and/or nexuses with the targeted members. Fees can be charged to members who create and disseminate advertisement to other members in the member network.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Kevin David Fox
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Patent number: 8412780Abstract: Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member, the email address is provided to the email program application which sent the request. The email address is then entered into the send-to parameter field of an email message. In another described method, contact information associated with a first member of a social can be provided to a second member of the social network. The contact information is provided if the relationship between the first and second members is an authorized relationship. The contact information associated with the first member can be used to update the contact information for the first member in an electronic address book associated with the second member.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Kevin David Fox, Duane Scott Hess
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Patent number: 8230361Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox
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Publication number: 20120060121Abstract: A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Steven L. Goldberg, Christopher Jason Wetherell, Mihai Parparita, Kevin David Fox
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Patent number: 7603292Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a gift registry are described. In one described method, gift interest data is identified. A gift registry comprising a gift indicator associated with the gift interest data is generated. An audience criterion is identified, and an inquiry signal is received. The inquiry signal is evaluated for satisfaction of the audience criterion, and the gift registry is output if the inquiry signal satisfies the audience criterion.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard William Bragg, Michael John Souza Brazil, Orkut Buyukkokten, Kevin David Fox, Thomas Y. Galloway