Patents by Inventor Kevin Lacker

Kevin Lacker 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: 20150012598
    Abstract: Techniques to generate mass push notifications are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a submission component, a query component, a delivery component, and a record update component. The submission component may be operative to receive a message bundle, the message bundle comprising a message and a query. The query component may be operative to compare the query to a plurality of recipient records to determine a plurality of recipient records matching the query, each of the plurality of recipient records corresponding to a particular installation of a particular application onto a particular device. The delivery component may be operative to broadcast the message to a plurality of installed applications corresponding to the plurality of recipients records matching the query. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan Klimt, Kevin Lacker, Brian Jacokes, Thomas Bouldin, David Poll, Ilya Sukhar
  • Publication number: 20110196861
    Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin Lacker, John Lamping, Amitabh K. Singhal, Ke Yang
  • Patent number: 7933890
    Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin Lacker, John Lamping, Amitabh K. Singhal, Ke Yang
  • Publication number: 20070233808
    Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin Lacker, John Lamping, Amitabh Singhal, Ke Yang