Patents by Inventor Kumar A. Vora

Kumar A. Vora 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).

  • Method and apparatus for searching for information in a network and for controlling the display of searchable information on display devices in the network
    Patent number: 5819273
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining information in a network of computer systems and for controlling the display of searchable information. The apparatus includes a first processor having a first display device and being coupled to an information storage device having information stored in at least one information source, where the first processor is coupled to a network. An input device is coupled to the first processor, where the input device is for selecting the information source to provide a selected information source which is to be unavailable for searching. A second processor having a second display device is coupled to the network to communicate with the first processor. The second display device is for displaying an indicia of information source, where the second display device displayed the indicia of the information source when the information source has not been selected by the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Kumar A. Vora, Gregory B. Vaughan, Kenneth c. McLeod, David Casseres
  • Method and apparatus for searching for information in a network and for controlling the display of searchable information on display devices in the network
    Patent number: 5623652
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for maintaining information in a network of computer systems and for controlling the display of searchable information. The apparatus includes a first processor having a first display device and being coupled to an information storage device having information stored in at least one information source, where the first processor is coupled to a network. An input device is coupled to the first processor, where the input device is for selecting the information source to provide a selected information source which is to be unavailable for searching. A second processor having a second display device is coupled to the network to communicate with the first processor. The second display device is for displaying an indicia of information source, where the second display device displayed the indicia of the information source when the information source has not been selected by the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Kumar A. Vora, Gregory B. Vaughan, Kenneth C. McLeod, David Casseres