Patents by Inventor Laurence Mann

Laurence Mann 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).

  • System and method for navigating and indexing content
    Patent number: 7680804
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content data store maintains the one or more content items in accordance with a programmable indexing schemes, with each container in the comprising storage for one or more references to one or more content items. Systems and methods are provided that re-index the references to content items that the content data store is indexing in accordance with one or more container creation schemes for ease of management and navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, Laurence Mann, Ryan King
  • System and method for navigating and indexing content
    Publication number: 20070156719
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content data store maintains the one or more content items in accordance with a programmable indexing schemes, with each container in the comprising storage for one or more references to one or more content items. Systems and methods are provided that re-index the references to content items that the content data store is indexing in accordance with one or more container creation schemes for ease of management and navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, Laurence Mann, Ryan King
  • User interface distribution systems and methods
    Publication number: 20060259575
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates systems and methods for the propagation of user interfaces to requesting client devices. According to one embodiment, a method for the propagation of a user interface to one or more devices connected to a network comprises transmitting a request for a user interface to a user interface provider from a requesting device and receiving a link to the user interface from the user interface provider. The link is forwarded to the requesting device, which uses the link to retrieve the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, Laurence Mann