Patents by Inventor Lisa Heilbron

Lisa Heilbron 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).

  • Acquiring web page information without commitment to downloading the web page
    Patent number: 7565409
    Abstract: What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Heilbron, John C. Platt, Patrice Y. Simard, Bernhard Schoelkopf
  • ACQUIRING WEB PAGE INFORMATION WITHOUT COMMITMENT TO DOWNLOADING THE WEB PAGE
    Publication number: 20070106956
    Abstract: What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Platt, Lisa Heilbron, Patrice Simard, Bernhard Schoelkopf
  • Acquiring web page information without commitment to downloading the web page
    Patent number: 7155489
    Abstract: What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Heilbron, John C. Platt, Bernhard Schoelkopf, Patrice Y. Simard