Patents by Inventor Mark C. Edberg

Mark C. Edberg 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).

  • Avatar-based Search Tool
    Publication number: 20180173809
    Abstract: A method of performing digital search, wherein the result set returned is additionally narrowed via a virtual personality, represented by an animated avatar selected by the user prior to enacting the search. The avatar consists of a virtual identity, which, when reduced to keyword characteristics and then applied to a search algorithm, enables the filtering of result sets according to the inferred desires of the hypothetical individual instantiated by the virtual identity itself, expressed as an avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Mark C. Edberg
  • Avatar-based search tool
    Patent number: 9898535
    Abstract: A method of performing a digital search, wherein the result set returned is additionally narrowed via a virtual personality, represented by an animated avatar selected by the user prior to enacting the search. The avatar consists of a virtual identity, which, when reduced to keyword characteristics and then applied to a search algorithm, enables the filtering of result sets according to the inferred desires of the hypothetical individual instantiated by the virtual identity itself, expressed as an avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventor: Mark C. Edberg
  • Avatar-based Search Tool
    Publication number: 20140214785
    Abstract: A method of performing a digital search, wherein the result set returned is additionally narrowed via a virtual personality, represented by an animated avatar selected by the user prior to enacting the search. The avatar consists of a virtual identity, which, when reduced to keyword characteristics and then applied to a search algorithm, enables the filtering of result sets according to the inferred desires of the hypothetical individual instantiated by the virtual identity itself, expressed as an avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Mark C. Edberg