Patents by Inventor Maryanne Lottes Jacobs

Maryanne Lottes Jacobs 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).

  • Patent number: 10019526
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for using keywords to navigate to web pages on the Internet. In one implementation, a system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a search string from a website, the search string being entered by a website visitor using a browser. The processor uses a database to locate a keyword associated with the website that matches the search string. The processor determines a web page address associated with the keyword and causes the browser to be directed to the web page address. In another aspect, a method for managing keywords used for directing a browser to a web page hosted at a website, is disclosed. The method includes, among other things, storing a web page address, a keyword, and a domain name to associate the web page address, the keyword, and the domain name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Maryanne Lottes Jacobs, Keith W. Teare
  • Publication number: 20130151496
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for using keywords to navigate to web pages on the Internet. In one implementation, a system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a search string from a website, the search string being entered by a website visitor using a browser. The processor uses a database to locate a keyword associated with the website that matches the search string. The processor determines a web page address associated with the keyword and causes the browser to be directed to the web page address. In another aspect, a method for managing keywords used for directing a browser to a web page hosted at a website, is disclosed. The method includes, among other things, storing a web page address, a keyword, and a domain name to associate the web page address, the keyword, and the domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Maryanne Lottes JACOBS, Keith W. Teare
  • Publication number: 20120173565
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for using keywords to navigate to web pages on the Internet. In one implementation, a system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a search string from a website, the search string being entered by a website visitor using a browser. The processor uses a database to locate a keyword associated with the website that matches the search string. The processor determines a web page address associated with the keyword and causes the browser to be directed to the web page address. In another aspect, a method for managing keywords used for directing a browser to a web page hosted at a website, is disclosed. The method includes receiving a domain name for the website from a user and verifying that the user is authorized to provide keywords for the domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Maryanne Lottes Jacobs, Keith W. Teare, Amit Kumar, Ramesh Kumar Manickam