Patents by Inventor Matthew Charles Grogan Hall

Matthew Charles Grogan Hall 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).

  • Delivering non-default items in association with search results
    Patent number: 6711567
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering search results pages to the users of a search engine, where one or more search result listings on the search results pages include items that are not included by default. The non-default items may take many forms, including but not limited to images, banners, controls, animations, and even Java applets. The non-default items may be designed to entice the search engine users to select the search result listing with which they are associated over possibly higher-ranked search result listings that contain only default items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Littlefield, Matthew Charles Grogan Hall, Michael E. Palmer, Troy Richardson Toman
  • Delivering non-default items in association with search results
    Publication number: 20030120646
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering search results pages to the users of a search engine, where one or more search result listings on the search results pages include items that are not included by default. The non-default items may take many forms, including but not limited to images, banners, controls, animations, and even Java applets. The non-default items may be designed to entice the search engine users to select the search result listing with which they are associated over possibly higher-ranked search result listings that contain only default items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew Littlefield, Matthew Charles Grogan Hall, Michael E. Palmer, Troy Richardson Toman
  • Delivering non-default items in association with search results
    Patent number: 6564208
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for delivering search results pages to the users of a search engine, where one or more search result listings on the search results pages include items that are not included by default. The non-default items may take many forms, including but not limited to images, banners, controls, animations, and even Java applets. The non-default items may be designed to entice the search engine users to select the search result listing with which they are associated over possibly higher-ranked search result listings that contain only default items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Littlefield, Matthew Charles Grogan Hall, Michael E. Palmer, Troy Richardson Toman