Patents by Inventor Michael Christopher West

Michael Christopher West 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).

  • Providing standardized transparency for cookies and other website data using a server side description file
    Patent number: 8578036
    Abstract: A system and a computer-implemented method for processing a cookie description file are provided. A browser provides the cookie description file that includes meta-information associated with cookies that are associated with a domain. The meta-information includes cookie information specific to each cookie. The cookie description file is parsed and the meta-information associated with each cookie is extracted. The parsed meta-information is displayed in a user-readable format on a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Wieland Holfelder, Dominic Battré, Michael Christopher West, Jochen Mathias Eisinger, Bernhard Bauer, Patrick Louis Maurice Nepper, Pamela Greene, Adam Barth