Patents by Inventor Michael Monan

Michael Monan 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).

  • Logical division of files into multiple articles for search and retrieval
    Patent number: 6256622
    Abstract: A single file, such as an HTML document, is logically divided into multiple articles that can be individually recognized and ranked by search engines. The segmentation of a document into separate articles is based upon tokens that are used in document mark-up languages. In addition to the tokens which delineate articles from one another, additional tokens, or tags, are used to create a named location for each article, so that a browser can immediately display an article within a document that is relevant to a search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert R. Howard, Jr., Richard Hoiberg, Curtis Stevens, Daniel Rose, Michael Monan