Patents by Inventor Michael R. Carl

Michael R. Carl 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).

  • Calculating an estimated time to complete a request
    Patent number: 8140659
    Abstract: The present invention provides estimated completion time related to an Internet transaction to a user device. The present invention stores completion time information in a repository or repositories. Moreover, the present invention correlates a received Internet transaction message with previously stored completion time information. Utilizing the previously stored completion time information, the present invention generates estimated completion times. The present invention may communicate the completion time to the user device for display by a widget or control associated with a browser plug in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael R. Carl, Steve R. Landherr, Tom E. Turicchi, Shinobu Togasaki
  • Internet transaction performance monitor
    Publication number: 20020174214
    Abstract: The present invention provides estimated completion time related to an Internet transaction to a user device. The present invention stores completion time information in a repository or repositories. Moreover, the present invention correlates a received Internet transaction message with previously stored completion time information. Utilizing the previously stored completion time information, the present invention generates estimated completion times. The present invention may communicate the completion time to the user device for display by a widget or control associated with a browser plug in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Michael R. Carl, Steve R. Landherr, Tom E. Turicchi, Shinobu Togasaki