Patents by Inventor Noel Morrison

Noel Morrison 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).

  • Three-dimensional website visualization
    Patent number: 8402394
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for visualizing content of one or more websites are provided. An amount of available content contained by at least one website is determined. A three-dimensional object is displayed having a surface. Each location of the surface of the three-dimensional object corresponds to a portion of the determined amount of available content contained by the website(s). A user is enabled to select a location of the surface of the three-dimensional object. The selected location is mapped to the corresponding portion of the determined amount of available content contained by the website(s). Content of the website(s) corresponding to the selected location, such as a web page, video, audio, an RSS feed, etc., can be accessed by selection of the location. Interaction of the user with the website(s) can be tracked, and the resulting tracking information can be displayed on the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: YAHOO! Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Blake, Ankarino Lara, Noel Morrison, Scott Bedard, Lucas J. Shuman
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL WEBSITE VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20090089714
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for visualizing content of one or more websites are provided. An amount of available content contained by at least one website is determined. A three-dimensional object is displayed having a surface. Each location of the surface of the three-dimensional object corresponds to a portion of the determined amount of available content contained by the website(s). A user is enabled to select a location of the surface of the three-dimensional object. The selected location is mapped to the corresponding portion of the determined amount of available content contained by the website(s). Content of the website(s) corresponding to the selected location, such as a web page, video, audio, an RSS feed, etc., can be accessed by selection of the location. Interaction of the user with the website(s) can be tracked, and the resulting tracking information can be displayed on the three-dimensional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Blake, Ankarino Lara, Noel Morrison, Scott Bedard, Lucas J. Shuman
  • Computer generated three-dimensional sphere and projection lines to adjacent image for a portion of a display screen
    Patent number: D598029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ankarino Lara, Noel Morrison, Scott Bedard, Stephen Blake, Lucas J. Shuman