Patents by Inventor R. Lawrence Hare

R. Lawrence Hare 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).

  • Content versioning in a client/server system with advancing capabilities
    Patent number: 9247027
    Abstract: A content item is updated in response to advancing capabilities of a client. A local content item received from a server is stored. The local content item has characteristics customized based on prior capabilities of the client. A determination is made regarding whether current capabilities of the client exceed characteristics of the local content item customized based on the prior capabilities of the client. Responsive to determining that the current capabilities of the client exceed the characteristics of the local content item, an updated content item having characteristics customized based on the current capabilities of the client is requested from the server. The updated content item is stored as an updated local content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: R. Lawrence Hare