Patents by Inventor Robert A. Ferris

Robert A. Ferris 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).

  • Patent number: 5937418
    Abstract: A system for presenting updated content on a networked computer receives communications such as those sent by a wire copy service. The system processes the communications, organizes the communications by subject matter, and creates title or summary files. If the communications relate only to parts of stories, those communications are assembled together in a file identified by a subject identifier of the story. When a user of the system requests content, the system calls a template, which provides the format for transmitting the content. The template calls an appropriate file and inserts that file into the template to create a page. The page is then transmitted to the user. The templates may also automatically create hyperlinks in order to call up other files of content as requested by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: ICon CMT Corp.
    Inventors: Robert A. Ferris, George Alexander Holt, III