Patents by Inventor Robert Duffin Wilson

Robert Duffin Wilson 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: 8825709
    Abstract: According to the invention, a system for storing and displaying genealogical information is disclosed. The system may include a processor and a storage medium having processor instructions. The instructions may be for receiving information which identifies a first and second parent, receiving information which identifies a first and second child, and receiving an indication that the first child is a biological child of both parents, and that the second child is a biological child of only one parent. The instructions may further be for receiving a first instruction to display a first listing of children, and in response, causing the first child to be displayed in the first listing, but not the second child. The instructions may additionally be for receiving a second instruction to display a second listing of children, and in response, causing both the first child and the second child to be displayed in the second listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Anthoni LeMonnier, Robert Duffin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130159268
    Abstract: According to the invention, a system for storing and displaying genealogical information is disclosed. The system may include a processor and a storage medium having processor instructions. The instructions may be for receiving information which identifies a first and second parent, receiving information which identifies a first and second child, and receiving an indication that the first child is a biological child of both parents, and that the second child is a biological child of only one parent. The instructions may further be for receiving a first instruction to display a first listing of children, and in response, causing the first child to be displayed in the first listing, but not the second child. The instructions may additionally be for receiving a second instruction to display a second listing of children, and in response, causing both the first child and the second child to be displayed in the second listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Anthoni LeMonnier, Robert Duffin Wilson
  • Publication number: 20090288033
    Abstract: A software application includes a window having at least first and second panels. The first panel is programmed to provide access to Internet-based sources of information. The software application also includes a user-operable selection tool programmed to select non-structured information from an Internet-based source of information presented in the first panel. The software application also includes a menu responsive to the selection tool that is programmed to appear upon the selection of non-structured information, display a plurality of data types to which the selected non-structured information can be assigned, and receive a user-selection of one of the plurality of data types to which the selected non-structured information is to be assigned. The second panel is programmed to, upon selection of one of the plurality of data types, display the selected non-structured data and indicate to which of the plurality of data types the selected information was assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: The Generations Network, Inc.
    Inventors: David Thomas Van Valkenburgh, Robert Duffin Wilson, Gary K. Jestice, Mark Anthoni Lemonnier, Kevin Niels Christiansen