Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin

Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin 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).

  • Systematic process for creating large numbers of relevant, contextual marginal comments based on existing discussions of quotations and links
    Patent number: 8782078
    Abstract: A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: ReFrame-It, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Benjamin Ethan Taitelbaum
  • Systematic Process for Creating Large Numbers of Relevant, Contextual Marginal Comments Based On Existing Discussions Of Quotations and Links
    Publication number: 20130132428
    Abstract: A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Benjamin Ethan Taitelbaum
  • Systematic process for creating large numbers of relevant, contextual marginal comments based on existing discussions of quotations and links
    Patent number: 8380732
    Abstract: A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ReFrame-It, Inc
    Inventors: Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Benjamin Ethan Taitelbaum
  • Systematic Process For Creating Large Numbers Of Relevant, Contextual Marginal Comments Based On Existing Discussions Of Quotations And Links
    Publication number: 20110252052
    Abstract: A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Benjamin Ethan Taitelbaum
  • Process for referencing, prioritizing, accessing, and displaying marginalia in digital media
    Patent number: 7801951
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information over a communication network among a group of computer users. Computer users are able to provide information that relates to information downloaded from the communication network. User-provided information is displayed adjacent to the relevant information from the communication network and is viewable by other computer users utilizing the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Reframe-It, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Fisher Fishkin, Brian Todd McKinney