Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Brachman
Ronald J. Brachman 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).
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Patent number: 8832270Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention automatically detects when a user is in a state of vacillation based on user on-line behavior, records relevant parameters regarding the vacillation event, and then responds accordingly. This response may include providing relevant and/or targeted information that can be used by the user to help remove the indecision. The response may also or alternatively include providing third-party businesses, such as retailers, marketers, and advertisers, with information about vacillation events and associated behaviors for a single user or groups of users so that such businesses can identify potential markets/customers or directly engage similar users to facilitate the decision-making process.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Cameron Marlow, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Ronald J. Brachman, Frederick K. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20130332285Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention automatically detects when a user is in a state of vacillation based on user on-line behavior, records relevant parameters regarding the vacillation event, and then responds accordingly. This response may include providing relevant and/or targeted information that can be used by the user to help remove the indecision. The response may also or alternatively include providing third-party businesses, such as retailers, marketers, and advertisers, with information about vacillation events and associated behaviors for a single user or groups of users so that such businesses can identify potential markets/customers or directly engage similar users to facilitate the decision-making process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Cameron Marlow, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Ronald J. Brachman, Frederick K. Schmidt
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Patent number: 8527623Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention automatically detects when a user is in a state of vacillation based on user on-line behavior, records relevant parameters regarding the vacillation event, and then responds accordingly. This response may include providing relevant and/or targeted information that can be used by the user to help remove the indecision. The response may also or alternatively include providing third-party businesses, such as retailers, marketers, and advertisers, with information about vacillation events and associated behaviors for a single user or groups of users so that such businesses can identify potential markets/customers or directly engage similar users to facilitate the decision-making process.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Cameron Marlow, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Ronald J. Brachman, Frederick K. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20090164557Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention automatically detects when a user is in a state of vacillation based on user on-line behavior, records relevant parameters regarding the vacillation event, and then responds accordingly. This response may include providing relevant and/or targeted information that can be used by the user to help remove the indecision. The response may also or alternatively include providing third-party businesses, such as retailers, marketers, and advertisers, with information about vacillation events and associated behaviors for a single user or groups of users so that such businesses can identify potential markets/customers or directly engage similar users to facilitate the decision-making process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Cameron Marlow, Sihem Amer-Yahia, Ronald J. Brachman, Frederick K. Schmidt
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Patent number: 6704576Abstract: The invention provides a system and method in which users may join a communication mode such that the multimedia content received by the user is closely matched to a predefined profile. The content may be transmitted by unicast, multicast or radio broadcast. Moreover, depending on an individual's request(s) and that of other users in a network, a user may switch between a radio broadcast, multicast and unicast to meet the user's preferences based on a profile. Profile data may include content type, transmission quality, cost considerations, etc. The two-way nature of the system and method also enable a user to request and receive information and complete transactions.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Ronald J. Brachman, Peter F. Driessen, Evan S. Crandall, Steven L. Greenspan, Mathias Kretschmer, Schuyler Quackenbush, Joseph B. Weinman, Jr.
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Patent number: 6501838Abstract: A call-forwarding system can be remotely controlled in a simple and easily understood manner, thereby increasing the usage of call-forwarding. By maintaining a registry of special telephone numbers for a user's telephone and, upon receiving a telephone call from one of the special telephone numbers, the system forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. The call-forwarding system includes a registry of special telephone numbers and a call-forwarding controller which, upon receiving a call from one of the special telephone numbers, forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. In addition, the call-forwarding controller includes a caller-ID application which identifies all incoming telephone calls and passes this information to the controller. The controller then compares the incoming call to the telephone numbers in the registry and, upon obtaining a match, activates a routine for forwarding future incoming calls to the matched telephone number.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Ronald J. Brachman, Donnie Henderson, Lawrence David Jackel, Frederick Kenneth Schmidt, Jr.
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Patent number: 6374102Abstract: The instant invention discloses a method and system for providing a novel wireless centrex service that untethers subscribers from the immobility associated with traditional desktop telephones. Essentially, the present invention extends the benefits of wireless voice and data services to subscribers having a need to move within a plurality of localities such as business and hospital campuses. In accordance with the invention, a wireless telephone subscriber can use a standard cellular/PCS telephone as a wireless extension of their desktop phone, while in the proximity of a miniature radio base station capable of communicating with the PCS/cellular telephone. The advantage of such a system is that a subscriber can use the same cellular/PCS telephone that provides service in the public network in the wireless centrex environment. Additionally, the wireless centrex system provides services and features which are similar to those offered to regular centrex telephone subscribers.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: AT+T Corp.Inventors: Ronald J. Brachman, Yue-Chuan Chu, Kenny Xiaojian Huang, Jesse Eugene Russell
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Publication number: 20010040954Abstract: A call-forwarding system can be remotely controlled in a simple and easily understood manner, thereby increasing the usage of call-forwarding. By maintaining a registry of special telephone numbers for a user's telephone and, upon receiving a telephone call from one of the special telephone numbers, the system forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. The call-forwarding system includes a registry of special telephone numbers and a call-forwarding controller which, upon receiving a call from one of the special telephone numbers, forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. In addition, the call-forwarding controller includes a caller-ID application which identifies all incoming telephone calls and passes this information to the controller. The controller then compares the incoming call to the telephone numbers in the registry and, upon obtaining a match, activates a routine for forwarding future incoming calls to the matched telephone number.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventors: Ronald J. Brachman, Donnie Henderson, Lawrence David Jackel, Frederick Kenneth Schmidt
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Patent number: 6285750Abstract: A call-forwarding system can be remotely controlled in a simple and easily understood manner, thereby increasing the usage of call-forwarding. By maintaining a registry of special telephone numbers for a user's telephone and, upon receiving a telephone call from one of the special telephone numbers, the system forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. The call-forwarding system includes a registry of special telephone numbers and a call-forwarding controller which, upon receiving a call from one of the special telephone numbers, forwards calls to the one of the special telephone numbers. In addition, the call-forwarding controller includes a caller-ID application which identifies all incoming telephone calls and passes this information to the controller. The controller then compares the incoming call to the telephone numbers in the registry and, upon obtaining a match, activates a routine for forwarding future incoming calls to the matched telephone number.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1998Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Ronald J. Brachman, Donnie Henderson, Lawrence David Jackel, Frederick Kenneth Schmidt, Jr.
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Patent number: 5418943Abstract: Apparatus and methods for integrating a knowledge base management system with a data base system. The knowledge base management system employs compositional descriptions which describe information in terms of concepts. A translation component of the apparatus translates compositional descriptions into data base queries, so that information matching a compositional description may be retrieved from the data base. The translation component further permits display of the retrieved data in terms of the compositional description. The returned information can be automatically integrated into the knowledge base, either item by item or on the basis of the compositional description which was used to return the information.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1991Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Alexander T. Borgida, Ronald J. Brachman