Patents by Inventor Samantha Marie Tripodi

Samantha Marie Tripodi 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).

  • Pre-cognitive delivery of in-context related information
    Patent number: 7917520
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing pre-cognitive delivery of in-context related information is disclosed herein. A user's expressed interest in a particular portion of a requested page and his/her requests for additional information relating to the particular portion are tracked. The tracked data permits determination of the content of in-context related information. For each of the particular portions of the requested page deemed to be of sufficient popularity, in-context information relating to each such particular portion is automatically provided to users along with the requested page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Liang-yu (Tom) Chi, Karon A. Weber, Samantha Marie Tripodi
  • Search results presented as visually illustrative concepts
    Patent number: 7555478
    Abstract: A system and method for providing search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes at least a visual content and textual content relating to its respective identified concept. The content for a given conceptual search result entry can come from different sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Bayley, Liang-yu (Tom) Chi, Samantha Marie Tripodi, Karon A. Weber
  • Paid content based on visually illustrative concepts
    Patent number: 7555477
    Abstract: A system and method for providing paid content relating to search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes at least a visual content and a paid content relating to its respective identified concept. The content for a given conceptual search result entry can come from different sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Bayley, Liang-Yu (Tom) Chi, Samantha Marie Tripodi, Karon A. Weber
  • Paid content based on visually illustrative concepts
    Publication number: 20080133483
    Abstract: A system and method for providing paid content relating to search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed herein. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes at least a visual content and a paid content relating to its respective identified concept. The content for a given conceptual search result entry can come from different sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Bayley, Liang-Yu (Tom) Chi, Samantha Marie Tripodi, Karon A. Weber