Patents by Inventor Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian

Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian 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).

  • Method for downloading a sitemap from a server computer to a client computer in a web environment
    Patent number: 6525748
    Abstract: Sitemaps are utilized to hold content-related information about hypertext documents stored at a server site. The hypertext documents may be web pages for the World Wide Web portion of the Internet. Each sitemap file may hold a hierarchical index of the web pages that are accessible at the server site. Each sitemap may also hold search results that identify web pages that comply with the search criteria and/or ratings information regarding the content of the web pages at the server site. The sitemaps may also be utilized by web crawler programs to build an index of web pages available at the server site. The sitemap files may be located at a default location of the server site or, alternatively, may be located at a site designated by information held in a specified hypertext document at the server site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph D. Belfiore, Ian M. Ellison-Taylor, Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian, Chee H. Chew, Scott E. Berkun
  • Storage of sitemaps at server sites for holding information regarding content
    Patent number: 6175863
    Abstract: Sitemaps are utilized to hold content-related information about hypertext documents stored at a server site. The hypertext documents may be web pages for the World Wide Web portion of the Internet. Each sitemap file may hold a hierarchical index of the web pages that are accessible at the server site. Each sitemap may also hold search results that identify web pages that comply with the search criteria and/or ratings information regarding the content of the web pages at the server site. The sitemaps may also be utilized by web crawler programs to build an index of web pages available at the server site. The sitemap files may be located at a default location of the server site or, alternatively, may be located at a site designated by information held in a specified hypertext document at the server site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph D. Belfiore, Ian M. Ellison-Taylor, Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian, Chee H. Chew, Scott E. Berkun
  • Storage of sitemaps at server sites for holding information regarding content
    Patent number: 6038610
    Abstract: Sitemaps are utilized to hold content-related information about hypertext documents stored at a server site. The hypertext documents may be web pages for the World Wide Web portion of the Internet. Each sitemap file may hold a hierarchical index of the web pages that are accessible at the server site. Each sitemap may also hold search results that identify web pages that comply with the search criteria and/or ratings information regarding the content of the web pages at the server site. The sitemaps may also be utilized by web crawler programs to build an index of web pages available at the server site. The sitemap files may be located at a default location of the server site or, alternatively, may be located at a site designated by information held in a specified hypertext document at the server site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph D. Belfiore, Ian M. Ellison-Taylor, Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian, Chee H. Chew, Scott E. Berkun