Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Yeager

Stephen L. Yeager 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: 9734254
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatic completion of an entry into an input field is provided. The apparatus may include a webpage. The webpage may include a search box. The search box may include a user input field. The apparatus may further include a processor and a machine-readable memory. When a user begins to type a query into the user input box, the processor may be configured to complete, pending user confirmation, the user's query. The completion may be based, for example, on information stored on the machine-readable memory pertaining to the user. The information may be available to an authorized accessor of the machine-readable memory via a secure communications channel. However, the information may be restricted from the user's access via a communications channel associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Viju Kothuvatiparambil, Stephen L. Yeager, Marco A. Ramirez, Ramakrishna R. Yannam, David H. Witting
  • Patent number: 9165057
    Abstract: Methods for extracting queries from webpages is provided. Methods may include receiving a plurality of queries. Each query in the plurality may be input into a search box located on a public-facing webpage. Methods may include receiving content associated with each of the public-facing webpages. Methods may include receiving identifying information associated with an inputter of each query. Methods may include selecting at least one query from the plurality of queries based at least in part on factors. The factors may include query length. The factors may include query rank. The query rank may be based in part on the magnitude of predetermined terminology included in the at least one query. The predetermined terminology may be stored on a computer-readable memory. The factors may include the grammatical relationship between query terms. The factors may include the identifying information about the inputter associated with the at least one query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bostian, Stephen L. Yeager, Ramakrishna R. Yannam, Viju Kothuvatiparambil