Patents by Inventor Stephen Yeager

Stephen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for navigational searching of a website
    Patent number: 10261968
    Abstract: Methods may display an interactive searching display window on a webpage. Methods may display a search box located on the interactive searching display window, which may enable a user to type in a query. Methods may display an answer box located on the interactive searching display window, which may display an answer to a user's query. Methods may display a minimize button, a maximize button and a pin button, which may allow the user to pin the interactive searching display window to one side of the webpage. Methods may redirect the user to a second webpage in response to the determination that greater than a threshold probability exists that the answer to the user's question may be found on the second webpage. Methods may display the interactive searching display window about a central location on the second webpage for a time period between 1.5 and 3.5 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Yeager, Marco Ramirez, Brad Sadler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATIONAL SEARCHING OF A WEBSITE
    Publication number: 20170277788
    Abstract: Methods may display an interactive searching display window on a webpage. Methods may display a search box located on the interactive searching display window, which may enable a user to type in a query. Methods may display an answer box located on the interactive searching display window, which may display an answer to a user's query. Methods may display a minimize button, a maximize button and a pin button, which may allow the user to pin the interactive searching display window to one side of the webpage. Methods may redirect the user to a second webpage in response to the determination that greater than a threshold probability exists that the answer to the user's question may be found on the second webpage. Methods may display the interactive searching display window about a central location on the second webpage for a time period between 1.5 and 3.5 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Yeager, Marco Ramirez, Brad Sadler
  • Method and apparatus for navigational searching of a website
    Patent number: 9710558
    Abstract: Methods may display an interactive searching display window on a webpage. Methods may display a search box located on the interactive searching display window, which may enable a user to type in a query. Methods may display an answer box located on the interactive searching display window, which may display an answer to a user's query. Methods may display a minimize button, a maximize button and a pin button, which may allow the user to pin the interactive searching display window to one side of the webpage. Methods may redirect the user to a second webpage in response to the determination that greater than a threshold probability exists that the answer to the user's question may be found on the second webpage. Methods may display the interactive searching display window about a central location on the second webpage for a time period between 1.5 and 3.5 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Yeager, Marco Ramirez, Brad Sadler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATIONAL SEARCHING OF A WEBSITE
    Publication number: 20160026716
    Abstract: Methods may display an interactive searching display window on a webpage. Methods may display a search box located on the interactive searching display window, which may enable a user to type in a query. Methods may display an answer box located on the interactive searching display window, which may display an answer to a user's query. Methods may display a minimize button, a maximize button and a pin button, which may allow the user to pin the interactive searching display window to one side of the webpage. Methods may redirect the user to a second webpage in response to the determination that greater than a threshold probability exists that the answer to the user's question may be found on the second webpage. Methods may display the interactive searching display window about a central location on the second webpage for a time period between 1.5 and 3.5 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Yeager, Marco Ramirez, Brad Sadler