Patents by Inventor Thomas Alan Sponheim

Thomas Alan Sponheim 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).

  • Event driven system and method for retrieving and displaying information
    Patent number: 7058944
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for dynamically creating a communications channel at a local computer in response to selecting an element, such as a word or phrase, that is being displayed on an HTML page. A container also is created on the page in response to the element being selected. Data indicative of the selected element and containing environment is submitted to an Active Server Page at a server computer for retrieving information related to the selected element. The retrieved information is sent to the communications channel at the local computer and then displayed in the container on the original page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Sponheim, Kris Owens