Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Dletterich

Thomas G. Dletterich 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).

  • Methods for delivering task-related digital content based on task-oriented user activity
    Patent number: 9524355
    Abstract: A method for automatically presenting digital content to a user of a computer computes task-related metadata from data which may include i) a most recent event record, ii) a most recent specification received from the user of a task being performed by the user, iii) an automatic prediction of the current task being executed by the user, iii) past event records and associated task identifiers stored in a database and/or iv) content in resources associated with a given task. The task-related metadata is communicated to a digital content service provider. Digital content relevant to the user based on the task-related metadata is then selected, sent to the computer, and presented to the user. Rules and filters control the metadata going out and the content coming in, allowing automatic adaptation based on the current task, characteristics of the content, and other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: MOZY, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Forbes, Paul Maritz, Jonathan L. Herlocker, Thomas G. Dletterich
  • Methods for delivering task-related digital content based on task-oriented user activity
    Publication number: 20080177726
    Abstract: A method for automatically presenting digital content to a user of a computer computes task-related metadata from data which may include i) a most recent event record, ii) a most recent specification received from the user of a task being performed by the user, iii) an automatic prediction of the current task being executed by the user, iii) past event records and associated task identifiers stored in a database and/or iv) content in resources associated with a given task. The task-related metadata is communicated to a digital content service provider. Digital content relevant to the user based on the task-related metadata is then selected, sent to the computer, and presented to the user. Rules and filters control the metadata going out and the content coming in, allowing automatic adaptation based on the current task, characteristics of the content, and other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: John B. Forbes, Paul Maritz, Jonathan L. Herlocker, Thomas G. Dletterich