Patents by Inventor Thomas Pinckney

Thomas Pinckney 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).

  • Publication number: 20080114709
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk associated with the search results is presented, in real-time, within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20080109473
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product comprise presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface. Further, an indicia of risk is presented that reflects an analysis in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060282542
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming of multimedia files over a network are described. A streaming delivery accelerator (SDA) caches content from a content provider and streams the cached content to a user. Cached content is incrementally added to the cache memory, and the SDA is disconnected from the content provider when sufficient content for a predetermined time of play has been received. The caching process can be iterative, with only content not previously retained in the cache requested from the content provider. A method for cache eviction of content no longer of interest to users is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Pinckney, Joshua Cates, Russell Hunt, Christopher Provenzano, Mark Schlowsky-Fischer, Benjamin Thomas, Douglas Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20060253581
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a client computing facility with an item of content associated with a website and presenting an indicator of reputation to a client computing facility attempting to interact with the web content. The indicator of reputation may be based at least in part upon whether an entity associated with the web content seeks to manipulate a user in order to obtain information from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253578
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indicator of an attempted interaction of a user with an item of website content and presenting one or more indicia of a website's reputation to the user attempting to interact with the website content. The act of presenting the indicia may be in response to the user's attempted interaction with the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253582
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving presenting a plurality of search results within a graphical user interface, and presenting an indicia of reputation in association with at least one of the plurality of search results within the search results graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253579
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to the methods and systems involved in receiving an indicator of an attempt by a user to execute an electronic commerce transaction and, upon receiving the indicator of the attempted transaction, presenting indicia of the reputation of another entity involved in the electronic commerce transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253458
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving automatically generating a third party assessment of a website's reputation, and storing an indicia of the assessment in a format and location that may be accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253584
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving an indication of an attempted interaction of a user with a content item, providing the user with an indicator of the reputation of an entity associated with the content item, and offering the user an item based at least in part on the reputation in order to mitigate potential adverse effects of interacting with the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253580
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving receiving a request for web content from a client computing facility, presenting the web content, and retrieving an indicia of a reputation assessment of the web content and delivering the indicia to the client computing facility in coordination with delivery of the web content to the client computing facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20060253583
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to the methods and systems involved in receiving an indicator of an attempt by a user to interact with a website and presenting indicia of the website's reputation to the user, the reputation may be at least in part based on information about how an entity associated with the website treats personal information of users of the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Dixon, Thomas Pinckney
  • Publication number: 20020176418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming of multimedia files over a network are described. A streaming delivery accelerator (SDA) caches content from a content provider and streams the cached content to a user. Cached content is streamed when a quality metric exceeds a predetermined value that can depend on the transmission bandwidth to the user. The caching process can be iterative, with only content not previously retained in the cache requested from the content provider. Systems and methods for effective cache management are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Russell Hunt, Joshua Ian Cates, Thomas Pinckney, Douglas Karl Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20020178330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming of multimedia files over a network are described. A streaming delivery accelerator (SDA) receives content from a content provider and streams the receives content to a user when a quality metric exceeds a predetermined value. A similar quality metric applies to caching and storing the received content in the SDA' cache. The caching process can be iterative, with only content not previously retained in the SDA's cache being requested from and retransmitted by the content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Harold Schlowsky-Fischer, Joshua Ian Cates, Russell Hunt, Thomas Pinckney, Douglas Karl Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20020169926
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming of multimedia files over a network are described. A streaming delivery accelerator (SDA) caches content from a content provider and streams the cached content to a user. Cached content is incrementally added to the cache memory, and the SDA is disconnected from the content provider when sufficient content for a predetermined time of play has been received. The caching process can be iterative, with only content not previously retained in the cache requested from the content provider. A method for cache eviction of content no longer of interest to users is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Pinckney, Joshua Ian Cates, Russell Hunt, Christopher Angelo Provenzano, Mark Harold Schlowsky-Fischer, Benjamin Joseph Thomas, Douglas Karl Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20020161911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for streaming of multimedia files over a network are described. A streaming delivery accelerator (SDA) receives content from a content provider, caches at least part of the content, forming a cache file, and streams the cache file to a user. The described systems and methods are directed to separate (shred) the content into contiguous cache files suitable for streaming. The shredded cache files may have different transmission bit rates and/or different content, such as audio, text, etc. Checksums can migrate from the content file to the shredded cache files and between different network protocols without the need for recomputing the checksums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Pinckney, Garry Kenneth Kessler, Christopher Angelo Provenzano, Benjamin Joseph Thomas