Patents by Inventor Todd Brannam
Todd Brannam 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).
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Publication number: 20200213409Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for transferring state between devices. In one implementation, a gestural input is detected, and a state of a source application is transferred from a first device to a second device in response to the gestural input. The second device may then generate an instance of a target application that corresponds to a representation of the state of the source application received from the first device. In an additional implementation, a state of the target application is transferred from the second device to the first device. The first device then updates a state of the source application to correspond to a representation of the state of the target application received from the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Norihiro Edwin AOKI, Christina WICK, Todd BRANNAM, Leotis GIVENS, JR.
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Patent number: 10630795Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for transferring state between devices. In one implementation, a gestural input is detected, and a state of a source application is transferred from a first device to a second device in response to the gestural input. The second device may then generate an instance of a target application that corresponds to a representation of the state of the source application received from the first device. In an additional implementation, a state of the target application is transferred from the second device to the first device. The first device then updates a state of the source application to correspond to a representation of the state of the target application received from the second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Oath Inc.Inventors: Norihiro Edwin Aoki, Christina Wick, Todd Brannam, Leotis Givens, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130080525Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for transferring state between devices. In one implementation, a gestural input is detected, and a state of a source application is transferred from a first device to a second device in response to the gestural input. The second device may then generate an instance of a target application that corresponds to a representation of the state of the source application received from the first device. In an additional implementation, a state of the target application is transferred from the second device to the first device. The first device then updates a state of the source application to correspond to a representation of the state of the target application received from the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Norihiro Edwin AOKI, Christina Wick, Todd Brannam, Leotis Givens, JR.
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Publication number: 20130073471Abstract: Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and/or to the user's geographic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: James R. Moran, Gail Haddock, Greg Weston Smith, Todd Brannam
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Publication number: 20130073472Abstract: Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and/or to the user's geographic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: James R. Moran, Gail Haddock, Greg Weston Smith, Todd Brannam
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Publication number: 20100250452Abstract: Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and/or to the user's geographic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: AOL, INC.Inventors: James R. Moran, Gail Haddock, Greg Weston Smith, Todd Brannam
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Patent number: 7742999Abstract: Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and/or to the user's geographic location.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: James R. Moran, Gail Haddock, Greg Weston Smith, Todd Brannam
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Publication number: 20060259870Abstract: A system for providing a user interface includes a gadget definition, a style definition, and a scene file. The gadget definition includes one or more XML-based gadget definition tags defining a gadget element and the style definition includes one or more XML-based style definition tags defining one or more style attributes to be applied to the gadget element. The scene file is an XML-based document that includes a gadget element tag that specifies the gadget element. The system further includes a parser to parse the scene file, the style definition, and the gadget definition, and to generate an object that includes a gadget object corresponding to the gadget element. The system also includes a layout engine to determine, based on the object model, a layout of the user interface, and a rendering engine to render, based on the determined layout, the user interface including the gadget element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Joseph Hewitt, Sreekant Kotay, Corey Lucier, David Besbris, Todd Brannam, Veronica Early, Peter Hirschberg, Ke Ning, John Robinson, Michael Wright
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Patent number: 7023974Abstract: A computer system includes a detection processing module for determining whether a remote system associated with the destination of an electronic communication is capable of decompressing a compressed portion of the electronic communication. The computer system also includes a compression processing module for compressing a portion of an electronic communication if the remote system is determined capable of decompressing the compressed portion. The computer system also includes a communication processing module for sending the compressed portion of the electronic communication to the remote system.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: America Online, Inc.Inventors: Todd Brannam, Marc A. Katchay, Gregory Puhak
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Publication number: 20030084335Abstract: Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user's computer system and/or to the user's geographic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: James R. Moran, Gail Haddock, Greg Weston Smith, Todd Brannam