Patents by Inventor Tom Gulik

Tom Gulik 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).

  • Patent number: 11777890
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventor: Tom Gulik
  • Publication number: 20210352033
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Tom Gulik
  • Patent number: 11075872
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventor: Tom Gulik
  • Publication number: 20190044903
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Tom GULIK
  • Patent number: 10110532
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventor: Tom Gulik
  • Publication number: 20150100644
    Abstract: An email system is configured to enable a user to identify frequent email senders and block or consolidate emails from such senders. The emails received within a predetermined time period from a sender, who is selected for consolidation by a user of an email account, are consolidated into one entry in the inbox. This mitigates the inbox from getting overcrowded with frequent emails from various senders. Statistics related to various senders are also generated in order to aid the user in identifying senders whose emails need to be consolidated or blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Gulik
  • Patent number: 8880520
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing a display of search results by employing a query-classification for a search query to selectively display trust search results that are displayed distinct from non-trust search results. A search query is classified into a query-class. A search is then performed over non-trust sources, and selectively over trust data sources to obtain non-trust and trust search results, respectively. The trust search results are rank ordered based on various categories of search criteria, including, for example, explicit and implicit relationships. Based on the query-class, a different number of trust search results may be displayed. Further, a position for which the trust search results may be displayed may be based on the query-class. Moreover, the non-trust search results displayed distinct or separate from the trust search results to readily distinguish a type of source of the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Gulik, Arun Shankar Iyer, Prasenjit Sarkar, Vinay Kakade, Erwin Tam
  • Publication number: 20130166354
    Abstract: Example systems, methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture, etc. are disclosed that may collect, process, or use estimates of market value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Hummel, Tom Gulik, Michael Schwarz, Sergey Smirnov
  • Publication number: 20110264648
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing a display of search results by employing a query-classification for a search query to selectively display trust search results that are displayed distinct from non-trust search results. A search query is classified into a query-class. A search is then performed over non-trust sources, and selectively over trust data sources to obtain non-trust and trust search results, respectively. The trust search results are rank ordered based on various categories of search criteria, including, for example, explicit and implicit relationships. Based on the query-class, a different number of trust search results may be displayed. Further, a position for which the trust search results may be displayed may be based on the query-class. Moreover, the non-trust search results displayed distinct or separate from the trust search results to readily distinguish a type of source of the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Gulik, Arun Shankar Iyer, Prasenjit Sarkar, Vinay Kakade, Erwin Tam