Patents by Inventor William Sears

William Sears 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: 12118589
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven
  • Patent number: 11526913
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven
  • Publication number: 20200302484
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William SEARS, David HULL, Warren GIBBONS, Tim WHALEN, William GROSS, Thomas MCGOVEN
  • Publication number: 20200302485
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William SEARS, David HULL, Warren GIBBONS, Tim WHALEN, William GROSS, Thomas MCGOVEN
  • Patent number: 10719855
    Abstract: A method of providing Internet commercialization services to a content owner may include obtaining rights from an owner of Web page contents on a Web page to commercialize the Web page contents, obtaining an ad from an advertiser for placement on the Web page, the advertiser agreeing to pay for placement of the ad, paying for traffic to the Web page based on a bid to a traffic partner and sharing profits with the owner of the Web page contents, if any, from payments by the advertiser above payment to the traffic partner for the traffic. The content owner may be a publisher of content on the Internet. The traffic partner may be a search engine. The method may include automatically providing Internet commercialization services to an Internet publisher. Various aspects of the method may be modified in a closed loop fashion to optimize profits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TABOOLA.COM LTD.
    Inventors: William Sears, David Hull, Warren Gibbons, Tim Whalen, William Gross, Thomas McGoven
  • Patent number: 10244084
    Abstract: Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Fletcher, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Williams, William Sears
  • Publication number: 20150381771
    Abstract: Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Fletcher, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Williams, William Sears
  • Patent number: 9137339
    Abstract: Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Fletcher, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Williams, William Sears
  • Publication number: 20140031941
    Abstract: An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the upper and lower surfaces are also defined by convex arcs extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Peter McCombe, B. Thomas Barker, William Sears, David Warmbold, Russell Powers
  • Patent number: 8613769
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting upper and lower vertebral bodies, including first and second end members adapted for engagement with the vertebral bodies, and at least one elongate support member coupled between the end members to maintain an axial space between the vertebral bodies. In one aspect of the invention, each of the end members has a parametrical or horseshoe-shaped configuration extending about an open inner region and defining a lateral passage communicating with the open inner region to facilitate insertion of the apparatus or the individual end members into the intervertebral space via a posterior surgical approach. In a further aspect of the invention, a fusion member is positioned within the axial space to promote bony fusion between the upper and lower vertebral bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: William Sears, B. Thomas Barker
  • Patent number: 8591589
    Abstract: An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the upper and lower surfaces are also defined by convex arcs extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Warsaw Orhtopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombe, B. Thomas Barker, William Sears, David Warmbold, Russell Powers
  • Publication number: 20130304809
    Abstract: Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory Fletcher, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Williams, William Sears
  • Patent number: 8489670
    Abstract: Applications that run on an overlay network-based managed service achieve high performance gains using a set of TCP optimizations. In a first optimization, a typical single TCP connection between a client and an origin server is broken into preferably three (3) separate TCP connections. These connections are: an edge-to-client connection, an edge-to-edge connection, and edge-to-origin connection. A second optimization replicates TCP state along the connection to increase fault tolerance. In this approach, preferably a given TCP connection is maintained on two servers. When a packet is received by one server, called the primary, its state is updated and then passed to a second server, called the backup. Only when the backup sends an acknowledgement back to the primary can it then send a TCP acknowledgement back to the host that originally sent the packet. Another optimization reduces connection establishment latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Fletcher, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Williams, William Sears
  • Patent number: 8062368
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments disclosed herein are directed to vertebral implants and methods of use. In one embodiment, the implant includes first and second end members with an intermediate cage. The cage may be inflatable such that the implant is positionable between a collapsed state with a first reduced height to facilitate insertion between the first and second vertebral members, and an extended state with a second height greater than the first height that positions the first end member against the first vertebral member and the second end member against the second vertebral member to maintain an intervertebral axial space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Heinz, William Sears
  • Patent number: 8012213
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting upper and lower vertebral bodies, including first and second end members adapted for engagement with the vertebral bodies, and at least one elongate support member coupled between the end members to maintain an axial space between the vertebral bodies. In one aspect of the invention, each of the end members has a parametrical or horseshoe-shaped configuration extending about an open inner region and defining a lateral passage communicating with the open inner region to facilitate insertion of the apparatus or the individual end members into the intervertebral space via a posterior surgical approach. In a further aspect of the invention, a fusion member is positioned within the axial space to promote bony fusion between the upper and lower vertebral bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: William Sears, B. Thomas Barker
  • Publication number: 20110208314
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting upper and lower vertebral bodies, including first and second end members adapted for engagement with the vertebral bodies, and at least one elongate support member coupled between the end members to maintain an axial space between the vertebral bodies. In one aspect of the invention, each of the end members has a parametrical or horseshoe-shaped configuration extending about an open inner region and defining a lateral passage communicating with the open inner region to facilitate insertion of the apparatus or the individual end members into the intervertebral space via a posterior surgical approach. In a further aspect of the invention, a fusion member is positioned within the axial space to promote bony fusion between the upper and lower vertebral bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: William Sears, B. Thomas Barker
  • Publication number: 20110196496
    Abstract: An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the upper and lower surfaces are also defined by convex arcs extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Peter McCombe, B. Thomas Barker, William Sears, David Warmbold, Russell Powers
  • Patent number: 7951203
    Abstract: An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the upper and lower surfaces are also defined by convex arcs extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter McCombe, B. Thomas Barker, William Sears, David Warmbold, Russell Powers
  • Patent number: D689619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Waterway Plastics
    Inventor: William Sears
  • Patent number: D700972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Waterway Plastics
    Inventors: William Sears, Patricia Kirsch