Patents by Inventor Xiaohu Guan

Xiaohu Guan 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).

  • Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating display of content within application programs executing on electronic devices
    Patent number: 8843590
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) is operably associated with application programs executing on an electronic device and enables the application programs to retrieve, store, and display content. The API enables application programs to communicate with other application programs and to send/retrieve content to/from other application programs. In addition, the API is configured to perform various event accounting functions. A gateway communicates with an electronic device application program via the API and is configured to retrieve content from a content server in response to receiving requests from the application programs. The gateway is configured to serve content retrieved from the content server to the electronic device, as well as to other servers and/or devices. Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for dynamically selecting advertisements for use within user-requested content wherein the advertisements are stored locally within a user client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: EBM/IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Cox, David Spitz, Matthew Squire, Jay Thrash, Tom Gordon, Xiaohu Guan, Dana Borger
  • Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating display of content within application programs executing on electronic devices
    Publication number: 20020004855
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) is operably associated with application programs executing on an electronic device and enables the application programs to retrieve, store, and display content. The API enables application programs to communicate with other application programs and to send/retrieve content to/from other application programs. In addition, the API is configured to perform various event accounting functions. A gateway communicates with an electronic device application program via the API and is configured to retrieve content from a content server in response to receiving requests from the application programs. The gateway is configured to serve content retrieved from the content server to the electronic device, as well as to other servers and/or devices. Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for dynamically selecting advertisements for use within user-requested content wherein the advertisements are stored locally within a user client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Steve Cox, David Spitz, Matthew Squire, Jay Thrash, Tom Gordon, Xiaohu Guan, Dana Borger