David E Kovalcin

US Patent:

6704738, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Dec 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/204556

Inventors:

Arjen P. de Vries - Enschede, NL
Leondias Kontothanassis - Belmont MA
Frederic Dufaux - Chestnut Hill MA
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ
Brian Eberman - Newton MA

Assignee:

AltaVista Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707102, 709217, 709236

Abstract:

A technique for organizing data information in a network having a plurality of network stations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by having a first processing device store a representation of data at an address of a first of the plurality of network stations. A second processing device then stores the address at a second of the plurality of network stations in association with an identifier of the data. A third processing device then stores the data identifier at a third of the plurality of network stations in association with an annotation of the data.

US Patent:

6799298, Sep 28, 2004

Filed:

Mar 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/814213

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ
Brian Eberman - Newton MA
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA

Assignee:

Overture Services, Inc. - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

715512, 715515, 715517, 707 2, 709205, 709217

Abstract:

According to the present invention, a technique for locating an item of interest within a stored representation of data is disclosed. The item of interest is preferably located within a particular one of a plurality of stored representations of data in a network having a plurality of network stations. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by first searching a plurality of stored annotations corresponding to different items within a plurality of stored representations of data to locate an annotation of interest corresponding to the item of interest, wherein the annotation of interest has an associated search identifier. A search request is then transmitted, from a first of the plurality of network stations to a second of the plurality of network stations, for the search identifier and an associated address identifier corresponding to a location of the particular one of the plurality of stored representations of data within the plurality of stored representations of data. The address identifier is then received at the first network station.

US Patent:

8060509, Nov 15, 2011

Filed:

Sep 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/935120

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA, US
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ, US
Brian Eberman - Newton MA, US
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707736, 707999107, 707999001

Abstract:

A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.

US Patent:

8504576, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Apr 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/089872

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA, US
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ, US
Brian Eberman - Newton MA, US
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707748

Abstract:

A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.

US Patent:

20120207447, Aug 16, 2012

Filed:

Apr 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/089854

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA, US
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ, US
Brian Eberman - Newton MA, US
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

YAHOO! INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

H04N 9/80
H04N 5/92

US Classification:

386240, 386239, 386244, 386241, 386E09011, 386E05009

Abstract:

A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.

US Patent:

20140019479, Jan 16, 2014

Filed:

Jun 27, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/929678

Inventors:

Michael Sokolov - Newton MA, US
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ, US
Brian Eberman - Newton MA, US
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

YAHOO! INC. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707770

Abstract:

A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein.

US Patent:

62666576, Jul 24, 2001

Filed:

Oct 26, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/427279

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Leonidas Kontothanassis - Belmont MA
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ
Brian Eberman - Newton MA

Assignee:

AltaVista Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 2

Abstract:

A technique for indexing data in a network having a plurality of network stations is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a data identifier at a first of the plurality of network stations from a second of the plurality of network stations. The data identifier is then stored at the first network station. The first network station then receives an annotation from the second network station, wherein the annotation is associated with the data identifier. The annotation is then stored at the first network station in association with the data identifier.

US Patent:

62437089, Jun 5, 2001

Filed:

Dec 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/204283

Inventors:

Arjen P. deVries - Enschede, NL
Michael Sokolov - Newton MA
David E. Kovalcin - Jamesburg NJ
Brian Eberman - Newton MA

Assignee:

Digital Equipment Corporation - Maynard MA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707102

Abstract:

A method for locating a particularly relevant position within a multimedia steam includes identifying a multimedia stream based upon a query. The locations relevant to the query within the multimedia stream are also identified. The relevance of each of the identified locations is ranked and a particularly relevant one of the identified locations within the multimedia stream is determined based upon the ranking.