Kevin B Ellis

US Patent:

7337185, Feb 26, 2008

Filed:

Feb 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/783862

Inventors:

Kevin Ellis - San Francisco CA, US
Christina Wodtke - Palo Alto CA, US
Jennifer Crakow - San Francisco CA, US
Qi Lu - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707102, 707100, 707200, 709228

Abstract:

There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.

US Patent:

7908289, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

Sep 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/859357

Inventors:

Kevin Ellis - San Francisco CA, US
Christina Wodtke - Palo Alto CA, US
Jennifer Crakow - San Francisco CA, US
Qi Lu - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707769, 715700

Abstract:

There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found. The system contains a search region containing a user's search criteria, a result region comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user's search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.

US Patent:

20090194434, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Feb 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/025439

Inventors:

Kevin Ellis - Cary NC, US
Mike Weston - Chapel Hill NC, US
Rune K. Haraldsson - Garner NC, US
Christopher J. Hession - Knightdale NC, US
William J. Knouse - Raleigh NC, US
Caleb Loftin - Raleigh NC, US

International Classification:

B65D 83/04
H05K 7/14
B65D 25/02
B65D 25/34
B65D 55/02
G06K 19/06
B65D 5/38

US Classification:

206 15, 206531, 220694, 220737, 235493, 206534, 53410, 229125125, 600300, 361600

Abstract:

Described herein is an apparatus and method for attaching a removable and reusable electronic component to a to a slide card that can be preprinted with electrical traces for the purpose of collecting data on pill expression. A removable and reusable electronic component can be coupled with a slide card incorporating preprinted electrical traces, using a hub like plastic seating component attached to and through the slide card.