Benjamin T Simon

US Patent:

20080235189, Sep 25, 2008

Filed:

Sep 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/855851

Inventors:

Drew Rayman - Pleasantville NY, US
Brad Alperin - Brooklyn NY, US
Timothy Driscoll - New York NY, US
Stuart Goldstein - Millwood NY, US
David Levin - New York NY, US
Benjamin Simon - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707E17108

Abstract:

A method and system of searching for information on a network includes receiving a search query from a user by a search system, processing the search query by a profile engine of the search system, providing a listing of search results, including personas who know about the search query, based on profiles and posts of the personas, where the personas are users of the search system, and facilitating further interaction with the listing of personas and tags for related content.

US Patent:

20150199327, Jul 16, 2015

Filed:

Jun 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/909655

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Amod Karve - Clifton NJ, US
Yossi Kahlon - Montclair NJ, US
Benjamin Wolfe Simon - New York NY, US
Zachary Erik Lloyd - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/24

Abstract:

Mutations representing spreadsheet edit operations are received at a server from client computers of collaborators and also at a collaborator's client computer from other collaborators and the server. Different mutations may conflict, i.e., provide contradictory instructions on how a spreadsheet is to be edited. Techniques for representing sort operations, cut-and-paste operations, and operations to change cell properties as mutations, and operational transform techniques that can be used to resolve conflicts between such mutations, are disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are techniques for identifying and processing computationally intensive types of mutations in a calculation thread which operates asynchronously with respect to a UI thread at a collaborator's client computer. The processing may include performing an operational transform on results of the calculation thread based on results obtained in the UI thread.

US Patent:

20150199328, Jul 16, 2015

Filed:

Jun 11, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/915372

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Amod Karve - Clifton NJ, US
Zachary Erik Lloyd - Brooklyn NY, US
Yossi Kahlon - Montclair NJ, US
Manuel Tragut - New York NY, US
Benjamin Wolfe Simon - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/24

Abstract:

Mutations representing spreadsheet edit operations are received at a server from client computers of collaborators and also at a collaborator's client computer from other collaborators and the server. Different mutations may conflict, i.e., provide contradictory instructions on how a spreadsheet is to be edited. Techniques for representing sort operations, cut-and-paste operations, and operations to change cell properties as mutations, and operational transform techniques that can be used to resolve conflicts between such mutations, are disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are techniques for identifying and processing computationally intensive types of mutations in a calculation thread which operates asynchronously with respect to a UI thread at a collaborator's client computer. The processing may include performing an operational transform on results of the calculation thread based on results obtained in the UI thread.