Brian Allen Willis

US Patent:

7127473, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/259785

Inventors:

Shai Agassi - Los Gatos CA, US
Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SAP Aktiengesellschaft - Walldorf

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

707103R, 7155001, 715745

Abstract:

Methods and systems for generating supplemental content are disclosed. A supplemental content selector inputs a primary article and, based on supplemental content logic that governs an examination of content metadata associated with individual elements of the primary article, outputs a supplemental article. The supplemental content logic may also include a preference of a user or a system capability of a system of the user. The supplemental content selector can be used as part of a portal generation system in which space in a portal page is reserved for the supplemental article. In this way, the user of the portal generation system will be provided a portal page that is likely to reflect the interests of the user.

US Patent:

7200801, Apr 3, 2007

Filed:

Aug 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/231459

Inventors:

Shai Agassi - Los Gatos CA, US
Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SAP Aktiengesellschaft - Walldorf

International Classification:

G06F 17/24

US Classification:

715500

Abstract:

Methods and systems for providing personalized information in a variety of formats is disclosed. Articles may be disseminated to users according to the users' preferences. Each article may contain a plurality of content segments, each content segment being contained within a corresponding content block that is labeled as being renderable using one or more rendering media, such as audio, video, image, or text. In this way, users may receive personalized information in a variety of ways; for example, a user can receive customized presentations about particular articles of interest via radio, cell phone, voicemail, television, MPEG player, web browser, or virtually any other type of media player.

US Patent:

7305436, Dec 4, 2007

Filed:

Aug 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/645851

Inventors:

Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SAP Aktiengesellschaft - Walldorf

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

709204, 709206, 709219, 709229, 707 7, 707 10, 7071041, 715513, 715742, 715747, 715758, 726 4

Abstract:

Systems for providing content to multiple users are described, where the systems identify individual content elements within the content, and provide a discussion forum linked to each of the content elements. As one of the users views the content and associated content elements, the user has the option of selecting a particular content element, so as to interact with its associated discussion forum. Thus, multiple users may become viewers or members of a particular discussion forum. The content element associated with a given discussion forum may be included in various pieces of content within the system, such as in multiple articles or email messages. However, users viewing the content elements in any particular setting are all directed to the common discussion forum. In this way, users interested in a particular topic are brought together in a convenient way, without much action required by the users.

US Patent:

7346668, Mar 18, 2008

Filed:

Aug 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/231440

Inventors:

Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SAP Aktiengesellschaft - Walldorf

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709219, 707 3, 707 4, 707 5, 707 6, 707 9, 715515, 715526, 715741, 715742, 715747

Abstract:

Methods and systems for dynamically presenting personalized content are disclosed. Articles may be collected, each article having content, attributes of the content, and content metadata characterizing individual elements of the content. The articles may be filtered, sorted and prioritized for each of a plurality of users, leaving an individualized subset of articles for a user. The subset may then be formatted for the user based on a capacity of a system of the user, the system capacity including rendering media available to the user system and/or an amount of presentation space available on the user system. In this way, a user may receive articles which are of the most interest to that user, in a format that is most convenient or preferable to the user.

US Patent:

7370276, May 6, 2008

Filed:

Jan 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/354144

Inventors:

Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

SAP Aktiengesellschaft - Walldorf

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 3/01

US Classification:

715747, 715517, 715744

Abstract:

Various techniques are disclosed for accepting preference information from a user, where the preference information is specific to content elements within a media asset, and the preference information is collected while the user is viewing a display of the media asset. These techniques allow a user to change his or her preference information quickly, easily, and efficiently, and to improve the use of, for example, a search engine, a portal page, a reverse-query portal page, or a video (for example, television) display. For example, the user may update/modify a search being performed by a search engine while viewing one of the media assets discovered during the search, without having to return to a search engine home page or a search results summary page.

US Patent:

20040003097, Jan 1, 2004

Filed:

May 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/439322

Inventors:

Brian Willis - Menlo Park CA, US
Shai Agassi - Los Gatos CA, US
Elmar Dorner - Karisruhe, DE
Rainer Ruggaber - Paddington, AU

International Classification:

G06F015/16
G06F017/30
G06F007/00

US Classification:

709/228000, 709/206000, 707/010000

Abstract:

Various techniques are disclosed for delivering content to the user. The content includes designated content elements that serve to relate the content to preferences of the user, and is highly personalized in its content, its presentation, and its media type. Both primary content and supplemental content that is related to the primary content may be included in the content, where the supplemental content may be selected using the designated content elements and the user preferences. The user preferences may be updated in relation to the designated content elements, in that the user may express preferences about a particular designated content element while the content containing the designated content element is being displayed.

US Patent:

20080063154, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Aug 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/501222

Inventors:

Yossi Tamari - Ra'anana, IL
Gil Perez - Los Gatos CA, US
Brian Willis - San Diego CA, US
Amir Sadras - Tel-Aviv, IL
Tsafrir Oranski - New York NY, US

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

379 8813

Abstract:

A system and method to select from among various notification channels a notification channel over which to send event data and response options, such selection based on a stored preference of a recipient of the event data to receive event data on the selected notification channel.

US Patent:

49051377, Feb 27, 1990

Filed:

Dec 18, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/136249

Inventors:

Gregory K. Goodhue - San Jose CA
William J. Price - San Jose CA
Ronald L. Treadway - Saratoga CA
Brian M. Willis - Beaverton OR

Assignee:

North American Philips Corporation Signetics Division - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 1200
G06F 1206
G06F 1208

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

Page-mode-organized ROMs and associated circuitry are connected only to data and control buses in an information processing system. Addressing and reading of the ROMs are controlled by a processor without connecting the ROMs to an address bus. Selection of a particular ROM and of a particular page in the selected ROM is accomplished by applying a first control signal to the control bus and a first data word to the data bus. This first data word thus serves as the address of the selected page in the selected ROM. Then a particular byte of the selected page is selected by applying a second control signal to the control bus and a second data word to the data bus. This second data word serves as the address of the selected byte. Subsequently, in response to a third control signal, the selected byte is read out of the selected ROM and applied to the data bus.