Joshua M Dobies

US Patent:

7647387, Jan 12, 2010

Filed:

Dec 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/728724

Inventors:

Kiran Gurudutt Bellare - San Jose CA, US
Sachin Desai - San Francisco CA, US
Joshua Michael Dobies - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709218, 209217, 209219

Abstract:

Methods and systems are disclosed for delivering personalized content from a first server such as a merchant Web server to a computer accessing a second server such as an affiliate Web server. A system according to the present invention includes a merchant Web server and an affiliate Web server, the affiliate Web server being coupled to the merchant Web server over a computer network. A database of user information is accessible to the merchant Web server, as is a rule base that includes a plurality of configurable rules. User identification may be collected from the computer accessing a Web site controlled by the affiliate Web server and the collected user identification may be sent to the merchant Web server, along with a request for content. User information corresponding to the collected user identification may then be retrieved from the database. The user information obtained from the database may be applied to the plurality of rules and selected content may be returned to the affiliate Web server in response to the request for content.

US Patent:

20020196231, Dec 26, 2002

Filed:

May 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/309037

Inventors:

JOSHUA M. DOBIES - LAFAYETTE CA, US
MATTHIAS EICHSTAEDT - SAN JOSE CA, US
QI LU - SAN JOSE CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/08

US Classification:

345/161000

Abstract:

A pointing device for entering data into an information processing system for a 3-dimensional graphical user interface. The pointing device comprises: a switch mounted on a pointing device for producing a first signal during actuation by a vertical downward pressure on a first region of the switch; a circuit for coupling the first signal to a Z-axis on a display attached to the information processing system so as to control movement of information along the Z-axis presented on the display. In another embodiment, the switch produces a second signal by a vertical downward pressure on a second region of the switch; and a circuit for coupling the second signal to a Z-axis on the display so as to move information present on the display along the Z-axis in a direction opposite to that of the movement along the Z-axis in response to the first signal.