Samuel Isaac Epstein

US Patent:

7409635, Aug 5, 2008

Filed:

Nov 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/281780

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715243

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses for generating rendering layout specifications for content items to be rendered, using display containers, and/or rendering the content items using the generated rendering layout specification are disclosed. In various embodiments, the generating of a rendering layout specification may include one or more of selecting a display container for a content item, selecting a content item for a display container, and selecting a display container for a display container.

US Patent:

7765470, Jul 27, 2010

Filed:

Jul 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/179860

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G07F 17/00

US Classification:

715243, 715253

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses for generating rendering layout specifications for content items to be rendered, using display containers, and/or rendering the content items using the generated rendering layout specification are disclosed. In various embodiments, the generating of a rendering layout specification may include one or more of selecting a display container for a content item, selecting a content item for a display container, and selecting a display container for a display container.

US Patent:

8140511, Mar 20, 2012

Filed:

Apr 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/421969

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707723, 707736, 707748, 707750

Abstract:

Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to capture within search results relevant content that would otherwise be missed, to reduce the incidence of false positives within search results, and to improve the accuracy of rankings within search results. Embodiments of the present invention further use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to extend search results to include sub-document constituents. Embodiments of the present invention also support the use of distribution properties as criteria for ranking search results. And embodiments of the present invention support search based on structural proximity, search expressions with recursively embedded operators, predicates, and/or quantifiers, and applications to selection of advertisements.

US Patent:

8489574, Jul 16, 2013

Filed:

Feb 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/367274

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707723, 707736, 715779

Abstract:

Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to capture within search results relevant content that would otherwise be missed, to reduce the incidence of false positives within search results, and to improve the accuracy of rankings within search results. Embodiments of the present invention further use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to extend search results to include sub-document constituents. Embodiments of the present invention also support the use of distribution properties as criteria for ranking search results. And embodiments of the present invention support search based on structural proximity, search expressions with recursively embedded operators, predicates, and/or quantifiers, and applications to selection of advertisements.

US Patent:

20070038643, Feb 15, 2007

Filed:

Aug 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/501970

Inventors:

Samuel Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707010000

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention permit the specification and servicing of aggregations of content constituent parts that derive from electronic documents. An incorporated content constituent part may correspond to any constituent part of any accessible document. In various embodiments, information derived from the intended layouts of source documents is employed to construct specifications of the constituent parts. The specifications may include search conditions. Graphic methods may be employed to construct the specification. Embodiments of the present invention enable content aggregations to appear in display presentations whose layouts may be adaptive to varying degrees. In various embodiments, flexible content-shifting methods are employed for display presentations of content aggregations. Resultantly, the display of content aggregations on mobile and other devices may be effectuated without wasting download bandwidth and display screen real estate.

US Patent:

20120143841, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Feb 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/371254

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

ZALAG CORPORATION - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707E17108

Abstract:

Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to capture within search results relevant content that would otherwise be missed, to reduce the incidence of false positives within search results, and to improve the accuracy of rankings within search results. Embodiments of the present invention further use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to extend search results to include sub-document constituents. Embodiments of the present invention also support the use of distribution properties as criteria for ranking search results. And embodiments of the present invention support search based on structural proximity, search expressions with recursively embedded operators, predicates, and/or quantifiers, and applications to selection of advertisements.

US Patent:

20130103662, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/276778

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706, 707758, 707722, 707769, 707E17108, 707E17014

Abstract:

Methods, storage media, and apparatuses associated with evaluating a content item are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a search expression generator operated by a computer, the content item. Additionally, the method may include generating a search expression, by the search expression generator, based on the content item, to facilitate evaluating the content item based at least in part on searching other content items using the search expression. The search expression may indicate nested juxtapositions of sub-expressions of the search expression. In other embodiments, at least one storage medium may include instructions implementing a search engine that applies the search expression to a collection of other content items. In still other embodiments, an apparatus may include a configurator adapted to organize the collection of other content items. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.

US Patent:

20130173578, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Feb 27, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/779350

Inventors:

Samuel S. Epstein - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Zalag Corporation - Sammamish WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707706

Abstract:

Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search for atomic search expressions, including proximately associated atomic search expressions, are described herein. Embodiments may use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or other information to capture within search results relevant content, include sub-document constituents, to reduce the incidence of false positives within search results, and/or to improve the accuracy of rankings within search results. Embodiments may use distance and/or scoring functions to generate scores for the structures to indicate relevance, including usage of local geometry, and linear iteration over portions of the content at a level to capture potential of a portion to influence other portions of the level, and influence received by a portion from the other portions of the level. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.