Jay Ira Weber

US Patent:

6424993, Jul 23, 2002

Filed:

May 26, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/320010

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

RespondTV, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

709203, 709217, 709224

Abstract:

A system for management of communications bandwidth utilization is disclosed in which delays are deliberately introduced when responding to requests for resources. Appropriately introducing delays can disperse the peak bandwidth consumption event over a longer period, however peak bandwidth utilization is decreased when responding to numerous substantially simultaneous requests. The deliberately introduced delays can be generated in a range bounded above by an acceptable response time (âARTâ). The ART may be communicated to a server as part of the request, for instance in the âportâ or âpathâ portion of a URI.

US Patent:

6473804, Oct 29, 2002

Filed:

Jan 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/232750

Inventors:

David H. Kaiser - Hillsborough CA
Todd Lash - Oakland CA
Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

Grischa Corporation - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709245, 709238, 709227

Abstract:

Disclosed are a method apparatus and system for providing addressed network content in connection with a video production. A disclosed method includes receiving a first request from a reproducing apparatus, for example a set-top box, the first request having been extracted from a video production communicated to the reproducing apparatus; determining a second resource identifier responsive to the first request and redirecting the first request wherein a response is provided to the reproducing apparatus. A resource identifier used in the first request is an âindexicalâ resource identifier in that it specifies a path to be used by a server that is independent (or substantially independent) of content received in response to providing a request to the resource identifier. Determining a second resource identifier may involve creating a resource identifier that includes one or more parameter-parameter value pairs. An apparatus according to the invention may be a server or other computer programmed to handle the indexical request and provide response content.

US Patent:

6513062, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

May 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/318493

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

Grischa Corporation - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

G06F 15167

US Classification:

709216, 709235, 709219

Abstract:

Disclosed is a system for improving server efficiency by caching intermediate states encountered in generating responses to requests. The results of a mapping from an external name for a resource to an internal name for the resource may be cached as may the response header lines, or the body of the response message. In another disclosed aspect, candidates for intermediate state caching are selected from plain and small files. When the resource involves the product of an executable, another aspect involves delaying parsing request headers until necessary and then only parsing the headers required for generating the response.

US Patent:

6615408, Sep 2, 2003

Filed:

Jan 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/231283

Inventors:

David H. Kaiser - Hillsborough CA
Todd Lash - Oakland CA
Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

Grischa Corporation - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

H04N 7173

US Classification:

725112, 725113, 725 32, 725 34, 725 60

Abstract:

Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for providing action selections to an image referencing a product in a video production. According to the disclosure a method for providing action selections to an image referencing a product in a video production, said method includes (1) communicating a video production to a reproducing apparatus, said video production comprising a placement zone and a trigger zone at least partially coincident with said placement zone, wherein said trigger zone comprises a trigger resource identifier, and wherein said placement zone comprises an image referencing a product; (2) communicating to said reproducing apparatus an indication that an action selection interface associated with said product is available in response to a request corresponding to said trigger; and (3) communicating to said reproducing apparatus a characterization of said action selection interface, wherein said action selection interface comprises a selectable action. An apparatus according to the invention may include a server programmed to interact and provide action resources to. A system according to the disclosure may include the facility communicating the video production to the reproducing apparatus which sends a request to the server which provides action resources.

US Patent:

6671719, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Sep 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/251176

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

Grischa Corporation - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

G06F 15167

US Classification:

709216

Abstract:

Disclosed is a system for improving server efficiency by caching intermediate states encountered in generating responses to requests. The results of a mapping from an external name for a resource to an internal name for the resource may be cached as may the response header lines, or the body of the response message. In another disclosed aspect, candidates for intermediate state caching are selected from plain and small files. When the resource involves the product of an executable, another aspect involves delaying parsing request headers until necessary and then only parsing the headers required for generating the response.

US Patent:

6701486, Mar 2, 2004

Filed:

Jul 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/363978

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA
Caius Van Nouhuys - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Grischa Corporation - Hillsborough CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

715507, 705 20, 705 24, 705 26, 705 27

Abstract:

Disclosed are methods for reducing the number of âpagesâ, e. g. HTML, JavaScript/ECMA Script, or XML documents or the like, in forms-based transaction applications. One disclosed method involves using dynamic contents documents such as JavaServer pages that include a list of required fields for completion of a transaction. When the transaction initiates the dynamic contents document interacts with a server process to determine if sufficient values for the required form fields are already available, for instance, from a user profile or previous transaction. If so, these values can be used. If, for one or more pages, a form field value is not available, these and only these pages are provided to the user; the others are suppressed. In another aspect, rather than having an ordered set of predetermined pages some of which can be suppressed, just in time pagination is obtained by determining which fields lack sufficient field values, a priori. These field values are placed in pages as they are located and the pages provided to the user when they reach a suitable size.

US Patent:

6971105, Nov 29, 2005

Filed:

Jul 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/364170

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA, US
Todd Lash - Oakland CA, US
Suzanne Stefanac - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Rehle Visual Communications LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06F015/163

US Classification:

719310, 725 46

Abstract:

Disclosed are server features for allowing a client user to defer completion of multi-step user transaction applications (“MUTAs”) and later resume the MUTA. One disclosed feature is providing a selectable deferral action in a page implementing part of the MUTA, e. g. , HTML, XML, JavaScript/ECMA Script document. If the client user selects to defer completion, a state object is created by the server and stores state information including information previously entered during the MUTA. The server provides a resumption object to the user including a resource for resuming the deferred MUTA. When the user selects the resource, state information stored in the state object is loaded and the use may complete the remainder of the MUTA. An additionally disclosed aspect is automatic state saving where sate information is stored automatically during multiple steps in the MUTA; the user then need not select deferral.

US Patent:

RE42169, Feb 22, 2011

Filed:

Dec 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/318395

Inventors:

Jay C. Weber - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Rehle Visual Communications LLC - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G06F 15/167

US Classification:

709216

Abstract:

Disclosed is a system for improving server efficiency by caching intermediate states encountered in generating responses to requests. The results of a mapping from an external name for a resource to an internal name for the resource may be cached as may the response header lines, or the body of the response message. In another disclosed aspect, candidates for intermediate state caching are selected from plain and small files. When the resource involves the product of an executable, another aspect involves delaying parsing request headers until necessary and then only parsing the headers required for generating the response.