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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Michael N. Agostino, Glendale, CA (US);
Jason P. Fields, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yovav Meydad, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jason Levine, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael Radford, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
David E. Benson, Pasadena, CA (US);
Christopher Starace, Pasadena, CA (US);
Eric J. Kim, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Michael N. Agostino, Glendale, CA (US);
Jason P. Fields, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yovav Meydad, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jason Levine, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael Radford, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
David E. Benson, Pasadena, CA (US);
Christopher Starace, Pasadena, CA (US);
Eric J. Kim, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Ubermedia, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention in some embodiments features a contextual content delivery system (CCDS) for enhancing conventional web content with pop-up bubbles that display information when a cursor hovers over a word, link, or icon. The CCDS is configured to identify words or links in a document, determine their context, select the appropriate bubble from a plural of bubble types for each of the words or links, select content for each bubble based, in part, on the context in which the words and hyperlinks are used. The context can be determined from various sources including the resource in which the word or link appears and the target resource to which the link points. Thereafter, the CCDS enhances the words or links so that bubbles are automatically invoked in response to the appropriate trigger.