Jakob Nielsen's slew of patents

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From: Rohit Khare (rohit@uci.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 13:03:23 PST


[Is this just Sun, or am I going to have to reevaluate my opinion of
Jakob's opinion of novelty? These are fairly gratuitous titles, given
how late they come, on the back of so much previous work. But as
ever, the claim's the thing / by which we'll catch the conscience of
the king... Rohit]

10. Nielsen, J.: Apparatus and method for displaying enhanced
hypertext link anchor information regarding hypertext page
availability and content, U.S. Patent 6,021,435 (2000)

11. Nielsen, J.: Password helper using a client-side master
password which automatically presents the appropriate server-side
password to a particular remote server, U.S. Patent 6,006,333 (1999)

12. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for efficient organization of
selectable elements on a graphical user interface, U.S. Patent
6,005,567 (1999)

13. Nielsen, J.: Automatic development and display of context
information in structured documents on the world wide web, U.S.
Patent 6,003,046 (1999)

14. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for regulating discounts on
merchandise distributed through networked computer systems, U.S.
Patent 6,002,771 (1999)

15. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for detecting and
presenting client side image map attributes including sound
attributes using page layout data strings, U.S. Patent 5,991,781
(1999)

16. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for printing a hyperspacial
document, U.S. Patent 5,991,514 (1999)

17. Nielsen, J.: Internet-based spelling checker dictionary
system with automatic updating, U.S. Patent 5,970,492 (1999)

18. Nielsen, J.: Method, apparatus and program product for
updating visual bookmarks, U.S. Patent 5,963,964 (1999)

19. Nielsen, J., Johnson, E., and Gentner, D.R.: Method and
system for facilitating access to selectable elements on a graphical
user interface, U.S. Patent 5,963,950 (1999)

20. Nielsen, J., Tognazzini, B., and Glass, R.: Method and system
for providing relevance-enhanced image reduction in computer systems,
U.S. Patent 5,960,126 (1999)

21. Nielsen, J.: Fingerprinting plain text information, U.S.
Patent 5,953,415 (1999)

22. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for facilitating the exchange
of information between human users in a networked computer system,
U.S. Patent 5,948,054 (1999)

23. Nielsen, J.: Tooltips on webpages, U.S. Patent 5,937,417 (1999)

24. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for obtaining and
displaying network server information, U.S. Patent 5,925,106 (1999)

25. Nielsen, J.: Client-side, server-side and collaborative spell
check of URLs, U.S. Patent 5,907,680 (1999)

26. Nielsen, J.: Processing HTML to embed sound in a web page,
U.S. Patent 5,903,727 (1999)

27. Nielsen, J.: Style sheets for speech-based presentation of
web pages, U.S. Patent 5,899,975 (1999)

28. Tognazzini, B., Nielsen, J., and Glass, R.: Method and
apparatus for eyetrack-driven captioning, U.S. Patent 5,898,423 (1999)

29. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for efficient organization of
selectable elements on a graphical user interface, U.S. Patent
5,897,670 (1999)

30. Nielsen, J.: Methods and apparatus for fixed canvas
presentations detecting canvas specifications including aspect ratio
specifications within HTML data streams, U.S. Patent 5,897,644 (1999)

31. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for regulating discounts on
merchandise distributed through networked computer systems, U.S.
Patent 5,894,520 (1999)

32. Nielsen, J.: Spell checking universal resource locator (URL)
by comparing the URL against a cache containing entries relating
incorrect URLs submitted by users to corresponding correct URLs, U.S.
Patent 5,892,919 (1999)

33. Nielsen, J.: Estimating the degree of change of web pages,
U.S. Patent 5,890,164 (1999)

34. Tognazzini, B., Nielsen, J., and Glass, R.: Method and
apparatus for eyetrack-driven information retrieval, U.S. Patent
5,886,683 (1999)

35. Nielsen, J., Johnson, E., and Gentner, D.R.: Method and
system for facilitating access to selectable elements on a graphical
user interface, U.S. Patent 5,884,318 (1999)

36. Nielsen, J.: Internet-based spelling checker dictionary
system with automatic updating, U.S. Patent 5,875,443 (1999)

37. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for altering sent
electronic mail messages, U.S. Patent 5,870,548 (1999)

38. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for managing subscriptions
to distribution lists, U.S. Patent 5,864,684 (1999)

39. Nielsen, J.: Prospective view for web backtrack, U.S. Patent
5,854,630 (1998)

40. Nielsen, J., and Mankoski, A.: Method and apparatus for
allowing a user to select from a set of mutually exclusive options,
U.S. Patent 5,845,122 (1998)

41. Nielsen, J., Tognazzini, B., and Glass, R.: Eyetrack-driven
illumination and information display, U.S. Patent 5,835,083 (1998)

42. Tognazzini, B., Nielsen, J., and Glass, R.: X-Y viewport
scroll using location of display with respect to a point, U.S. Patent
5,831,614 (1998)

43. Tognazzini, B., Nielsen, J., and Glass, R.: Method and
apparatus for eyetrack derived backtrack, U.S. Patent 5,831,594 (1998)

44. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for prioritized downloading of
embedded web objects, U.S. Patent 5,826,031 (1998)

45. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for receiving electronic
mail, U.S. Patent 5,826,022 (1998)

46. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for automatic generaton of
documents with single-layered backgrounds from documents with
multi-layered backgrounds, U.S. Patent 5,819,302 (1998)

47. Nielsen, J.: Automatic updates of bookmarks in a client
computer, U.S. Patent 5,813,007 (1998)

48. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for escrowed backup of
hotelled world wide web sites, U.S. Patent 5,812,398 (1998)

49. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for resizing the subtitles of
a video, U.S. Patent 5,805,153 (1998)

50. Nielsen, J.: System and method for temporally varying pointer
icons, U.S. Patent 5,784,056 (1998)

51. Nielsen, J., and Tognazzini, B.: Videostream management
system, U.S. Patent 5,778,137 (1998)

52. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus that processes a video
signal to generate a random number generator seed, U.S. Patent
5,774,549 (1998)

53. Nielsen, J.: Method and apparatus for combining truncated
hyperlinks to form a hyperlink aggregate, U.S. Patent 5,761,436 (1998)

54. Tognazzini, B., Nielsen, J., and Glass, R.: Method and
apparatus for eyetrack-driven text enlargement, U.S. Patent 5,731,805
(1998)

55. Nielsen, J.: Method and system for implementing hypertext
scroll attributes, U.S. Patent 5,659,729 (1997)


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