Brougher
Wade P. Brougher, Houston, TX US
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20100126257 | Large Diameter Hardness Tester - An apparatus for testing the hardness of a metal work piece having a bore, the apparatus having a horizontal support beam with an axis. A hardness tester is connected to a medial portion of the horizontal support beam. A pair of vertical guide beams are positioned on opposite sides of the hardness tester and are adapted to capture a work piece therebetween. Each vertical guide beam is connected on an upper end to the horizontal support beam at a transverse angle to the axis. At least one of the vertical guide beams being is capable of movement along the axis. A horizontal support rod is releasably connected to and extends between the lower ends of the vertical guide beams and is adapted to extend through the bore of the work piece to enable to the work piece to be lifted by the apparatus. | 05-27-2010 |
William Brougher, Menlo Park, CA US
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20130185287 | USER INTERFACES FOR A DOCUMENT SEARCH ENGINE - A method includes receiving a search query, identifying a document based on the search query, and providing a search result based on the document. The search result includes, for example, an image associated with the document, an excerpt from the document that is associated with the search query, and links to other excerpts in the document that are associated with the search query. The method may also include providing other information associated with the document. | 07-18-2013 |
William C. Brougher, Los Altos, CA US
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20090157491 | Monetization of Online Content - Methods, computer program products and systems are described for computer implemented online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors for online publication are received at one or more first computers. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author corresponding to the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. An online content item from the multiple online content items is published for display on one or more second computers, which includes displaying an advertisement in conjunction with displaying the online content item. A share of revenue for the author of the online content item for displaying the advertisement is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157667 | Reputation of an Author of Online Content - Methods, computer program products and systems are described for online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors are received at one or more first computers for online publication. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author of the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. In response to a query for online content received from a second computer, a set of search results is generated that includes an online content item from the multiple online content items. A ranking of the online content item in the set is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author. | 06-18-2009 |
William C. Brougher, Los Altos Hills, CA US
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20130151497 | PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO A DOCUMENT - A system identifies a document, performs a search to identify web documents relating to an attribute associated with the document, and provides information associated with the web documents and the document. | 06-13-2013 |
William C. Brougher, Menlo Park, CA US
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20150074005 | Method and apparatus for facilitating patent searching - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that displays a patent. This system provides a user interface, which is configured to display panels containing different sections of the patent, wherein the panels for the different sections of the patent are visible at the same time. In this way, a user does not have to navigate to view the different sections of the patent. In a variation on this embodiment, the panels for the different sections of the patent can include: (1) a patent summary panel, which displays the abstract of the patent and also displays information associated with the patent, including: the patent number, the filing date, the issue date, the names of the inventors and the assignee; (2) a citations panel which displays documents which are cited by the patent; and (3) a claims panel which displays one or more claims in the patent. | 03-12-2015 |