Patents by Inventor Allan James Block

Allan James Block has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic newspaper
    Patent number: 10346525
    Abstract: A method for creating static and dynamic formats of an electronic newspaper, including importing data files containing newspaper content having a PDF or PNG format from a database, converting the imported data files to a HTML format, creating daily newspaper pages in an HTML format from the HTML converted data files using HTML daily page templates, presenting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format in an HTML environment through a web browser of a user interface device, converting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format to a PNG format, and presenting the created daily newspaper pages in the PNG format through the web browser of the user interface device as a static digital replica of a printed newspaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, Jr.
  • Electronic Newspaper
    Publication number: 20160140093
    Abstract: A method for creating static and dynamic formats of an electronic newspaper, including importing data files containing newspaper content having a PDF or PNG format from a database, converting the imported data files to a HTML format, creating daily newspaper pages in an HTML format from the HTML converted data files using HTML daily page templates, presenting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format in an HTML environment through a web browser of a user interface device, converting the created newspaper pages in the HTML format to a PNG format, and presenting the created daily newspaper pages in the PNG format through the web browser of the user interface device as a static digital replica of a printed newspaper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, JR.
  • ELECTRONIC NEWSPAPER
    Publication number: 20120266057
    Abstract: A system for conveying printed information to a user, the system including a server receiving a data file representing an image, a software hosted on the server to generate an HyperText Markup Language environment including the image represented by the data file, wherein the HyperText Markup Language environment facilitates the manipulation of the image represented by the data file, and a user interface having a web browser to display the HyperText Markup Language environment to the user, wherein the image represented by the data file is viewable by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Allan James Block, John David Crisp, Erlend I. Viddal, Ronnie Jack Willis, JR.