Patents by Inventor Alvin Nance

Alvin Nance 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).

  • Method and system for classifying media content
    Patent number: 10445359
    Abstract: A hardware and software facility for classifying media content units using keywords from a structured vocabulary. Metadata associated with each media content unit is segmented into a series of descriptive phrases. The descriptive phrases are mapped to keywords in a structured vocabulary, and the identified keywords associated with the media content units. Descriptive phrases that are not found in the structured vocabulary are tracked as candidate phrases for later addition to the structured vocabulary. A keyword index to the media content units may be constructed. The index is used to identify specific media content units that are responsive to search queries in a reliable and accurate fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Getty Images, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Bjarnestam, Mary Forster, Nate Gandert, Steven F. Heck, Ziji Huang, Monika MacGuffie, Alvin Nance, Thomas M. O'Leary
  • Method and system for expansion of structured keyword vocabulary
    Publication number: 20070112839
    Abstract: A hardware and software facility for classifying media content units using keywords from a structured vocabulary. Metadata associated with each media content unit is segmented into a series of descriptive phrases. The descriptive phrases are mapped to keywords in a structured vocabulary, and the identified keywords associated with the media content units. Descriptive phrases that are not found in the structured vocabulary are tracked as candidate phrases for later addition to the structured vocabulary. A keyword index to the media content units may be constructed. The index is used to identify specific media content units that are responsive to search queries in a reliable and accurate fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Anna Bjarnestam, Mary Forster, Nate Gandert, Steven Heck, Ziji Huang, Monika MacGuffie, Alvin Nance, Thomas O'Leary
  • Method and system for classifying media content
    Publication number: 20070112838
    Abstract: A hardware and software facility for classifying media content units using keywords from a structured vocabulary. Metadata associated with each media content unit is segmented into a series of descriptive phrases. The descriptive phrases are mapped to keywords in a structured vocabulary, and the identified keywords associated with the media content units. Descriptive phrases that are not found in the structured vocabulary are tracked as candidate phrases for later addition to the structured vocabulary. A keyword index to the media content units may be constructed. The index is used to identify specific media content units that are responsive to search queries in a reliable and accurate fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Anna Bjarnestam, Mary Forster, Nate Gandert, Steven Heck, Ziji Huang, Monika MacGuffie, Alvin Nance, Thomas O'Leary