Patents by Inventor John Ganci, JR.

John Ganci, JR. 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).

  • Patent number: 10169658
    Abstract: A system for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, Jr., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20180075305
    Abstract: A system for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, JR., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Patent number: 9898665
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, Jr., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20170124399
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, JR., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit