Patents by Inventor Joseph Gene Cannata, JR.

Joseph Gene Cannata, 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: 9795888
    Abstract: A computerized on-line photo identification game presented through a computer program provides a subject matter category and steps for registration of website visitors to become photo-submitting players or to become photo subject matter identifying photo identifying players who receive photos of specific subject matter within the subject matter category submitted by photo-submitting players and identify the subject matter shown in the photos by name, by matching the subject matter to stored text in the program database, or both, and in which the photo identifying players may be rated by factors including concurrence with the majority of photo identifying players in identification and in which they may also be rewarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventors: Howard A. Green, Joseph Gene Cannata, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150238871
    Abstract: A method of participating in an identification game includes the steps of providing information on an interface executed by a computer program interacting with at least one and preferably several lay website visitors or other interface visitors or members of the general public, which upon joining the website or other interface are referred to herein simply as lay subject matter identifiers members, or as a lay subject submitting member who has provided the photographic image for identification, or as an identifying member who views and submits an identification of what is shown in the photo, which in most instances would be a digital image or picture of something, to identify what specifically beyond the category of the subject matter is shown in the photo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Howard A. Green, Joseph Gene Cannata, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150148115
    Abstract: A computerized on-line photo identification game presented through a computer program provides a subject matter category and steps for registration of website visitors to become photo-submitting players or to become photo subject matter identifying photo identifying players who receive photos of specific subject matter within the subject matter category submitted by photo-submitting players and identify the subject matter shown in the photos by name, by matching the subject matter to stored text in the program database, or both, and in which the photo identifying players may be rated by factors including concurrence with the majority of photo identifying players in identification and in which they may also be rewarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Howard A. Green, Joseph Gene Cannata, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120209621
    Abstract: A method of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with several professionals and with a customer who has provided the photo of a person's skin, hair or nails, including the steps of: the customer acquiring at least one photo of a skin, hair or nails; the customer accessing the program on a computer; the customer subscribing to the text match service; the customer uploading to the program the photo; the customer entering an identification of the body area of which the photo was taken; the program publishing the photo and making it anonymous; the program queuing the photo for reading; a professional retrieving the photo from the queue; the professionals reading the photo and identifying the displayed skin condition; the professionals each matching the photo to two preferred stored texts describing the identified skin condition; the program publishing the photo in combination with the text; the program notifying the customer and the customer displaying the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Howard Green, Joseph Gene Cannata, JR.