Patents by Inventor Paul J. Benati

Paul J. Benati 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 apparatus for marketing and communicating in the wine/spirits industry
    Publication number: 20020123957
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marketing and communicating in the wine/spirits industry. The method of the invention includes the steps of receiving an offer from at least one wine/spirit suppliers to pay for a solicitation to at least one identified consumer of a participating retail wine/spirit establishment for a selected set of products; communicating a set of possible product offerings from the at least one wine/spirit suppliers to at least one of the participating retailers of wine/spirits, where each such set includes a number of products; receiving a communication from at least one such participating retailer agreeing to offer a subset of said set of product offerings at a sale price; analyzing information related to such subset of such set of product offerings with a computer; and, communicating such information related to such sales of such subset of such set of product offerings to an interested party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Burt Notarius, Devendra Nayak, Arun Jani, Kelly Ka Yiu Chan, Paul J. Benati, A. Drew McNichol
  • Automated detection and correction of eye color defects due to flash illumination
    Patent number: 5748764
    Abstract: A method of determining and correcting for eye color defects in an image due to flash illumination includes determining whether an eye color defect group candidate corresponds to a defective eye base based on group shape, coloration and brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Benati, Robert T. Gray, Patrick A. Cosgrove
  • Automated detection and correction of eye color defects due to flash illumination
    Patent number: 5432863
    Abstract: A method of determining and correcting for eye color defects in an image due to flash illumination includes determining whether an eye color defect group candidate corresponds to a defective eye base based on group shape, coloration and brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Benati, Robert T. Gray, Patrick A. Cosgrove