Patents by Inventor Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut

Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut 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 image templates
    Patent number: 7683916
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide
  • Method and system for image templates
    Patent number: 7265763
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide
  • Method and system for image templates
    Patent number: 7180528
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kwok, Chu & Schindler, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide
  • Method and system for image templates
    Patent number: 6906730
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Roxio, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide
  • Method and system for scanning images in a photo kiosk
    Patent number: 6791723
    Abstract: A method and system for determining the orientation of an image of a picture within a scanned image, including the steps of locating in the scanned image the contour of the image of the picture, determining a plurality of bounding boxes confining the contour of the image of the picture, selecting one of the plurality of bounding boxes that is substantially aligned with the contour of the image of the picture, and calculating an angle of rotation of the picture based on the selected bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Roxio, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrice Vallmajo, Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut
  • Method and system for scanning images in a photo kiosk
    Patent number: 6750988
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a photo kiosk having a scanner therein, including positioning a user-provided picture on a scanner bed of the kiosk scanner in an arbitrary orientation, and automatically determining an orientation of the picture by pre-scanning, using the kiosk scanner, at least an area of the kiosk scanner bed having the picture positioned therein at a low resolution, to produce a pre-scanned image containing pixels therein, and scanning, using the kiosk scanner, an area of the scanner bed at a high resolution to provide a photo product having the picture in a desired orientation therein irrespective of the arbitrary orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Roxio, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Patrice Vallmajo
  • Method and system for image templates
    Publication number: 20010030653
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide
  • Method and system for multi-resolution texture mapping
    Patent number: 6239807
    Abstract: A method for applying textures to a composite image in a computerized multi-resolution paint system, the method including obtaining a stack of image rendering layers to be composited, and applying at least one texture map to at least one selected layer in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: MGI Software Corporation
    Inventor: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut
  • Method and system for image templates
    Patent number: 6195101
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined graphics edit to at least part of the at least one second editable object within the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: MGI Software Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Joseph Ghislain Bossut, Natasha Deganello, Adolfo Vide