Patents by Inventor Randal W. Brumbaugh

Randal W. Brumbaugh 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING REPRESENTATIVE MEDIA CONTENT FROM AN ONLINE DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20110191328
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting representative media content from an online document is described. One illustrative embodiment identifies a content section in the electronic document; identifies one or more media items referenced or contained in the content section; identifies, among the one or more media items, at least one image that satisfies one or more predetermined criteria applied during an analysis pertaining to the one or more media items; selects, from among the at least one image that satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria, a particular image as the representative image; and stores information about the representative image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Todd H. Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, William H. Marcum, III, Daniel M. Jones, Randal W. Brumbaugh