Patents by Inventor Ruth Helene Knowlton

Ruth Helene Knowlton 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).

  • Publication number: 20040017390
    Abstract: This invention is a multi-lingual self-training, interactive, multi-media authoring tool that uses computerized methods and systems to produce multi-media presentations which can be outputted in any combination and at the user's discretion can be e-mailed, posted to a website, printed or written onto external media such as a disk or CD. The invention may be referred to as an electronic scrapbook but is not limited to that functionality. The invention uses a graphical user interface and creates interactive dialogue between the user and the software. It uses the user's own selected media; specific types supported are defined by the user. Media assets can be selected from a file or captured in real-time during the presentations creation and written to a file. Presentation elements written to files are tagged with identifiers defined by the user. By using a keyword search feature, the user's family of presentations and/or a data bank of presentations can be searched against category criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ruth Helene Knowlton, Diane Elizabeth Dieter Hughes
  • Publication number: 20030011630
    Abstract: This invention is a self-training, interactive, multi-media authoring tool that uses computerized methods and systems to produce multi-media resumes which can be outputted in any combination and at the user's discretion can be E-mailed, posted to a website, printed or written onto external media such as a disk or CD. The invention uses a graphical user interface and creates interactive dialogue between the user and the software. It uses the user's own selected media; specific types supported are defined by the user. Media assets can be selected from a file or captured in real-time during resume creation and written to a file. Resume elements written to files are tagged with identifiers. By using a keyword search feature, the user's family of resumes and/or a data bank of resumes can be searched against job criteria. All relevant resumes can then be compiled onto a single submission. A processor plays back the resume and facilitates editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ruth Helene Knowlton, Diane Elizabeth Dieter Hughes