Patents by Inventor Stephen Kuenzli

Stephen Kuenzli 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).

  • Reducing system resource requirements for user interactive and customizable image product designs
    Patent number: 9715335
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Norwood, Jonathan Scott Delamater, Stephen Kuenzli, Gurushyam Hariharan
  • REDUCING SYSTEM RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR USER INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGE PRODUCT DESIGNS
    Publication number: 20150113413
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel J. Norwood, Jonathan Scott Delamater, Stephen Kuenzli, Gurushyam Hariharan
  • Reducing system resource requirements for user interactive and customizable image-based product designs
    Patent number: 8959422
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Norwood, Jonathan Scott Delamater, Stephen Kuenzli, Gurushyam Hariharan
  • REDUCING SYSTEM RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR USER INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGE-BASED PRODUCT DESIGNS
    Publication number: 20120284594
    Abstract: A method for assisting a user to design a photo book includes displaying layouts of a first page and a second page of the photo book at the user interface, storing a first snapshot image and a first dynamic render object in association with the first page and a second snapshot image and a second dynamic render object in association with the second page, allowing a user to select the first page for editing by at the user interface, in response to user selection of the first page, representing the first page by the first dynamic render object at the user interface, representing the second page by the second snapshot image at the user interface, and allowing the user to vary the first dynamic render object in the first page at the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel J. Norwood, Jonathan Scott Delamater, Stephen Kuenzli, Gurushyam Hariharan