Patents by Inventor Steve Smoot

Steve Smoot 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).

  • Display of media previews
    Patent number: 6370543
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Steve Smoot, Karl Cremin, Adnan Ali, Michael Mills