Patents by Inventor Thomas M Tercek

Thomas M Tercek 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 creating theme, topic, and story-based cover pages
    Patent number: 8191012
    Abstract: A method creates cover pages for news themes, topics, and stories, with elements to allow viewing more information from the theme, topic, or story. A database of stories is provided, comprising text, images, and possibly other web-accessible content. For a theme-based cover page, a theme is selected, and topics relevant to that theme are chosen. Search strings generated from the topics are used to search the database for matching stories. Representative images for the matching stories are then chosen from the database, and headlines are created based on the story content. For a topic-based cover page, a topic is selected and is used to search the database for matching stories. The cover page, comprising the image and information about the theme, topic, or story, is then created and displayed, with clickable elements to view more information about the theme, topic, or story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Daylife, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, Thomas M Tercek, Kenneth Alexander Ellis
  • Method and System for Creating Theme, Topic, and Story-Based Cover Pages
    Publication number: 20090064003
    Abstract: A method creates cover pages for news themes, topics, and stories, with elements to allow viewing more information from the theme, topic, or story. A database of stories is provided, comprising text, images, and possibly other web-accessible content. For a theme-based cover page, a theme is selected, and topics relevant to that theme are chosen. Search strings generated from the topics are used to search the database for matching stories. Representative images for the matching stories are then chosen from the database, and headlines are created based on the story content. For a topic-based cover page, a topic is selected and is used to search the database for matching stories. The cover page, comprising the image and information about the theme, topic, or story, is then created and displayed, with clickable elements to view more information about the theme, topic, or story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, Thomas M. Tercek, Kenneth Alexander Ellis