Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jessica J. Costa
  • Patent number: 7885861
    Abstract: Automated electronic document design systems and methods for generating matching customized product designs and preparing images of matching customized products in a montage for displaying to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Joshua S. Mills
  • Patent number: 7843466
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically creating a frame image for a content image are presented, and include retaining in electronic storage one or more master frame component images, automatically cropping at least one of the master frame component images to create a plurality of frame component images including at least a plurality of cropped versions of the master frame component images, and automatically assembling the frame component images into a frame on a display such that the frame appears as a frame image for the content image when the frame component images and content image are displayed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Brian D. Hanechak
  • Patent number: 7797167
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for presenting personalized custom product designs to the customers of a second company. Email content promoting customizable products and containing images of product designs is prepared by the product vendor and supplied to a second company. The second company creates and sends an email containing the content to customers of the second company. If a recipient of the email selects one of the product images presented in the email, an identifier of the selected image and information about the email recipient are forwarded to the product vendor. The received recipient information is incorporated into the selected design to create a customized product design, which is displayed to the recipient for review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Brian D. Hanechak, Michael J. Ewing, James M. Connolly
  • Patent number: 7746358
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing a user to exercise control over a first image that is not directly accessible because it is covered by a second image. Electronic product designs for online user editing are assembled from multiple overlying images. If a content image in a design is positioned beneath a second image, such as an image that adds a visual effect to the content image, a transparent surrogate image of the same size and the same position in the product design as the content image is positioned above the second image. The surrogate image is linked to the content image such that user selection of the surrogate image is interpreted by the system as a request by the user to select the content image, giving the user the impression that the user is directly accessing the content image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: VistaPrint Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Laban D. Eilers
  • Patent number: 6501066
    Abstract: An arrangement for reading photo-stimulable storage luminescent substances comprises an excitation glass fiber into which light which excites the storage luminescent substance can be fed by means of a light source. Light emitted by the excited storage luminescent substance can be fed into a receiving glass fiber, an end of the excitation glass fiber which is positioned close to the storage luminescent substance being arranged next to an end of the receiving glass fiber which can be positioned close to the storage luminescent substance. The excitation glass fiber (12) has a first numerical aperture and the receiving glass fiber has a second numerical aperture which is large compared with the first numerical aperture, as a result of which the light fed out from the excitation glass fiber is directed straight onto the storage luminescent substance without an optical arrangement and the stimulated light can be captured by the receiving glass fiber without an optical arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung, E.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Schreck, Randolf Hanke
  • Patent number: 6459540
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for varying track recording speed to maximize host-to-tape data transfer rates is presented. Variable data transfer rates of host systems and networks are accommodated by continually adjusting the tape speed to match the tape drive to the host's actual transfer rate. The speed of the tape is adjusted according to both the level of data present in the tape drive data buffer and whether the current mode of the drive is write mode or read mode. In the preferred embodiment, when the tape speed is accelerated or decelerated while writing a number of data track pairs to tape, a predetermined number of dummy track pairs are first written to tape at the current speed. On the next write head phase after the speed is increased or decreased as appropriate while the read heads are over the track, a predetermined number of dummy track pairs followed by more data track pairs are written to the tape at the new speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Exabyte Corporation
    Inventors: Kelly J. Beavers, Michael A. Blatchley, David L. Detro, Christopher J. Turner, Thomas E. Zaczek