Patents Assigned to NewsStand, Inc.
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES
    Publication number: 20100021053
    Abstract: A system reads a digital image that includes a set of pixels. The system determines a distribution of colors of the pixels of the digital image. Also, the system analyzes the distribution to identify a range of colors of a background of the digital image. Further, the system identifies pixels whose colors are within the identified range, and the system modifies the identified pixels to have a different color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: NEWSSTAND, INC.
    Inventors: Billy P. Taylor, Craig A. Miller
  • Method and system for forming a hyperlink reference and embedding the hyperlink reference within an electronic version of a paper
    Patent number: 7447771
    Abstract: A method performed by a computer system. The method including storing a version of a mass-produced printed paper, and forming a reference within the version. The reference is associated with an operation and at least a portion of the version. The version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper, and the portion is selectable to cause performance of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: NewsStand, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy P. Taylor
  • Method and system for translating a digital version of a paper
    Patent number: 7181679
    Abstract: A method performed by a computer system. The method includes storing a first version of a mass-produced printed paper, the first version having a first format. The method also includes translating the first version into a second version, the second version having a second format. The second version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: NewsStand, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy P. Taylor
  • Method, system and computer program product for searching an electronic version of a paper
    Publication number: 20060184525
    Abstract: In one embodiment, on a first date, a computer system receives a watch list term that is specified by a user. The computer system receives an electronic version of a paper on a second date after the first date, and the computer system searches the electronic version for the watch list term, without the user specifying the watch list term after the first date, and without the user initiating the searching after the first date. The computer system outputs a result of the searching for display on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: NewsStand, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey Jones, Billy Taylor, Frank Moeller
  • Method and system for identifying a selectable portion of a digital version of a mass-produced printed paper
    Patent number: 6850260
    Abstract: A computing device stores a version of a mass-produced printed paper. The version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper. Within a part of the version, the part being displayed on the display device at a particular moment, the computing device identifies a portion of the displayed part that is selectable by a user for copying, the portion being less than all of the displayed part, while preventing a different portion of the displayed part from being selectable by the user for copying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: NewsStand, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy P. Taylor
  • Method and system for replacing content in a digital version of a mass-produced printed paper
    Patent number: 6845273
    Abstract: A method performed by a computer system. The method includes storing a first version of a mass-produced printed paper, the first version having a first digital format. The method also includes replacing first content in the first version with second content, and translating the first version into a second version, the second version having a second digital format. The second version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: NewsStand, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy P. Taylor