Patents Assigned to WhisperText, Inc.
  • System and method for automatically selecting images to accompany text
    Patent number: 9779115
    Abstract: A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system is capable of receiving text from the user, identifying one or more search terms based on the text, identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, presenting one or more candidate images to the user, receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images, generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text, and transmitting the social media post for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: WhisperText, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Heyward, Maarten Bosma, Samuel Brotherton, Charles DePue, III, Manuel Ernesto Gomez Contreras, Chase Evans
  • System and method for selecting sponsored images to accompany text
    Patent number: 9773259
    Abstract: A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system includes receiving text from the user; identifying one or more search terms based on the text; identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, where the candidate images comprise a sponsored image; presenting one or more candidate images to the user, where the sponsored image is presented preferentially compared to other candidate images; receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images; generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text; and transmitting the social media post for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: WhisperText, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Heyward, Maarten Bosma, Samuel Brotherton, Charles DePue, III, Manuel Ernesto Gomez Contreras, Chase Evans
  • System and method for automatically selecting images to accompany text
    Patent number: 9384288
    Abstract: A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system is capable of receiving text from the user, identifying one or more search terms based on the text, identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, presenting one or more candidate images to the user, receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images, generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text, and transmitting the social media post for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: WhisperText, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Heyward, Maarten Bosma, Samuel Brotherton, Charles DePue, III, Manuel Ernesto Gomez Contreras, Chase Evans
  • System and method for selecting sponsored images to accompany text
    Patent number: 9286326
    Abstract: A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system includes receiving text from the user; identifying one or more search terms based on the text; identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, where the candidate images comprise a sponsored image; presenting one or more candidate images to the user, where the sponsored image is presented preferentially compared to other candidate images; receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images; generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text; and transmitting the social media post for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: WhisperText, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Heyward, Maarten Bosma, Samuel Brotherton, Charles DePue, III, Manuel Ernesto Gomez Contreras, Chase Evans
  • System and method for automatically selecting images to accompany text
    Patent number: 9075812
    Abstract: A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post. The system is capable of receiving text from the user, identifying one or more search terms based on the text, identifying candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, presenting one or more candidate images to the user, receiving from the user a selected image from the one or more candidate images, generating the social media post comprising the selected image and the user-submitted text, and transmitting the social media post for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: WhisperText, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Heyward, Maarten Bosma, Samuel Brotherton, Charles DePue, III, Manuel Ernesto Gomez Contreras, Chase Evans