Patents by Inventor Alison N. Crakes-Franzen

Alison N. Crakes-Franzen 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).

  • News architecture for iTV
    Patent number: 8032651
    Abstract: A system and method for acquiring media content is disclosed. A capture platform may allow users to create customized templates for the automatic capture of web-based media, such as news. Captured content may be normalized for optimized access by a plurality of different device platforms, and may also be customized for individual users. One or more chained transformer plug-ins may be used to provide the customization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: TV Works, LLC
    Inventors: Edward A Miner, Mark O Knowles, Maikhanh T Nguyen, Alison N Crakes-Franzen
  • NEWS ARCHITECTURE FOR iTV
    Publication number: 20100161826
    Abstract: A system and method for acquiring media content is disclosed. A capture platform may allow users to create customized templates for the automatic capture of web-based media, such as news. Captured content may be normalized for optimized access by a plurality of different device platforms, and may also be customized for individual users. One or more chained transformer plug-ins may be used to provide the customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TVWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Edward A. Miner, Maikhanh T. Nguyen, Mark O. Knowles, Alison N. Crakes-Franzen
  • News architecture for iTV
    Patent number: 7668963
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring and transforming existing news content for display on multiple platforms and architectures. In one embodiment, capture templates are created to harvest the news content from disparate content sources on multiple platforms. The news data is extracted from the content sources using the created capture templates and a normalized data stream is generated therefrom. The normalized data stream is provided for display on the different type of platforms and may be cached for later transmission upon request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: TVWorks, LLC
    Inventors: Edward A. Miner, Maikhanh T. Nguyen, Mark O. Knowles, Alison N. Crakes-Franzen