Patents by Inventor Andre Brummer

Andre Brummer 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).

  • Systems and methods for extracting pedigree and family relationship information from documents
    Patent number: 8670618
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for extracting information about individuals from a family history document includes applying optical character recognition (OCR) to a digital image of a family history document to create an OCR copy, identifying a person's name in the digital image, extracting name data and related information from the OCR copy representing the name, identifying a family relationship indicator corresponding to the identified person's name in the digital image, confirming accuracy of the extracted name data, and publishing the extracted name data and related information in a searchable format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Youwho, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Brummer, Sean Roylance
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING PEDIGREE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20120045150
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for extracting information about individuals from a family history document includes applying optical character recognition (OCR) to a digital image of a family history document to create an OCR copy, identifying a person's name in the digital image, extracting name data and related information from the OCR copy representing the name, identifying a family relationship indicator corresponding to the identified person's name in the digital image, confirming accuracy of the extracted name data, and publishing the extracted name data and related information in a searchable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: YOUWHO, INC.
    Inventors: Andre Brummer, Sean Roylance