Patents by Inventor Anne Miller

Anne Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 9886787
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan A. Dasannacharya, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen, John M. Josling, Greg C. Bosch, Stephanie I. Tang
  • Patent number: 9846957
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend, Abhishek KiranKumar Sabbarwal, David Le, Ira Blas, Ryan Lee
  • Publication number: 20170329802
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend, Mark Levin, Vyacheslav Imeshev
  • Patent number: 9787861
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend, Mark Levin, Vyacheslav Imeshev
  • Publication number: 20170256085
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mohan A. Dasannacharya, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen, John M. Josling, Greg C. Bosch, Stephanie I. Tang
  • Patent number: 9706776
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, including all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms, and wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful for controlling animal pests and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michel Muehlebach, Andrew Edmunds, Andre Stoller, Natalie Anne Miller, Ottmar Franz Hueter
  • Patent number: 9691170
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Mohan A. Dasannacharya, John M. Josling, Greg C. Bosch, Stephanie I. Tang
  • Publication number: 20170124750
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend, Abhishek KiranKumar Sabbarwal, David Le, Ira Blas, Ryan Lee
  • Publication number: 20170094072
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend, Mark Levin, Vyacheslav Imeshev
  • Patent number: 9576818
    Abstract: Provided herein are polishing compositions for removal of Co, for example, selectively over Cu, and methods of their use. A polishing composition comprising an abrasive and one or more Co complexors, where the polishing composition has a pH of 9 or more, and the Co complexor comprises one or more of functional groups selected from phosphonic acid (—P(?O)(OH)2) group or carboxyl (—C(?O)OH) group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anne Miller, Jimmy Granstrom
  • Patent number: 9549085
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes storing a library of specification terms for image products by a computer system, receiving a command from a user, tokenizing the command into a plurality of tokens by the computer system, matching one or more of the tokens to the specification terms in the library to determine specification parameters for an image product by the computer system, automatically identifying images based on the specification parameters by the computer system, and automatically creating a design for the image product that incorporates at least some of the images identified based on the specification parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend
  • Publication number: 20170013144
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Zhaohui Feng, Erik Weitzman
  • Publication number: 20170000127
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, including all stereoisomers and tautomeric forms, and wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are useful for controlling animal pests and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michel MUEHLEBACH, Andrew EDMUNDS, Andre STOLLER, Natalie Anne MILLER, Ottmar Franz HUETER
  • Patent number: 9538019
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Patent number: 9485365
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Zhaohui Feng, Erik Weitzman
  • Patent number: 9361639
    Abstract: Techniques for delivering a video message from a purchaser of an order to a recipient of the order are described. An order for one or more items is received, the order specifying a recipient and having an association with a purchaser. The order further specifies to deliver a video message from the purchaser to the recipient. Embodiments receive a video message from the purchaser. The order for the one or more items is fulfilled. Embodiments transmit at least an indication of the video message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stauffer, Patricia Elaine Colley, Kimberly J. Cullen, Jesse James Garrett, Peter David Merholz, Dane Robert Petersen, Margaret Ann Shear, Kristin Anne Miller, Jonathan Hunt Warner, Christopher Adam Wronski
  • Patent number: 9354781
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20160119488
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes storing a library of specification terms for image products by a computer system, receiving a command from a user, tokenizing the command into a plurality of tokens by the computer system, matching one or more of the tokens to the specification terms in the library to determine specification parameters for an image product by the computer system, automatically identifying images based on the specification parameters by the computer system, and automatically creating a design for the image product that incorporates at least some of the images identified based on the specification parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend
  • Publication number: 20160093083
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Mohan A. Dasannacharya, John M. Josling, Greg C. Bosch, Stephanie I. Tang
  • Patent number: 9244941
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes storing a library of specification terms for image products by a computer system, receiving a command from a user, tokenizing the command into a plurality of tokens by the computer system, matching one or more of the tokens to the specification terms in the library to determine specification parameters for an image product by the computer system, automatically identifying images based on the specification parameters by the computer system, and automatically creating a design for the image product that incorporates at least some of the images identified based on the specification parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang, Shay Litvak, Marco Santini, Chris M. Denend