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).

  • Publication number: 20130236121
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Patent number: 8437575
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Patent number: 8396326
    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: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Patent number: 8363888
    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: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Publication number: 20120170867
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20120120450
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jennifer Marie Dean, Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Patent number: 8155481
    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: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Patent number: 8131114
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jennifer Marie Dean, Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20120016892
    Abstract: A method for organizing images from multiple image capture devices includes allowing the determination of an offset between image capture times recorded in a first image capture device and image capture times recorded in a second image capture device, adjusting the image capture times recorded in the second image capture device by the offset to produce adjusted image capture times by a computer processor, and sequencing images taken by the first image capture device and the second image capture device in an chronological order. The sequencing is based on the image capture times for the images captured by the first image capture device and the adjusted image capture times for the images captured by the second image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller
  • Publication number: 20110320932
    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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Patent number: 8036489
    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: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20100259544
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Publication number: 20100241945
    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: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Publication number: 20100073396
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jennifer Marie Dean, Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20090024914
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a plurality of images comprising a first image, associating text information with the first image, and providing a library of page layouts each comprising one or more image receiving areas. A page layout includes an image caption area associated with one of the image receiving areas in the page layout. After the step of associating, the method includes automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, wherein the first page layout comprises an image receiving area and an image caption area in association with the image receiving area, automatically placing the first image in the image receiving area in the first page layout, and automatically placing the text information into the image caption area in association with the image receiving area in the first page layout to produce a page in the photo album.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20090022424
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Publication number: 20080023365
    Abstract: A pack contains medicinal tablets containing a phenothiazine derivative, prochlorperazine maleate, as active ingredient. The tablets are protected from damage by water. The pack is suitably a water-occlusive blister pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK)
    Inventors: Graham Cairns, Neil Hyde, Andrew Knowles, Kerry-Anne Miller
  • Patent number: 7306185
    Abstract: An improved toilet paper dispenser system that employs an elongated support arm having, as a component, a flexible arm segment which is bendable in three dimensions. The support arm is secured at one end to a toilet tank or rigid structure using a mounting attachment. The flexible segment is positioned on the support arm sufficiently near to the mounting attachment so the support arm will not constitute an elongated rigid obstruction in a bathroom. At the opposite end of the support arm is a toilet roll holder that can support a toilet roll and dispense toilet paper in a wide variety of orientations. The toilet roll can be supported by the support arm in a wide variety of positions in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Jean Anne Miller
  • Publication number: 20070247712
    Abstract: This invention relates to an optical element comprising a first component having a birefringence dispersion of D1>1, and a second component having a birefringence dispersion of D2>1 and a maximum peak absorption at a wavelength less than 400 nm, wherein the birefringence ratio at any wavelength of the first and second component is ?n1/?n2<0, and wherein the optical element has a reverse birefringence dispersion of D<1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: YuanQiao Rao, Anne Miller
  • Patent number: D565284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventor: Rebecca Anne Miller