Patents by Inventor Avi J. Stackenfeld

Avi J. Stackenfeld 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: 5960448
    Abstract: A method of displaying information in a computer system is described. The computer system includes a plurality of document images, a plurality of text files, and a plurality of positions files. A first text file of the plurality of text files represents optical character recognized text of a corresponding first document image of the plurality of document images. A first positions file of the plurality of positions files relates character information in the first text file to a position in the first document image. The computer system searches the plurality of text files using a search term to generate a set of found text files. Each found text file of the set of found text files includes at least a first matching text string to the search term; the set of found text files includes the first text file. The system accesses the first positions file to determine a first region in the first document image corresponding to the first matching text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Legal Video Services Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. S. Reichek, Avi J. Stackenfeld, David B. McMurray
  • Patent number: 5701153
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method and system of inserting a timecode into a textual representation of a speech. The system includes a computer, a timecode generator, and videotape recorder. The computer is coupled with the timecode generator and the videotape recorder. The method includes the following steps. The timecode generator generates the timecode at a point in time. The point in time corresponds to a portion of the speech. The videotape recorder stores a video representation of the portion of the speech with the timecode. The computer receives a text data corresponding to the portion of the speech. The computer being responsive to receiving the text data, inserts a representation of the timecode into the text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Legal Video Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. S. Reichek, Avi J. Stackenfeld