Patents by Inventor C. Larry Zitnick

C. Larry Zitnick 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).

  • Cloud-connected, interactive application shared through a social network
    Patent number: 8775518
    Abstract: The current patent application is directed to a class of highly functional, cloud-connected, interactive applications that are well suited for distribution and execution in social-networking contexts. When executed within the contexts of browser applications running on processor-controlled electronic devices, the class of application programs to which the current patent application is directed provides for importing images and other information from a social-networking service, developing digitally encoded and electronically stored content based on the imported images and other information, and distributing the digitally encoded and electronically stored content within a social-networking environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Limpaecher, Michael Cohen, C. Larry Zitnick
  • CLOUD-CONNECTED, INTERACTIVE APPLICATION SHARED THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140019538
    Abstract: The current patent application is directed to a class of highly functional, cloud-connected, interactive applications that are well suited for distribution and execution in social-networking contexts. When executed within the contexts of browser applications running on processor-controlled electronic devices, the class of application programs to which the current patent application is directed provides for importing images and other information from a social-networking service, developing digitally encoded and electronically stored content based on the imported images and other information, and distributing the digitally encoded and electronically stored content within a social-networking environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Limpaecher, Michael Cohen, C. Larry Zitnick