Patents by Inventor Cindy Summerfield

Cindy Summerfield 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: 20200042941
    Abstract: A system providing trademark search results includes a controller, a display controlled by the controller, and a memory coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to receive a trademark search result data set including a searched mark, a plurality of references, and a plurality of proximity scores between each reference and the searched mark; calculate first and second relationships between each reference and the searched mark, wherein the first relationship and the second relationship for a given reference is calculated from a weighted aggregation of the plurality of proximity scores between the given reference and the searched mark, each adjustable through a user controlled dashboard; provide through the display an interactive visual representation between the searched mark and at least two of the plurality of references; and provide through the display one or more fields for receiving user input that is factored into the first and second algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Cindy Summerfield
  • Patent number: 10438167
    Abstract: A system providing trademark search results includes: a controller; a display controlled by the controller; and a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the controller; wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the controller is configured to: receive a data set of trademark search results including a searched mark, a plurality of reference, and at least one proximity score between each reference and the searched mark; and provide through the display an interactive visual representation of the search results including a displayed relationship between the searched mark and at least two of the plurality of references, wherein the displayed relationship between the searched mark and the at least two of the plurality of references is a visual representation of the proximity score between the searched mark and each of the at least two of the plurality of references.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Cindy Summerfield
  • Publication number: 20140280104
    Abstract: A system providing trademark search results includes: a controller; a display controlled by the controller; and a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the controller; wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the controller is configured to: receive a data set of trademark search results including a searched mark, a plurality of reference, and at least one proximity score between each reference and the searched mark; and provide through the display an interactive visual representation of the search results including a displayed relationship between the searched mark and at least two of the plurality of references, wherein the displayed relationship between the searched mark and the at least two of the plurality of references is a visual representation of the proximity score between the searched mark and each of the at least two of the plurality of references.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Cindy Summerfield