Patents by Inventor Dave Meatman

Dave Meatman 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).

  • Multimedia search system
    Patent number: 7664775
    Abstract: A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Reed, Greg Bestick, Carol Greenhalgh, Norman J. Bastin, Ron Carlton, Stanley D. Frank, Dale Good, Neil Holman, Carl Holzman, Ann Jensen, Harold Kester, Dave Meatman, Edwardo Munevar, Derryl Rogers, Gail B. Maatman
  • MULTIMEDIA SEARCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090313301
    Abstract: A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Reed, Greg Bestick, Carol Greenhalgh, Norman Bastin, Ron Carlton, Stanley Frank, Dale Good, Neil Holman, Carl Holzman, Ann Jensen, Harold Kester, Dave Meatman, Edwardo Munevar, Derryl Rogers, Gail Maatman
  • Multimedia search system
    Publication number: 20070179977
    Abstract: A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and textual entry paths. Those entry paths include an idea search, a title finder search, a topic tree search, a picture explorer search, a history timeline search, a world atlas search, a researcher's assistant search, and a feature articles search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Reed, Greg Bestick, Carol Greenhalgh, Norman Bastin, Ron Carlton, Stanley Frank, Dale Good, Neil Holman, Carl Holzman, Ann Jensen, Harold Kester, Dave Meatman, Edwardo Munevar, Derryl Rogers, Gail Maatman