Patents by Inventor David Powlett

David Powlett 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).

  • Creating and sharing digital photo albums
    Patent number: 7843581
    Abstract: A system (1321) for accessing an image album comprising a plurality of source images over a network (1305) is disclosed. A representation of the image album is stored on a server (1301). The system (1321) comprises means (1304) for downloading, from the server (1301), the representation of the image album. The means (1304) accesses a reduced resolution version of a said one of the plurality of source images dependent upon the representation of the album, and retrieves, from a storage device (eg 1302) located remotely from the server (1301), the source image corresponding to the reduced resolution version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gerard Anthony Hill, Richard Thomson, David Powlett
  • Creating and sharing digital photo albums
    Publication number: 20050243381
    Abstract: A system (1321) for accessing an image album comprising a plurality of source images over a network (1305) is disclosed. A representation of the image album is stored on a server (1301). The system (1321) comprises means (1304) for downloading, from the server (1301), the representation of the image album. The means (1304) accesses a reduced resolution version of a said one of the plurality of source images dependent upon the representation of the album, and retrieves, from a storage device (eg 1302) located remotely from the server (1301), the source image corresponding to the reduced resolution version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gerard Hill, Richard Thomson, David Powlett