Patents by Inventor David Warthen

David Warthen 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: 6897984
    Abstract: A method of chromakey recording, which includes providing, in a scene, a chromakey material which is capable of continued luminance without activating light. The chromakey material is activated and the scene is recorded without activating light while the chromakey material is luminescing. The chromakey material may be an electroluminescent material that is activated by applying electrical energy to the chromakey material. The chromakey material may also be a phosphorescent material, which is activated by applying light to the phosphorescent material. The light is removed from the phosphorescent material during recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: GlobalStreams, Inc.
    Inventor: David Warthen
  • Patent number: 6584464
    Abstract: An information server directs users of the information server to desired sources of information where the desired sources of information are determined, at least in part, based on user input. The information server includes a query input processor, a question processor and an answer processor. The query input processor is used for accepting an initial user query. The question processor processes the initial user query to identify a set of possible well-formed questions selected from the question database, where a well-formed question is a question in the database that is coupled to at least one answer reference. The answer reference is typically either an answer or a pointer to a possible location of an answer. In a specific embodiment, the information server is coupled to the Internet so that users can pose questions using a Web browser from any Internet-connected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Ask Jeeves, Inc.
    Inventor: David Warthen
  • Publication number: 20020150400
    Abstract: A method of chromakey recording, which includes providing, in a scene, a chromakey material which is capable of continued luminance without activating light. The chromakey material is activated and the scene is recorded without activating light while the chromakey material is luminescing. The chromakey material may be an electroluminescent material that is activated by applying electrical energy to the chromakey material. The chromakey material may also be a phosphorescent material, which is activated by applying light to the phosphorescent material. The light is removed from the phosphorescent material during recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Global Streams, Inc.
    Inventor: David Warthen