Patents by Inventor Eric J. Loring

Eric J. Loring 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: 9208265
    Abstract: A system for designing a customized ring may include a ring style selection component, a ring top design component, a ring side design component, and an image panel component where, the components support an interface for monitoring the progress of the ring design and an image panel may show an image of the ring that is periodically updated based on customization input. A system for creating and displaying ring assets may include an extraction component, a rendering component, and a display component. A system for displaying customized bezel text may include a text mapping module configured to receive bezel parameters, map text in a two dimensional space, map text in a three-dimensional space defined by bezel geometry, develop code for displaying the text, and displaying the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Jostens, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard David Wells, Michael J. Ross, John Freiberg, Paul Joseph Rysavy, Eric J. Loring, Karmin L. Stanley
  • Publication number: 20120331371
    Abstract: A yearbook system may include a server having computer-implemented instructions stored thereon and the instructions may include a user component through which a yearbook staff user may design and create a yearbook and may also include an image share component in communication with the user component and accessible by yearbook staff users and non-yearbook staff users, where the image share component may be configured for receiving and displaying photo data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy M. Larson, Eric J. Loring
  • Publication number: 20100229085
    Abstract: A yearbook system is provided. The yearbook system provides a single, extensive resource to plan, create, educate about, sell, and distribute yearbooks. The system further provides an integrated yearbook system management and yearbook production system to enable the production of the yearbook to a printed output. A yearbook server hosts a client site and a client database. The client site is enables the school to plan, create, sell and distribute a yearbook. Further, they system may be used to create the yearbook online. A production server hosts a production database synchronizes with the yearbook server, providing images to the client for use in creating the yearbook, and accepting completed created pages submitted by the school from the yearbook server. The production server translates the created pages into the format to proceed through the regular preparation for production of the yearbook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Gary Lee Nelson, Eric J. Loring, Xia Chen, Timothy M. Larson, Kimberly Susan Noonan
  • Patent number: 7757166
    Abstract: A yearbook system is provided. The yearbook system provides a single, extensive resource to plan, create, educate about, sell, and distribute yearbooks. The system further provides an integrated yearbook system management and yearbook production system to enable the production of the yearbook to a printed output. A yearbook server hosts a client site and a client database. The client site is enables the school to plan, create, sell and distribute a yearbook. Further, their system may be used to create the yearbook online. A production server hosts a production database synchronizes with the yearbook server, providing images to the client for use in creating the yearbook, and accepting completed created pages submitted by the school from the yearbook server. The production server translates the created pages into the format to proceed through the regular preparation for production of the yearbook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Jostens, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Lee Nelson, Eric J. Loring, Xia Chen, Timothy M. Larson