Patents by Inventor James L. Helman

James L. Helman 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).

  • Processing and acting on rules for content recognition systems
    Patent number: 8655826
    Abstract: A method and a computer-readable storage medium configured with instructions that when executed to carry out the method, and a computer system configured to carry out the method. The method includes storing a set of rules in computer-interpretable form in a processing system. The rules allow the expression of a range of possibilities for determination of recognition of items of content and a wide range of actions to take when such determination is made. Using the rules, a processing system can recognize content and possibly act on the recognition results, the recognition and acting according to the stored set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Motion Picture Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond G. Drewry, James L. Helman, Craig H. Seidel