Patents by Inventor Jeff Francis

Jeff Francis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240379033
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, an optical device includes: an optical guiding device configured to guide light to propagate along a first direction within the optical guiding device, the light including multiple colors of light; an in-coupling diffractive structure configured to diffract the light to propagate in the optical guiding device; and a plurality of out-coupling diffractive structures arranged downstream of the in-coupling diffractive structure along the first direction and configured to diffract at least part of the light out of the optical guiding device along a second direction different from the first direction. The optical device can be configured for at least one of: color crosstalk suppression among the multiple colors of light, display zero order light suppression, dispersion compensation, or ambient light blocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Seamus BLACKLEY, Richard BAHR, Watson Brent BOYETT, Sylvain Marcel COLIN, Robin James GREEN, Isaac Serrano GUASCH, Stephen John HART, Robert Alan HESS, Margaret H. HSU, Christoph Von JUTRZENKA, DeaGyu KIM, Mark Anthony LOYA, Kelly Swan MACNEILL, Benjamin Francis NEIL, Kamran QADERI, Tina QIN, Jesus Manuel Caridad RAMIREZ, Jayakrishna SASHIDHARAN, Asher Zelig SEFAMI, Jeff SMITH, Robert David SRINIVASIAH, Sameer Sudhir WALAVALKAR, Joshua D. WIENSCH, Daniel Dereck WILLIAMSON
  • Patent number: 11301116
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20210191583
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: MATTHEW CHEUNG, DAVID AU-YEUNG, JEFF FRANCIS, DAVID MEYERS, WEHUNS TAN
  • Patent number: 11010718
    Abstract: A system, method and communication device are disclosed for organizing and presenting a plurality of digital flyers. Using flyer stack information, which organizes the plurality of digital flyers into at least one flyer stack, the plurality of digital flyers are presented to allow for inter-flyer and intra-flyer navigation. Moreover, the flyer stack information may be used to allow the inter-flyer and intra-flyer content to be searched. This is achieved by providing a method and communication device that receives the flyer stack information from a server, and presents the flyer stack information in a flyer navigation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Flipp Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, Jeff Francis, Wehuns Tan, David Meyers, David Au-Yeung
  • Patent number: 10942628
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20200218408
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: MATTHEW CHEUNG, DAVID AU-YEUNG, JEFF FRANCIS, DAVID MEYERS, WEHUNS TAN
  • Patent number: 10699306
    Abstract: In this disclosure, a system and method for displaying digital flyer having dynamic flyer content on a communication device are disclosed. The system includes a communication module configured to request for a digital flyer from a server and to receive flyer content of the digital flyer from the server, the digital flyer comprising a source flyer image for the flyer content, the source flyer image having one or more regions and an associated modular co ordinate system, a flyer processing module configured to collect selection information and for generating a request for the digital flyer, the request including the selection information, and a flyer display module configured to display the flyer content communicated from the server, the flyer display module displaying the flyer content using the modular co-ordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, Erik Charlebois, Jeff Francis, Wehuns Tan
  • Patent number: 10599291
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Patent number: 10360712
    Abstract: A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20180089875
    Abstract: A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: MATTHEW CHEUNG, DAVID AU-YEUNG, JEFF FRANCIS, DAVID MEYERS, WEHUNS TAN
  • Patent number: 9842378
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, there is disclosed a communication device including a pre-loading module configured to retrieve a first and a second set of flyer image tiles from a flyer image tile set stored in memory, the first set of flyer image tiles being associated with the most zoomedout state and the second set of flyer image tiles being associated with a zoom level of a current viewport. The pre-loading module is further configured to associate the first set of flyer image tiles with an underlay viewport. The communication device further includes a display configured to display the first set of flyer image tiles in the underlay viewport that are visible in the current viewport and overlay the second set of flyer image tiles visible in the current viewport onto the first set of flyer image tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Charlebois, Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Patent number: 9836866
    Abstract: A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20170178075
    Abstract: A system, method and communication device are disclosed for organizing and presenting a plurality of digital flyers. Using flyer stack information, which organizes the plurality of digital flyers into at least one flyer stack, the plurality of digital flyers are presented to allow for inter-flyer and intra-flyer navigation. Moreover, the flyer stack information may be used to allow the inter-flyer and intra-flyer content to be searched. This is achieved by providing a method and communication device that receives the flyer stack information from a server, and presents the flyer stack information in a flyer navigation interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew CHEUNG, Jeff FRANCIS, Wehuns TAN, David MEYERS, David AU-YEUNG
  • Patent number: 9589272
    Abstract: A system, method and communication device are disclosed for organizing and presenting a plurality of digital flyers. Using flyer stack information, which organizes the plurality of digital flyers into at least one flyer stack, the plurality of digital flyers are presented to allow for inter-flyer and intra-flyer navigation. Moreover, the flyer stack information may be used to allow the inter-flyer and intra-flyer content to be searched. This is achieved by providing a method and communication device that receives the flyer stack information from a server, and presents the flyer stack information in a flyer navigation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Flipp Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, Jeff Francis, Wehuns Tan, David Meyers, David Au-Yeung
  • Publication number: 20160358362
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: MATTHEW CHEUNG, DAVID AU-YEUNG, JEFF FRANCIS, DAVID MEYERS, WEHUNS TAN
  • Patent number: 9424813
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20160012628
    Abstract: A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew CHEUNG, David AU-YEUNG, Jeff FRANCIS, David MEYERS, Wehuns TAN
  • Patent number: 9159087
    Abstract: A system for contextualizing a digital flyer is disclosed. The system includes a polygon mapping module for incorporating contextual information in the digital flyer using polygon mapping information, the polygon mapping information comprising a polygon for defining a polygonal area on a source flyer image of the digital flyer, the polygon being tagged with the contextual information, and a flyer data store for storing the tagged polygon. There is also disclosed for displaying the contextualized digital flyer and generating feedback using the contextualized digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Patent number: 9092806
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, there is disclosed a communication device including a pre-loading module configured to retrieve a first and a second set of flyer image tiles from a flyer image tile set stored in memory, the first set of flyer image tiles being associated with the most zoomed-out state and the second set of flyer image tiles being associated with a zoom level of a current viewport. The pre-loading module is further configured to associate the first set of flyer image tiles with an underlay viewport. The communication device further includes a display configured to display the first set of flyer image tiles in the underlay viewport that are visible in the current viewport and overlay the second set of flyer image tiles visible in the current viewport onto the first set of flyer image tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Charlebois, Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Publication number: 20150186954
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, there is disclosed a communication device including a pre-loading module configured to retrieve a first and a second set of flyer image tiles from a flyer image tile set stored in memory, the first set of flyer image tiles being associated with the most zoomedout state and the second set of flyer image tiles being associated with a zoom level of a current viewport. The pre-loading module is further configured to associate the first set of flyer image tiles with an underlay viewport. The communication device further includes a display configured to display the first set of flyer image tiles in the underlay viewport that are visible in the current viewport and overlay the second set of flyer image tiles visible in the current viewport onto the first set of flyer image tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Erik CHARLEBOIS, Matthew CHEUNG, David AU-YEUNG, Jeff FRANCIS, David MEYERS, Wehuns TAN