Patents by Inventor Jeffery L. Carter

Jeffery L. Carter 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).

  • Web service for generating portable multimedia presentations
    Patent number: 8374923
    Abstract: A software application executed at a user computer and/or server allows a user to select one or more multimedia files. The multimedia files may be provided at the user computer, sold at the server, or procured from a third party provider. The user can arrange the multimedia files into a presentation. A user can then specify a display device that will be used to present the multimedia presentation. The display device can be a television, portable media player, a computer, or other device. The system can translate the multimedia presentation into a format compatible with the device. Thus, the user is provided with a simple system to create multimedia presentation and receive the file in a format compatible with a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffery L. Carter
  • WEB SERVICE FOR GENERATING PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20110225066
    Abstract: A software application executed at a user computer and/or server allows a user to select one or more multimedia files. The multimedia files may be provided at the user computer, sold at the server, or procured from a third party provider. The user can arrange the multimedia files into a presentation. A user can then specify a display device that will be used to present the multimedia presentation. The display device can be a television, portable media player, a computer, or other device. The system can translate the multimedia presentation into a format compatible with the device. Thus, the user is provided with a simple system to create multimedia presentation and receive the file in a format compatible with a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffery L. CARTER
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating documents with correlating information
    Patent number: 6665656
    Abstract: A method for producing correlating information with respect to a target document, the method including providing a target document, the target document including patent content; processing the target document to obtain an information structure; producing a search criteria from the information structure; searching computer readable media based upon the search criteria to obtain search material; and comparing the search material to contents of the target document to produce the correlating information. An apparatus for using the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffery L. Carter