Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Beaver

Jeffrey J. Beaver 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: 20160335690
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BEAVER, SIDDHARTH ANANTHAKRISHNAN
  • Patent number: 9400997
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Beaver, Siddharth Ananthakrishnan
  • Patent number: 9213920
    Abstract: Techniques for using infrared imaging to create digital images for use in product customization are described. In an embodiment, an infrared photograph of a product with imprinted markup is received and a visible light photograph of the product with the imprinted markup is received. The imprinted markup is visible in the visible light photograph but is not visible in the infrared photograph. Instructions for rendering a customization image of the product depicting a particular customization are determined based in part on the infrared photograph and visible light photograph, where the particular customization is not in the infrared photograph or the visible light photograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Zazzle.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Young Harvill, Robert I. Beaver, III, Jeffrey J. Beaver
  • Publication number: 20150006313
    Abstract: A product image depicting a customizable product with one or more annotations is displayed. Each annotation of the one or more annotations identifies an attribute group location upon the customizable product that represents an attribute group comprising one or more attributes of the customizable product that may be customized. A selection of a particular attribute group location of the attribute group location identified by the one or more annotations is received. The particular attribute group location represents a particular attribute group. In response to receiving the selection, information relating to one or more attributes included in the particular attribute group is displayed. An attribute selection shape comprising a plurality of regions, each of which represent an attribute of the particular attribute group may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BEAVER, SIDDHARTH ANANTHAKRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20140019290
    Abstract: Techniques for collecting media, such as pictures, video, and audio about customized products that have been delivered to customers are provided. In response to determining that a customer has received a unit of a product that the customer ordered from a merchant, the merchant sends the customer a prompt to take a picture of (or otherwise record information about) the unit. The prompt may be a SMS text message that is sent to a mobile phone of the customer, which mobile phone may include a camera. The customer replies to the prompt by taking a digital image of the unit and attaching (or embedding) the picture in a reply message that is sent to the merchant. The merchant stores the digital image in association with the product. The merchant provides a web page that allows other users to view the digital image in association with the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Beaver