Patents by Inventor John Beesley

John Beesley 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).

  • Time-based method of human-computer interaction for controlling storage and retrieval of multimedia information
    Patent number: 5907320
    Abstract: This invention provides a new, time-based method for controlling the storage and retrieval of multi-media information by the successive selection of the values of their attributes. In accordance with the invention, a user may contact a remote multi-media information storage medium via a communications medium and, using special signals, control the sequence of attribute selection messages that are transmitted. One, several, or all of the values of a particular attribute can be selected, which in turn, determine the related values of the attributes to be subsequently transmitted. In this manner, the progressive selection of attribute values narrows down the number of items of multi-media information available for retrieval, or in the case of storage, the appropriate final storage location. The user may order the transmission of the attributes to optimize the search process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Inventors: John Beesley, James E. Callan, III