Patents by Inventor Karl Cremin

Karl Cremin 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).

  • Configurable architecture for managing corporate and industry knowledgebases
    Patent number: 7302431
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are provided for the customers, along with the host, to have the ability to not only configure and tailor the host knowledgebase, but also the environment in which the knowledgebase is delivered. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a configurable architecture may comprise a host instance, one or more customer instances, a remote configuration engine for a content factory to deliver data comprising content and associated metadata to the host instance, which may deliver the metadata to one or more customer instances, and a customer configuration engine for the customer instance to configure and tailor the data and the environment in which the data is delivered to the needs and wants of the customer corresponding to the customer instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alex Apollonsky, Nicolas Badino, Warren Braunig, Karl Cremin, Eric Hoffert, Hemang Nadkami, Ramesh Seshadri, Brian Strull
  • Contextual relevance engine and knowledge delivery system
    Patent number: 7139757
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for providing a user with contextually relevant content from a library of information. According to one embodiment of the present invention, metadata tagged information about a user's work profile and working context, and content within a library of information are read. The metadata tagged information about content within the library of information to metadata tagged information about one or more of the user's work profile, the user's working context, or other content within the library of information is matched using one or more programmable rules. A rank ordered set of the most contextually relevant content from the library of information is then delivered to the user based on the matching of the metadata tagged information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alex Apollonsky, Warren Braunig, Karl Cremin, Eric Hoffert, Ray Tenenbaum
  • Method and apparatus for uploading, indexing, analyzing, and searching media content
    Patent number: 6374260
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for uploading, analyzing, searching and displaying multimedia files based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Karl Cremin, Adnan Ali, Stephen R. Smoot, Brian Strull
  • Display of media previews
    Patent number: 6370543
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Steve Smoot, Karl Cremin, Adnan Ali, Michael Mills
  • Indexing of media content on a network
    Patent number: 6282549
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Karl Cremin, Adnan Ali, Stephen R. Smoot
  • DISPLAY OF MEDIA PREVIEWS
    Publication number: 20010014891
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: ERIC M. HOFFERT, STEPHEN R. SMOOT, KARL CREMIN, ADNAN ALI, MICHAEL MILLS
  • Evaluation of media content in media files
    Patent number: 5983176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Karl Cremin, Leo Degen
  • Indexing of media content on a network
    Patent number: 5903892
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Magnifi, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Hoffert, Karl Cremin, Adnan Ali, Stephen R. Smoot