Patents by Inventor Kathleen K. Abbott

Kathleen K. Abbott 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).

  • Multi-sided media viewer and technique for media association
    Patent number: 8782043
    Abstract: A system provides a multi-sided media viewer capable of displaying media assets from an electronic archival news and content database. Each side of the media player contains different information regarding the media asset. A primary side of the media asset may display a media asset related to an educational program, such as a course curriculum or the like. The secondary sides of the media viewer may contain additional information regarding that media asset, including personalized information generated by a system user as well as automatically populated information, such as information collected from other external news services or content providers. The system may further provide an educational game in which users are encouraged to find and draw connections between media assets to create an interconnection of related news items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NBC Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander S. Chisholm, Kathleen K. Abbott, Jason Haas, Robert Stupay
  • Multi-Sided Media Viewer and Technique for Media Association
    Publication number: 20090019078
    Abstract: A system provides a multi-sided media viewer capable of displaying media assets from an electronic archival news and content database. Each side of the media player contains different information regarding the media asset. A primary side of the media asset may display a media asset related to an educational program, such as a course curriculum or the like. The secondary sides of the media viewer may contain additional information regarding that media asset, including personalized information generated by a system user as well as automatically populated information, such as information collected from other external news services or content providers. The system may further provide an educational game in which users are encouraged to find and draw connections between media assets to create an interconnection of related news items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: NBC Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander S. Chisholm, Kathleen K. Abbott, Jason Haas, Robert Stupay