Patents by Inventor Kenneth F. Krutsch

Kenneth F. Krutsch 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).

  • Patent number: 9817861
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. Each idea is associated with a single life issue tag and a religious or spiritual domain. Each idea is further associated with a fixed number of commentaries that comment on the snippet from the point of view of the religious domain and its relationship to the associated life issue tag. The fixed number of commentaries are each written with respect to a particular role. Customized study guides to the spiritual documents can be created using the commentaries by selecting religious or spiritual domains or life issue tags to choose a subset of commentaries to be displayed with the spiritual document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Clayton Darwin, Richard Monson-Haefel, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Publication number: 20170300513
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Metadata from the implicit content and from user-created content is then analyzed the purpose of event identification. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel
  • Publication number: 20170300525
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to three data collections that can form the foundations of a spiritual journey, namely a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains, a personal reflection data collection for reflecting upon a personal life journey, and a community conversation data collection that provides users with an opportunity to explore the research archive and their personal reflections in a social community setting. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. The various elements in the data collections are associated with life issue tags and religious or spiritual domains. By analyzing a user's selected domain or the domain of displayed content, and by analyzing the life issue tag associated with displayed content, the system and method can suggest related content from elsewhere in the data collections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel, Clayton Darwin
  • Patent number: 9626365
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Metadata from the implicit content and from user-created content is then analyzed the purpose of event identification. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel
  • Patent number: 9626386
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to three data collections that can form the foundations of a spiritual journey, namely a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains, a personal reflection data collection for reflecting upon a personal life journey, and a community conversation data collection that provides users with an opportunity to explore the research archive and their personal reflections in a social community setting. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. The various elements in the data collections are associated with life issue tags and religious or spiritual domains. By analyzing a user's selected domain or the domain of displayed content, and by analyzing the life issue tag associated with displayed content, the system and method can suggest related content from elsewhere in the data collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel, Clayton Darwin
  • Publication number: 20160299904
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. Each idea is associated with a single life issue tag and a religious or spiritual domain. Each idea is further associated with a fixed number of commentaries that comment on the snippet from the point of view of the religious domain and its relationship to the associated life issue tag. The fixed number of commentaries are each written with respect to a particular role. Customized study guides to the spiritual documents can be created using the commentaries by selecting religious or spiritual domains or life issue tags to choose a subset of commentaries to be displayed with the spiritual document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Clayton Darwin, Richard Monson-Haefel, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Publication number: 20160291824
    Abstract: A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning a group of images. A first mobile device has an app that selects a plurality of images and then records audio commentary for the plurality of images. The images and audio commentary are grouped into an image grouping, and the image grouping is transmitted to a second mobile device. Reply commentaries to the image grouping can also be associated with a particular image in the grouping. Image groupings can be presented by reviewing all commentaries on a single image first before moving to a second image, or by reviewing all commentaries made in a user-session before moving to a second user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Filmstrip, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 9460057
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping. Presentation groupings can be presented using a map and timeline interface, and can be augmented using content from external sources, other users, or viewers of the content. Themes can be created for presentation groupings that format the presentation groupings according to stored formatting appropriate to the theme. Themes can suggest theme events to which users can assign places and times. Information about future theme events can then be used to trigger a request for content or to trigger the creation of implicit content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FILMSTRIP, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel
  • Patent number: 9430518
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. Each idea is associated with a single life issue tag and a religious or spiritual domain. Each idea is further associated with a fixed number of commentaries that comment on the snippet from the point of view of the religious domain and its relationship to the associated life issue tag. The fixed number of commentaries are each written with respect to a particular role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel, Clayton Darwin
  • Publication number: 20160142361
    Abstract: A system and method are presented that use an existing social networking message system to allow interactive audio commentary concerning a visual image. Audio is rendered into a video file containing the image. This video file is provided to a web page generation server that creates a web page containing the video file and appropriate metadata. A social networking message containing a link to the web page is sent over the existing message system. Existing applications read the social networking message, follow the link, read the metadata, and allow readers to play the video file. Users are encouraged to view the message using an app that can record a reply audio track. Recorded reply messages are added to the social networking message in the same manner as the original audio. Audio commentary concerning an image can also be added to a web page or blog post through a widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: FILMSTRIP, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Harish Manepalli
  • Publication number: 20150092006
    Abstract: A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning an image. The originator of the communication uses a wearable mobile device app to select an image and record an audio commentary. The image, audio commentary, and metadata are submitted to a cloud server for storage. The app uses the server to analyze a recipient address to determine the preferred mode of delivery. If the recipient is a known user of the app, the file is delivered without combining the image, audio commentary, and metadata into a standard movie file. Otherwise, the originator's app delivers the file through MMS or e-mail for the recipient as a movie file for viewing using a standard video player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: FILMSTRIP, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Publication number: 20150095433
    Abstract: A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning an image. The originator of the communication uses a mobile device app to select an image and record an audio commentary. The image and commentary are encoded together into a video file. The app uses a server to analyze the recipient address to determine the preferred mode of delivery. If the recipient is a known user of the app, the file is delivered through a proprietary communication system and viewed by the recipient using the app. Otherwise, the originator's app delivers the file through MMS or e-mail for the recipient to view using a standard video player. E-mail and MMS communications include a link for the recipient to download the app. The recipient can download the app and register as a user, which causes a server to download previously delivered files to the new user's app.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: AMBIENT CONSULTING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Publication number: 20150095804
    Abstract: A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning an image. The originator of the communication uses a mobile device app to select an image and record an audio commentary. The image, audio commentary, and metadata are submitted to a cloud server for storage. The app uses the server to analyze a recipient address to determine the preferred mode of delivery. If the recipient is a known user of the app, the file is delivered without combining the image, audio commentary, and metadata into a standard movie file. Otherwise, the originator's app delivers the file through MMS or e-mail for the recipient as a movie file for viewing using a standard video player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: AMBIENT CONSULTING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Publication number: 20150094106
    Abstract: A system and method are presented to allow text-based communication between users concerning an image in the form of an image-message. The originator of the communication uses a mobile device app to select an image and enter appropriate text. The recipient mobile device receives an image-message, and then displays the text superimposed over the image. The recipient can enter reply text, which will then be shown superimposed over the image as part of a message stream. The recipient can also alter the image, with the altered image being transmitted back to the originator. When the reply message is active, the altered image is displayed behind the message stream. The user can select an earlier message in the stream to view the image associated with that earlier message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: FILMSTRIP, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch
  • Patent number: 8973017
    Abstract: A method for managing third-tier productivity applications, as part of remote application deployment, consists of using a controlling program, called an AppController, to initiate the application launch which then allows otherwise incompatible programs to control and/or enhance the functionality of the productivity application by accepting commands transmitted using standard network communications protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Krutsch, Michael Berger, James L. Rice, III
  • Publication number: 20140282192
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Metadata from the implicit content and from user-created content is then analyzed for the purpose of event identification. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping. Users can also be associated with organizations, allowing the sharing of content and event definitions between the organization and its member users. Users can create ad hoc organizations with a particular subset of other users, which simplifies the creation of event meta data and content sharing with other users in the ad hoc organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AMBIENT CONSULTING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel
  • Publication number: 20140281929
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping. Presentation groupings can be presented using a map and timeline interface, and can be augmented using content from external sources, other users, or viewers of the content. Themes can be created for presentation groupings that format the presentation groupings according to stored formatting appropriate to the theme. Themes can suggest theme events to which users can assign places and times. Information about future theme events can then be used to trigger a request for content or to trigger the creation of implicit content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel
  • Publication number: 20140279925
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that utilize the assistance of subject matter experts to create a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains. Using a subject matter expert interface that provides tools not available to users of the archive database, the subject matter experts identify ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. Each idea is associated with a single life issue tag and a religious or spiritual domain. Through the subject matter expert tools, subject matter experts are requested to provide commentaries that comment on the snippet from the point of view of the religious domain and its relationship to the associated life issue tag. The commentaries are each written with respect to a particular role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel, Clayton Darwin
  • Publication number: 20140279924
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that provide access to a research archive for researching fundamental texts of a variety of spiritual and religious domains. The research archive is oriented around ideas having snippets from the fundamental texts. Each idea is associated with a single life issue tag and a religious or spiritual domain. Each idea is further associated with a fixed number of commentaries that comment on the snippet from the point of view of the religious domain and its relationship to the associated life issue tag. The fixed number of commentaries are each written with respect to a particular role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel, Clayton Darwin
  • Publication number: 20140282179
    Abstract: A computerized system and method are presented that creates implicit content on a mobile device by monitoring and recording input from sensors on the device. Metadata from the implicit content and from user-created content is then analyzed the purpose of event identification. Using the metadata and event identification, the content is created into clusters, which can be confirmed by the user as actual events. Events can then be grouped according to metadata and event information into a presentation grouping. Presentation groupings can be presenting using a map and timeline interface. The system augments content concerning an event by searching for related content. Users viewing the presentation grouping can add additional user content. The system can also add content from users that attended the same event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ambient Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Grossman, Kenneth F. Krutsch, Richard Monson-Haefel