Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Poindexter, JR.

Kenneth L. Poindexter, JR. 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: 20190174069
    Abstract: A system and method for autonomously recording a visual media including a digital image sensor to capture a visual media; a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensor; a touch controller to identify at least one of a haptic contact engagement, haptic contact signal and haptic contact gesture detected on a single haptic zone or at least one of a multiple individual haptic zone on the display; and a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or video based upon the number of times or the method which haptic contact occurs on the screen display and toggle between the single haptic zone and multiple haptic zones wherein the single haptic zone is configured to toggle into the multiple individual haptic zones once the photographic image capture or video image recording is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Poindexter, JR.
  • Patent number: 10225471
    Abstract: A system and method for autonomously recording a visual media including a digital image sensor to capture a visual media; a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensor; a touch controller to identify at least one of a haptic contact engagement, haptic contact signal and haptic contact gesture detected on a single haptic zone or at least one of a multiple individual haptic zone on the display; and a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or video based upon the number of times or the method which haptic contact occurs on the screen display and toggle between the single haptic zone and multiple haptic zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Poindexter, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170272654
    Abstract: A system and method for autonomously recording a visual media including a digital image sensor to capture a visual media; a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensor; a touch controller to identify at least one of a haptic contact engagement, haptic contact signal and haptic contact gesture detected on a single haptic zone or at least one of a multiple individual haptic zone on the display; and a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or video based upon the number of times or the method which haptic contact occurs on the screen display and toggle between the single haptic zone and multiple haptic zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Poindexter, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160217508
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for scoring a plurality of linked keywords, which may include steps of obtaining a plurality of keywords from reviews, users describing their experiences using linking keywords, these linking keywords are then linked to reviews, each of the linked reviews being pointed to by a link embedded within the text or hyperlinked keyword description used to describe a business, product, service or place within a review; these linked reviews obtaining text, video, live video and audio proof an experience. Optionally, an assigned score may be provided to each of the linked keywords based on the scores of one or more of the linking keywords and processing the linked reviews according to their scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Poindexter, JR.