Patents by Inventor Laura L. Mahan

Laura L. Mahan 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).

  • Method, Apparatus, Processor-Readable Media and Signals for Acquiring and Presenting Acquired Multimedia Content
    Publication number: 20110320923
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, processor-readable medium and signals for building a presentation by receiving user input identifying multimedia content to be included in a presentation and copying multimedia content identified by such user-input from a multimedia source to memory, for access by a presentation application. Copying may involve copying multimedia content from an application while the application is using the multimedia content. There is also provided a method, apparatus, processor-readable medium and signals for providing a presentation by identifying multimedia content previously identified by a user as to be included in the presentation and accessing and presenting at least some of the multimedia content previously identified by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Laura L. Mahan, Kelly K. Forbes, Shaun Illingworth
  • Method, apparatus, processor-readable media and signals for acquiring and presenting acquired multimedia content
    Patent number: 8028227
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, processor-readable medium and signals for building a presentation by receiving user input identifying multimedia content to be included in a presentation and copying multimedia content identified by such user-input from a multimedia source to memory, for access by a presentation application. Copying may involve copying multimedia content from an application while the application is using the multimedia content. There is also provided a method, apparatus, processor-readable medium and signals for providing a presentation by identifying multimedia content previously identified by a user as to be included in the presentation and accessing and presenting at least some of the multimedia content previously identified by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Laura L. Mahan, Kelly K. Forbes, Shaun Illingworth