Patents by Inventor Marilyn Smith Dawkins

Marilyn Smith Dawkins 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 and apparatus for processing user input selecting images from a web page in a data processing system
    Patent number: 7076498
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing a user input. A user input selecting an image on a page is detected. The image selected by the user input is sent to a server to perform a search in response to detecting the user input. The server performs object recognition analysis on the image to generate a text description of the image. Alternatively, the server may perform an image search for resources with similar images or properties. This text description, which may include one or more words, is used as the basis of the search. A result of the search is received in response to sending the image to the server to form a received result. The received result is displayed. Further, other contextual information associated with the image may be used in addition to or in place of the image in generating the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dwip N. Banerjee, Marilyn Smith Dawkins, Rabindranath Dutta
  • Method and apparatus for processing user input selecting images from a web page in a data processing system
    Publication number: 20030229628
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing a user input. A user input selecting an image on a page is detected. The image selected by the user input is sent to a server to perform a search in response to detecting the user input. The server performs object recognition analysis on the image to generate a text description of the image. Alternatively, the server may perform an image search for resources with similar images or properties. This text description, which may include one or more words, is used as the basis of the search. A result of the search is received in response to sending the image to the server to form a received result. The received result is displayed. Further, other contextual information associated with the image may be used in addition to or in place of the image in generating the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dwip N. Banerjee, Marilyn Smith Dawkins, Rabindranath Dutta