Patents by Inventor Mary Pat Gotschall

Mary Pat Gotschall 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: 10242089
    Abstract: A method of presenting digital assets in response to a search query by a user to locate at least one digital asset from a database of digital assets is described. Each digital asset has at least one keyword associated with it, and each associated keyword is part of a hierarchical organization of keywords. A first set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the search query is identified as well as suggested keywords that have e.g., an ancestor, descendant or sibling relation to the search query. The digital assets and the suggested keywords are presented to the user. The user selects a suggested keyword, and a second set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the suggested keyword is identified. The second set of digital assets is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Getty Images (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Nate Gandert, Chris Ziobro, Evan Cariss, Mary Forster, Mary Pat Gotschall, Joy Moffatt, Jeff Oberlander, Jenny Blackburn, Debbie Cargile, Aaron Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20160253410
    Abstract: A method of presenting digital assets in response to a search query by a user to locate at least one digital asset from a database of digital assets is described. Each digital asset has at least one keyword associated with it, and each associated keyword is part of a hierarchical organization of keywords. A first set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the search query is identified as well as suggested keywords that have e.g., an ancestor, descendant or sibling relation to the search query. The digital assets and the suggested keywords are presented to the user. The user selects a suggested keyword, and a second set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the suggested keyword is identified. The second set of digital assets is presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Nate Gandert, Chris Ziobro, Evan Cariss, Mary Forster, Mary Pat Gotschall, Joy Moffatt, Jeff Oberlander, Jenny Blackburn, Debbie Cargile, Aaron Kraemer
  • Patent number: 9251172
    Abstract: A method of presenting digital assets in response to a search query by a user to locate at least one digital asset from a database of digital assets is described. Each digital asset has at least one keyword associated with it, and each associated keyword is part of a hierarchical organization of keywords. A first set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the search query is identified as well as suggested keywords that have e.g., an ancestor, descendant or sibling relation to the search query. The digital assets and the suggested keywords are presented to the user. The user selects a suggested keyword, and a second set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the suggested keyword is identified. The second set of digital assets is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Getty Images (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Nate Gandert, Chris Ziobro, Evan Cariss, Mary Forster, Mary Pat Gotschall, Joy Moffatt, Jeff Oberlander, Jenny Blackburn, Debbie Cargile, Aaron Kraemer
  • Patent number: 8831998
    Abstract: Batch pricing of digital media items by providing an electronic cart interface for use in managing a purchase of a plurality of digital media items, each digital media item having a status of priced or unpriced. The interface enables a user of the client device to interactively select a plurality of media items to be priced as a batch of digital media items, and to sequentially request one or more rights for each of the selected media items within the batch. The user may obtain a price for each selected media item that is based on the designated pricing model and the one or more rights requested the digital media right to be licensed for each media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Corbis Corporation
    Inventors: Alison Cramer, Michael Catbagan, Jason Rudmann, Travis Gigliotti, Chris Esler, Mary Pat Gotschall, Monica Risse, Jon-Eric Steinbomer, Shannon McFarlin, Jason Blackburn, Pablo Supkay
  • Publication number: 20080301128
    Abstract: A method of presenting digital assets in response to a search query by a user to locate at least one digital asset from a database of digital assets is described. Each digital asset has at least one keyword associated with it, and each associated keyword is part of a hierarchical organization of keywords. A first set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the search query is identified as well as suggested keywords that have e.g., an ancestor, descendant or sibling relation to the search query. The digital assets and the suggested keywords are presented to the user. The user selects a suggested keyword, and a second set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the suggested keyword is identified. The second set of digital assets is presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Nate Gandert, Chris Ziobro, Evan Cariss, Mary Forster, Mary Pat Gotschall, Joy Moffatt, Jeff Oberlander, Jenny Blackburn, Debbie Cargile, Aaron Kraemer