Patents by Inventor Michael George Smith

Michael George Smith 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: 20240119321
    Abstract: A generative interactive video computer-implemented method and system applies trained computer-implemented neural networks to generate a sequence of images, which may comprise a video, and which contains identified objects, and then delivers the sequence of images to a user. The sequence of images may be further generated in accordance with an inference of a preference from user behavioral information. The identified objects may be provided to the system in the form of natural language and/or images. The system then generates and delivers to users natural language-based responses to user requests for information with respect to the identified objects, including attributes that are associated with the identified objects. Users may direct the system to generate video-based virtual environments that include representations of the identified objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Revealit Corporation
    Inventors: Garry Anthony Smith, Zachary Oakes, Steven Dennis Flinn, Naomi Felina Moneypenny, Michael George Renie
  • Patent number: 9907437
    Abstract: A ramekin dispenser including a platform that may be attachable to a commercial kitchen refrigerator and a ramekin holder removably attachable to the platform. The platform may include a base that stops ramekins from falling out of the ramekin holder and that facilitates removal of one ramekin at a time from a dispensing slot. The platform may be removably or permanently attachable to the commercial kitchen refrigerator. The ramekin holder may be removably attachable to the platform via a keyhole and pin arrangement. The ramekin holder may have a cylindrical or some other shape, possibly with a slot on one side. The platform and the ramekin holder may be made of plastic, wood, metal, or any other suitable material. Also, similarly configured dispensers for other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Rameking Company LLC
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Patent number: 9785997
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including identifying a mufti-selection gift, the mufti-selection gift comprising (i) a gift recipient, (ii) a plurality of gift choices, each gift choice being either an individual item of merchandise or a group of items of merchandise, and (iii) a designated maximum cost of gift choices that may be selected, and interactively guiding the gift recipient in selecting one or more of the plurality of gift choices without exceeding the designated maximum cost, including un-grouping a group of items in a gift choice into a plurality of individual items, and re-grouping a plurality of items into a group, if the plurality of items were originally part of the same group in the mufti-selection gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shop MA, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Publication number: 20170049247
    Abstract: A ramekin dispenser including a platform that may be attachable to a commercial kitchen refrigerator and a ramekin holder removably attachable to the platform. The platform may include a base that stops ramekins from falling out of the ramekin holder and that facilitates removal of one ramekin at a time from a dispensing slot. The platform may be removably or permanently attachable to the commercial kitchen refrigerator. The ramekin holder may be removably attachable to the platform via a keyhole and pin arrangement. The ramekin holder may have a cylindrical or some other shape, possibly with a slot on one side. The platform and the ramekin holder may be made of plastic, wood, metal, or any other suitable material. Also, similarly configured dispensers for other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Michael George SMITH
  • Patent number: 8392286
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including identifying a multi-selection gift, the multi-selection gift including a plurality of items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise, and interactively guiding a gift recipient in selecting at least one item of merchandise in accordance with the at least one selection rule, wherein each selection rule is a member of the group including allowing the gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total measure. A system and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Shop MA, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Patent number: 8321299
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including maintaining, by at least one of a plurality of computers, a gift database including records for multi-selection gifts, each record including a plurality of product identifiers for items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise, and interactively enabling, by at least one of the plurality of computers, a gift giver to generate a multi-selection gift for at least one gift recipient, including presenting, to the gift giver, a group of selection rules for selection by the gift giver, the group including allowing a gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Shop MA, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Publication number: 20100299228
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including maintaining, by at least one of a plurality of computers, a gift database including records for multi-selection gifts, each record including a plurality of product identifiers for items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise, and interactively enabling, by at least one of the plurality of computers, a gift giver to generate a multi-selection gift for at least one gift recipient, including presenting, to the gift giver, a group of selection rules for selection by the gift giver, the group including allowing a gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SHOP.COM
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Publication number: 20100299227
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including identifying a multi-selection gift, the multi-selection gift including a plurality of items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise, and interactively guiding a gift recipient in selecting at least one item of merchandise in accordance with the at least one selection rule, wherein each selection rule is a member of the group including allowing the gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total measure. A system and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SHOP.COM
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Patent number: 7761344
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including maintaining a merchandise database comprising records for merchandise for a plurality of merchants, each record including a stock keeping unit (SKU) for an item of merchandise, a description of the item, a price of the item, and the merchant for the item, maintaining a gift database comprising records for multi-selection gifts, each record including at least one gift recipient, a plurality of SKU's for items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule for selecting at least one of the items of merchandise, interactively enabling a gift giver to generate a multi-selection gift for a gift recipient, interactively guiding the gift recipient to select at least one of the items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift in accordance with the gift's at least one selection rule, aggregating the at least one item selected by the gift recipient according to merchant, issuing purchase orders to each merchant in accordance with the aggregated selected items correspond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Shop.com
    Inventor: Michael George Smith
  • Publication number: 20090063295
    Abstract: A method for multi-selection gifting, including maintaining a merchandise database comprising records for merchandise for a plurality of merchants, each record including a stock keeping unit (SKU) for an item of merchandise, a description of the item, a price of the item, and the merchant for the item, maintaining a gift database comprising records for multi-selection gifts, each record including at least one gift recipient, a plurality of SKU's for items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule for selecting at least one of the items of merchandise, interactively enabling a gift giver to generate a multi-selection gift for a gift recipient, Interactively guiding the gift recipient to select at least one of the items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift in accordance with the gift's at least one selection rule, aggregating the at least one item selected by the gift recipient according to merchant, issuing purchase orders to each merchant in accordance with the aggregated selected items correspond
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Michael George Smith