Patents by Inventor Michael J. Telek

Michael J. Telek 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 system for sharing images over a communication network among a plurality of users in accordance with a criteria
    Publication number: 20030236832
    Abstract: A method for sharing a compilation of digital images over a communication network among a plurality of users using a controlling computer. A subcompliation of the compilation of digital images is forwarded to the plurality of users over the communication network by the controlling computer wherein the digital images in the subcompilation are displayed in a predetermined sequence. Each of the users have the ability to view the digital images in the compilation in accordance with a criteria selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dale F. McIntyre, Mark D. Dawson, Michael J. Telek, Juan E. Ortiz, John K. McBride
  • User interface for electronic image viewing apparatus
    Patent number: 6310648
    Abstract: An apparatus for viewing and manipulating electronic image data corresponding to one or more images includes a display device for generating a displayed image from the electronic image data and for displaying a first set of graphical elements oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to a second set of graphical elements. A first user control is arranged so that its direction of user engagement is oriented parallel to the first set of graphical elements for initiating one or more operations represented by the first set of graphical elements, and a second user control is arranged so that its direction of user engagement is oriented parallel to the second set of graphical elements for initiating one or more operations represented by the second set of graphical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael E. Miller, Richard W. Lourette, Peter C. Fellegara, Carolyn A. Bussi, Michael J. Telek, Matthew E. Hunter, Duncan R. Kerr