Patents by Inventor Peter A. Zannucci

Peter A. Zannucci 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: 9195754
    Abstract: Generally speaking embodiments that dynamically expand the amount of information displayed with search or query results are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a method for viewing information of a search that includes presenting a number of search results in response to a search, enabling a user to select one or more of the search results for a period of time, and dynamically expanding an amount of information associated with the selected search result based upon the period of time. Further embodiments comprise apparatuses having a display and a selection sensor to sense when a user selects one of the results and measure a period of time that the user selects the result. These embodiments also include a result expander to expand the amount of information displayed for a selected result as the period of time increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven F. Best, Robert J. Eggers, Jr., Janice M. Girouard, Peter A. Zannucci
  • Publication number: 20090313220
    Abstract: Generally speaking embodiments that dynamically expand the amount of information displayed with search or query results are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a method for viewing information of a search that includes presenting a number of search results in response to a search, enabling a user to select one or more of the search results for a period of time, and dynamically expanding an amount of information associated with the selected search result based upon the period of time. Further embodiments comprise apparatuses haying a display and a selection sensor to sense when a user selects one of the results and measure a period of time that the user selects the result. These embodiments also include a result expander to expand the amount of information displayed for a selected result as the period of time increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven F. Best, Robert J. Eggers, JR., Janice M. Girouard, Peter A. Zannucci
  • Patent number: 7490340
    Abstract: A user enters control settings into a content receiver whereby the control settings correspond to a particular viewer or a particular time-of-day. The content receiver receives a media signal and metadata that includes censorship level information. The content receiver uses the control settings to identify an applicable censorship level and uses the metadata to de-scramble the media signal to a censorship level corresponding to the identified applicable censorship level. The content receiver provides the de-scrambled media signal to a viewer's display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hamzy, Scott Thomas Jones, Peter A. Zannucci
  • Patent number: 6816270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a data processing system for processing a print job. A call is received from an application to print the print job to a selected printer, wherein the print job includes a request to use a hardware service. A print preview of the print job prior to printing the print job is provided. Responsive to receiving an indication that the print job is to be printed after providing the print preview, the print job is sent to a device driver for the selected printer to print the print job. A determination is made as to whether the selected printer supports the hardware service. Responsive to a determination that the hardware service is unsupported by the selected printer, the hardware service is provided using a software simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Richard Cooper, Rabindranath Dutta, Mark Joseph Hamzy, Mark Wayne Vanderwiele, Peter A. Zannucci
  • Publication number: 20040210928
    Abstract: A system and method for selectively de-scrambling a media signal is presented. A user enters control settings into a content receiver whereby the control settings correspond to a particular viewer or a particular time-of-day. The content receiver receives a media signal and metadata that includes censorship level information. The content receiver uses the control settings to identify an applicable censorship level and uses the metadata to de-scramble the media signal to a censorship level corresponding to the identified applicable censorship level. The content receiver provides the de-scrambled media signal to a viewer's display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hamzy, Scott Thomas Jones, Peter A. Zannucci