Patents by Inventor Peter Stwertka

Peter Stwertka 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).

  • Intelligent media splice
    Publication number: 20060002690
    Abstract: A film splice (50) includes a memory (62) containing information about an attached film segment (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Stwertka, Roger Kerr, James Greenlaw, Aakash Mankani
  • Tracking an image-recording medium using an identifying mark and film encodement
    Publication number: 20050105729
    Abstract: An image-recording medium and methods and apparatuses for providing the image-recording medium are provided. In accordance with the method, the image-recording medium is segmented and at least one identifying mark that identifies each segment of the image-recording medium is provided in an image recording area of the image-recording medium. A tracking encodement is provided that has tracking data that identifies each segment, with each tracking encodement being provided in an area of the image recording medium that does not record images. Information is stored in a database that associates the tracking data in the tracking encodement with the identifying mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Stwertka, James Greenlaw, Diane Carroll-Yacoby
  • Tracking an image-recording medium using a watermark and associated memory
    Publication number: 20050086480
    Abstract: A method for tracking a segment of an image-recording medium and an image-recording medium are provided. In a first aspect of the invention what is provided is a method for distributing an image-recording medium. In accordance with the method, an identifying mark is encoded within a recorded image area on the image-recording medium. A tracking memory is associated with the image-recording medium with the tracking memory having information stored therein. The image-recording medium is distributed to users of the image- recording medium and tracking information from the tracking memory is read and stored in a database that associates the users to whom the image-recording medium has been distributed with the identifying mark recorded in the image area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Roger Kerr, Timothy Tredwell, Christopher DuMont, Diane Carroll-Yacoby, Paul Jones, Peter Stwertka