Patents by Inventor Robert Balfour

Robert Balfour 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: 10552884
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and listing entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitating the sales of entertainment tickets over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. The method includes the steps of providing exhibition data importation rules for importing exhibition data, electronically receiving the exhibition data from multiple exhibition data feeds in accordance with the exhibition data importation rules, and electronically eliminating any duplicates from the exhibition data. The method further includes the step of providing, over the network, to a user a listing of entertainment exhibitions in accordance with user-selected or selected criteria, in which the listing provides an option to purchase an exhibition ticket from an entertainment ticket provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Elaine Lambert, William Robert Balfour, Miroslav Kacmar, Michael Joseph Kasprow, Justin Jolyon Pertschuk
  • Publication number: 20110166964
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and listing entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitating the sales of entertainment tickets over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. The method includes the steps of providing exhibition data importation rules for importing exhibition data, electronically receiving the exhibition data from multiple exhibition data feeds in accordance with the exhibition data importation rules, and electronically eliminating any duplicates from the exhibition data. The method further includes the step of providing, over the network, to a user a listing of entertainment exhibitions in accordance with user-selected or selected criteria, in which the listing provides an option to purchase an exhibition ticket from an entertainment ticket provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Susan Elaine LAMBERT, William Robert Balfour, Miroslav Kacmar, Michael Joseph Kasprow, Justin Jolyon Pertschuk
  • Patent number: 7870040
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and listing entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitating the sales of entertainment tickets over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. The method includes the steps of providing exhibition data importation rules for importing exhibition data, electronically receiving the exhibition data from multiple exhibition data feeds in accordance with the exhibition data importation rules, and electronically eliminating any duplicates from the exhibition data. The method further includes the step of providing, over the network, to a user a listing of entertainment exhibitions in accordance with user-selected or selected criteria, in which the listing provides an option to purchase an exhibition ticket from an entertainment ticket provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Elaine Lambert, William Robert Balfour, Miroslav Kacmar, Michael Joseph Kasprow, Justin Jolyon Pertschuk
  • Publication number: 20070024612
    Abstract: A system for selecting oblique images from a collection of geo-referenced oblique images and viewing them within the context of a virtual, three- or four-dimensional (3D space and time) geographic scene, providing the ability to analyze and interact with the oblique image being viewed. The system automatically selects and displays the best fit oblique image from an image warehouse based on the user's current 3D/4D viewpoint, and continuously maintains the geo-registration of the oblique image as the user adjusts the viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Balfour