Patents by Inventor Robert Silkey

Robert Silkey 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: 12265591
    Abstract: Enhanced metadata with optimized output. In an embodiment, a content object is received. First metadata to be associated with the content object is determined. At least one metadata field to be acquired is determined based on an association, within a stored knowledge structure, of the at least one metadata field with the first metadata. Second metadata to be associated with the content object is acquired based on the at least one metadata field. A metadata structure and markup format for the content object are determined. The metadata structure incorporates both the first metadata and the second metadata. The content object is output with the metadata structure and in the markup format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Einstein Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Silkey, Ted Ricasa, Sergiy Zubatiy, Jeremy Michael Hawkins, Christopher Cherry
  • Patent number: 11768910
    Abstract: Enhanced metadata with optimized output. In an embodiment, a content object is received. First metadata to be associated with the content object is determined. At least one metadata field to be acquired is determined based on an association, within a stored knowledge structure, of the at least one metadata field with the first metadata. Second metadata to be associated with the content object is acquired based on the at least one metadata field. A metadata structure and markup format for the content object are determined. The metadata structure incorporates both the first metadata and the second metadata. The content object is output with the metadata structure and in the markup format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: EINSTEIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Silkey, Ted Ricasa, Sergiy Zubatiy, Jeremy Michael Hawkins, Christopher Cherry
  • Patent number: 11106760
    Abstract: Enhanced metadata with optimized output. In an embodiment, a content object is received. First metadata to be associated with the content object is determined. At least one metadata field to be acquired is determined based on an association, within a stored knowledge structure, of the at least one metadata field with the first metadata. Second metadata to be associated with the content object is acquired based on the at least one metadata field. A metadata structure and markup format for the content object are determined. The metadata structure incorporates both the first metadata and the second metadata. The content object is output with the metadata structure and in the markup format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EINSTEIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Silkey, Ted Ricasa, Sergiy Zubatiy, Jeremy Michael Hawkins, Christopher Cherry
  • Patent number: 8015075
    Abstract: Technical systems and related methods for accounting and bookkeeping operations in an ecommerce enterprise combining elements of both franchise and multilevel business operations are provided that allow a franchisor to establish ecommerce franchisees as direct sales agents while maintaining the accounting and bookkeeping functions within the franchisor. The accounting and bookkeeping operational system allows for the use of a multilevel marketing organizational structure within an ecommerce franchise to motivate direct sales agents to make sales while maintaining the accounting functions at the franchisor and providing direct sales agents with the ecommerce sales tools needed to be successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Value Added Benefits, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Silkey, Ted Ricasa, Thomas Hamann
  • Publication number: 20090112730
    Abstract: Technical systems and related methods for accounting and bookkeeping operations in an ecommerce enterprise combining elements of both franchise and multilevel business operations are provided that allow a franchisor to establish ecommerce franchisees as direct sales agents while maintaining the accounting and bookkeeping functions within the franchisor. The accounting and bookkeeping operational system allows for the use of a multilevel marketing organizational structure within an ecommerce franchise to motivate direct sales agents to make sales while maintaining the accounting functions at the franchisor and providing direct sales agents with the ecommerce sales tools needed to be successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: VALUE ADDED BENEFITS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Silkey, Ted Ricasa, Thomas Hamann