Patents by Inventor Steve Souza

Steve Souza 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: 9041726
    Abstract: Approaches for analyzing large data sets using a digital image. A hardware or software component may arrange values of one or more data sets into a table. Each cell of the table may comprise a set of values from the one or more data sets. After mapping each cell of the table to a particular color, a digital image is generated based on the mapping of values in each of the cells of the table to color. The digital image may identify the minimum value and the maximum value of the one or more data sets. An analytical operation on the digital image may be performed by deriving values represented by the colors associated with the pixels of the digital image using the minimum value and the maximum value. The digital image enables data analysis on the data represented by the digital image in an expeditious and intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Steve Souza
  • Publication number: 20130235066
    Abstract: Approaches for analyzing large data sets using a digital image. A hardware or software component may arrange values of one or more data sets into a table. Each cell of the table may comprise a set of values from the one or more data sets. After mapping each cell of the table to a particular color, a digital image is generated based on the mapping of values in each of the cells of the table to color. The digital image may identify the minimum value and the maximum value of the one or more data sets. An analytical operation on the digital image may be performed by deriving values represented by the colors associated with the pixels of the digital image using the minimum value and the maximum value. The digital image enables data analysis on the data represented by the digital image in an expeditious and intuitive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Steve Souza
  • Patent number: 8395624
    Abstract: Approaches for generating a digital image that facilitates data analysis. An application may arrange values of one or more data sets into a table based on a selected set of columns. The application may apply one or more formulas to each cell to generate a second table that has a single value in each cell. The application maps, for each cell of the second table, the value stored therein to an attribute (such as a color). The application may generate a digital image by determining a color for each pixel of the digital image based on how the cells are mapped to colors. The digital image enables data analysis, such as the identification of trends, patterns, and/or anomalies, on any number of data sets in an expeditious and intuitive manner. The digital image may be dynamically updated to reflect further analysis or incremental updates to the data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Steve Souza
  • Publication number: 20110012917
    Abstract: Approaches for generating a digital image that facilitates data analysis. An application may arrange values of one or more data sets into a table based on a selected set of columns. The application may apply one or more formulas to each cell to generate a second table that has a single value in each cell. The application maps, for each cell of the second table, the value stored therein to an attribute (such as a color). The application may generate a digital image by determining a color for each pixel of the digital image based on how the cells are mapped to colors. The digital image enables data analysis, such as the identification of trends, patterns, and/or anomalies, on any number of data sets in an expeditious and intuitive manner. The digital image may be dynamically updated to reflect further analysis or incremental updates to the data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Steve SOUZA
  • Publication number: 20020082879
    Abstract: A system provides potential patrons of a venue with information about seats in the venue over the Internet. Users of the system may select seat objects from an interactive seat map and receive information about the seat. The seat information may include photographic images of the seat or its view or textual comments about the seat. Each seat object in the seat map may be pointer-sensitive and linked to an entry in a database relating to a corresponding seat. A Method is provided for pricing seats in a seat map. A number of seats in a venue may be selected and assigned a ticket price for an event. Seats with different prices may be designated with different colors on the seat map when pricing the seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Brent Miller, Steve Souza, Jonathon Seigle