Patents by Inventor Steven C. Sefton

Steven C. Sefton 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).

  • Publication number: 20150324843
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing, processing, and presenting information includes having customers provide initial information and additional information for use in creating a product for presenting all or a portion of the provided information. A feature of the system and method includes mining the customer-provided information to include other relevant information, not directly supplied by the customer, in the product. A further feature of the system and method includes using the customer-provided information to generate targeted advertising in the form of targeted coupons or other offers for the customer. A further feature of the system and method includes inviting the customers to create an online registry to provide information for use in creating the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: G. Scott Mindrum, Steven C. Sefton
  • Publication number: 20140320932
    Abstract: A user interface is presented to a remote user via a network, such as through a computer. A preview command is received from the user. A scanning process (e.g., scanning multiple photographs simultaneously) is initiated at a scanner coupled with the user's computer, in response to receiving the preview command. The act of initiating is performed from a location remote from the user. A single scanned image is obtained through the scanner. A plurality of crop selections are received from the user, all of which are made within the single scanned image. Several regions within multiple scanned photographs may be selected for cropping. A plurality of image files are created based on the crop selections. The plurality of image files may be created in response to the user clicking just once on a button presented by the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MAKING EVERLASTING MEMORIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael M. Piehler, Shawna M. Becknell, Benjamin M. Evans, Jeffrey J. Johnson, Steven C. Sefton, G. Scott Mindrum
  • Publication number: 20110161166
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing, processing, and presenting information includes having customers provide initial information and additional information for use in creating a product for presenting all or a portion of the provided information. A feature of the system and method includes mining the customer-provided information to include other relevant information, not directly supplied by the customer, in the product. A further feature of the system and method includes using the customer-provided information to generate targeted advertising in the form of targeted coupons or other offers for the customer. A further feature of the system and method includes inviting the customers to create an online registry to provide information for use in creating the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: G. Scott Mindrum, Steven C. Sefton
  • Publication number: 20100299621
    Abstract: A user interface is presented to a remote user via a network, such as through a computer. A preview command is received from the user. A scanning process (e.g., scanning multiple photographs simultaneously) is initiated at a scanner coupled with the user's computer, in response to receiving the preview command. The act of initiating is performed from a location remote from the user. A single scanned image is obtained through the scanner. A plurality of crop selections are received from the user, all of which are made within the single scanned image. Several regions within multiple scanned photographs may be selected for cropping. A plurality of image files are created based on the crop selections. The plurality of image files may be created in response to the user clicking just once on a button presented by the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Making Everlasting Memories, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael M. Piehler, Shawna M. Becknell, Benjamin M. Evans, Jeffrey J. Johnson, Steven C. Sefton, G. Scott Mindrum