Patents by Inventor Tim Kost

Tim Kost 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: 20140006157
    Abstract: A system and method for managing rich media content in a computer system. The method can comprise assembling rich media content at a first computer system; encoding the rich media content into a plurality of computer readable data formats; uploading the encoded rich media content from the user computer system to a second computer system; storing the uploaded rich media content at the second computer system; indexing the uploaded rich media content in a computer library; creating a flyer by matching and linking uploaded rich media content and an executable icon; and distributing the flyer to at least one recipient computer system in one of the plurality of computer readable data formats determined by the network computer system to be compatible with the at least one recipient computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: UNITY WORKS MEDIA
    Inventors: Bill WORTHEN, Corey FORD, Andy MCCLURE, Dean HILLESHEIM, Tim KOST
  • Patent number: 8527604
    Abstract: A system and method for managing rich media content in a computer system. The method can comprise assembling rich media content at a first computer system; encoding the rich media content into a plurality of computer readable data formats; uploading the encoded rich media content from the user computer system to a second computer system; storing the uploaded rich media content at the second computer system; indexing the uploaded rich media content in a computer library; creating a flyer by matching and linking uploaded rich media content and an executable icon; and distributing the flyer to at least one recipient computer system in one of the plurality of computer readable data formats determined by the network computer system to be compatible with the at least one recipient computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Unity Works Media
    Inventors: Bill Worthen, Corey Ford, Andy McClure, Dean Hillesheim, Tim Kost
  • Publication number: 20100145792
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method can automatically select a plurality of advertising and/or marketing materials associated with goods and/or services offered for sale via a networked communication system. A networked communication system can be adapted to receive and organize a variety of customer specific, business specific, and general demographic information and can provide a marketing score for each customer known to be present at a commercial establishment. The system can further be adapted to provide a comparison of marketing scores for a plurality of customers and create a video playlist for display in a customer waiting room. The system can include a selectable and adjustable set of marketing parameters that may be adjusted based on one or more relevant considerations. The system can be adapted to determine, based on the marketing scores, advertising and marketing content for display at a commercial establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: William Worthen, Dean Hillesheim, Tim Kost
  • Publication number: 20050240596
    Abstract: A system and method for managing rich media content in a computer system. The method can comprise assembling rich media content at a first computer system; encoding the rich media content into a plurality of computer readable data formats; uploading the encoded rich media content from the user computer system to a second computer system; storing the uploaded rich media content at the second computer system; indexing the uploaded rich media content in a computer library; creating a flyer by matching and linking uploaded rich media content and an executable icon; and distributing the flyer to at least one recipient computer system in one of the plurality of computer readable data formats determined by the network computer system to be compatible with the at least one recipient computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Bill Worthen, Corey Ford, Andy McClure, Dean Hillesheim, Tim Kost