Patents by Inventor Tim Mortenson

Tim Mortenson 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).

  • Document processing using color marking
    Patent number: 6999204
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, method and computer program for processing documents using color marking. The apparatus includes a color scanner, a memory and a processor. The color scanner creates an image of each document. The memory stores one or more document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of one or more color swatches within the image. The processor is coupled to the color scanner and the memory. In addition, the processor controls the color scanner, determining whether one or more color swatches are present or absent in the image and executing the document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of the one or more color swatches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Global 360, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Mortenson, Alexander Shustorovich, Christopher William Thrasher
  • Document processing using color marking
    Publication number: 20020145746
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, method and computer program for processing documents using color marking. The apparatus includes a color scanner, a memory and a processor. The color scanner creates an image of each document. The memory stores one or more document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of one or more color swatches within the image. The processor is coupled to the color scanner and the memory. In addition, the processor controls the color scanner, determining whether one or more color swatches are present or absent in the image and executing the document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of the one or more color swatches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Tim Mortenson, Alexander Shustorovich, Christopher William Thrasher