Patents by Inventor Victor V. Sazhin

Victor V. Sazhin 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: 8234161
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for increasing popularity of a website including making agreements with vendors of product for distribution through the website; periodically making available the products on the website to all visitors of the website; and delivering the products to all visitors of the website. Visitors to the website can vote on selection of the product. The products can be made available as a daily reward. The products can be available for installation only for a limited period of time, and can include an installation wrapper with an unlocker that permits installation only for the limited period of time. The unlocker verifies with the server whether the product can be installed and activated, and can be a DLL, an executable file, an ACTIVE-X component, a registry settings file, and a cryptographic key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Victor Sazhin Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Victor V. Sazhin
  • Patent number: 7596762
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for modifying a standard Windows image viewer, including loading an image editing module into an address space of the standard image viewer that does not support plug-ins with added toolbars; integrating the image editing module into the standard image viewer; and displaying a toolbar of the image editing module to a user. The toolbar can include any of the following functions: red eye remover, color correction, caricature effects, lighting effects, retouching, re-sizing, cropping, removal of artifacts. An instance of the image editing module can be loaded for each instance of the standard image viewer. The image editing module maintains modality with the standard image viewer. A file name and file extension corresponding to an image being viewed can be displayed based on a file properties dialog window, or based on a current folder of the image being viewed. The standard Windows image editor can be forced to display the most current edited version of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Linerock Investments Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor V. Sazhin, Alexander V. Dyagilev