Patents by Inventor William Kress

William Kress 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: 11997346
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface that provides context sensitive hints to assist the viewer. The system further enables viewers skip, view, and interact with advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory N. Christie, Alessandro Sabatelli, William M. Bachman, Imran Chaudhri, Jeffrey Robbin, Jim Young, Joe Howard, Marcel Van Os, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay, Jeffrey Ma, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 11956303
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: rewardStyle, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Baxter Murrell Box, Joseph Patrick Copenhaver
  • Publication number: 20230247083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: William Kress BODIN, Baxter Murrell BOX, Joseph Patrick COPENHAVER
  • Patent number: 11652867
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: rewardStyle, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Baxter Murrell Box, Joseph Patrick Copenhaver
  • Publication number: 20220400146
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: William Kress BODIN, Baxter Murrell BOX, Joseph Patrick COPENHAVER
  • Patent number: 11457059
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: rewardStyle, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Baxter Murrell Box, Joseph Patrick Copenhaver
  • Publication number: 20220058753
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for intelligent casting of social media creators includes receiving, from a provider of goods or services, a request to match a social media post topic with a social media creator among a plurality of social media creators, accessing a database comprising a plurality of social media posts by the plurality of social media creators, analyzing each social media post among the plurality of social media posts, selecting a predetermined number of social media creators among the plurality of social media creators according a best match of the request to one or more attributes of each social media creator among the plurality of social media creators and the analysis of the plurality of social media posts, and returning a list of the selected social media creators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: William Kress BODIN, Baxter Murrell BOX, Danielle Diehr DEER, David JARAMILLO, Duy Van NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20220060534
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: William Kress BODIN, Baxter Murrell BOX, Joseph Patrick COPENHAVER
  • Patent number: 9691388
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • Patent number: 9378187
    Abstract: Creating a presentation document includes creating, in dependence upon an original document, a structured document comprising one or more structural elements and creating a presentation grammar for the structured document, wherein the presentation grammar for the structured document includes grammar elements each of which includes a structural element identifier for at least one structural element of the structured document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Daniel Mark Schumacher, Thomas J. Watson
  • Patent number: 9352201
    Abstract: A rotatable football goalpost is provided comprising a mounting structure; a gooseneck, the gooseneck comprising an outer tubular member having first and second portions, each of the first and second portions of the outer tubular member having first and second ends, the first end of the first portion of the outer tubular member being secured to the mounting structure, the second end of the first portion of the outer tubular member releasably engaging the first end of the second portion of the outer tubular member such that the second portion of the outer tubular member is structured to rotate relative to the first portion of the outer tubular member; a cross bar attached to the second end of the second portion of the outer tubular member; and a pair of upright members extending from the cross bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ABT, INC.
    Inventors: William Kress Query, Jr., Larry Theodore Tucker, Timothy Harold Wallace, Christopher Charles Cucchiara, Christopher Edward Brafford, Frank Sherrill
  • Patent number: 9167087
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments typically include providing collaborative event media content including a grammar and a structured document; receiving a plurality of disparate client location representations; generating a dynamic client context for a client in dependence upon at least one of the client location representations; detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context; identifying one or more collaborators in dependence upon the dynamic client context and the event; selecting from the structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon an event type and a collaborator classification; and transmitting the selected structural element to the collaborator. In typical embodiments, each disparate client location representation includes a client location value and a client location type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Derral Charles Thorson
  • Publication number: 20150206536
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8968124
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses and methods for releasably securing a structural member of a movable goal, such as a soccer goal, to a surface, such as the ground. For example, in one embodiment, an apparatus is provided comprising: (1) an enclosure structured to be placed at least substantially below the surface, the enclosure defining a cavity; (2) a goal engaging member movable relative to the surface and structured to engage the structural member of the movable goal; and (3) a tightening mechanism mounted within the enclosure and operatively connected to the goal engaging member, the tightening mechanism being structured to urge the goal engaging member toward the tightening mechanism so that the goal engaging member releasably secures a portion of the structural member of the movable goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: ABT, Inc.
    Inventor: William Kress Query, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8968123
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for securing a movable soccer goal to a playing surface. When in use, the apparatus functions to prevent the soccer goal from being moved, thereby, making it considerably safer and more sturdy than an unsecured soccer goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: ABT, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Query, Jr., Timothy Harold Wallace, Larry Theodore Tucker
  • Patent number: 8965761
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8954844
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, where the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming speech to the user from one or more users participating in the presentation; converting the speech to text; detecting a total sound level for the user; and determining whether to display the text in dependence upon the total sound level for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Daniel Mark Schumacher, Thomas J. Watson
  • Patent number: 8920289
    Abstract: A form assembly and method is provided for use in making a jump pit having a cover. The form assembly comprises at least one frame member structured to form a ledge for receiving the cover and a removable form member removably secured to the frame member. The method comprises providing a frame member and removably securing a removable form member to the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: ABT, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Query, Jr., Christopher Charles Cucchiara
  • Publication number: 20140188469
    Abstract: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming presentation speech to the user including individual speech from at least one user participating in the presentation; converting the presentation speech to text; detecting whether the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users; and displaying the text if the presentation speech contains simultaneous individual speech from two or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Thomas James Watson, Daniel Mark Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20140087919
    Abstract: A form assembly and method is provided for use in making a jump pit having a cover. The form assembly comprises at least one frame member structured to form a ledge for receiving the cover and a removable form member removably secured to the frame member. The method comprises providing a frame member and removably securing a removable form member to the frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: William Kress Query, JR., Christopher Charles Cucchiara