Patents by Inventor William Patrick Flynn

William Patrick Flynn 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).

  • System and methods for image management
    Patent number: 8051035
    Abstract: An image management system includes a first storage device configured to store a list of image identifiers indexed by one or more image property descriptors, wherein each of the image identifiers corresponds to a digital image, an index processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to write the image identifiers and the associated image property descriptors for each image identifier in the image index storage, and a search processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to receive a specified image property descriptor and to identify one or more image identifiers that match the specified image property descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: William Patrick Flynn, Paul D. Taratino, Emily Josephine Butler
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMAGE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090157638
    Abstract: An image management system includes a first storage device configured to store a list of image identifiers indexed by one or more image property descriptors, wherein each of the image identifiers corresponds to a digital image, an index processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to write the image identifiers and the associated image property descriptors for each image identifier in the image index storage, and a search processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to receive a specified image property descriptor and to identify one or more image identifiers that match the specified image property descriptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: William Patrick Flynn, Paul D. Taratino, Emily Josephine Butler
  • System and methods for image management
    Patent number: 7512859
    Abstract: An image management system includes a first storage device configured to store a list of image identifiers indexed by one or more image property descriptors, wherein each of the image identifiers corresponds to a digital image, an index processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to write the image identifiers and the associated image property descriptors for each image identifier in the image index storage, and a search processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to receive a specified image property descriptor and to identify one or more image identifiers that match the specified image property descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: William Patrick Flynn, Paul D. Taratino, Emily Josephine Butler