Patents by Inventor Zhenya Alexander Yourlo

Zhenya Alexander Yourlo 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: 20040122753
    Abstract: A service providing apparatus for providing a service to a user of a user interface card (10) is disclosed. The card (10) is configured for insertion into a card read device (1) that has a receptacle (4) to receive the interface card (10). The interface card (10) comprises a substrate (12) with indicia (14) formed thereon. The apparatus also comprises a central processing unit for receiving a service identifier and data stored on the card (10), from the read device (1). The data is related to a user selected indicia (14) wherein the central processing unit is configured to provide a service. The service is identified by the service identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Sue-Ken Yap, Robert Smeallie, Hayden Graham Fleming, William Simpson-Young, Anthony Timothy Robert Newman, Zhenya Alexander Yourlo
  • Patent number: 6711464
    Abstract: A system (128) for distributing at least one item from a set of media content items is disclosed. The system comprises the set of media content items, which can be warehoused in a vending machine (112) or in a remote server (524). The system further comprises a portable storage device (100) having at least one user selectable icon (104) and an associated reference pointer to a corresponding media content item in the set. Also, the system comprises the vending machine (112), which is responsive to a signal from the portable storage device (100), the signal being dependent upon a user selection of the icon (104). The vending machine is capable of locating the corresponding media content item, and reproducing the item on an output medium (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sue-Ken Yap, Zhenya Alexander Yourlo
  • Publication number: 20020126130
    Abstract: A method (1600) and apparatus (220) for encoding a sequence of images for transmission over a communication network is disclosed. Initially (1602) an object-based first image is rendered from a computer graphics application (240). The rendered first image is then (1604) encoded (226) according to a predetermined encoding scheme and transmitted (1606) for remote display (116). A test (1608) is then performed to determine if any more images are to be rendered. If so, the next (further) image is rendered (1612) from the computer graphics application (240) Changes between the first image and the further image are then determined (1614) from a change indicating output (244, 246) of the computer graphics application (240). The identified changes are then used (1616) to determine a manner in which the further image is to be encoded according to the predetermined format. The further image is then encoded (1618) based upon the changes. and transmitted (1620) for remote display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Zhenya Alexander Yourlo
  • Publication number: 20010025278
    Abstract: A customisable data filter system is disclosed, that is adapted to reduce the dimension of a searchable data base (100), and to enable performance of a database search and/or a data item selection, in relation to the reduced search space. The system comprises a Portable Customisable data Filter and Interface (PCFI) (204) storing at least a base data filter parameter, and able to provide a user interface by means of user selectable icons. The system also comprises a reader (210) for the PCFI (204), and database processing means (214) responsive to the data filter parameter and a user icon selection, wherein the reduced search space is defined by the filter parameter, and the database search and/or the data item selection is performed using the selectable icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Zhenya Alexander Yourlo, Cathryn Anne Chamley, Andrew Timothy Robert Newman