| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39526 |
Wireless image transfer from a digital still video camera to a networked computer |
March 20, 2007 |
| A portable image transfer system includes a digital still camera which captures images in digital form and stores the images in a camera memory, a cellular telephone transmitter, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU controls the camera memory to cause it to output data repres |
| 7616840 |
Techniques for using an image for the retrieval of television program information |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method for determining a video file such as a television program file is provided. The method comprises receiving information identifying an input image; comparing the input image with a plurality of video files to determine a video file that includes information that is considered to |
| 7606444 |
Multimodal access of meeting recordings |
October 20, 2009 |
| A meeting recorder captures multimodal information of a meeting. Subsequent analysis of the information produces scores indicative of visually and aurally significant events that can help identify significant segments of the meeting recording. Textual analysis can enhance searching f |
| 7603615 |
Multimedia projector-printer |
October 13, 2009 |
| A multimedia projector/printer system capable of displaying, printing, and controlling all multimedia content associated with a multi-media document. The multimedia projector/printer has a multimedia image generator. A print driver interface is provided that allows users to "print" a |
| 7587412 |
Mixed media reality brokerage network and methods of use |
September 8, 2009 |
| A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system associated techniques are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the MMR system includes a MMR brokerage network having a customer, an MMR broker, an MMR service bureau and an MMR clearinghouse. The MMR brokerage network allows these entities to i |
| 7577901 |
Multimedia document annotation |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for adding multimedia annotations to paper documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user generates a multimedia annotation to be combined to a paper document. The multimedia annotation is combined with the paper document to form a multimedia document. In an |
| 7573604 |
Printer with embedded retrieval and publishing interface |
August 11, 2009 |
| A system and method for a printer that receives a data containing multimedia information or a pointer to multimedia content and performs various actions in accordance with the received document. The printer may retrieve the multimedia content based on pointers within the document or |
| 7573593 |
Printer with hardware and software interfaces for media devices |
August 11, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of multimedia received from a media source that is communicatively coupled to the printer. Based on the received multimedia data, the printing system produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the |
| 7570380 |
Printer user interface |
August 4, 2009 |
| A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media and is operated via a user interface. The user interface includes a touch screen for accepting command inputs and providing information to a user. Time-based media data is received by the printer from a media source spe |
| 7554576 |
Information capture and recording system for controlling capture devices |
June 30, 2009 |
| Techniques for capturing and receiving digital information. The digital information may comprise information of one or more types including video information, audio information, images, documents, whiteboard information, notes information, and the like. Various actions may be perform |
| 7551780 |
System and method for using individualized mixed document |
June 23, 2009 |
| A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). |
| 7551312 |
Annotable document printer |
June 23, 2009 |
| A printer receives a multimedia document as input and creates two documents as output: a paper version of the multimedia document and a "mapping" file that maps marks on the physical pages onto actions. The mapping table is supplied to an application associated with a pen-capture dev |
| 7528977 |
Printer with hardware and software interfaces for peripheral devices |
May 5, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of multimedia received from a device that is docked on the printer. Based on received multimedia data, the printing system produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed and electronic outputs |
| 7528976 |
Stand alone printer with hardware/software interfaces for sharing multimedia processing |
May 5, 2009 |
| A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shared, as determined by a |
| 7511846 |
Printer having embedded functionality for printing time-based media |
March 31, 2009 |
| A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media. Based on received time-based media data, the printer produces a paper or other printed output as well as a related electronic output. Together, the printed and electronic outputs provide a representation of the time-based |
| 7508535 |
Stand alone multimedia printer with user interface for allocating processing |
March 24, 2009 |
| A printing system for time-based data enables the printing of time-based media by sharing processing resources on a printer and on an external media processing system such as an external service, for example, a web service. The media processing may similarly be shared, as determined by a |
| 7506250 |
Techniques for determining electronic document information for paper documents |
March 17, 2009 |
| Techniques for determining electronic document information for a paper document. The electronic document information determined for a paper document may include information identifying an electronic document corresponding to the paper document. The electronic document information may |
| 7505178 |
Semantic classification and enhancement processing of images for printing applications |
March 17, 2009 |
| A printing system enables the printing of enhanced documents using a semantic classification scheme. A printing system receives an image to be printed. The system classifies the image according to the semantic classification scheme and, based on this classification, performs enhancem |
| 7505163 |
User interface for networked printer |
March 17, 2009 |
| A multifunction printer enables the printing of time-based media and is operated via a user interface. The user interface includes a touch screen for accepting command inputs and providing information to a user. Time-based media data is received by the printer from a media source spe |
| 7495795 |
Interface for printing multimedia information |
February 24, 2009 |
| Techniques for printing stored or recorded information that may include information of one or more types and may be stored in one or more multimedia documents. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that facilitates printing of information stored by the one or more multimedia d |
| 7487270 |
Method and apparatus for using a personal digital assistant to interface with a communication st |
February 3, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA, and parsing the s |
| 7475251 |
Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality |
January 6, 2009 |
| A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives the content to be encrypted, encrypts the content, and generates an electronic output of the encrypted content. The multim |
| 7440126 |
Printer with document-triggered processing |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system and method for a printer that can detect characteristics of a printed document and trigger an action in response, in addition to or instead of the action of printing the document. |
| 7428578 |
Remotely initiated document transmission |
September 23, 2008 |
| A method, system, computer program product, and user interface for securely and remotely selecting and initiating transmission of stored electronic documents from one device to another. The user may perform such operations with respect to documents on a source PC from any network-con |
| 7424974 |
Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents |
September 16, 2008 |
| Techniques that facilitate tracking of physical locations of paper documents. Embodiments of the present invention can track physical locations of paper documents that have identification tags physically associated with them. Each identification tag that is physically associated with |
| 7424129 |
Printing system with embedded audio/video content recognition and processing |
September 9, 2008 |
| A printing system includes embedded functionality for performing media content recognition and processing. Based on the results of the content recognition and processing performed on the media content, the printing system can generate a paper-based or other printed representation the |
| 7415670 |
Printer with audio/video localization |
August 19, 2008 |
| A multimedia printing device receives multimedia data, processes it, and outputs it, thereby enhancing the handling and use of such data. In an embodiment, the processed data are output in a variety of formats, including on video paper, through a multimedia broadcast, or a bar code p |
| 7394938 |
Automated techniques for comparing contents of images |
July 1, 2008 |
| Automated techniques for comparing contents of images. For a given image (referred to as an "input image"), a set of images (referred to as "a set of candidate images") are processed to determine if the set of candidate images comprises an image whose contents or portions thereof match |
| 7375835 |
E-mail transmission of print-ready documents |
May 20, 2008 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for transmitting print-ready electronic documents to a printer using e-mail as a transport mechanism. Responsive to a user request, a source PC transmits a document in print-ready format, so that there is no need for the printer to run or |
| 7357300 |
Method and apparatus for tracking documents in a workflow |
April 15, 2008 |
| A workflow system and method include tracking the physical movement of documents. The information of the physical movement is incorporated with the flow graph of a workflow. A display of the workflow can then be enhanced by the information relating to the physical movement of the doc |
| 7328245 |
Remote retrieval of documents |
February 5, 2008 |
| A method, system, computer program product, and user interface for enabling secure, remote selection and retrieval of stored electronic documents from a user's PC or other device. The user may obtain such access to his or her documents from any network-connected location, regardless |
| 7314994 |
Music processing printer |
January 1, 2008 |
| An audio processing device receives, processes, and outputs music and audio files to a variety of electronic and paper-based formats. In one embodiment, the audio processing device generates a score based on a music or audio file, and/or can match the file to melodies stored in a pre |
| 7308443 |
Techniques for video retrieval based on HMM similarity |
December 11, 2007 |
| A query is received. The query may be an object containing temporal information. A query model including static and temporal components is then determined for the object. A weighting for static and temporal components is also determined. The query model is then compared with one or m |
| 7305381 |
Asynchronous unconscious retrieval in a network of information appliances |
December 4, 2007 |
| A method, system, and computer program product for asynchronous unconscious retrieval retrieves and presents information to end users without requiring the end users to explicitly request the information. The invention automatically and asynchronously formulates queries and presents |
| 7299412 |
Methods and apparatuses for publication of unconsciously captured documents |
November 20, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatuses for searching unconsciously captured documents and publishing the results are disclosed. Documents processed by one or more networked devices are saved to a storage device coupled to the network. The documents can be searched to retrieve desired documents. In one |
| 7299405 |
Method and system for information management to facilitate the exchange of ideas during a collab |
November 20, 2007 |
| A unique combination of components is disclosed to facilitate information management during a collaborative effort. Interaction during a meeting is supported by the use of devices in a manner that allows attendees to quickly retrieve and display documents on-command or automatically. The |
| 7298930 |
Multimodal access of meeting recordings |
November 20, 2007 |
| A meeting recorder captures multimodal information of a meeting. Subsequent analysis of the information produces scores indicative of visually and aurally significant events that can help identify significant segments of the meeting recording. Textual analysis can enhance searching f |
| 7289685 |
Paper based method for collecting digital data |
October 30, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for collecting digital data. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving data input by scanning a sheet of paper using a scanner on a machine, identifying the sheet of paper as a form having one or more fields of user entered data to validate, validating the |
| 7275159 |
Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality |
September 25, 2007 |
| A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives the content to be encrypted, encrypts the content, and generates an electronic output of the encrypted content. The multim |
| 7266782 |
Techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper-based interface for multimedia information |
September 4, 2007 |
| The present invention provides techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper document comprising one or more pages, wherein the paper document is generated by printing a printable representation of multimedia information on a paper medium. The coversheet may provide a summary of |
| 7263671 |
Techniques for annotating multimedia information |
August 28, 2007 |
| The present invention provides techniques for generating a printable representation of multimedia information that can be printed on a paper medium to provide a paper-based interface for the multimedia information. The printable representation for the multimedia information is annotated |
| 7263659 |
Paper-based interface for multimedia information |
August 28, 2007 |
| The present invention provides techniques for generating a printable representation of multimedia information that can be printed on a paper medium to provide a paper-based interface for the multimedia information. The paper-based interface provided by the present invention provides a |
| 7257589 |
Techniques for targeting information to users |
August 14, 2007 |
| Techniques for providing relevant information to a user based on information or documents accessed or viewed by the user. The relevant information is provided automatically to the user without requiring user input. The information provided to the user is selected from information pro |
| 7253919 |
Printer with embedded retrieval and publishing interface |
August 7, 2007 |
| A system and method for a printer that receives a data containing multimedia information or a pointer to multimedia content and performs various actions in accordance with the received document. The printer may retrieve the multimedia content based on pointers within the document or |
| 7236632 |
Automated techniques for comparing contents of images |
June 26, 2007 |
| Automated techniques for comparing contents of images. For a given image (referred to as an "input image"), a set of images (referred to as "a set of candidate images") are processed to determine if the set of candidate images comprises an image whose contents or portions thereof match |
| 7215436 |
Device for generating a multimedia paper document |
May 8, 2007 |
| Techniques for generating a printable representation of multimedia information that can be printed on a paper medium to provide a paper-based interface for the multimedia information. An output device is configured to print the printable representation of multimedia information on a |
| 7206773 |
Techniques for accessing information captured during a presentation using a paper document hando |
April 17, 2007 |
| Techniques that enable information recorded during a presentation to be accessed or retrieved using a handout printed for the presentation. A user can select one or more items, such as slides, printed on the handout and access portions of the recorded information when the user-selected |
| 7167191 |
Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations |
January 23, 2007 |
| Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations. According to an embodiment, the presentation recording appliance (PRA) receives multimedia presentation information comprising video information and/or audio information. The PRA may also receive information from e |
| 7149957 |
Techniques for retrieving multimedia information using a paper-based interface |
December 12, 2006 |
| The present invention provides techniques for generating a printable representation of multimedia information that can be printed on a paper medium to provide a paper-based interface for the multimedia information. According to the teachings of the present invention, the paper document |
| 7136530 |
Extracting information from symbolically compressed document images |
November 14, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for extracting information from symbolically compressed document images. A deciphering module generates first and second text strings by deciphering respective sequences of template identifiers in first and second symbolically compressed document images. A cond |
