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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Doug Imbruce, New York, NY (US);

Owen Bossola, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Louis Monier, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Rasmus Knutsson, New York, NY (US);

Christian Le Cocq, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Doug Imbruce, New York, NY (US);

Owen Bossola, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Louis Monier, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Rasmus Knutsson, New York, NY (US);

Christian Le Cocq, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/00 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present innovations relate to systems and/or methods involving multimedia modules, objects or animations. According to an illustrative implementation, one method may include accepting at least one input keyword relating to a subject for the animation and performing processing associated with templates. Further, templates may generates different types of output, and each template may include components for display time, screen location, and animation parameters. Other aspects of the innovations may involve providing search results, retrieving data from a plurality of web sites or data collections, assembling information into multimedia modules or animations, and/or providing module or animation for playback.


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