Patents by Inventor David Leroy Futscher

David Leroy Futscher 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: 11520479
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a plurality of audio reactions from a plurality of client devices. The audio reactions are captured by microphones on the client devices and are time-stamped. The method also includes mixing the audio reactions by a mixer server to form a mixed audio reaction, and sending the mixed audio reaction to at least one of the client devices. The client device is adapted to play the mixed audio reaction and a mass media presentation. The mixed audio reaction and the mass media presentation are synchronized to create an audience effect for the mass media presentation. The present technology also provides echo removal, volume balancing, compression, and time stamping of an audio stream by the client device. Reactions from at least one of buttons and gestures to activate synthesized sounds, for example clapping, booing, and cheering, which are mixed into the mixed audio reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PIQPIQ, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Adam Lerner, David Leroy Futscher, James C. Allen
  • Publication number: 20200225844
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a plurality of audio reactions from a plurality of client devices. The audio reactions are captured by microphones on the client devices and are time-stamped. The method also includes mixing the audio reactions by a mixer server to form a mixed audio reaction, and sending the mixed audio reaction to at least one of the client devices. The client device is adapted to play the mixed audio reaction and a mass media presentation. The mixed audio reaction and the mass media presentation are synchronized to create an audience effect for the mass media presentation. The present technology also provides echo removal, volume balancing, compression, and time stamping of an audio stream by the client device. Reactions from at least one of buttons and gestures to activate synthesized sounds, for example clapping, booing, and cheering, which are mixed into the mixed audio reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: PIQPIQ, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Adam Lerner, David Leroy Futscher, James C. Allen
  • Publication number: 20180067641
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure include a virtual wall having a plurality of media, as referred to as entries or media items. The system lays out the entries horizontally and vertically in the virtual wall. In the virtual wall, many carousels, or horizontal strips of pages, are stacked vertically, and gestures are detected to move vertically, from one horizontal strip to the next above or below. To navigate the display to the next carousel, the client device receives a user input to navigate between carousels, and transitions between the currently displayed media item to a media item in a different carousel. To navigate to the next media item within a carousel, the client device receives a user input to navigate between media items within a carousel, and transitions between the currently displayed media item and a next or previous media item within the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Edward Adam Lerner, David Leroy Futscher, James C. Allen