Patents by Inventor Ivan S. Fuller

Ivan S. Fuller 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: 6731314
    Abstract: A client computer program provides instructions for a processor to locate and retrieve rich media and HTML files for running in a three-dimensional graphical user interface. The program provides instructions for the processor to generate a three-dimensional (3D) graphical user interface on a display. Then, the processor generates a metaphorical user object for navigating and interacting in the three dimensions within the environment via navigational and interactional inputs, respectively, from a user. The processor also integrates an HTML object into the environment, and interacts the user object with the HTML object in response to an interactional input from the user. Preferably, the processor generates one or more additional user objects for additional users. Each of the additional user objects can also interact with the HTML object, the first user object and/or each other within the environment in response to interactional inputs from the additional users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Muse Corporation
    Inventors: Gavin Cheng, Jonathan Cheng, Geoffrey F. Graber, Dwayne Serjeant, Payton R. White, Ivan S. Fuller, Mark C. Barnes, Ralph P. Seguin