Patents by Inventor Marc Brian Wisnudel
Marc Brian Wisnudel 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).
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Patent number: 7955681Abstract: An optical article configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes an optical data layer for storing data, wherein the data is read from the optical data layer in an activated state of functionality, and a material capable of undergoing a morphological transformation being disposed on the optical data layer and adapted to irreversibly alter from a first morphology to a second morphology upon interaction with the external stimulus to alter the state of functionality of the optical article from a pre-activated state to the activated state.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLCInventors: Kasiraman Krishnan, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Lifeng Zhang
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Publication number: 20100258745Abstract: A system for altering a functionality of an optical article from a pre-activated state to an activated state, comprising an optical article comprising an optical data layer for storing data, an external radiation source for generating an external stimulus adapted to interact with the optical article, such interaction causing a change in optical accessibility of optically stored data, a directing material, wherein said directing material is for directing the external stimulus to selective portions of the optical article, thereby altering the functionality of the optical article from a pre-activated state to an activated state; a convertible element capable of responding to the external stimulus to irreversibly alter the optical article from the pre-activated state of functionality to the activated state of functionality, wherein said convertible element comprises a color-shift dye, a magnetic material, a thermo-chromic material, a magneto-optical material, a light scattering material, a phase-change material,Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, Terry Michael Topka, Pingfan Peter Wu, Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, David Gilles Gascoyne, William David Smith, Adil Minoo Dhalla, Yogendrasinh Bharatsinh Chauhan, Rupesh Bhikaji Pawar, Bharat Singh, Sriramakrishna Maruvada, Vandita Pai-Paranjape, Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Philippe Schottland, Eugene George Olczak, Ashok Menon
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Patent number: 7802274Abstract: An optical data storage article is configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality. The optical data storage article includes a physical surface modification configured to alter an optical integrity of the optical data storage article upon interaction with an external stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Kasiraman Krishnan, Lifeng Zhang, Matthew Jeremiah Misner
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Publication number: 20100234493Abstract: A thermally responsive ink composition consisting of at least one halochromic optical-state change material, at least one base, at least one solvent, and at least one binder material. The pH of the ink composition is such that the halochromic optical-state change material remains in its basic state until it is acted upon by a thermal stimulus. The ink composition is capable of transforming from a first optical state to a second optical state upon a change in pH caused by exposure to a thermal stimulus. A thermally responsive ink composition consisting of at least one quaternary onium salt of an halochromic optical-state change material, at least one solvent, and at least one binder material is also disclosed. Coating compositions prepared using these ink compositions and optical articles comprising these coating compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrea Jeannine Peters, James Anthony Cella, Thomas Joseph Fyvie, David Gilles Gascoyne, Timothy Leigh Chuck, James Mitchell White, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Whitney Jeanne Olson, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Trevor James Dale
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Publication number: 20100234504Abstract: A thermochromic ink composition comprises at least one thermochromic optical-state change material, at least one thermally responsive pH modifier, and at least one base and at least one binder material. The quantity of the thermally responsive pH modifier is less than or equal to about 0.25 milli moles based on the amount of optical-state change material. The ink composition is capable of transforming from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to a thermal stimulus. The thermochromic ink composition may comprise a nitro dye. A thermochromic coating composition formed using the thermochromic ink composition is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Thomas Joseph Fyvie, David Gilles Gascoyne, Andrea Jeannine Peters, Marc Brian Wisnudel
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Patent number: 7760614Abstract: An optical article comprising at least one data side and configured for transformation from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes an optical data layer for storing data. Furthermore, the optical article includes an electrically responsive layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the electrically responsive layer is characterized by an optical absorbance in the range of about 200 nm to about 800 nm. The electrically responsive layer being configured to transform from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to an external stimulus, and being capable of irreversibly transforming the optical article from the pre-activated state of functionality to the activated state of functionality. The electrically responsive layer includes a binder polymeric material, an electrically responsive material, and an electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrea Jeannine Peters, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Kasiraman Krishnan, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar
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Publication number: 20100118674Abstract: An optical article for playback in a player, the optical article including at least one sector having data, and a mark disposed in a predetermined relationship with the at least one sector, wherein the mark renders a portion of the data generally unreadable. The optical article further includes error correction code associated with the at least one sector, wherein data within the error correction code is configured as partially corrupted. The inclusion of partially corrupted error correction code reduces the size of the mark or spot required to render the data sector uncorrectable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: James Mitchell White, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Kasiraman Krishnan
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Publication number: 20100073167Abstract: An activation system for optical media in one embodiment includes a tag having at least one pair of conductors with at least one heating element coupled to the conductors. The heating element is oriented proximate one or more activation regions on the optical media, and wherein the heating element activates the optical media. The tag in one embodiment is an elongate flexible tag material with a number of conductors that couple on one end to heating elements wherein the heating elements are disposed within a media case such that they are proximate activation regions on a media article.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kasiraman Krishnan, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar, Tan Zhang, Owen Scott Quirion, James Enrico Sabatini, Michael Joseph O'Brien, Paul William Buckley, Marc Brian Wisnudel
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Publication number: 20100072090Abstract: A packaging for an optical article comprises an electrical device configured to be in contact with the optical article; and an electrical circuit element configured to interact with an activation signal provided by a communication device configured to interact with the electrical device. A system and a method of packaging are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kasiraman Krishnan, Marc Brian Wisnudel, James Enrico Sabatini, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar, Mathew Jeremiah Misner, Darren Feher
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Publication number: 20100047508Abstract: The invention relates generally to optical storage devices, such as DVDs and CDs, on which compositions containing dyes are disposed so as to facilitate limited or selective use of at least a portion of the content of the optical storage devices. The invention also relates to methods of making limited-use content optical storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Marc Brian Wisnudel
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Patent number: 7653919Abstract: An optical article that can transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes a radio frequency circuitry coupled to the optical article for interacting with a signal, wherein the signal comprises a thermal signal, an electrical signal, or both, and a convertible material in operative association with the radio frequency circuitry for altering the functionality of the optical article from the pre-activated state to the activated state upon interaction with the thermal energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Jerry Apffel Pierce, Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Kyle Erik Litz
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Publication number: 20090316565Abstract: A method for activating an optical article includes providing an optical article, wherein at least one mark is disposed on the optical article, wherein the mark comprises an optical-state change material in an initial state, the initial state preventing the optical article from being read by a player; deriving an unlock code by cryptographic operations on an optical article operatively coupled with a POS equipment and a data input from a medium encrypted with a cryptographic algorithm; deriving a toggling signal from an unlock code, and applying the toggling signal to the at least one mark resulting in changing the optical-state change material to a final state, the final state allowing the optical article to be read by the player; wherein the toggling signal comprises a set of values corresponding to the respective states of each of a plurality of marks on the surface of the optical article, and wherein applying the toggling signal results in setting each of the marks to either one of an initial state or a fType: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: John Erik Hershey, Bruce Gordon Barnett, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Richard Louis Frey, James Enrico Sabatini
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Publication number: 20090285083Abstract: An optical article comprising a plurality of optically detectable marks disposed on a surface of the optical article; a removable electrical device disposed on the surface of the optical article; wherein the electrical device is operatively coupled to the optical article; and wherein the electrical device is configured to interact with an activation signal when brought in direct contact with a communication device that applies the activation signal to the electrical device. A removable electrical device is also provided. A system and a method for activation are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, John Erik Hershey, James Enrico Sabatini, William Richard Mandel, Clayton Young, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Kasiraman Krishnan, Kaustubh Ravindra Nagarkar
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Publication number: 20090284374Abstract: An equipment comprising a receptacle for receiving an optical article; a first set of electrical connectors configured to be in direct contact with a second set of electrical connectors disposed on the optical article, when the optical article is received by the receptacle; an activation device operably coupled with the first set of electrical connectors; wherein the activation device is configured to generate an activation signal which is transmitted to the second set of electrical connectors by the first set of electrical connectors, wherein an electrical device is configured to provide a power component to the optical article via the first set of electrical connectors and the second set of electrical connectors which are in direct contact. A system comprising the equipment is also provided. Also provided is a checkout device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, John Erik Hershey, James Enrico Sabatini, Clayton Young, Matthew Jeremiah Misner
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Publication number: 20090285074Abstract: An optical article comprising a first file encoded on the optical article comprising data structure information; a second file encoded on the optical article comprising a backup of the first file; wherein at least one of the first file or the second file must be fully readable for the player to read the data on the optical article; and a mark disposed on at least a portion of the optical article where the first file is encoded and at least a portion of the optical article where the second file is encoded; wherein the mark comprises an optical state change material; wherein the optical state change material undergoes a change in its optical state when exposed to an activation signal selected from one or more of a laser, thermal energy, infrared rays, X-rays, gamma rays, microwaves, visible light, ultraviolet light, ultrasound waves, radio frequency waves, electrical energy, chemical energy, magnetic energy, and mechanical energy; wherein the optical article is transformed from a pre-activated state to an activType: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Kasiraman Krishnan, James Mitchell White, Andrea Jeannine Peters, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Mark Rogers Johnson
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Publication number: 20090285075Abstract: An optical article comprising a mark disposed on the optical article; wherein the mark comprises an optical state change material; wherein the optical state change material undergoes a change in its optical state when exposed to an activation signal selected from one or more of a laser, thermal energy, infrared rays, X-rays, gamma rays, microwaves, visible light, ultraviolet light, ultrasound waves, radio frequency waves, electrical energy, chemical energy, magnetic energy, and mechanical energy; wherein the optical article is transformed from a pre-activated state to an activated state when an authorized activation method is used; and wherein the optical article is transformed from a pre-activated state to an incorrectly activated state when an unauthorized activation method is used. A method and a system for changing the functionality of the optical article are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Marc Brian Wisnudel, Ben Purushotam Patel, Kasiraman Krishnan, James Mitchell White, Andrea Jeannine Peters, Matthew Jeremiah Misner
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Publication number: 20090263612Abstract: A photobleachable ink composition having: at least one light-sensitive optical-state change material; at least one bleaching accelerant; at least one solvent; and at least one binder material; wherein the ink composition has a viscosity between about 0.1 centipoise and about 10,000 centipoise, and a maximum optical absorbance in a range from about 200 nanometers to about 800 nanometers; and wherein the ink composition is capable of change from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to light. The composition may also include a plasticizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: NBC Universal, Inc.Inventors: David Gilles Gascoyne, Kwok Pong Chan, Daniel Olson, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Kasiraman Krishnan
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Publication number: 20090245080Abstract: An optical article for playback in a player includes a plurality of optically detectable marks disposed on a surface of the optical article; wherein the plurality of optically detectable marks are in a pre-determined combination of a first state and a second state; and at least one first control logic comprising at least one sector; wherein each optically detectable mark is associated with a particular first control logic; wherein each first control logic is executed only when its associated optically detectable mark is in a pre-determined state; and wherein a customized player-readable code is determined using a combination of the plurality of optically detectable marks and their associated first control logic. A method of making the optical article, a method of customizing the optical article, a method and a system for the playback of the optical article are also included.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Mitchell White, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Mark Rogers Johnson
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Publication number: 20090249381Abstract: An optical article for playback in a player includes a permanent player-readable code comprising a first set of a plurality of optically-detectable marks disposed on the optical article; a second set of plurality of optically-detectable marks disposed on a surface of the optical article; wherein the plurality of optically-detectable marks are in a pre-determined combination of a first state and a second state; and at least one first control logic comprising at least one sector; wherein each optically detectable mark is associated with a particular first control logic; wherein each first control logic is executed only when its associated optically-detectable mark is in a pre-determined state; wherein a customized player-readable code is determined using a combination of the plurality of optically-detectable marks and their associated first control logic; and wherein the optical article is activated when the customized player-readable code is in a pre-determined relationship with the permanent code.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: James Mitchell White, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Mark Rogers Johnson
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Publication number: 20090246441Abstract: A photobleachable ink composition having: at least one light-sensitive optical-state change material; at least one bleaching agent; at least one ionic liquid plasticizer; at least one solvent; and at least one binder material; wherein the ink composition has a viscosity between about 0.1 centipoise and about 10,000 centipoise, and a maximum optical absorbance in a range from about 200 nanometers to about 800 nanometers; and wherein said ink composition is capable of change from a first optical state to a second optical state upon exposure to light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: NBC Universal, Inc.Inventors: Kwok Pong Chan, David Gilles Gascoyne, Marc Brian Wisnudel, Kasiraman Krishnan