Patents by Inventor Marc Wagner Schindewolf

Marc Wagner Schindewolf 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).

  • Display representations and streams for objects having authorable and dynamic behaviors and appearances
    Patent number: 6509906
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for enabling the creation of authorable, dynamic software objects. An apparatus made in accordance with the present invention comprises a computer and an attached monitor, stream means, display property means, display representation means, and display configuration means. The stream means is performed by the computer and accepts at least one graphic primitive into the software object. The display property means is performed by the computer and stores at least one quality associated with each graphic primitive in the software object. The display representation means is performed by the computer and graphically represents a selected set of display properties of the software object. The display configuration means is performed by the computer and selectively displays one of the sets of graphical representations of the software object on the monitor of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: James Matson Awe, Marc Wagner Schindewolf, Chad Steven Ames