Patents by Inventor Michael Perhaes

Michael Perhaes 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).

  • Broadcast browser including multi-media tool overlay and method of providing a converged multi-media display including user-enhanced data
    Publication number: 20040012717
    Abstract: A system and method of enhancing the viewing experience of at least one viewer of a broadcast presentation by displaying, in a background layer of a single-window, layered display, a broadcast presentation, and for displaying, in at least a second layer of the layered display, at least one overlay having a substantially transparent background and having at least one overlay having a plurality of user-selectable multi-media tools, for manipulating the overlay by adding user-prepared enhancements to be viewed in connection with the broadcast presentation. The system may also transmit the user-prepared enhancements to all of viewers of the broadcast presentation over a computer network, where they are displayed on display devices associated with each viewer of the broadcast presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Wavexpress, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sprague, Eric Beckman, Michael Perhaes