Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Heinrichs

Michael Scott Heinrichs 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).

  • Multidimensional information visualization using attribute rods
    Patent number: 6366299
    Abstract: A system for browsing multidimensional information includes a digital data storage circuit 48 that stores the multidimensional information in a database and a digital logic circuit 44 that imports, manipulates and outputs the multidimensional information in the database in accordance with a mapping model maps each dimension of multidimensional information space to a location in abstract physical space, and a user interface 70 interactively accepts input from a user and, using the mapping model, renders a graphical representation 78 of the multidimensional information space. The graphical representation 78 is responsive to input of user-initiated restrictions on the multidimensional information space by effecting corresponding visible manifestations in the graphical representation 78.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Lanning, Kent Barrows Wittenburg, Michael Scott Heinrichs, Christina Lynn Fyock, Guangjun Li