Patents by Inventor Todd Roshak
Todd Roshak 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: 9358470Abstract: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including television viewing on a gaming console. A client component is installed via a bootstrap process that uses authentication information to accomplish this task. Once installed, it integrates itself into a typical gaming display. Various console hardware details are used to enable communication between the client component and downstream servers providing the content. Once up and running, the client component allows users to watch television as if they were interacting with a set-top box. Users may switch between various applications on the gaming console, including but not limited to game titles, DVR, VOD, DVD programs, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd Roshak, Jason White, Chris Turkstra, Min Liu, Logananth Seetharaman, Edmund Lui, Anthony Discolo, Stacey Law, Adam Mollis
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Publication number: 20150174496Abstract: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including television viewing on a gaming console. A client component is installed via a bootstrap process that uses authentication information to accomplish this task. Once installed, it integrates itself into a typical gaming display. Various console hardware details are used to enable communication between the client component and downstream servers providing the content. Once up and running, the client component allows users to watch television as if they were interacting with a set-top box. Users may switch between various applications on the gaming console, including but not limited to game titles, DVR, VOD, DVD programs, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Todd Roshak, Jason White, Chris Turkstra, Min Liu, Logananth Seetharaman, Edmund Lui, Anthony Discolo, Stacey Law, Adam Mollis
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Patent number: 8083593Abstract: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including recording of content on a gaming console. A digital video recorder (DVR) application running alongside a television client component allows users to record media content on the gaming console. The DVR application also integrates itself with the console menu. Once integrated, users can record media content while playing games. Alternatively, users can record content when the gaming console is turned off. The recorded content can include television programming, gaming experience (whether local or online), music, DVDs, and so on. When in the recording state, users can also switch between various other media modes, whether gaming, television, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason White, Todd Roshak, Chris Turkstra, Logananth Seetharaman, Timothy Milligan, Stacey Law, Anthony Discolo
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Publication number: 20080167133Abstract: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including recording of content on a gaming console. A digital video recorder (DVR) application running alongside a television client component allows users to record media content on the gaming console. The DVR application also integrates itself with the console menu. Once integrated, users can record media content while playing games. Alternatively, users can record content when the gaming console is turned off. The recorded content can include television programming, gaming experience (whether local or online), music, DVDs, and so on. When in the recording state, users can also switch between various other media modes, whether gaming, television, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jason White, Todd Roshak, Chris Turkstra, Logananth Seetharaman, Timothy Milligan, Stacey Law, Anthony Discolo
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Publication number: 20080167128Abstract: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including television viewing on a gaming console. A client component is installed via a bootstrap process that uses authentication information to accomplish this task. Once installed, it integrates itself into a typical gaming display. Various console hardware details are used to enable communication between the client component and downstream servers providing the content. Once up and running, the client component allows users to watch television as if they were interacting with a set-top box. Users may switch between various applications on the gaming console, including but not limited to game titles, DVR, VOD, DVD programs, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Todd Roshak, Jason White, Chris Turkstra, Min Liu, Logananth Seetharaman, Edmund Lui, Anthony Discolo, Stacey Law, Adam Mollis
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Publication number: 20080167127Abstract: Various mechanisms are disclosed herein for integrating media on a gaming console. For instance, a dashboard having a plurality of media selections can be displayed, where such a dashboard is native to a gaming console and where at least one of the media selections is a television selection. Moreover, users can be provided with the option of switching back and forth between the television selection and other media selections in the plurality of media selections, such as music, video, VOD, DVD programs, and so on. Users can be provided with the option of selecting starting of the gaming console as a set-top box, or with the option of selecting remote starting of the gaming console as a set-top using a gaming controller, or with the option of selecting starting of the gaming console as a title.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Chris Turkstra, Todd Roshak, Jason White, Timothy Milligan, Stacey Law
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Patent number: 7322011Abstract: An ergonomic pointing device, such as a mouse, is coupled to a computer having a visual display device. As a user rotates a roller associated with the mouse, the mouse generates computer signals that are interpreted by an operating system and software applications running on the computer. The signals generated by the roller, together with a given software application, can be used for spatial navigation. In spatial navigation, a user rotates the roller to cause the computer and the visual display to increase or decrease magnification levels of the document on the display. Other models of spatial navigation allow the user to activate a roller switch, depress special function keys on a keyboard and/or move the mouse to pant, automatically scroll or manually scroll through the document.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy T. Brewer, Eric H Michelman, Todd Roshak, Ryan Kim, Juha Niemisto, Carl T. Hellings
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Patent number: 6940488Abstract: An ergonomic pointing device, such as a mouse, includes a wheel to provide an input signal in addition to X and Y position signals provided by a rotatable ball of a standard mouse. The wheel extends from an upper surface of the pointing device and may be rotated and depressed by the finger of the user, the wheel being positioned and configured to allow a user to activate the wheel while maintaining a finger in a biomechanically neutral position. The mouse is coupled to a computer having a visual display device capable of displaying a data file having adjustable display characteristics. As a user rotates the roller, the mouse generates computer signals that are interpreted by an operating system and software applications running on the computer. The signals generated by the roller, together with a given software application, can be used in spatial navigation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Timothy T. Brewer, Eric H. Michelman, Todd Roshak, Ryan Kim, Juha Niemisto, Aditha M. Adams, Carl T. Hellings, Carl Ledbetter, Todd Holmdahl
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Publication number: 20050088413Abstract: An ergonomic pointing device, such as a mouse, includes a wheel to provide an input signal in addition to X and Y position signals provided by a rotatable ball of a standard mouse. The wheel extends from an upper surface of the pointing device and may be rotated and depressed by the finger of the user, the wheel being positioned and configured to allow a user to activate the wheel while maintaining a finger in a biomechanically neutral position. The wheel and associated structure, as well as the forces required to rotate and depress the wheel, are configured to reduce inadvertent actuation and to provide a user with tactile feedback, thereby allowing the user to accurately and intuitively activate the pointing device without exceeding an acceptable extension and range of motion for the user's finger and wrist. The mouse is coupled to a computer having a visual display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy Brewer, Eric Michelman, Todd Roshak, Ryan Kim, Juha Niemisto, Carl Hellings
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Patent number: 6097371Abstract: An ergonomic pointing device, such as a mouse, includes a wheel to provide an input signal in addition to X and Y position signals provided by a rotatable ball of a standard mouse. The wheel extends from an upper surface of the pointing device and may be rotated and depressed by the finger of the user, the wheel being positioned and configured to allow a user to activate the wheel while maintaining a finger in a biomechanically neutral position. The wheel and associated structure, as well as the forces required to rotate and depress the wheel, are configured to reduce inadvertent actuation and to provide a user with tactile feedback, thereby allowing the user to accurately and intuitively activate the pointing device without exceeding an acceptable extension and range of motion for the user's finger and wrist.The mouse is coupled to a computer having a visual display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1996Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Timothy T. Brewer, Eric H. Michelman, Todd Roshak, Ryan Kim, Juha Niemisto, Aditha M. Adams, Carl T. Hellings, Carl Ledbetter, Todd Holmdahl