Patents Assigned to Mindmeld Multimedia Inc.
  • Graphical user interface to communicate attitude or emotion to a computer program
    Patent number: 5977968
    Abstract: A graphical user interface for a computer program includes the representation of a face (an avatar) on a computer screen which allows a user to communicate the user's attitude to a situation represented by the computer program. The expression of the face changes according to the user's movement of a cursor over the face. In response to a situation appearing on the computer screen, the user sets the expression on the face to correspond with the user's attitude. The situation on the computer screen changes accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Mindmeld Multimedia Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew D. Le Blanc