Patents by Inventor Charles William Miller

Charles William Miller 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).

  • Publication number: 20120059727
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a system for creating digital media in social venues and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for allowing patrons of a social venue to create collectible digital media, accessible to the patrons through a global computer network, and enable an administrator thereof to derive revenue streams therefrom. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of for creating digital media in social venues comprises providing a digital media creation device for creating digital media, the digital media creation device having a base, a camera and an interactive screen; allowing a user to engage the digital media creation device to create the digital media, the digital media comprising multimedia content acquired from the camera and at least one advertisement; and enabling the user to retrieve a copy of the digital media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: ETHAN FRANK DAMERON, MICHAEL FLUHARTY, JAMES ADAM JONES, CHARLES WILLIAM MILLER, ZUBAIR BIRGEOGLU
  • Patent number: 3995315
    Abstract: An audio-visual slide projector having audio circuitry that is formed of a muting circuit and a record-reproduce circuit for the recording and playback of magnetic recording strips on a slide frame. The muting circuit is connected to the drive motor powering the slide changing apparatus of the projector and is energized during each slide change cycle to mute the record-reproduce circuit of the projector, thus, preventing noise from being applied to the output of the audio circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1973
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Charles William Miller