Patents by Inventor Daniel Leonard Hiehert

Daniel Leonard Hiehert 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: 20090094535
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for suggesting actions to users of an immersive virtual environment based on previous user actions within the virtual environment. Generally, characteristics of actions performed by various users of the virtual environment may be stored in a searchable actions index. Subsequently, the actions index may be used to suggest actions based on similarity of the stored characteristics to those of a current user and/or actions. The suggested actions may be presented to the user as graphical indications visible within the user's view of the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Derek L Bromenshenkel, Zachary Adam Garbow, Daniel Leonard Hiehert