Patents by Inventor ERIC MICHAEL HOWE

ERIC MICHAEL HOWE 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: 20150243258
    Abstract: A visual display assembly is provided for allowing an operator of digital device such as a smartphone to have an interactive experience with their display. The assembly or apparatus includes a digital device with a display screen and an overlay card for positioning over the display screen. The overlay card, which may take the form of a gift card, a debit card, a credit card, an access card, an ID card, or the like, includes a light-blocking region and a viewing window that is at least translucent to light adjacent the light-blocking region. Further, the digital device is selectively operable to display an image on the display screen viewable through the viewing window of the overlay card. The assembly includes a web server accessible with the digital device to download the image onto the digital device, and the image is provided by the digital device playing video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: ERIC MICHAEL HOWE