Patents by Inventor Gregory Piccionelli

Gregory Piccionelli 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: 20220191005
    Abstract: A Smartblock that has at least two Blockchains that originates from it and terminates at a second Smartblock to create a Blockstrand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Brandon E. D'Amore, Gregory A. Piccionelli, Joel P. Thatcher
  • Publication number: 20220164039
    Abstract: A cake decoration that enables visual shows controlled by a controller that is either remote to the decoration or integral with the decoration and interacts with a finger controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Gregory B. Gulliver
  • Publication number: 20220155818
    Abstract: A flexible display screen system and method includes an article that has a flexible material configured to cover at least a portion of a person's anatomy or at least a portion of an object. At least one flexible display screen is secured on the flexible material. A computer system is configured to provide image information for controlling a display of images on the flexible display screen. The computer system is configured to control the display of images on the flexible display screen in response to the sensor signal. The sensor may sense flexing of the flexible display screen or flexible material. Alternatively or in addition, the flexible display screen or flexible material may be controlled to flex, in response to the images displayed on the flexible display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: GREGORY A. PICCIONELLI, TED R. RITTMASTER
  • Patent number: 11291099
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an ornamental system, apparatus and method that is dynamically modifiable. Embodiments of the ornament system comprise a processor, at least one ornamental member and a data controller. The processor is a computer or similar device that stores data for transmission. The ornamental member is configured to receive and display data stored in a database. Embodiments of the present invention can be coupled to other ornamental systems across a wide area network, wherein users can share data files for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20220080298
    Abstract: A display that responds to a smart device in response to the GPS location of the smart device being in a predefined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Michael M. Gerardi
  • Patent number: 11262799
    Abstract: A flexible display screen system and method includes an article that has a flexible material configured to cover at least a portion of a person's anatomy or at least a portion of an object. At least one flexible display screen is secured on the flexible material. A computer system is configured to provide image information for controlling a display of images on the flexible display screen. The computer system is configured to control the display of images on the flexible display screen in response to the sensor signal. The sensor may sense flexing of the flexible display screen or flexible material. Alternatively or in addition, the flexible display screen or flexible material may be controlled to flex, in response to the images displayed on the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Ted R. Rittmaster
  • Patent number: 11199913
    Abstract: A processor connected to one or more displays shaped to affix to a fingernail for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20210361105
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an ornamental system, apparatus and method that is dynamically modifiable. Embodiments of the ornament system comprise a processor, at least one ornamental member and a data controller. The processor is a computer or similar device that stores data for transmission. The ornamental member is configured to receive and display data stored in a database. Embodiments of the present invention can be coupled to other ornamental systems across a wide area network, wherein users can share data files for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20210365505
    Abstract: A method of aggregating displays of performances into an aggregate site on a network is provided. The aggregated performances originate from at least one performance site on a network. The method includes the steps of selecting a performance criterion; observing at least one performance originating from at least one performance site on a network, the performance being associated with a link; determining when at least one performance meets the performance criterion; establishing an aggregation link to the link associated with the performance meeting the performance criterion; and providing the aggregation link to an aggregate site on a network such that the performance is accessible on the aggregate site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Patent number: 11179627
    Abstract: A gaming method includes the steps of: providing a gaming application to a player, the application enabling the player to engage in a game in which a winner is determined based on the winner's location; defining the physical coordinates of a game-winning space; determining the position of the player by determining the position of a telecommunication device in the physical possession of the player; and providing an award to the player when the position of the player is determined to be within the game-winning space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Michael M. Gerardi
  • Publication number: 20210286490
    Abstract: A collaborative system that securely enables the tracking of changes in an agreement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Brandon E. D'AMORE, Joel P. THATCHER, Gregory A. PICCIONELLI
  • Publication number: 20210248986
    Abstract: A stick device that includes a base and a tip end, and a tip secured to the tip end of the stick, the stick tip including a sensor. The stick including the base thereof, and includes at least one control button, a communication element, and a processor in communication with the at least one control button, the stick tip and the communication element. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the stick tip and to generate output to the communication element. The output so generated includes a signal that specifies a sound file selected by operation of the at least one control button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: GREGORY A. PICCIONELLI
  • Patent number: 11080355
    Abstract: A method of aggregating displays of performances into an aggregate site on a network is provided. The aggregated performances originate from at least one performance site on a network. The method includes the steps of selecting a performance criterion; observing at least one performance originating from at least one performance site on a network, the performance being associated with a link; determining when at least one performance meets the performance criterion; establishing an aggregation link to the link associated with the performance meeting the performance criterion; and providing the aggregation link to an aggregate site on a network such that the performance is accessible on the aggregate site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20210223941
    Abstract: A method of displaying images on an immersive display. The method includes receiving information from an external sensor or input device of the immersive display, based on the information received, detecting an object that conflicts with a virtual reality space, adjusting at least one dimension of virtual reality space to provide an adjusted virtual reality for display on the immersive display to accommodate for the object, and displaying the adjusted virtual reality on the display of the immersive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Brian SHUSTER, Gregory A. PICCIONELLI
  • Publication number: 20210174625
    Abstract: A media campaign management approach that enables two-screen communication between stars and an audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: James P. Pinkerton, Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20210162925
    Abstract: A method of operating an immersive display includes obtaining first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display, obtaining second images of environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display, displaying the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display, and displaying the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display. The first area is delineated from the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Brian SHUSTER, Gregory A. PICCIONELLI
  • Patent number: 11023108
    Abstract: A collaborative system that securely enables the tracking of changes in a document and securely prevents changes to the document in addition to associating the document with additional related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Brandon E. D'Amore, Joel P. Thatcher, Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Patent number: 10991352
    Abstract: A percussion device includes a drumstick assembly. The drumstick assembly includes a drumstick having a base and a tip end, and a drumstick tip secured to the tip end of the drumstick, the drumstick tip including a sensor. The drumstick including the base thereof, and includes at least one control button, a communication element, and a processor in communication with the at least one control button, the drumstick tip and the communication element. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the drumstick tip and to generate output to the communication element. The output so generated includes a signal that specifies a sound file selected by operation of the at least one control button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory A. Piccionelli, Michael M. Gerardi
  • Patent number: 10838595
    Abstract: A Smartblock that has at least two Blockchains that originates from it and terminates at a second Smartblock to create a Blockstrand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventors: Brandon E. D'Amore, Joel P. Thatcher, Gregory A. Piccionelli
  • Publication number: 20200333830
    Abstract: A flexible display screen system and method includes an article that has a flexible material configured to cover at least a portion of a person's anatomy or at least a portion of an object. At least one flexible display screen is secured on the flexible material. A computer system is configured to provide image information for controlling a display of images on the flexible display screen. The computer system is configured to control the display of images on the flexible display screen in response to the sensor signal. The sensor may sense flexing of the flexible display screen or flexible material. Alternatively or in addition, the flexible display screen or flexible material may be controlled to flex, in response to the images displayed on the flexible display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: GREGORY A. PICCIONELLI, TED R. RITTMASTER