Patents by Inventor Howard Coale

Howard Coale 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: 20080243521
    Abstract: The disclosure provides various systems, methods, and software supporting user immersion in data representations. Software for virtual immersion in large datasets identifies a dataset at least partially based on abstract information, with the dataset comprising a plurality of data elements including at least a first data element of a first type and a second data element of a second type. The software then generates a three-dimensional virtual environment based on the identified dataset. This virtual environment may include a first graphical element based on the first data element and a second graphical element based on the second data element. Each graphical element is associated with one or more simulated expression elements based, at least in part, on the state of the dataset. The software then presents at least a portion of the virtual environment to a user such that the user may interact with the dataset within the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: TACITUS, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Coale, Jonathan Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20070094041
    Abstract: The disclosure provides various systems, methods, and software supporting user immersion in data representations. Software for virtual immersion in large datasets identifies a dataset at least partially based on abstract information, with the dataset comprising a plurality of data elements including at least a first data element of a first type and a second data element of a second type. The software then generates a three-dimensional virtual environment based on the identified dataset. This virtual environment may include a first graphical element based on the first data element and a second graphical element based on the second data element. Each graphical element is associated with one or more simulated expression elements based, at least in part, on the state of the dataset. The software then presents at least a portion of the virtual environment to a user such that the user may interact with the dataset within the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: TACITUS, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Coale, Jonathan Sawyer