Patents by Inventor J. Paul Kase

J. Paul Kase 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).

  • User interface and method for controlling and displaying multimedia motion, visual, and sound effects of an object on a display
    Patent number: 5592602
    Abstract: A multimedia authoring program includes a multimedia effect tool for applying and controlling direction of motion, visual, and sound effects for multimedia objects, including text, graphics, and the like, in a multimedia art work. The tool provides a set of palettes, each including a plurality of icons representing different motion and visual effects. The effects are applied to an object in each of a number of time segments that partition the overall duration of the object. The time segments can be enlarged or reduced as desired. For some time segments, including an entry and an exit time segment, there is an associated motion direction and visual effect palette. The motion direction palette allows selection of an icon representing a particular motion that is applied to the object during the runtime of the multimedia art work, whereby the object moves in the selected direction during the associated time segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Macromedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Edmunds, Kenneth E. MacKenzie, Joseph Dunn, A. Gordon Smith, J. Paul Kase