Patents by Inventor James Popoff

James Popoff 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: 20100154007
    Abstract: A method of associating primary content in a broadcast video program with secondary content information not shown in the program is provided. A broadcastable video program of primary content is provided on a machine-readable medium, the program having successive image frames and each frame having a plurality of coordinates. Codes are embedded in at least some of the frames, each code corresponding to an area of coordinates of the image frames. Each code is linked via links to information of secondary content not appearing in the image frames of the program, at least one of the links or the linked-to information being stored on a computer-readable medium. An interactable interface is provided to program viewers of the primary content adapted to allow the viewers to activate the embedded links and retrieve the secondary content of the linked-to information. Different viewers may receive different secondary content based on demographic variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Jean Touboul, James Popoff
  • Publication number: 20030006082
    Abstract: The inventor, Ian Popoff, of Encinitas, Calif., wishes to disclose the novel utility of the Passenger Safety Handlebar. The Passenger Safety Handlebar is a fixed-mounted device to be used with in-line-seating arrangement vehicles, such as motorcycles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, and the like, to improve passenger safety and stability while using such vehicles. What is novel with respect to the Passenger Safety Handlebar is primarily the secured-mounting properties of the device to the vehicle (as opposed to the driver of such vehicle), which are not observed in the prior art. Second, the innate nature of the Passenger Safety Handlebar predisposes it against action or movement of either the passenger or driver to each other. Further, the actual location of the Passenger Safety Handlebar is novel with respect to prior art, in that it is forward of the driver of the vehicle, rather than lateral or behind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: Ian James Popoff