Patents by Inventor James Schoonmaker
James Schoonmaker 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).
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Publication number: 20230188579Abstract: A method of coordinating real-time experiences of a realm among members of a group of users, the group of users including an administrative user and at least one participating user, is provided. The method includes transmitting by a server from a computing device of the administrative user, to a computing device of a first participating user of the group, in a real time session that allows the first participating user to experience the realm in real time, (a) data characterizing a series of locations in the realm, the series of locations comprising a first location and a second location, wherein the first location is associated with a first panoramic image and the second location is associated with a second panoramic image, and (b) executable code.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Keno Mullings
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Patent number: 11575722Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method coordinates experiences of a realm for a group of users, including at least an administrative user and at least one participating user. The method includes transmitting, from the server to an administrative user, a session identifier associated with the realm. The method also includes receiving, by the server, a user acceptance to join a session using the session identifier so that the at least one participating user can experience the realm. In response to receiving the acceptance, the method also includes transmitting to a computing device of the participating user, by the server, executable code including data describing a series of locations in the realm. The series of locations comprises at least a first location and a second location, and the first location is associated with a first panoramic image and the second location is associated with a second panoramic image.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Smarter Systems, Inc.Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Keno Mullings
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Publication number: 20220038512Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method coordinates experiences of a realm for a group of users, including at least an administrative user and at least one participating user. The method includes transmitting, from the server to an administrative user, a session identifier associated with the realm. The method also includes receiving, by the server, a user acceptance to join a session using the session identifier so that the at least one participating user can experience the realm. In response to receiving the acceptance, the method also includes transmitting to a computing device of the participating user, by the server, executable code including data describing a series of locations in the realm. The series of locations comprises at least a first location and a second location, and the first location is associated with a first panoramic image and the second location is associated with a second panoramic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Keno Mullings
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Patent number: 11153355Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method coordinates experiences of a realm for a group of users, including at least an administrative user and at least one participating user. The method includes transmitting, from the server to an administrative user, a session identifier associated with the realm. The method also includes receiving, by the server, a user acceptance to join a session using the session identifier so that the at least one participating user can experience the realm. In response to receiving the acceptance, the method also includes transmitting to a computing device of the participating user, by the server, executable code including data describing a series of locations in the realm. The series of locations comprises at least a first location and a second location, and the first location is associated with a first panoramic image and the second location is associated with a second panoramic image.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Smarter Systems, Inc.Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Keno Mullings
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Patent number: 10657693Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Smarter Systems, Inc.Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Publication number: 20190172239Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Patent number: 10204436Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: EveryScape, Inc.Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Publication number: 20180189997Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Publication number: 20180034865Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method coordinates experiences of a realm for a group of users, including at least an administrative user and at least one participating user. The method includes transmitting, from the server to an administrative user, a session identifier associated with the realm. The method also includes receiving, by the server, a user acceptance to join a session using the session identifier so that the at least one participating user can experience the realm. In response to receiving the acceptance, the method also includes transmitting to a computing device of the participating user, by the server, executable code including data describing a series of locations in the realm. The series of locations comprises at least a first location and a second location, and the first location is associated with a first panoramic image and the second location is associated with a second panoramic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Keno Mullings
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Publication number: 20180035048Abstract: A portable device facilitates capture of panoramic images on a mobile computing device. The device includes a receptacle configured to house a mobile computing device. The device also includes a platform with a member, with an axis of rotation, that is configured to interface with the receptacle to offset radially the mobile computing device from the axis of rotation by a predefined distance, such that an entrance pupil of a lens system of the mobile computing device is aligned with the axis. The platform also includes a motor that drives the member at different velocities so that the mobile computing device captures an image for a panoramic image when a velocity of the member is substantially zero for a threshold period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: James Schoonmaker, Matthew Dunn, Stephen Seibert
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Patent number: 9805490Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: EveryScape, Inc.Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Publication number: 20160071301Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Patent number: 9196072Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: EveryScape, Inc.Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Patent number: 7587749Abstract: In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Liquid Machines, Inc.Inventors: Norbert Leser, Fajen Kyne, Robert Morgan, Christopher B. Barclay, Edward J. Gaudet, James Schoonmaker, Arnold S. Epstein, Michael D. Smith
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Publication number: 20080143727Abstract: A method for authoring and displaying a virtual tour of a three-dimensional space which employs transitional effects simulating motion. An authoring tool is provided for interactively defining a series of locations in the space for which two-dimensional images, e.g., panoramas, photographs, etc., are available. A user identifies one or more view directions for a first-person perspective viewer for each location. For pairs of locations in the series, transitional effects are identified to simulate smooth motion between the pair of locations. The authoring tool stores data corresponding to the locations, view directions and transitional effects for playback on a display. When the stored data is accessed, a virtual tour of the space is created that includes transitional effects simulating motion between locations. The virtual tour created can allow a viewer to experience the three-dimensional space in a realistic manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, James Schoonmaker, Sidney Chang
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Publication number: 20050028006Abstract: In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Applicant: Liquid Machines, Inc.Inventors: Norbert Leser, Fajen Kyne, Robert Morgan, Christopher Barclay, Edward Gaudet, James Schoonmaker, Arnold Epstein, Michael Smith
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Publication number: 20050008163Abstract: In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2004Publication date: January 13, 2005Applicant: Liquid Machines, Inc.Inventors: Norbert Leser, Fajen Kyne, Robert Morgan, Christopher Barclay, Edward Gaudet, James Schoonmaker, Arnold Epstein, Michael Smith
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Patent number: D1023158Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rena Schoonmaker, Timothy Seckel, James McNierney, Bruce Urban