Patents by Inventor John Inama

John Inama 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).

  • Patent number: 10289193
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed toward providing an interactive atmosphere for sharing on-demand content among multiple users in a virtual-reality environment. Each user utilizes a content receiver or virtual-reality headset to receive on-demand content. Each respective content receiver collects virtual-reality information associated with the user of that respective content receiver. This virtual-reality information includes movement information that describes movement of the user and look information that identifies a virtual look of the user. Content receivers share this virtual-reality information with each other so that each content receiver can generate a virtual-reality environment specific for its respective user along with the shared on-demand content. As each user physically moves his or her body, each virtual-reality environment adjusts to accommodate for these movements throughout the virtual-reality environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Christofer Hardy, John Inama
  • Publication number: 20180335832
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed toward providing an interactive atmosphere for sharing on-demand content among a plurality of users in a virtual-reality environment. Each user utilizes a content receiver or virtual-reality headset to receive on-demand content. Each respective content receiver collects virtual-reality information associated with the user of that respective content receiver. This virtual-reality information includes movement information that describes the movement of the user and look information that identifies a virtual look of the user. The content receivers share this virtual-reality information with each other so that each content receiver can generate a virtual-reality environment specific for its respective user along with the shared on-demand content. As each user physically moves his or her body, each virtual-reality environment adjusts to accommodate for these movements throughout the virtual-reality environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Christofer Hardy, John Inama