Patents by Inventor Ken Bretschneider

Ken Bretschneider 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: 11927315
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting device configured to mimic the appearance of a flame. In one embodiment, the lighting device includes a power subsystem configured to receive an alternating current input and to generate a direct current output. The lighting device also includes a reflector to reflect light generated by a lighting subsystem. A movement subsystem may move the reflector to mimic the appearance of a flame. A communication subsystem may receive at least one parameter associated with at least one of the lighting subsystem and the movement subsystem. A control subsystem may implement the at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Velaflame, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Patrice Bretschneider, Kyler Tolman, Ian Jensen, Valerie Fisher, JuHang Kim, Nathan Jensen
  • Publication number: 20230313958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting device configured to mimic the appearance of a flame. In one embodiment, the lighting device includes a power subsystem configured to receive an alternating current input and to generate a direct current output. The lighting device also includes a reflector to reflect light generated by a lighting subsystem. A movement subsystem may move the reflector to mimic the appearance of a flame. A communication subsystem may receive at least one parameter associated with at least one of the lighting subsystem and the movement subsystem. A control subsystem may implement the at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Patrice Bretschneider, Kyler Tolman, Ian Jensen, Valerie Fisher, JuHang Kim, Nathan Jensen
  • Patent number: 11054893
    Abstract: The flow of teams of one or more players is controlled through different geographical areas of a mixed virtual reality and physical experience that takes place on an attraction stage. The geographical areas may include rooms, compartments, or other geographical areas through which a team may progress. Within each geographical area, a team may engage in an experience and accomplish one or more checkpoints. Based on the time to achieve each checkpoint, the experience may be shortened or lengthened, either within the particular geographical area or the experience as a whole, to control the flow of the particular team through the series of geographical areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VR Exit LLC
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jensen
  • Patent number: 11030806
    Abstract: In part, the disclosure related to systems and methods of merging a simulation experience with physical objects and sensory stimuli generated outside of the simulation in a controlled physical environment to enhance the simulated experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VR Exit LLC
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210116992
    Abstract: The flow of teams of one or more players is controlled through different geographical areas of a mixed virtual reality and physical experience that takes place on an attraction stage. The geographical areas may include rooms, compartments, or other geographical areas through which a team may progress. Within each geographical area, a team may engage in an experience and accomplish one or more checkpoints. Based on the time to achieve each checkpoint, the experience may be shortened or lengthened, either within the particular geographical area or the experience as a whole, to control the flow of the particular team through the series of geographical areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jensen
  • Publication number: 20170285733
    Abstract: The flow of teams of one or more players is controlled through different geographical areas of a mixed virtual reality and physical experience that takes place on an attraction stage. The geographical areas may include rooms, compartments, or other geographical areas through which a team may progress. Within each geographical area, a team may engage in an experience and accomplish one or more checkpoints. Based on the time to achieve each checkpoint, the experience may be shortened or lengthened, either within the particular geographical area or the experience as a whole, to control the flow of the particular team through the series of geographical areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: The Void, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jensen
  • Publication number: 20160300395
    Abstract: A combined physical and virtual environment in which a user's position in a physical environment is displayed in an offset position within the virtual environment. The offset is determined based on mapping between the physical environment and the virtual environment and offsets generated for a user position and direction as a user moves throughout the physical environment. The physical environment and corresponding virtual environment may have a different layout. The offsets are used to correlate portions of the physical environment and virtual environments together so that a user does not realize the differences between the environments. By providing offsets in this manner, an enclosed physical environment may be used to provide an expanded and unlimited virtual environment for user to navigate and explore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: The Void, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jenson
  • Publication number: 20160275722
    Abstract: In part, the disclosure related to systems and methods of merging a simulation experience with physical objects and sensory stimuli generated outside of the simulation in a controlled physical environment to enhance the simulated experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Curtis Hickman, James Jenson
  • Publication number: 20160048674
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of providing additional assurance regarding a websites authenticity. The assurance is provided by using a credential that contains an image of the website operator or the website operator's business operations. The assurance is also provided by scanning the website associated with the credential for changes and alerting the website operator or a website visitor of the changes. The invention includes a method of ensuring the proper operation of the credential and a method of protecting the credential from mis-issuance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Paul Tiemann, Dan Egbert
  • Publication number: 20140337947
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of providing additional assurance regarding a websites authenticity. The assurance is provided by using a credential that contains an image of the website operator or the website operator's business operations. The assurance is also provided by scanning the website associated with the credential for changes and alerting the website operator or a website visitor of the changes. The invention includes a method of ensuring the proper operation of the credential and a method of protecting the credential from mis-issuance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Paul Tiemann, Dan Egbert
  • Publication number: 20140268666
    Abstract: Exemplary beverage containers with compartments and methods of making and using such bottles are disclosed. Some embodiments of an exemplary beverage container may include a body formed of a thermoplastic resin, the body forming a liquid container, and a compartment formed in the base of the container. The compartment may have an illumination element to illuminate the beverage container and its contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: People Water, Inc., a Utah corporation
    Inventor: Ken Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 8826395
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of providing additional assurance regarding a websites authenticity, The assurance is provided by using a credential that contains an image of the website operator or the website operator's business operations. The assurance is also provided by scanning the website associated with the credential for changes and alerting the website operator or a website visitor of the changes. The invention includes a method of ensuring the proper operation of the credential and a method of protecting the credential from mis-issuance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: DigiCert, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Paul Tiemann, Dan Egbert
  • Publication number: 20120324551
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of providing additional assurance regarding a websites authenticity, The assurance is provided by using a credential that contains an image of the website operator or the website operator's business operations. The assurance is also provided by scanning the website associated with the credential for changes and alerting the website operator or a website visitor of the changes. The invention includes a method of ensuring the proper operation of the credential and a method of protecting the credential from mis-issuance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: DIGICERT, INC.
    Inventors: Ken Bretschneider, Paul Tiemann, Dan Egbert
  • Patent number: D758868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Ken Bretschneider