Patents by Inventor Lee Mighdoll

Lee Mighdoll 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).

  • Video on demand methods and systems
    Publication number: 20010027563
    Abstract: An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user interfaces, enhanced video-on-demand controls, a variety of interactive services (personalized news, jukebox, games, celebrity chat), and techniques that combine to provide user experiences evocative of conventional television.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. White, Timo Bruck, Lee Mighdoll, Phillip Y. Goldman
  • Video on demand methods and systems
    Publication number: 20010027561
    Abstract: An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user interfaces, enhanced video-on-demand controls, a variety of interactive services (personalized news, jukebox, games, celebrity chat), and techniques that combine to provide user experiences evocative of conventional television.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. White, Timo Bruck, Lee Mighdoll, Phillip Y. Goldman
  • Method and apparatus for approximating a value between two endpoint values in a three-dimensional image rendering device
    Patent number: 5345541
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for approximating a value distributed between two endpoints. The method and apparatus are embodied in a rendering device for calculating pixel shading values for the display of 3-D graphical images. The method approximates a function P(w)=(1-w)A+wB, where w is a provided interpolation weight between 0 and 1, A is a first endpoint value and B is a second endpoint value. The method causes exact evaluation for the cases where P(0)=A and P(1)=B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kelley, Stephanie Winner, Lee Mighdoll