Patents by Inventor Marc Rullo

Marc Rullo 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: 10250918
    Abstract: There is provided television comprising a television display, a memory storing an executable code, a processor executing the executable code to receive an input selecting an ambient mode from a plurality of modes, including an on mode, an off mode and the ambient mode, wherein in the ambient mode the television display is on for presenting ambient content and not for presenting regular television content, request the ambient content from a server based on one of a default setting, a user profile, a user history, and a user preference, receive, in response to the request, the ambient content from the server, passively present the ambient content on the television display by periodically refreshing the ambient content from the server and periodically refreshing the ambient content on the television display without a user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Rullo
  • Publication number: 20180063560
    Abstract: There is provided television comprising a television display, a memory storing an executable code, a processor executing the executable code to receive an input selecting an ambient mode from a plurality of modes, including an on mode, an off mode and the ambient mode, wherein in the ambient mode the television display is on for presenting ambient content and not for presenting regular television content, request the ambient content from a server based on one of a default setting, a user profile, a user history, and a user preference, receive, in response to the request, the ambient content from the server, passively present the ambient content on the television display by periodically refreshing the ambient content from the server and periodically refreshing the ambient content on the television display without a user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Marc Rullo
  • Publication number: 20120174038
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for enabling navigation and selection of content using an interactive virtual sphere. The system comprises a content database accessible via a content server, the content database configured to store a first plurality of content units, and an aggregator linked to the content database, the aggregator configured to update the first plurality of content units. The system also includes a spherical graphics rendering module and a content navigation module. The spherical graphics rendering module is configured to render visual representations corresponding to a second plurality of content units on the surface of a virtual sphere. The content to navigation module provides a user interface for interacting with the virtual sphere, and is configured to access the content database and to enable selection of at least one of the second plurality of content units according to an input received by the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Analisa Tamayo, Karen Wooley, Alex Vigdor, Isaac Josephson, Mark Forscher, Marc Rullo