Patents by Inventor Mark H. Young

Mark H. Young 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for animated messaging between messaging participants represented by avatar
    Patent number: 10979375
    Abstract: A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message “hug” that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventors: Mark H. Young, Jason A. Young
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ANIMATED MESSAGING BETWEEN MESSAGING PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTED BY AVATAR
    Publication number: 20190312830
    Abstract: A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message “hug” that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mark H. Young, Jason A. Young
  • Methods and apparatuses for animated messaging between messaging participants represented by avatar
    Patent number: 10250537
    Abstract: A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message “hug” that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventors: Mark H. Young, Jason A. Young
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ANIMATED MESSAGING BETWEEN MESSAGING PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTED BY AVATAR
    Publication number: 20160344668
    Abstract: A messaging system communicates animated messages. The system generates personalized avatars of messaging participants. These avatars can be made to represent visible attributes of the participants in different art styles. For example, a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette might be represented as a tall, thin, bespectacled, brunette avatar rendered in the style of a favorite cartoon. Messaging participants can then send messages in which the avatars of the sender and the recipient or recipients interact. For example, a message sender might convey a message “hug” that is displayed on a message recipient's device as an animation in which the sender's avatar embraces the recipient's avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mark H. Young, Jason A. Young