Patents by Inventor Mark William Hansen

Mark William Hansen 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).

  • Method of constructing a virtual construction model
    Patent number: 7596473
    Abstract: A method of constructing a virtual construction model, comprising: displaying a plurality of construction elements corresponding to respective types of construction elements, allowing a user to select one or more instances of each of the types of construction elements; maintaining a counter of available elements for each type of construction elements; decrementing said counter of available elements of a type of construction elements each time a user selects a construction element of said type; providing an indication to the user when the available number of construction elements of one of the types of construction elements has been used in the virtual construction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: InterLego AG
    Inventors: Mark William Hansen, Lisbeth Valther Pallesen, Ronny Scherer