Patents by Inventor Michael Sandige

Michael Sandige 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: 9171397
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: WildTangent, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sandige, Gary W. Hinger, II
  • Publication number: 20120139912
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: WildTangent, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sandige, Gary W. Hinger, II
  • Patent number: 8117541
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: WildTangent, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sandige, Gary W. Hinger, II
  • Publication number: 20080222503
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: WILDTANGENT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Sandige, Gary W. Hinger
  • Publication number: 20080214301
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for executing an interactive executable in a production mode. The executable is configured to interact with an end user of the interactive executable. Executing the interactive executable results in a plurality of production interactive execution states of the interactive executable. A watcher module detects a sequence of one or more production interactive execution states and renders a message unassociated with the interactive executable. In embodiments, the interactive executable is a computer-implemented game, and the message is an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: WILDTANGENT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Sandige, Gary W. Hinger