Patents by Inventor Phil Cooke

Phil Cooke 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: 5818435
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia presentation device which, by executing a setting process for an information block, which is an address of an automatic branch, by means of an automatic discharge process for a button which stores the branch address, enables the user to understand how a branch address was selected. Command discharge condition information is stored the information block reproduction means for managing buttons which are automatically discharged at an end of a reproduction period or other such time, so that by executing a branch process by automatically selecting a button in place of a user operation, then even if there has been no user selection of a branch address before the end of the reproduction period, a branch address can be automatically selected and, by showing on the display the button which for manual selection stores a link to the same branch address, the data can be presented in a form which can readily understood by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Indusrial
    Inventors: Masayuki Kozuka, Paul Fletcher, Gary McGill, Yasutaka Yamada, Koichiro Endo, Mark Rogers, Phil Cooke, Mitsuhiro Inoue