Patents by Inventor Richard Gregory Roach

Richard Gregory Roach 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).

  • Perspective switching in audiovisual works
    Patent number: 6243085
    Abstract: Described is a technique to produce a user interactive movie having the capability of switching perspectives at the option of the user. The movie is in the form of a computer memory means having certain information recorded thereon. The information includes a digital database and preferably sets of computer instructions. The digital database is divided into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the digital database contains a chain of events as perceived from a first viewpoint and the second portion of the digital database contains the chain of events as perceived from a second viewpoint. The memory means preferably includes instructions for causing a computer to retrieve and output to a user through user interfaces the chain of events from either the first portion of the digital database or the second portion of the digital database, one at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: Richard Gregory Roach
  • Multimedia techniques
    Patent number: 5999172
    Abstract: Interactive movie techniques disclosed include dialogue lines for computer users, gateways for entering alternate storylines, techniques for conveying information relating to a character's thoughts and memories, techniques for conveying character information to the user by selection of character backgrounds, the use of icons to signal the presence of additional storyline information or user activities as an interactive movie character, and techniques to draw the user into the flow of the storyline to impart the experience of "having been there".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Richard Gregory Roach
  • Interactive multimedia movies and techniques
    Patent number: 5692212
    Abstract: A user/PC interface is described that enables the user to interact with, and control, in part, the display and sequence of multimedia information. Techniques provided include presenting dialog lines for computer users and gateways for entering alternate storylines. Additional techniques are presented for conveying information related to a character's thoughts, memories and background. Icons are presented to signal the presence of additional storyline information. Other icons allow the user to become an interactive movie character in order to draw the user into the flow of the storyline and impart the experience of "having been there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Richard Gregory Roach