Patents by Inventor Robert John Cummings MacDonald

Robert John Cummings MacDonald 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: 11972092
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved systems and method for navigation and manipulation of browser windows in a 3D mixed reality environment. An improved approach is provided to view a user's windows, regardless of the current location for the user relative to one or more previously-opened windows. A method for displaying windows in a computing environment includes receiving an instruction to select multiple open windows. The method also includes retrieving information for the multiple open windows, where the multiple open windows are associated with different physical locations. The method further includes displaying a representation of the multiple open windows in a single user interface. Moreover, the method includes upon receiving a selection of a selected window of the multiple open windows, loading the selected window into a foreground of a field of view for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, Sakina Groth, Genevieve Mak
  • Publication number: 20240029369
    Abstract: A cross reality system that renders virtual content generated by executing native mode applications may be configured to render web-based content using components that render content from native applications. The system may include a Prism manager that provides Prisms in which content from executing native applications is rendered. For rendering web based content, a browser, accessing the web based content, may be associated with a Prism and may render content into its associated Prism, creating the same immersive experience for the user as when content is generated by a native application. The user may access the web application from the same program launcher menu as native applications. The system may have tools that enable a user to access these capabilities, including by creating for a web location an installable entity that, when processed by the system, results in an icon for the web content in a program launcher menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Robert John Cummings MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11748963
    Abstract: A cross reality system that renders virtual content generated by executing native mode applications may be configured to render web-based content using components that render content from native applications. The system may include a Prism manager that provides Prisms in which content from executing native applications is rendered. For rendering web based content, a browser, accessing the web based content, may be associated with a Prism and may render content into its associated Prism, creating the same immersive experience for the user as when content is generated by a native application. The user may access the web application from the same program launcher menu as native applications. The system may have tools that enable a user to access these capabilities, including by creating for a web location an installable entity that, when processed by the system, results in an icon for the web content in a program launcher menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Robert John Cummings MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20230267697
    Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Tim ZURMOEHLE, Andrea Isabel MONTOYA, Robert John Cummings MACDONALD, Sakina GROTH, Genevieve MAK
  • Patent number: 11636660
    Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, Sakina Groth, Genevieve Mak
  • Publication number: 20230119305
    Abstract: A cross reality system that renders virtual content generated by executing native mode applications may be configured to render web-based content using components that render content from native applications. The system may include a Prism manager that provides Prisms in which content from executing native applications is rendered. For rendering web based content, a browser, accessing the web based content, may be associated with a Prism and may render content into its associated Prism, creating the same immersive experience for the user as when content is generated by a native application. The user may access the web application from the same program launcher menu as native applications. The system may have tools that enable a user to access these capabilities, including by creating for a web location an installable entity that, when processed by the system, results in an icon for the web content in a program launcher menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Robert John Cummings MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11562542
    Abstract: A cross reality (XR) system that renders virtual content generated by executing native mode applications may be configured to render web-based content using components that render content from native applications. The system may include a Prism manager that provides Prisms in which content from executing native applications is rendered. For rendering web based content, a browser, accessing the web based content, may be associated with a Prism and may render content into its associated Prism, creating the same immersive experience for the user as when content is generated by a native application. The user may access the web application from the same program launcher menu as native applications. The system may have tools that enable a user to access these capabilities, including by creating for a web location an installable entity that, when processed by the system, results in an icon for the web content in a program launcher menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Robert John Cummings MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20210335053
    Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Tim ZURMOEHLE, Andrea Isabel MONTOYA, Robert John Cummings MACDONALD, Sakina GROTH, Genevieve MAK
  • Publication number: 20210263624
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved systems and method for navigation and manipulation of browser windows in a 3D mixed reality environment. An improved approach is provided to view a user's windows, regardless of the current location for the user relative to one or more previously-opened windows. A method for displaying windows in a computing environment includes receiving an instruction to select multiple open windows. The method also includes retrieving information for the multiple open windows, where the multiple open windows are associated with different physical locations. The method further includes displaying a representation of the multiple open windows in a single user interface. Moreover, the method includes upon receiving a selection of a selected window of the multiple open windows, loading the selected window into a foreground of a field of view for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Tim ZURMOEHLE, Andrea Isabel MONTOYA, Robert John Cummings MacDONALD, Sakina GROTH, Genevieve MAK
  • Patent number: 11087563
    Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, Sakina Groth, Genevieve Mak
  • Patent number: 11036364
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved systems and method for navigation and manipulation of browser windows in a 3D mixed reality environment. An improved approach is provided to view a user's windows, regardless of the current location for the user relative to one or more previously-opened windows. A method for displaying windows in a computing environment includes receiving an instruction to select multiple open windows. The method also includes retrieving information for the multiple open windows, where the multiple open windows are associated with different physical locations. The method further includes displaying a representation of the multiple open windows in a single user interface. Moreover, the method includes upon receiving a selection of a selected window of the multiple open windows, loading the selected window into a foreground of a field of view for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, Sakina Groth, Genevieve Mak
  • Publication number: 20210174596
    Abstract: A cross reality (XR) system that renders virtual content generated by executing native mode applications may be configured to render web-based content using components that render content from native applications. The system may include a Prism manager that provides Prisms in which content from executing native applications is rendered. For rendering web based content, a browser, accessing the web based content, may be associated with a Prism and may render content into its associated Prism, creating the same immersive experience for the user as when content is generated by a native application. The user may access the web application from the same program launcher menu as native applications. The system may have tools that enable a user to access these capabilities, including by creating for a web location an installable entity that, when processed by the system, results in an icon for the web content in a program launcher menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Robert John Cummings MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20210097775
    Abstract: Described are improved systems and methods for navigation and manipulation of interactable objects in a 3D mixed reality environment. Improved systems and methods are provided to implement physical manipulation for creation and placement of interactable objects, such as browser windows and wall hangings. A method includes receiving data indicating a selection of an interactable object contained within a first prism at the start of a user interaction. The method also includes receiving data indicating an end of the user interaction with the interactable object. The method further includes receiving data indicating a physical movement of the user corresponding to removing the interactable object from the first prism between the start and the end of the user interaction. Moreover, the method includes creating a second prism to contain the data associated with the interactable object at the end of the user interaction with the interactable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Tim ZURMOEHLE, Andrea Isabel MONTOYA, Robert John Cummings MACDONALD, Sakina GROTH, Genevieve MAK
  • Patent number: D879138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D891464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D895675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D896270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D897369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D905705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly
  • Patent number: D917541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Zurmoehle, Andrea Isabel Montoya, William Adams, Gregory Minh Tran, Lorena Pazmino, Robert John Cummings MacDonald, James M. Powderly