Patents by Inventor Rocco Martin

Rocco Martin 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).

  • Remote highlighting of objects in conferencing system by logically anding a highlight bitmap and a foreground bitmap
    Patent number: 5909213
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for highlighting information between conference participants in a computer conferencing system is disclosed. In a computer conferencing system including a first participant coupled to a second participant via a communication medium, the first participant having a first display, a first cursor control device, and a first signal generation device, the second participant having a second display, a second cursor control device, and a second signal generation device, a process and apparatus is disclosed for highlighting information on a remote display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Rocco Martin
  • Remote highlighting of objects in a conferencing system by logically anding a highlight bitmap and a foreground bitmap
    Patent number: 5790818
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for highlighting information between conference participants in a computer conferencing system is disclosed. In a computer conferencing system including a first participant coupled to a second participant via a communication medium, the first participant having a first display, a first cursor control device, and a first signal generation device, the second participant having a second display, a second cursor control device, and a second signal generation device, a process and apparatus is disclosed for highlighting information on a remote display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Rocco Martin
  • Conferencing system with remote object display and cursor shadow
    Patent number: 5771036
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for remotely displaying cursor and tool operation in a conferencing system can be used for manipulating a remote cursor in a computer conferencing system, the computer conferencing system including a first participant coupled to a second participant via a communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rocco Martin, Roger Ray
  • Remote display of objects and cursor movement in a conferencing system
    Patent number: 5655066
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for remotely displaying cursor and tool operation in a conferencing system can be used for manipulating a remote cursor in a computer conferencing system, the computer conferencing system including a first participant coupled to a second participant via a communication medium. This process comprises the steps of: 1) selecting a remote cursor tool using the first participant's system, the remote cursor tool being a computer implemented function represented by an icon; 2) displaying the icon representing the remote cursor tool with an associated shadow only on the first participant's display and only while the tool is selected; 3) activating the remote cursor tool; and 4) displaying the icon representing the remote cursor tool without an associated shadow on both the first and the second participant's display only while the tool is active, the icon being displayed on a second display in a position corresponding to a position of the icon on a first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rocco Martin, Roger Ray