Patents by Inventor Russell R. Stoll

Russell R. Stoll 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).

  • Method, system and storage medium for generating virtual brick models
    Patent number: 7480597
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method for generating a virtual brick model. The virtual brick models are generated by users and uploaded to a centralized host system. Users can build virtual models themselves or download and edit another user's virtual brick models while retaining the identity of the original virtual brick model. Routines are provided for both storing user created building steps in and generating automated building instructions for virtual brick models, generating a bill of materials for a virtual brick model and ordering physical bricks corresponding to a virtual brick model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Tomas Clark, Brad Justus, Jacob McKee, Ronny Scherer, Russell R. Stoll, Olga Timcenko, Thomas Scott Wilson
  • Method, system and storage medium for generating virtual brick models
    Publication number: 20040236539
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method for generating a virtual brick model. The virtual brick models are generated by users and uploaded to a centralized host system. Users can build virtual models themselves or download and edit another user's virtual brick models while retaining the identity of the original virtual brick model. Routines are provided for both storing user created building steps in and generating automated building instructions for virtual brick models, generating a bill of materials for a virtual brick model and ordering physical bricks corresponding to a virtual brick model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Tomas Clark, Brad Justus, Jacob McKee, Ronny Scherer, Russell R. Stoll, Olga Timcenko, Thomas Scott Wilson