Patents by Inventor Thomas Arthur Freeburg

Thomas Arthur Freeburg 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: 6508706
    Abstract: It is a method of communicating amongst a network of networked computing entities to provide feedback to a user representative of a group social behavior comprising and providing a uniform data structure for each said computing entity which defines group social behavior simulation and the data structure comprising interaction rules and initial conditions. The interaction rules are comprised of fixed and variable elements. The initial conditions are comprised of fixed, variable and random elements—modifying the variable elements of the interaction rules and the initial conditions responsive to interaction of the networked computing entities and exhibiting feedback of the group social behavior simulation to the user of at least one of the computing entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventors: David Howard Sitrick, Thomas Arthur Freeburg
  • Publication number: 20020198032
    Abstract: It is a method of communicating amongst a network of networked computing entities to provide feedback to a user representative of a group social behavior comprising and providing a uniform data structure for each said computing entity which defines group social behavior simulation and the data structure comprising interaction rules and initial conditions. The interaction rules are comprised of fixed and variable elements. The initial conditions are comprised of fixed, variable and random elements—modifying the variable elements of the interaction rules and the initial conditions responsive to interaction of the networked computing entities and exhibiting feedback of the group social behavior simulation to the user of at least one of the computing entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: David Howard Sitrick, Thomas Arthur Freeburg