Patents by Inventor Todd A. Aqulnick

Todd A. Aqulnick 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).

  • Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
    Patent number: 6788314
    Abstract: An attention manager presents information to a person in the vicinity of a display device in a manner that engages at least the peripheral attention of the person. The information is embodied by one or more sets of content data (e.g., video or audio data). Each set of content data is formulated by a content provider and made available for use by content display systems. Upon appropriate activation, each content display system displays images corresponding to the sets of content data in accordance with predetermined scheduling information. The attention manager makes use of “unused capacity” of the display device and the person's attention, providing information to the person that the person might not otherwise expend adequate energy to obtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Freiberger, Golan Levin, David P. Reed, Marc E. Davis, Neal A. Bhadkamkar, Philippe P. Piernot, Todd A. Aqulnick, Sally N. Rosenthal, Giles N. Goodhead
  • Attention manager for occupying the peripheral attention of a person in the vicinity of a display device
    Publication number: 20020180697
    Abstract: An attention manager presents information to a person in the vicinity of a display device in a manner that engages at least the peripheral attention of the person. The information is embodied by one or more sets of content data (e.g., video or audio data). Each set of content data is formulated by a content provider and made available for use by content display systems. Upon appropriate activation, each content display system displays images corresponding to the sets of content data in accordance with predetermined scheduling information. The attention manager makes use of “unused capacity” of the display device and the person's attention, providing information to the person that the person might not otherwise expend adequate energy to obtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Freiberger, Golan Levin, David P. Reed, Marc E. Davis, Neal A. Bhadkamkar, Philippe P. Piernot, Todd A. Aqulnick, Sally N. Rosenthal, Giles N. Goodhead