Intellectual Property Portfolio
Intellectual Property Portfolio
Registered Trademark
"Sphere" Standard Character Mark
Software to enable uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging and sharing digital visual content over the Internet or other communications networks.
02/11/14: Registration # 4,480,460
International Class 9
Tracking & Mapping Methods
for Panoramic Photo Creation
Systems and Methods for Tracking Camera Orientation and Mapping Frames onto a Panoramic Canvas
03/15/13: Non–Provisional App # 13/843,387
Inventors: Balazs Vagvolgyi, Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan, Kate Rohacz, and Ram Khalsa
Collecting User Data
within Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Collecting User Data Within Panoramic Environments
08/30/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/872,614
Inventor: Alex Gorstan
Methods for Easier & More Accurate
Panorama Creation
Systems and Methods for Positioning the Capture of Panoramic Images
04/02/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/807,325
04/01/14: Non-Provisional App # 14/242,733
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Ram Khalsa
Sharing Panoramic Content
from 3D–based Media
Systems and Methods for Generating and Sharing Panoramic Moments
02/19/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/770,951
Inventor: Charles Armstrong
Motion Control
Error Handling
Algorithms for Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Acceleration-Based Motion Control of Virtual Tour Applications
01/06/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/584,183
01/04/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/733,908
01/05/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/20427
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Brian Foshee
Tracking & Mapping Methods
for Panoramic Video Creation
Systems and Methods for Compiling and Storing Video with Static Panoramic Background
01/17/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/753,887
01/16/14: Non-Provisional App # 14/157,490
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Ram Khalsa, Kate Rohacz, and Alex Gorstan
Tracking & Mapping Video
Overtop Static Panoramas
Systems and Methods for Displaying Panoramic Videos with Auto-Tracking
01/17/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/753,893
01/16/14: Non-Provisional App # 14/157,490
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Ram Khalsa, Alex Gorstan, Kate Rohacz, and Kang Lim
Automatic Transitions
from User–defined Angles to Global Viewing Angles
Systems and Methods for Re-Orientation of Panoramic Images in an Immersive Viewing Environment
03/15/13: U.S. CIP Application # 13/837,395
Inventor: Charles Armstrong
Dynamic Thumbnails
for Panoramas & Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Displaying Dynamic Thumbnails of Panoramic and Virtual Tour Content
09/23/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/881,403
Inventor: Alex Gorstan
Streamed Recording & Viewing
of Panoramic Content
Systems and Methods for Sharing Panoramic Content with Guests
07/12/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/860,899
Inventor: Charles Armstrong
Tracking Objects
within Panoramic Video
Systems and Methods for Processing and Displaying Panoramic Video Content
07/12/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/860,897
Inventor: Alex Gorstan
Motion Control Methods
for Virtual Tours (Hands & Limbs)
Systems and Methods Using Motion Control to Navigate Panoramas and Virtual Tours
09/22/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/704,487
07/02/13: Non–Provisional App # 13/934,059
07/03/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/49390
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan and Kang Lim
Dynamic Contextual Data
within Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Selecting and Displaying Supplemental Panoramic Data
05/01/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/704,486
01/23/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/748,491
04/30/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/23016
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan
Motion Control Methods
for Virtual Tours (Head & Body)
Systems and Methods for Tracking User Postures to Control Display of Panoramas
07/03/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/667,899
07/02/13: Non–Provisional App # 13/934,059
07/03/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/49390
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan
Interpreting Depth
from Single Lenses w/out Parallax
Systems and Methods for Capture and Display of Flex-Focus Panoramas
07/03/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/667,893
03/12/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/798,048
07/02/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/49173
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan
Server–aided Stitching
from Mobile Devices; MMS Sharing
Systems and Methods for Stitching and Sharing Panoramas
05/01/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/641,144
03/12/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/797,978
04/30/13: PCT App # PCT/US2013/038940
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan and Kang Lim
Tile–based Streaming
of Panoramic Video
Systems and Methods for Panoramic Video Streaming of Virtual Tours
01/25/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/590,682
01/24/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/748,482
Inventor: Charles Armstrong
A Marketplace for Ads
within Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Monetizing Advertisement Locations within Virtual Tour Applications
01/25/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/590,677
01/23/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/748,467
01/24/13: PCT App # PCT/US13/23016
Inventor: Charles Armstrong
Expanded Interfaces
using Motion Control & Tracking
Systems and Methods for Managing and Controlling Viewing Perspectives on a Display Screen for a User
12/17/13: U.S. Provisional App # 61/917,287
Inventors: Charles Armstrong, Alex Gorstan
Motion Control Algorithms
for Virtual Tours
Systems and Methods for Reliable Motion Control of Virtual Tour Applications
01/06/12: U.S. Provisional App # 61/584,171
01/04/13: Non-Provisional App # 13/733,906
Inventors: Kyle Reed, Charles Armstrong, and Brian Foshee