Alexander P Rigopulos

6353174, Mar 5, 2002

Dec 10, 1999

09/459737

Dan Schmidt - Cambridge MA
Jonathon Bell - Brookline MA
Eran Egozy - Cambridge MA
Michael James - Somerville MA
Greg LoPiccolo - Brookline MA
Alexander Rigopulos - Arlington MA

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G10H 700

84609, 84600, 84645, 709200, 709201, 709204, 709217, 709231

Described are a system and method for achieving near real-time musical collaboration by a group of users using computers connected by a network. Each computer system plays a stream of musical data to each user. The musical data stream played to each user corresponds to the musical collaboration produced by the users. The playing of the musical data streams is staggered such that each user is located at a different time in the musical collaboration than every other user. This staggering separates any two users by a temporal offset that exceeds the maximum time required to transmit musical data from one user to another user over the network. Each user is allowed to modify the portion of the musical data stream that is currently being played to that user. Such musical data modifications are transmitted to other users over the network to become incorporated into the musical data streams played to those other users. Because the musical data streams are staggered by a temporal offset that exceeds the maximum latency of the network, those other users to receive the musical data modifications with sufficient time to incorporate them into the locally played musical data streams.

6429863, Aug 6, 2002

Feb 22, 2000

09/510590

Greg LoPiccolo - Brookline MA
Jonathon Bell - Brookline MA
Eran Egozy - Cambridge MA
Ryan Lesser - Providence RI
Joshua Randall - Brookline MA
Alexander Rigopulos - Arlington MA
Dan Schmidt - Cambridge MA

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06T 1500

345419

A method for displaying musical data in three dimensions includes displaying musical data along a spatial path that does not lie within the image plane of a display. Graphical symbols corresponding to the musical data may be displayed on graphical surfaces aligned with the spatial path. The graphical surfaces form, in some embodiments, a tunnel through which the time axis associated with the musical data runs. The musical data may be manipulated to provide the viewer with the appearance of motion along the time axis associated with the musical data. In some embodiments, the viewer is represented by a virtual camera in the three-dimensional environment and the virtual camera is âmovedâ to provide the appearance of motion. A corresponding apparatus is also discussed.

6482087, Nov 19, 2002

May 14, 2001

09/858179

Eran Egozy - Cambridge MA
Dan Schmidt - Cambridge MA
Alexander Rigopulos - Arlington MA

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A63F 1300

463 7, 463 42, 84645

A method for providing real-time musical interaction among a plurality of players connected via a network includes the steps of analyzing local players musical performance to extract emulation data that represents the musical performance; transmitting emulation data to remote players over a network; receiving emulation data from remote players over the network; and using the emulation data to emulate the remote players musical performance by locally generating approximations of the performances.

7625284, Dec 1, 2009

Jun 16, 2008

12/139880

Robert Kay - Cambridge MA, US
Greg LoPiccolo - Brookline MA, US
Daniel Schmidt - Somerville MA, US
Alexander Rigopulos - Belmont MA, US

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06F 17/00
G06F 19/00

463 31, 463 1, 463 7, 463 23, 463 30, 463 32, 463 33, 463 34, 463 35, 463 40, 463 41, 463 42, 84609, 84610, 84611, 84743

Systems and methods for displaying cues indicating input actions in a rhythm-action game may include: displaying, to a player of a rhythm-action game, a lane divided into at least two sub-lanes, each sub-lane containing cues indicating a drum input element; and displaying, to the player, an additional cue spanning a plurality of the sub-lanes, the additional cue indicating a foot pedal action. In some embodiments, the additional cue may span all the sub-lanes. In some embodiments, each sub-lane may contain cues indicating a drum input element of a set of linearly arranged drum input elements. In other embodiments, each sub-lanes may correspond to a fret button of a simulated guitar and the additional cue may correspond to an open strum.

8419536, Apr 16, 2013

Oct 20, 2009

12/582525

Robert Kay - San Francisco CA, US
Greg LoPiccolo - Brookline MA, US
Daniel Schmidt - Somerville MA, US
Alexander Rigopulos - Belmont MA, US

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A63F 9/24
A63F 13/00

463 31, 463 7, 463 30, 84609

Systems and methods for displaying cues indicating input actions in a rhythm-action game may include: displaying, to a player of a rhythm-action game, a lane divided into at least two sub-lanes, each sub-lane containing cues indicating a drum input element; and displaying, to the player, an additional cue spanning a plurality of the sub-lanes, the additional cue indicating a foot pedal action. In some embodiments, the additional cue may span all the sub-lanes. In some embodiments, each sub-lane may contain cues indicating a drum input element of a set of linearly arranged drum input elements. In other embodiments, each sub-lanes may correspond to a fret button of a simulated guitar and the additional cue may correspond to an open strum.

8444486, May 21, 2013

Oct 20, 2009

12/582525

Robert Kay - San Francisco CA, US
Greg LoPiccolo - Brookline MA, US
Daniel Schmidt - Somerville MA, US
Alexander Rigopulos - Belmont MA, US

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A63F 9/24
A63F 13/00

463 31, 463 7, 463 30, 84609

Systems and methods for displaying cues indicating input actions in a rhythm-action game may include: displaying, to a player of a rhythm-action game, a lane divided into at least two sub-lanes, each sub-lane containing cues indicating a drum input element; and displaying, to the player, an additional cue spanning a plurality of the sub-lanes, the additional cue indicating a foot pedal action. In some embodiments, the additional cue may span all the sub-lanes. In some embodiments, each sub-lane may contain cues indicating a drum input element of a set of linearly arranged drum input elements. In other embodiments, each sub-lanes may correspond to a fret button of a simulated guitar and the additional cue may correspond to an open strum.

20050215319, Sep 29, 2005

Jul 26, 2004

10/710628

Alexander Rigopulos - Watertown MA, US
Eran Egozy - Cambridge MA, US
Dan Schmidt - Boston MA, US
Eric Metois - Arlington MA, US
Greg Lopiccolo - Brookline MA, US

HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS, INC. - Cambridge MA

A63F013/00

463032000

A method for allowing a player of a video game to control a three-dimensional game character in a three-dimensional game world includes the steps of acquiring video image data of a player of a game, analyzing the acquired video image data to identify the location or movement of a portion of the player's body; and using the identified location of the portion of the player's body to control behavior of a game character.

20060058101, Mar 16, 2006

Sep 16, 2004

10/711398

Alexander RIGOPULOS - Watertown MA, US

HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS, INC. - Cambridge MA

A63F 13/00

463035000

A method for creating and selling a music-based video game includes selecting music content. A video game is created that is based on the selected music content. The created video game is offered for sale in a manner typically associated with a recorded music product.