Brian Shuster Patent?

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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?...uster,+Brian%22


United States Patent
6,370,597

Eady , et al.
April 9, 2002



System for remotely controlling an animatronic device in a chat environment utilizing control signals sent by a remote device over the internet

Abstract


An article including a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed, causes receipt of a control request from a first client for an animatronic device located on a second client and determining if the control request is serviceable by the animatronic device. In addition, the instructions also include sending the control request unaltered to the second client if the control request is serviceable by the animatronic device, and modifying the control request to a serviceable control request if the control request is not serviceable by the animatronic device.

Werent there tons of robotic cams in 99? I remember one chick on topcams in early 99 who had the cam you could rotate left and right. Amazing. He musta seen it and run to the patent office.