ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,499, issued on March 25.
"Three-dimensional display of genealogical information" was invented by Michael D. Charbonnet (New Orleans), Derrick W. Charbonnet (Ocean Springs, Miss.), M. Dean Charbonnet Jr. (New Orleans), Laura T. Charbonnet (New Orleans) and Clark R. Charbonnet (New Orleans).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for incorporating a time dimension to create a 3D graphics display from genealogical family tree data showing discrete individuals in multiple generations of a genealogical family tree data set, a computerized system for displaying the 3D genealogical family tree data set, and a non-transi...