Patents Examined by Allen Chan
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Patent number: 11947930Abstract: A method and a device for remote acquisition of correlated pseudo-random numbers based on semi-trusted hardware. When applied to semi-trusted hardware, the method comprises: acquiring a random seed of a sender and a selected number of a receiver; generating a plurality of first correlated pseudo-random numbers and first commitment seeds according to the random seed and a predetermined category of the correlated pseudo-random number; generating a first commitment value and a first open value by a commitment mechanism according to the first correlated pseudo-random numbers and the first commitment seeds; generating a Merkle proof according to the first commitment value and the selected number; sending the first correlated pseudo-random numbers, the first commitment value, the first open value and the Merkle proof corresponding to the selected number to the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, ZJU-HANGZHOU GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CENTERInventors: Bingsheng Zhang, Yibiao Lu, Weiran Liu, Kui Ren
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Patent number: 11944882Abstract: A targeting device includes a body (504) that is formed from a flexible polymeric material with opposing sides with a target coupler (506) about one opposing side of the body (504). A goal frame coupler (502) is carried from body (504) and is formed with a surface that may be received with a friction pad (514). Also contemplated is at least one strap-type adjusting device (508) that is carried by the goal frame coupler and/or the body, and which is formed with at least one knob that cooperates with the goal frame coupler to fasten the targeting device to a pole or other structure. In variations, at least one respective channel (516) is formed in the coupler (502) and sized to capture one or more of the adjustment knobs. The target coupler (506) may be formed by a connection joint (518), which is coupled to a target (510) there about.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Antonio Augusto Ribeiro Reis
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Patent number: 11944910Abstract: A system and method for providing virtual items to users of an online game operated in a virtual space. Multiple users may participate in affiliations or alliances of discrete groups of users in an online game and may access the online game through client computing platforms associated with the users. The affiliations may have affiliation game units associated with affiliations which provide a benefit to the members of the online game. Affiliation members may cumulatively obtain affiliation game units and/or upgrade affiliation game units by providing one or more virtual items. Upgrading affiliation game units may require the cooperation of multiple members of the affiliation.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Tsao, John Kim, David McNeill, Albert Wei, Christopher Yu, Kevin Chanthasiriphan
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Patent number: 11938403Abstract: The present disclosure provides a game character behavior control method.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Weibin Qiu
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Patent number: 11931624Abstract: A method for monitoring an individual engaged in an athletic activity includes detecting movement of the individual at a first time, using a sensor module coupled to the individual, determining that the movement of the individual corresponds to a predetermined activation movement, entering an active state of the sensor module in response to the determination that the movement of the individual corresponds to the predetermined activation movement, and detecting movement of the individual at a second time, using the sensor module in the active state.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Aurel Coza, Christian Dibenedetto, Jeffrey Allen
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Patent number: 11928915Abstract: A method of playing a feature game on a gaming machine. A display displays a first game and a second game. A game controller determines if a merging condition occurs, and if a merging condition occurs, animates a merging of the first game and the second game into a merged game at the display. The merged game has a plurality of display positions from the first game, the second game, and a set of additional display positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Gary Joseph Penacho, Thomas Tuomey
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Patent number: 11918903Abstract: A plurality of first icons representing activity and a plurality of second icons representing satisfaction for the activity are stored in a memory. A user selects at least one first icon and at least one second icon. The selected first icon and the selected second icon are stored in the memory. A plurality of third icons including the selected first icon and a plurality of fourth icons including the selected second icon are displayed and the user selects a least one first icon and at least one second icon selected before in order from the plurality of third icons and the plurality of fourth icons, respectively. The at least one first icon and the at least one second icon currently selected are compared with the at least one first icon and the at least one second icon stored in the memory to calculate a memory score of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NEUROSPACE INC.Inventors: Eun Young Yoon, Il Han Yun
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Patent number: 11922779Abstract: A tournament management device manages tournaments consistently from making promotions to progress a game and configured to encourage a member to participate in each suitable tournament.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONInventor: Shigehiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 11921918Abstract: A method including rendering a view of a virtual environment of a video game for display in a head mounted display of a user, wherein the virtual environment includes a plurality of objects. The method including tracking gaze of the user. The method including detecting that the gaze of the user is directed towards an object in the view for a period of time. The method including generating a heads up display (HUD) interface including information related to the object. The method including surfacing the HUD interface near the object in the view of the virtual environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Eric M. Hayashi, Christopher Philip Nicholls, Heston Barber
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Patent number: 11918893Abstract: Methods and systems for managing processing resources of an online game include executing the online game for one or more users. Each user is provided access to virtual locations in a gaming world of the online game. A compute is assigned for processing gaming interactivity of the one or more users in the gaming world. A number of users accessing a region within a virtual location are determined. When the number of users exceeds a predefined limit for the compute assigned to the users in the region, the region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and additional compute is assigned for the region so that the compute and the additional compute can process gaming interactivity for the users in each of the sub-regions defined in the gaming world.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventor: Kelvin Yong
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Patent number: 11911697Abstract: A virtual-environment-based object construction method is disclosed for a computer device. The method includes displaying an environment interface corresponding to a virtual environment, receiving a three-dimensional (3D) model input operation, the 3D model input operation being used for inputting a target 3D model of a target object, receiving a position input operation, the position input operation being used for determining a display position of the target object in the virtual environment, and displaying the target object at the display position according to the 3D model input operation and the position input operation, the target object being obtained by filling with voxel blocks within a contour range of the target 3D model.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Chao Shen
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Patent number: 11883742Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for audio generation. The method includes: obtaining a target rhythm, a target verse melody and a target chorus melody; configuring the target rhythm as a first audio track, the target verse melody as a second audio track, and the target chorus melody as a third audio track; generating a target audio by aligning start playing time of the first audio track, the second audio track and the third audio track to beat occurrence time of a first beat, a second beat and a third beat in a first metronome data respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jian Shi, Xu Dai, Jiayun Li
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Patent number: 11881085Abstract: A gaming system wherein a first reel strip is selected from a set of reel strips for a first game. The first reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise at least two consecutive identical symbols. The first reel strip is then displayed within at least one reel. If the user desires to play one or more additional games, the system selects and displays at least one additional reel strip from a set of reel strips. The additional reel strip has a set of first consecutive symbol positions and a set of second consecutive symbol positions, each associated with a plurality of symbols, and the second consecutive symbol positions comprise fewer consecutive identical symbols than were present in the previous game.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Epic Tech, LLCInventors: Steven Wesley Davis, Donald James Rollo, III
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Patent number: 11878243Abstract: A game unit control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: in response to a preset grouping trigger operation, displaying a first grouping control in a preset range of at least one game unit indicator; in response to a first grouping operation acting on the first grouping control, adjusting a coverage range of the first grouping control; and determining game units indicated by a game unit indicator corresponding to the adjusted coverage range of the first grouping control as a first group of target game units. In the present embodiment, a first grouping control is used to quickly group game units, thereby enabling a player to operate on game units of multiple classes at the same time, so as to improve the game experience of the player.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventor: Yiming Wei
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Patent number: 11872485Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
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Patent number: 11865455Abstract: A strategy system is described that generates a strategy guide for a gameplay session at an arcade machine. To do so, the strategy system leverages a game-specific hash generated by a hashing system, which includes data describing a log of events that occurred during the gameplay session. The strategy guide includes a summary of the gameplay session curated based on a combination of a particular user associated with the gameplay session, a rulebook describing gameplay event scoring, and the specific event sequence described in the game-specific hash. The game-specific hash and the strategy guide are configured for output based on various considerations, such as display capabilities and network connections of the computing devices implementing the strategy system and/or the hashing system as well as characteristics of a computing device at which the strategy guide is output.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Paradigm Tilt LLCInventor: Anthony Michael van Winkle
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Patent number: 11861988Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the purchase of digital lottery tickets, the validation of digital lottery tickets, and the redemption of digital lottery tickets. The systems and methods provide improved security and protection against fraudulent validation and redemption of digital lottery tickets.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: IGT Global Solutions CorporationInventors: Zbigniew Brzozowski, Gregory J. Spatuzzi, Thomas K. Oram
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Patent number: 11862334Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring athletic performances include determining “flight time,” e.g., the amount of time both feet are off the ground, and optionally “flight time” resulting from different types of activities, such as jogging, running, sprinting, jumping, etc. “Flight time” may help a player or coach better understand the effort the athlete is putting out, compare efforts of two or more players, gauge the athlete's performance change over time, and/or identify conditioning needs and/or areas for improvement. Such systems and methods also may generate and display various athletic performance metrics, such as: instantaneous flight time; average flight time; cumulative flight time during an athletic performance or other time period; instantaneous jump height; average jump height; cumulative jump height during an athletic performance or other time period; and comparisons of any flight time and/or jump height metric(s) of one player against another player and/or against himself/herself; etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: SantoshKumar Balakrishnan, Robert M. Bruce, Justin Fraga, Paul J. Francis
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Patent number: 11857883Abstract: A method for gaming assistance. Information relating to game plays of player for a gaming application is received at a back-end server. A current game context of a first game play of a first player is determined from the information. Historical expert game contexts of expert game plays of experts that have played the gaming application are determined from the information. An assistance query related to the first game play is received. The current game context of the first player is compared to the historical expert game contexts to determine at least one expert having a corresponding historical expert game context that matches the first game context. A first expert is assigned to the first player for obtaining assistance. A communication session is generated between a device of the first expert and a device of the first player to enable the first expert to render assistance to the first player.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Andrew Herman, Tom Srisook, Chad Rolinski, Parsa Shirazi
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Patent number: 11856247Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for porting locally processed media data with low latency to a remote client device via various wireless links are provided. In one example embodiment, a transceiver module may include a local network interface and a controller that may receive a client control signal from a client device over a wireless local area network via the local network interface, transmit a media control signal based on the client control signal to a media device, receive media data based on the media control signal from the media device, and transmit to the client device over the wireless local area network via the local network interface client data based on the media data and a low-latency compression technique. The receipt of the media data and transmission of the client data may be accomplished with substantially no detectable latency. Additional embodiments are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Donald Gordon, Thomas Paquin, Michael Toy, Mike Roper, Roger van der Laan