Patents Examined by Thomas H Henry
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Patent number: 11964207Abstract: An example of an information processing apparatus performs, in a virtual space including at least a player character and a terrain object, a control of moving the player character on the terrain object, based on an operation input performed by a player. If it is at least satisfied that the terrain object serving as a ceiling is present above the player character and that a destination, on the terrain object, at which the player character is placeable is present above the ceiling located above the player character, the information processing apparatus moves the player character to the destination, based on an operation input performed by the player.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruki Sato, Atsushi Asakura, Katsuhisa Sato, Yuya Sato
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Patent number: 11957985Abstract: A system for presenting a chance-based game. The system includes at least one server having a processor configured to execute machine-readable code. The processor is configured to cause the server to create and provide a set of 3D chance-based games to the plurality of presentation devices of the users, which each present the set of 3D chance-based games on a respective display. Each game of the set having an assigned fixed odds payout structure based on winning user selections. The server receives, over the wide area network, data from the presentation devices characterizing a set of user-selected or computer selected winners of the 3D chance-based games. The server updates the event data pertinent to participants in the actual events associated with the 3D advanced choice games. The server uses the updated data to calculate and assign payouts to the users based on the fixed payout structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Vetnos LLCInventor: Daniel K. Orlow
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Patent number: 11951403Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for assessing performance of a player of a game. An embodiment operates by monitoring for an input from the player of the game, receiving the input from the player of the game, and determining a characteristic of the game resulting from the input from the player. Based on the input from the player, a performance of the player is assessed. The performance of the player relating to one or more metrics of the game is monitored, and is assessed by comparing the input from the player during the period of time to an optimal input during the period of time in the game.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: STATE SPACE LABS, INC.Inventors: Jason R. Fuller, David J. Heeger, Wayne E Mackey
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Patent number: 11941943Abstract: A system and method for assessing personal preferences and interests of end-users by engaging one or more end-users in a game in which the end-user may be given a chance to win a product item from a collection of product items selected by the end-user.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLCInventor: Frederick W. Skoler
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Patent number: 11925865Abstract: A non-limiting example game system includes a processor incorporated in a main body apparatus, and the processor makes a first index image move toward an upper end from a lower end in a movement gauge in a parameter determination screen when a player starts a second parameter determination operation. When the first index image is stopped according to an operation of the player, a hitting power for a ball is determined based on the stopped position. Moreover, if the first index image is stopped, a second index image is moved up to a position that the first index image is stopped from the lower end in the movement gauge. The player performs a direction input during a direction input period that is a period of time that the second index image is being moved. Then, a trajectory after the ball starts moving is changed in a direction based on the direction input.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Yamamura, Kodai Matsumoto, Shinya Saito, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi
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Patent number: 11925868Abstract: Systems and methods for incentivizing user participation in gameplay events that take place in an online game are presented herein. The gameplay events may include one or more time intervals that take place during the duration of the gameplay event. The time intervals may be associated with incentivizing one or more actions and/or activities by the users during the intervals. The users may be distributed awards based on their performance during the intervals. The awards associated with time interval performance may impact awards distributed based on final ranking in the gameplay event.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Luther Patenge, Dylan Ortiz, Luc Pieron, Thomas Baxter, Henry Rull
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Patent number: 11911688Abstract: A game employing user-modifiable game components, such as cards in a collectable card game, employs various features to provide user-modifiability, including sleeves, transparent cards, stickers, and other elements. Electronic versions of the game and various other features are included, including tracking of history associated with such components.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: WIZARDS OF THE COAST LLCInventors: Frank Gilson, Cormac Russell, Paul Sottosanti, Randy Buehler, Ramon Arjona, Karl Robert Gutschera, Brandon Anthony Bozzi, Aaron Joel Forsythe
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Patent number: 11904245Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for assessing performance of a player of a game. An embodiment operates by monitoring for an input from the player of the game, receiving the input from the player of the game, and determining a characteristic of the game resulting from the input from the player. Based on the input from the player, a performance of the player is assessed. The performance of the player relating to one or more metrics of the game is monitored, and is assessed by comparing the input from the player during the period of time to an optimal input during the period of time in the game.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: State Space Labs, Inc.Inventors: Jason R. Fuller, David J. Heeger, Wayne E. Mackey
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Patent number: 11896882Abstract: A tracking system includes a host station and a sensor station. The sensor station includes transmitters transmitting an IR synchronous signal and IR laser signal. The system includes a head-mounted display and a tracked object, which has a plurality of object sensors. The tracked object determines its location and orientation relative to the sensor station based on the IR signals. The tracked object transmits the location and orientation to the host station. The host station determines an actual flight path of the tracked object during an object tracking event; generates a predicted flight path of the tracked object; and renders an image of a virtual object on a display of the head-mounted display. The image includes a virtual object corresponding to the tracked object, wherein the image is rendered in a VR environment such that the virtual object moves along the actual flight path and the predicted flight path.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: XReps, LLCInventors: Joel Stephens, Rohit Chaube, Brandon Fuhr, Greg Elliott
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Patent number: 11896910Abstract: A system and method may detect cheating in a computer game, by receiving inputs to a computer game from an entity (which may be a cheater or bot; or a human), comparing the inputs from the entity to data related to inputs to a computer game from human players, and based on the comparing, determining if the entity is a human player or a cheater. The comparing may be based on performance metrics derived from the inputs, and may be by statistical analysis or, comparing a statistical distribution.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: State Space Labs, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Desimone, David J. Heeger, Wayne E. Mackey
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Patent number: 11890534Abstract: A method for predefining an entryway at a virtual boundary of an XR space contained within a real environment includes: accessing a spatial mapping mesh (SMM) for the real environment, and a sealed space mesh (SSM) for the XR space; analyzing polygons in the SMM and SSM to identify first subsets representing vertical surfaces and virtual wall boundaries respectively; filtering the first subsets according to first criteria to yield second subsets; colliding polygons across the second subsets to yield a third subset of SSM polygons; defining groups of connected SSM polygons within the third subset; and selecting one group as defining the entryway. The defining of the entryway is carried out in advance of user interaction with any virtual elements in the XR environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Robert M. McCain, Tsubasa Tsukahara
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Patent number: 11875648Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gaming table with detectors for tracking a game.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Dean P. Alderucci
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Patent number: 11865464Abstract: Methods and apparatus of associating by a computerized system, labels with the order of execution of steps of solving a puzzle, game or activity, for one or more parts of one or more solution-paths for the puzzle, game or activity are described. Execution of the puzzle solution and also the particular sequence of steps in the solution paths are used to evaluate a relative efficiency of one sequence of steps over the other sequence. By quantifying efficiency of the solution path it becomes possible to logically and objectively compare the efficiency of two or more solutions or completions of the puzzle, game or activity.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Indu M. Anand, Ishan Anand, Pranav Anand
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Patent number: 11861986Abstract: A method of sharing a wager on a live sporting event with another individual on a play by play wagering platform. Users can additionally invite other users to place the same wager or another wager on a different play. Upon accepting a wager invitation, the users additionally joining a chat conversation so as to communicate while placing wagers on the live sporting event.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AdrenalineIPInventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph W. Beyers, Michael D'Andrea, Joseph Bodkin, Michael Baker
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Patent number: 11852499Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a map rendering method performed at a terminal. The method includes: transmitting a block request to a native map module of the terminal through a three-dimensional display engine, the block request carrying a block identifier corresponding to a target field of view area; obtaining a block data address based on the block identifier through the native map module, and transmitting the block data address to the three-dimensional display engine; obtaining block data in the target field of view area based on the block data address through the three-dimensional display engine; invoking a target map interface through the native map module, to parse the block data, and generating map mesh data based on data obtained through parsing, the map mesh data including road data and building data; and performing map rendering based on the road data and the building data in the map mesh data.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Yuewei Shao
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Patent number: 11847886Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to analyzing recorded game information to determine information about a player's behavior. This is accomplished by analyzing the player's actions following a positive increase in credits within credit meter data. This analysis can be utilized in automatically altering a game parameter of the gaming device being played by the player or in providing operators trend information that can be used in modifying the game device or designing future gaming devices. An analysis station may be included in a gaming system using this analysis process to allow an operator to view and manipulate a graphical representation of the credit meter data.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Acres TechnologyInventor: John F. Acres
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Patent number: 11839822Abstract: A system for presenting a skill-based game. The system includes at least one server having a processor configured to execute machine-readable code. The processor is configured to cause the server to create and provide a set of advanced choice game to the plurality of presentation devices of the users, which each present the set of advanced choice games on a respective display. Each game of the set having an assigned fixed odds payout based on winning user selections. The server receives, over the wide area network, data from the presentation devices characterizing a set of user-selected winners of the advanced choice games made by the users. The server update the event data pertinent to participants in the actual events associated with the advanced choice games. The server uses the updated data to calculate and assign payoffs to the users based on the fixed payoff odds.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Vetnos LLCInventor: Daniel K. Orlow
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Patent number: 11826662Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the computer field, and disclose a ballistic trajectory display method, apparatus, and device in a virtual environment, and a readable medium. The method includes receiving a first shooting signal of a first type of ammunition transmitted by a first terminal The method may further include transmitting an ammunition creating instruction to the first terminal and a second terminal simultaneously according to the first shooting signal. The method may further include transmitting a first display instruction to the first terminal and the second terminal simultaneously in a case of determining that the first type of ammunition hits a target.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventor: Yatao Tian
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Patent number: 11813527Abstract: Provided is an information processing program for causing a computer to realize: a game execution unit that consumes a first parameter to execute a first game in the case where it is determined on the basis of the first parameter that it is possible to execute the first game; a first recovery unit that recovers the first parameter up to a first recovery upper-limit value as time elapses; a second recovery unit that recovers a second parameter, which is different from the first parameter, up to a second recovery upper-limit value as time elapses; and an instructed recovery unit that, in the case where an instruction from a player is accepted, consumes the second parameter using a second parameter consumption amount based on the current amount of the second parameter and recovers the first parameter on the basis of the consumption amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Keisuke Teramoto, Yasuyuki Tomita, Atsushi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11813519Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, position information is obtained with respect to each of a plurality of players, a group made up of the plurality of players is created, and event data of a game event that can be played by the group, the event data including one or a plurality of individual conditions to be satisfied by a player, is generated based on the position information of the players.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.Inventor: Youichiro Miyake