Patents by Inventor Benjamin Robert Thaker-Fell

Benjamin Robert Thaker-Fell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Race royale gameplay through video game
    Patent number: 11458408
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured for generation and rendering of a race royale gaming environment that improves processing efficiency and racing gameplay in multiplayer scenarios. An exemplary race royale gaming environment provides a time-adjustable video game map configured to enable racing gameplay between a plurality of players (e.g., player-controlled vehicles) until an overall winner is determined. The race royale gaming environment is further configured to provide persistent vehicle upgrades that persist during at least one instance of racing gameplay (e.g., one or more races) in the race royale gaming environment. In other examples, the race royale gaming environment is configured to enable a player to challenge one or more other players to an elimination race within the time-adjustable video game map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Brown, Carlos Alberto Sanchez, Benjamin Robert Thaker-Fell
  • RACE ROYALE GAMEPLAY THROUGH VIDEO GAME
    Publication number: 20210170283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured for generation and rendering of a race royale gaming environment that improves processing efficiency and racing gameplay in multiplayer scenarios. An exemplary race royale gaming environment provides a time-adjustable video game map configured to enable racing gameplay between a plurality of players (e.g., player-controlled vehicles) until an overall winner is determined. The race royale gaming environment is further configured to provide persistent vehicle upgrades that persist during at least one instance of racing gameplay (e.g., one or more races) in the race royale gaming environment. In other examples, the race royale gaming environment is configured to enable a player to challenge one or more other players to an elimination race within the time-adjustable video game map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Phillip Brown, Carlos Alberto Sanchez, Benjamin Robert Thaker-Fell