Patents by Inventor Chris J. Purvis

Chris J. Purvis 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).

  • System and method for personalized location-based game system including optical pattern recognition
    Patent number: 8821238
    Abstract: There is provided a personalized game system comprising a user account database containing user accounts for a plurality of users, a pattern database containing recognition data for a plurality of patterns, a controller in communication with the user account database and the pattern database, and a game installation. The game installation comprises an audiovisual presentation system, an identification interface in communication with the controller to read a user identifier to identify a user account of a user from the user account database, and an optical interface in communication with the controller to optically read a card pattern on a game card to match the card pattern with a pattern in the pattern database, the game card having no physical contact with the game installation. The controller is configured to change a state of the game system based on the matched pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ackley, Chris J. Purvis, Christopher R. Antimary
  • System and Method for Personalized Location-Based Game System Including Optical Pattern Recognition
    Publication number: 20140100025
    Abstract: There is provided a personalized game system comprising a user account database containing user accounts for a plurality of users, a pattern database containing recognition data for a plurality of patterns, a controller in communication with the user account database and the pattern database, and a game installation. The game installation comprises an audiovisual presentation system, an identification interface in communication with the controller to read a user identifier to identify a user account of a user from the user account database, and an optical interface in communication with the controller to optically read a card pattern on a game card to match the card pattern with a pattern in the pattern database, the game card having no physical contact with the game installation. The controller is configured to change a state of the game system based on the matched pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ackley, Chris J. Purvis, Christopher R. Antimary
  • System and method for personalized location-based game system including optical pattern recognition
    Patent number: 8313381
    Abstract: There is provided a personalized game system comprising a user account database containing user accounts for a plurality of users, a pattern database containing recognition data for a plurality of patterns, a controller in communication with the user account database and the pattern database, and a game installation. The game installation comprises an audiovisual presentation system, an identification interface in communication with the controller to read a user identifier to identify a user account of a user from the user account database, and an optical interface in communication with the controller to optically read a card pattern on a game card to match the card pattern with a pattern in the pattern database, the game card having no physical contact with the game installation. The controller is configured to change a state of the game system based on the matched pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ackley, Chris J. Purvis, Christopher R. Antimary
  • System and method for personalized location-based game system including optical pattern recognition
    Publication number: 20100130286
    Abstract: There is provided a personalized game system comprising a user account database containing user accounts for a plurality of users, a pattern database containing recognition data for a plurality of patterns, a controller in communication with the user account database and the pattern database, and a game installation. The game installation comprises an audiovisual presentation system, an identification interface in communication with the controller to read a user identifier to identify a user account of a user from the user account database, and an optical interface in communication with the controller to optically read a card pattern on a game card to match the card pattern with a pattern in the pattern database, the game card having no physical contact with the game installation. The controller is configured to change a state of the game system based on the matched pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ackley, Chris J. Purvis, Christopher R. Antimary