Patents by Inventor Crowin Bell

Crowin Bell 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).

  • Patent number: 7331870
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus in which a biometric information relating to a player is used to facilitate game play in multiplayer game environments. In particular, the present invention provides a game platform, a biofeedback sensor, and a biofeedback signal interface connection between the game platform and the biofeedback sensor. The biofeedback signal interface converts the biofeedback sensor information into a signal input usable by the game platform, which executes multimedia events as determined, in part, by the biometric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Healing Rhythms, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Smith, Crowin Bell
  • Publication number: 20040229685
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus in which a biometric information relating to a player is used to facilitate game play in multiplayer game environments. In particular, the present invention provides a game platform, a biofeedback sensor, and a biofeedback signal interface connection between the game platform and the biofeedback sensor. The biofeedback signal interface converts the biofeedback sensor information into a signal input usable by the game platform, which executes multimedia events as determined, in part, by the biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Kurt Smith, Crowin Bell