Patents by Inventor Dmitri Tolstov
Dmitri Tolstov 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).
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Patent number: 11565183Abstract: A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a memory value of the emulated game to a predetermined value and assigning the one or more trophies to the user based on the detected trophy trigger.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Timothy Lindquist, George Weising, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov, Takayuki Kazama
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Publication number: 20210077908Abstract: A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a memory value of the emulated game to a predetermined value and assigning the one or more trophies to the user based on the detected trophy trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Timothy Lindquist, George Weising, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov, Takayuki Kazama
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Patent number: 10850201Abstract: A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a current program counter value to a predetermined value and comparing a stored instruction in an instruction storage location to a predetermined instruction when the current program counter value matches the predetermined counter value. The one or more trophies are assigned to a user account that is associated with the user when the current program counter value matches the predetermined value and the instruction in the instruction storage location matches the predetermined instruction.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Timothy Lindquist, George Weising, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov, Takayuki Kazama
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Patent number: 10783008Abstract: Selective acceleration of emulation of programs written for a legacy computer system on a more modern computer system is disclosed. The host system processes emulated program assets that are synchronized with host outputs. When a reduced need for synchronization between the emulated program assets and a host output is detected, synchronization of processing of emulated program assets and the host output is unlocked and the host system accelerates processing of the emulated program assets for which the synchronization has been unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Tolstov, Jacob P. Stine, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Takayuki Kazama
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Patent number: 10726851Abstract: A method and device for accelerated audio processing in a streaming environment. The method comprises receiving a streaming audio asset, locating a position to ignore processing of an audio block of the streaming audio asset, ignoring the audio block, compensating for the ignored audio block and playing the compensated audio on an audio device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Takayuki Kazama, Dmitri Tolstov
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Publication number: 20190255443Abstract: A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a current program counter value to a predetermined value and comparing a stored instruction in an instruction storage location to a predetermined instruction when the current program counter value matches the predetermined counter value. The one or more trophies are assigned to a user account that is associated with the user when the current program counter value matches the predetermined value and the instruction in the instruction storage location matches the predetermined instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Timothy Lindquist, George Weising, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov, Takayuki Kazama
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Publication number: 20190066699Abstract: A method and device for accelerated audio processing in a streaming environment. The method comprises receiving a streaming audio asset, locating a position to ignore processing of an audio block of the streaming audio asset, ignoring the audio block, compensating for the ignored audio block and playing the compensated audio on an audio device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Takayuki Kazama, Dmitri Tolstov
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Patent number: 10213693Abstract: A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a current program counter value to a predetermined value and comparing a stored instruction in an instruction storage location to a predetermined instruction when the current program counter value matches the predetermined counter value. The one or more trophies are assigned to a user account that is associated with the user when the current program counter value matches the predetermined value and the instruction in the instruction storage location matches the predetermined instruction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Timothy Lindquist, George Weising, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov, Takayuki Kazama
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Publication number: 20180357149Abstract: An emulator handles problematic target code blocks by evaluating target system code for problematic target code blocks and bypassing translation of such blocks, in some cases selecting alternative host code for a problematic block. Non-problematic portions of the target system code are translated into corresponding portions of host system code, which are inserted into an execution stream. Alternative host system code may also be inserted into the execution stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Takayuki Kazama, Dmitri Tolstov
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Publication number: 20180341531Abstract: Selective acceleration of emulation of programs written for a legacy computer system on a more modern computer system is disclosed. The host system processes emulated program assets that are synchronized with host outputs. When a reduced need for synchronization between the emulated program assets and a host output is detected, synchronization of processing of emulated program assets and the host output is unlocked and the host system accelerates processing of the emulated program assets for which the synchronization has been unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Tolstov, Jacob P. Stine, Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Takayuki Kazama
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Patent number: 10133655Abstract: An emulator handles problematic target code blocks by evaluating target system code for problematic target code blocks and bypassing translation of such blocks, in some cases selecting alternative host code for a problematic block. Non-problematic portions of the target system code are translated into corresponding portions of host system code, which are inserted into an execution stream. Alternative host system code may also be inserted into the execution stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Piers Robert Norton, Jacob P. Stine, Takayuki Kazama, Dmitri Tolstov
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Patent number: 9536461Abstract: Some embodiments provide methods of increasing a resolution of multimedia content. Some of those methods comprising: identifying an uprendering matrix, wherein the uprendering matrix is dependent on a resulting resolution of resulting multimedia content having the increased resolution; and for each source image of the multimedia content: defining a reference image of the source image from the multimedia content, wherein the reference image has a resolution that is the same as an original resolution of the source image; defining multiple shifted images of the source image, wherein each of the multiple shifted images corresponds with one of the elements of the uprendering matrix; and coalescing pixels from each of the reference image and the shifted images creating an uprendered image having a higher resolution than the reference image.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov
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Publication number: 20160005344Abstract: Some embodiments provide methods of increasing a resolution of multimedia content. Some of those methods comprising: identifying an uprendering matrix, wherein the uprendering matrix is dependent on a resulting resolution of resulting multimedia content having the increased resolution; and for each source image of the multimedia content: defining a reference image of the source image from the multimedia content, wherein the reference image has a resolution that is the same as an original resolution of the source image; defining multiple shifted images of the source image, wherein each of the multiple shifted images corresponds with one of the elements of the uprendering matrix; and coalescing pixels from each of the reference image and the shifted images creating an uprendered image having a higher resolution than the reference image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Jacob P. Stine, Dmitri Tolstov