Patents by Inventor Geoff GOODMAN

Geoff GOODMAN 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: 10456680
    Abstract: In an approach, a game server records events that occur within a match of a video game played using a plurality of game clients. After the match has concluded, the game server scores the events according to a plurality of criteria corresponding a plurality of play of the game categories. A sliding window is passed over the events in a number of increments. During each increment, the score for each event that falls within the sliding window is aggregated for each of the categories. The game server then selects a play of the game category and determines the top aggregated score for that category. Once determined, the game server sends one or more instructions to the game clients which causes the game clients to display a replay of the events that occurred during the time window increment corresponding to the top aggregated score for the selected category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Miron, Geoff Goodman
  • Publication number: 20180161675
    Abstract: In an approach, a game server records events that occur within a match of a video game played using a plurality of game clients. After the match has concluded, the game server scores the events according to a plurality of criteria corresponding a plurality of play of the game categories. A sliding window is passed over the events in a number of increments. During each increment, the score for each event that falls within the sliding window is aggregated for each of the categories. The game server then selects a play of the game category and determines the top aggregated score for that category. Once determined, the game server sends one or more instructions to the game clients which causes the game clients to display a replay of the events that occurred during the time window increment corresponding to the top aggregated score for the selected category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: KEITH MIRON, GEOFF GOODMAN
  • Patent number: 9465566
    Abstract: A relay apparatus includes: a first transmission unit that transmits first information specifying the relay apparatus to the management apparatus through a network, in response to the relay apparatus being connected to the network; a collection unit that collects management information regarding a management target device, from the management target device connected to the network, in which the collection unit does not collect the management information from the management target device until an activation instruction is received from the management apparatus, and starts to collect the management information from the management target device only after the activation instruction is received from the management apparatus; and a second transmission unit that transmits the collected management information to the management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Ishino, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Takahiro Okayasu, Teppei Aoki, Masamune Oshitani, Chad Eickhoff, Geoff Goodman, Russell Neville
  • Publication number: 20160224291
    Abstract: A relay apparatus includes: a first transmission unit that transmits first information specifying the relay apparatus to the management apparatus through a network, in response to the relay apparatus being connected to the network; a collection unit that collects management information regarding a management target device, from the management target device connected to the network, in which the collection unit does not collect the management information from the management target device until an activation instruction is received from the management apparatus, and starts to collect the management information from the management target device only after the activation instruction is received from the management apparatus; and a second transmission unit that transmits the collected management information to the management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki ISHINO, Shinichiro YAMAMOTO, Takahiro OKAYASU, Teppei AOKI, Masamune OSHITANI, Chad EICKHOFF, Geoff GOODMAN, Russell NEVILLE