Patents by Inventor Ian Szufnara

Ian Szufnara 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).

  • Adaptive learning system for video game enhancement
    Patent number: 9616329
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that can capture sequences of player input in response to situations confronting a player of a video game while playing the video game on a game console. A game engine within the game console may associate an archetype with the captured sequences. The outcomes of the captured sequences are determined with respect to the game situations and a score is applied to the captured sequences based on the outcomes. The captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores are stored in a runtime memory within the game console used to play the video game. Upon completion of the video game, the stored captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores may be downloaded and stored to an external memory associated with the game console. Subsequent video game sessions may load the captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores into the runtime memory to be used in the next session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventors: Ian Szufnara, Fraser Lott, Harold Chaput
  • ADAPTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR VIDEO GAME ENHANCEMENT
    Publication number: 20140004950
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that can capture sequences of player input in response to situations confronting a player of a video game while playing the video game on a game console. A game engine within the game console may associate an archetype with the captured sequences. The outcomes of the captured sequences are determined with respect to the game situations and a score is applied to the captured sequences based on the outcomes. The captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores are stored in a runtime memory within the game console used to play the video game. Upon completion of the video game, the stored captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores may be downloaded and stored to an external memory associated with the game console. Subsequent video game sessions may load the captured sequences, the outcomes and the scores into the runtime memory to be used in the next session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventors: Ian Szufnara, Fraser Lott, Harold Chaput