Patents by Inventor Jefferson Lanier Carpenter

Jefferson Lanier Carpenter 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 progressing character abilities in a simulation
    Patent number: 9700796
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to alter one or more characteristics of a digital object or profile, such as developing a character in an online computer game. Using the systems and methods, a user of a computer system, e.g., a player of a computer game, can control how digital objects develop over time both through the direct use of that object by the user as well as by the passage of units of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Daybreak Game Company LLC
    Inventor: Jefferson Lanier Carpenter
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSING CHARACTER ABILITIES IN A SIMULATION
    Publication number: 20100022301
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to alter one or more characteristics of a digital object or profile, such as developing a character in an online computer game. Using the systems and methods, a user of a computer system, e.g., a player of a computer game, can control how digital objects develop over time both through the direct use of that object by the user as well as by the passage of units of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Online Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Jefferson Lanier Carpenter