Patents by Inventor John Amos Starin

John Amos Starin 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).

  • Game rewards based on device characteristics
    Patent number: 9943762
    Abstract: A reward associated with a game may be provided based at least partly on a characteristic associated with a user device used to play the game. A threshold or level associated with the device characteristic may be determined. A current level of the characteristic while a user is playing the game via the user device may be determined. Based at least partly on a determination that the current level of the characteristic satisfies the threshold or the level during play of the game, a reward associated with the game may be provided to the user device and/or the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Big Fish Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Galic, John Frederick Comstock, John Amos Starin, Noah Kanter, Michael Byrd
  • Game Rewards Based on Device Characteristics
    Publication number: 20160114251
    Abstract: A reward associated with a game may be provided based at least partly on a characteristic associated with a user device used to play the game. A threshold or level associated with the device characteristic may be determined. A current level of the characteristic while a user is playing the game via the user device may be determined. Based at least partly on a determination that the current level of the characteristic satisfies the threshold or the level during play of the game, a reward associated with the game may be provided to the user device and/or the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Galic, John Frederick Comstock, John Amos Starin, Noah Kanter, Michael Byrd