Patents by Inventor John Michael O'Connell

John Michael O'Connell 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).

  • Systems and Methods for Creating and Maintaining Real Money Tournaments for Video Games
    Publication number: 20210093976
    Abstract: A system and method of awarding a participant with a real or virtual prize over a network, the system and method comprising present one or more details of a match in the session application to the participant over the network to the remote participant computer for selection of the match, wherein the match is associated with at least one prize type, receive a request from the participant to join the match, the request including a participation type associated with the participant and participant characteristics, determine participant eligibility to participate in the match and receive the at least one prize type associated with the match by comparing the prize type, participation type, and the participant characteristics with a set of eligibility requirements for the match, if the participant is eligible and achieves a win condition then award the participant the prize associated with the match and the prize type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Dalton Pierce, Jon Alexander Peachey, Scott Sebelius, John Michael O'Connell
  • Systems and methods for creating and maintaining real money tournaments for video games
    Patent number: 10888789
    Abstract: A system and method of awarding a participant with a real or virtual prize over a network, the system and method comprising present one or more details of a match in the session application to the participant over the network to the remote participant computer for selection of the match, wherein the match is associated with at least one prize type, receive a request from the participant to join the match, the request including a participation type associated with the participant and participant characteristics, determine participant eligibility to participate in the match and receive the at least one prize type associated with the match by comparing the prize type, participation type, and the participant characteristics with a set of eligibility requirements for the match, if the participant is eligible and achieves a win condition then award the participant the prize associated with the match and the prize type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Versus LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Dalton Pierce, Jon Alexander Peachey, Scott Sebelius, John Michael O'Connell
  • Systems and Methods for Creating and Maintaining Real Money Tournaments for Video Games
    Publication number: 20170106290
    Abstract: A system and method of awarding a participant with a real or virtual prize over a network, the system and method comprising present one or more details of a match in the session application to the participant over the network to the remote participant computer for selection of the match, wherein the match is associated with at least one prize type, receive a request from the participant to join the match, the request including a participation type associated with the participant and participant characteristics, determine participant eligibility to participate in the match and receive the at least one prize type associated with the match by comparing the prize type, participation type, and the participant characteristics with a set of eligibility requirements for the match, if the participant is eligible and achieves a win condition then award the participant the prize associated with the match and the prize type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Dalton Pierce, Jon Alexander Peachey, Scott Sebelius, John Michael O'Connell