Patents by Inventor Lowell N. Manners

Lowell N. Manners 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).

  • MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER GAME MESSAGE SCHEDULING
    Publication number: 20100285885
    Abstract: A massively multiplayer game management service includes a scheduling module that establishes a message receiving period and a game data aggregation period. The massively multiplayer game management service further includes a message receiving module that, during the message receiving period that overlaps at least part of the game data aggregation period, receives a message from a player client. The message may include an identifier and an execution time that follows the game data aggregation period. The massively multiplayer game management service further includes a message sending module that sends game data, aggregated in a game space location corresponding to the identifier, to the player clients upon occurrence of the execution time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Felix Livni, Lowell N. Manners, Michael Scavezze, Hardik Shah, Jay Thaler