Patents by Inventor Matthew Arthur Hammer

Matthew Arthur Hammer 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).

  • Handling of players and objects in massive multi-player on-line games
    Patent number: 8057307
    Abstract: The disclosed massive multi-player on-line gaming environment and method eliminate the coordination and synchronization problems between servers by assigning each game user to a specific client proxy server for game duration and utilizing a space information distribution center to indicate client specific changes in game space. Such configuration eliminates the need to use “grey” areas around partitioning boundaries and servers having to “own” client objects thereby improving massive multi-player on-line gaming scalability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Viktors Berstis, John Daniel Sieron Bethencourt, Kevin Blake Damm, Robert Glenn Deen, Matthew Arthur Hammer, James H. Kaufman, Tobin Jon Lehman