Patents by Inventor Mohammed Aafaq Khan

Mohammed Aafaq Khan 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).

  • Patent number: 10671239
    Abstract: A method for editing. The method includes receiving a sequence of interactive VR scenes of digital content, each interactive VR scene showing a 3D gaming environment. The method includes placing the sequence of interactive VR scenes within a 3D editing space. The method includes sending a view of the 3D editing space including at least one of the sequence of interactive VR scenes to an HMD for viewing by the user. The method includes receiving at least one input editing command from a device of the user. The method includes modifying the sequence of interactive VR scenes in response to the input editing command, wherein the at least one editing command is provided through an input enabled while wearing the HMD and viewing the 3D editing space via the HMD so as to provide real-time views showing modifications made to the sequence of interactive VR scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Platt, Mohammed Aafaq Khan
  • Publication number: 20190187876
    Abstract: A method for editing. The method includes receiving a sequence of interactive VR scenes of digital content, each interactive VR scene showing a 3D gaming environment. The method includes placing the sequence of interactive VR scenes within a 3D editing space. The method includes sending a view of the 3D editing space including at least one of the sequence of interactive VR scenes to an HMD for viewing by the user. The method includes receiving at least one input editing command from a device of the user. The method includes modifying the sequence of interactive VR scenes in response to the input editing command, wherein the at least one editing command is provided through an input enabled while wearing the HMD and viewing the 3D editing space via the HMD so as to provide real-time views showing modifications made to the sequence of interactive VR scenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Stuart Platt, Mohammed Aafaq Khan
  • Patent number: 9331858
    Abstract: Using persistent party rooms, including: initializing, via a computing device, a global array according to a hierarchical server architecture; determining, via the computing device, whether or not to create a new persistent party room or to join a previously bookmarked persistent party room; creating, via the computing device, the new persistent party room within a position indexed in the global array; and joining, via the computing device, the previously bookmarked persistent party room by searching for the previously bookmarked party room utilizing the global array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Mohammed Aafaq Khan, Vinod Tandon, Hai Jie Hewu, Ramana Bangalore Prakash, Yasutaka Miwa, Mark Fortuna, Scott Kirkland, Christopher Reese
  • Publication number: 20120284651
    Abstract: Using persistent party rooms, including: initializing, via a computing device, a global array according to a hierarchical server architecture; determining, via the computing device, whether or not to create a new persistent party room or to join a previously bookmarked persistent party room; creating, via the computing device, the new persistent party room within a position indexed in the global array; and joining, via the computing device, the previously bookmarked persistent party room by searching for the previously bookmarked party room utilizing the global array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Mohammed Aafaq Khan, Vinod Tandon, Hai Jie Hewu, Ramana Bangalore Prakash, Yasutaka Miwa, Mark Fortuna, Scott Kirkland, Christopher Reese