Patents by Inventor Ollie James Hales

Ollie James Hales 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).

  • Counter-balancing in-play video game incentives/rewards by creating a counter-incentive
    Patent number: 8425308
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a disincentive is provided during the execution of a video game program that is operated by a current user. One or more disincentive factors are identified that correspond to the current user. The identified disincentive factors are compared with current time factors. Based on the comparison, one or more game characteristics are altered with the game characteristics being altered in order to provide a disincentive to continued operation of the video game program by the current user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Duquene, Ollie James Hales, Morris Stanley Johnson, Jr., Adrienne Yvette Miller
  • COUNTER-BALANCING IN-PLAY VIDEO GAME INCENTIVES/REWARDS BY CREATING A COUNTER-INCENTIVE
    Publication number: 20130059666
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a disincentive is provided during the execution of a video game program that is operated by a current user. One or more disincentive factors are identified that correspond to the current user. The identified disincentive factors are compared with current time factors. Based on the comparison, one or more game characteristics are altered with the game characteristics being altered in order to provide a disincentive to continued operation of the video game program by the current user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Duquene, Ollie James Hales, Morris Stanley Johnson, JR., Adrienne Yvette Miller