Patents by Inventor Robert L. Young, Jr.

Robert L. Young, Jr. 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).

  • Modeling complex environments using an interconnected system of simulation layers
    Patent number: 10213686
    Abstract: A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Daybreak Game Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Young, Jr., Raph Koster, Stone Perales, Alexander Raine
  • MODELING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF SIMULATION LAYERS
    Publication number: 20170100668
    Abstract: A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Robert L. Young, JR., Raph Koster, Stone Perales, Alexander Raine
  • Modeling complex environments using an interconnected system of simulation layers
    Patent number: 9555328
    Abstract: A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Daybreak Game Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Young, Jr., Raph Koster, Stone Perales, Alexander Raine
  • MODELING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF SIMULATION LAYERS
    Publication number: 20150099580
    Abstract: A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Young, JR., Raph Koster, Stone Perales, Alexander Raine
  • Modeling complex environments using an interconnected system of simulation layers
    Patent number: 8554525
    Abstract: A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Online Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Young, Jr., Raph Koster, Stone Perales, Alexander Raine