Patents by Inventor Simon Blackwell

Simon Blackwell 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).

  • Publication number: 20240161419
    Abstract: A method includes using at least one processor to receive image data including one or more virtual objects and determining a distance between a user extremity and the one or more virtual objects based on the image data. Further, the method includes detecting a first gesture of the user extremity based on the image data and generating a virtual sphere within a virtual object of the one or more virtual objects. The method also includes determining that the distance is less than a threshold, detecting movement of the user extremity based on the image data, and adjusting a position of the virtual object based on the movement of the user extremity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Rafi Izhar, Simon Blackwell, Pascal Gilbraith, John Howard Pritchard
  • Patent number: 9959397
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in a globally compliant manner, across and within governmental or defined synthetic jurisdictions without violating the privacy laws or rules of the involved jurisdictions. Disclosed systems for distributing PII include a regional server in a first jurisdiction with a first set of jurisdictional rules, a central computer and a recipient computer. The recipient computer is located in a second jurisdiction and inputs data conforming to a second set of jurisdictional rules. The central computer communicates with both the regional server and the recipient computer. The central computer masks data coming from the first jurisdiction and from the second jurisdiction so that the data complies with the rules of the destination jurisdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Wizards of the Coast LLC
    Inventors: Paul M Kvamme, Simon Blackwell, Arron Goolsbey, Nicholas Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9288184
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in a globally compliant manner, across and within governmental or defined synthetic jurisdictions without violating the privacy laws or rules of the involved jurisdictions. Disclosed systems for distributing PII include a regional server in a first jurisdiction with a first set of jurisdictional rules, a central computer and a recipient computer. The recipient computer is located in a second jurisdiction and inputs data conforming to a second set of jurisdictional rules. The central computer communicates with both the regional server and the recipient computer. The central computer masks data coming from the first jurisdiction and from the second jurisdiction so that the data complies with the rules of the destination jurisdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Wizards of the Coast LLC
    Inventors: Paul M Kvamme, Simon Blackwell, Arron Goolsbey, Nicholas Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20130060534
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to customize and validate an oligonucleotide plate and/or tube design. A graphical user interface enables a user to submit oligo design data in a series of steps. One or more rules are used to validate the oligo plate design data as it is submitted. The graphical user interface also enables the user to modify oligonucleotide design data to correct errors and/or to obtain a valid oligonucleotide plate design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SIGMA-ALDRICH CO., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Scott Sample, Stacey Hoge, Parth Bhawalkar, Simon Blackwell, Richard Moloney, Tina Rodgers, Amber Walters
  • Publication number: 20070136158
    Abstract: A facility for accurately computing taxes is described. In various embodiments, the facility receives configuration information, receiving a set of tax-related information, storing the received the tax-related information, and employs the stored tax-related information to calculate taxes for a transaction. In various embodiments, a system calculates taxes. The system comprises an administration component that stores administrative information relating to jurisdictions in which a business operates, a tax data component that stores at least tax rates relating to the jurisdictions in which the business operates, and a tax law library component that stores tax rules associated with the jurisdictions in which the business operates and indicates which of the tax rates to apply for a transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Rory Rawlings, Brian Hilst, Simon Blackwell, Mark Withers