Patents by Inventor Walter Reed Rector

Walter Reed Rector 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).

  • Integrated gamer profile across multiple devices and networks
    Patent number: 9724612
    Abstract: An integrated user profile is provided to PC/console gamers who also participate in other online gaming community activities such as web sites that provide online gamer forums. Provided to the users is the ability to view, access, and/or contribute to their console gamer profile using the other online gaming community activities such as participation in web sites. Also, an identity and profile first created on the web site is that which will be used and stored in game play using the PC/console and online live gaming service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Haifeng Zhou, Harris D. Thurmond, Walter Reed Rector
  • Embedded gamer card across multiple devices and networks
    Patent number: 9159036
    Abstract: A gamercard associated with an integrated gamer profile to identify a gamer is provided to the gamer and other PC/console users who also participate in other online gaming community activities such as game-related web sites. The gamercard is also provided to the user in a modular fashion formatted in a way suitable for the user to display it directly within other applications of the user (such as their personal web sites and mobile device applications for display on their cell phone) without the user having to update the information within the other applications when the information changes in the central database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Dax H. Hawkins, John M. Gehlsen, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Extended and editable gamer profile
    Patent number: 9011252
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Extended and editable gamer profile
    Patent number: 8986124
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • EXTENDED AND EDITABLE GAMER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20140100043
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • EXTENDED AND EDITABLE GAMER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20140057710
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Extended and editable gamer profile
    Patent number: 8602897
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Extended and editable gamer profile
    Patent number: 8585507
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • EXTENDED AND EDITABLE GAMER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20120116552
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • EXTENDED AND EDITABLE GAMER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20120116553
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Extended and editable gamer profile
    Patent number: 8118678
    Abstract: A user profile for an online gaming service is created. The user profile contains user gaming information received from a first location. The user profile is stored in a database, and the user is permitted to access the user profile from a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Claire Jennings, J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Kurtis Kam-Wing Chinn, Michal Bortnik, Steven D. Lamb, Walter Reed Rector
  • Viewing a gamer card across multiple devices and networks
    Patent number: 8079911
    Abstract: A gamercard associated with an integrated gamer profile to identify a gamer is provided to the gamer and other PC/console users who also participate in other online gaming community activities such as game-related web sites. The gamercard is also provided to the user from the central database through a gamercard server by a user providing a single URL from any device connected to the web. The URL is uniform for each gamer's gamercard, except for the part of the URL that includes the name associated with the particular gamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: J. Clinton Paul Fowler, Walter Reed Rector