Patents Examined by Lawrence S Galka
  • Patent number: 11660538
    Abstract: A method for automatically connecting game items for sharing by a plurality of game systems is disclosed. A first game system is added to a computer-implemented game. The first game system is associated with a first game system definition. The first game system definition corresponding to a first game object. The first game system is automatically connected to a second game system. The automatic connecting includes, at least: identifying a correspondence between the first game system definition and a second game system definition, the second game system definition being associated with the second game system, the second game system definition corresponding to a second game object; and preventing a change to the first game object during runtime of the computer-implemented game based on a detection that the change to the first game object would violate a rule associated with the second game system definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Unity IPR ApS
    Inventors: Ming Zhu, Benan Arigil
  • Patent number: 11638876
    Abstract: Described herein are computerized methods and systems for enabling remote participation in sporting event decision-making. A current game situation in a sporting event is received by a server from a remote device. The server retrieves plays applicable to the current game situation from a playbook. The server generates a playcall UI comprising the retrieved play categories and plays and transmits the playcall UI to fan computing devices. The server receives a vote for one of the plays from the fan computing devices. The server determines a selected play based on the received votes. The server transmits the selected play to player computing devices associated with players involved in the sporting event, wherein the players execute the selected play. The current game situation is updated at the remote device based upon an outcome of the selected play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Project Fanchise Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Sohrob Farudi, Steven Adler, Raymond Austin, Grant Cohen, Patrick Dees
  • Patent number: 11636939
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring the performance of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of monitoring the performance of a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes receiving a GPS signal during the fitness activity at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining participant performance data based on the received GPS signal; at a stationary position beacon, transmitting location data associated with the location of the stationary position beacon; at a mobile participant receiver supported by the participant, receiving the location data from the stationary position beacon; and modifying the participant performance data based on the data received from the stationary position beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Jon Harald Werner, Christian DiBenedetto, Stephen John Black
  • Patent number: 11620875
    Abstract: Technologies are provided for the supply of video segments and other types of media assets during a gameplay of a videogame. In some embodiments, a gaming device can receive first data identifying a sports player within a listing of sports players. The gaming device also can receive second data identifying a performance benchmark within a listing or performance benchmarks. The gaming device can select a performance period corresponding to the sports player. The gaming device can then determine if a performance of the sports player during the performance period meets or exceeds the performance benchmark. In response to a positive determination, the gamins device can cause a display device to present a sequence of video segments corresponding to the performance of the sports player during the performance period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DK CROWN HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: John Lukasik
  • Patent number: 11622156
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing client data structures with session events are disclosed. The system can establish a session responsive to a request from a host client device associated with a host player profile. The system can configure the host player profile to share records of events performed via the host player profile during the session, and can receive requests to join the session, each request associated with a respective viewer player profile. The system can receive a request from a viewer to permit automatic population of records corresponding to events performed via the host player profile during the session. The system can detect an event performed via the host player profile during the session, and generate a record corresponding to the event in the viewer player profile, which is used to enable performance of a corresponding event having the same event parameters via the viewer player profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DraftKings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Mendell, Edward Zaleski, Ethan Haskell
  • Patent number: 11612787
    Abstract: A system for analysis of user gait and to provide correction in form of haptic and visual feedback. This system comprises a motion and force sensors and a haptic actuator embedded in the user shoe insoles in communication with a smart-phone based analysis application, configured to calculate motion and orientation of the user feet in relation to the value, location and distribution of ground reaction forces measured by sensors located in the shoe insoles and after analysis of said forces and motion, to provide haptic feedback to the user foot instructing about the location (and timing) of pressure the user must apply to achieve an optimal gait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: IPCOMM
    Inventor: Stanislaw Czaja
  • Patent number: 11607601
    Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stroke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
  • Patent number: 11607615
    Abstract: The systems and methods discussed herein enable providing multi-part persistent content that may maintain a state across multiple presentations, including via different applications. In one such implementation, a first portion of a content item, such as a first level of a video game, may be provided to a client device, and the client device may interact with the game. An identification of a state of the game or completion of the first portion may be provided to a content server, which may store an association of the device or user with the execution state. At a subsequent time, a second portion of the content item, such as a second level of the game, may be provided to the client device, based on the stored association. This can prevent the repetitive transmission of the same content, thereby reducing use of computational and bandwidth resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Tuna Toksoz, John Dukellis
  • Patent number: 11602689
    Abstract: A system obtains game medium information associated with a game medium in a virtual space. When a predetermined event occurs, the system determines a generation condition for an image of the virtual space based on the game medium information. The system generates an image including the game medium based on the generation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 11606529
    Abstract: A method including receiving at least one frame of a video targeted for display on a main display (or within the boundary of the main display), receiving metadata associated with the at least one frame of the video, the metadata being targeted for display on a supplemental display (or outside the boundary of the main display), and formatting the metadata for display on the supplemental display (or outside the boundary of the main display).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brett Barros, Alexander James Faaborg
  • Patent number: 11602690
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the present disclosure, it is detected whether a movement of a virtual character toward a first direction satisfies a preset condition, when the preset condition is satisfied, a shifting direction of the virtual camera is determined, and the virtual camera is controlled to shift toward the shifting direction while moving according to a change of position of the virtual character, thereby a game scene image captured by the shifted virtual camera is displayed on a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Kun Shao
  • Patent number: 11596832
    Abstract: A system for analysis of user gait and foot disorder intended to minimize risks ulceration and limb amputation associated with the uncontrolled increase of the foot temperature in persons with diabetes. This system comprises a motion, force and temperature sensors and a processing element configured to process motion algorithms, measure ground reaction force (GRF) and changes in foot temperature embedded in the footwear insoles in communication with a smartphone based analysis application using wireless radio interface. The analysis application processes data received from the footwear sensors, compares the results with set of criteria and rules, and if any of the predefined criteria is exceeded, provides alerts to the user and the remote medical supervisor. Additionally, the insoles may be equipped with a haptic actuators configured to determine the level of the user neuropathy by measuring vibration perception threshold (VPT) level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: IPCOMM LLC
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Lora O'Leary
  • Patent number: 11590415
    Abstract: A system for displaying a mobile device screen comprises a head mounted display for displaying a first content to a user, a video camera mounted on the head mounted display, the video camera operable to capture a video image of a scene in front of the user, a region detection processor operable to detect a region of the captured video image comprising a mobile device screen, and an image processor operable to replace a corresponding region of the displayed first content in the head mounted display with the detected region of the captured video image comprising the mobile device screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Simon Mark Benson
  • Patent number: 11587404
    Abstract: Apparatuses, computer-readable media, and methods for obtaining and presenting a user wager in addition to an integrated media stream comprising media feeds of a selection of sporting events that are available for wagering via a sportsbook application are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ashwin Tadepalli, Keith Byer, Sahand Sadri, Vincent Biondo
  • Patent number: 11583769
    Abstract: A method of rendering image frames for a videogame includes the steps of, for one or more predetermined features of a virtual environment of a videogame, setting a respective per-frame movement distance threshold; calculating a respective minimum frame rate at which movement of the or each predetermined features of the virtual environment of the videogame between successive image frames remains within the respective movement distance threshold; detecting whether the current frame rate is below one or more of the respective minimum frame rates; and if so, reducing a rendering resolution used during rendering of one or more subsequent image frames to increase the frame rate above one or more of the minimum frame rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Cockram
  • Patent number: 11576589
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least two RIP measurement bands further comprises an electric power source arrangement, which excites simultaneously the at least two measurement bands with electric currents of different pseudo random variations, for making respiratory signals output by the at least two measurement bands unique. The apparatus also comprises a wireless transmitter arrangement, which transmits wirelessly respiratory information based on the respiratory signals output by the at least two measurement bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BITTIUM BIOSIGNALS OY
    Inventor: Antti Ruha
  • Patent number: 11571134
    Abstract: A system or a method for providing pacing guidance to an individual for a particular activity based on a physiological strain index (PSI) or an adaptive physiological strain index (aPSI). The system in at least one embodiment includes a heart rate monitor, a memory storing multiple pacing templates, a clock, an activity completion module, an output device, and a processor configured to perform multiple steps resulting in outputting pacing information to the individual. The pacing information selected in at least one embodiment is based on the individual's heart rate that provides in part a PSI or aPSI, the elapsed time for the activity, and the amount of progress through the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: U.S. Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Mark J. Buller
  • Patent number: 11559740
    Abstract: Computer-readable storage media are disclosed storing instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to: distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer via a communication line, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data or the motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, a second video related to a game generated on the basis of operation data by using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, token data indicative of providing a token to the distributor from the viewer viewing the second video; and distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, the second video including a game object set on the basis of the token data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Aya Kurabuchi, Yushi Takagi, Shuhei Asada, Yosuke Kanaya, Shigeki Nakamura, Takahiro Fukumoto, Kaoru Murakami, Naoki Takahashi, Kenta Sagara
  • Patent number: 11556095
    Abstract: A modular sensing assembly may be used to detect user inputs at an electronic device. Example user inputs include touch inputs, fingerprint inputs, translational inputs, audio inputs, biometric inputs, and the like. Inputs received using the modular sensing assembly may be used to control a graphical output of a display of the electronic device. A modular sensing assembly may be configured, for example, as a power button, a key of a keyboard, a control button (e.g., volume control), a home button, a watch crown, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Hiemstra, Erik G. de Jong, Kevin F. Holz, Michael B. Wittenberg, Timothy D. Koch
  • Patent number: 11554316
    Abstract: A simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM)-enabled video game system, a user device of the video game system, and a computer-readable storage medium of the user device are disclosed. Generally, the video game system includes a video game console, a plurality of thermal beacons, and a user device communicatively coupled with the video game console. The user device includes a thermopile array, a processor, and a memory. The user device may receive thermal data from the thermopile array, the thermal data corresponding to a thermal signal emitted from a thermal beacon of the plurality of thermal beacons and detected by the thermopile array. The user device may determine, based on the thermal data, its location in 3D space, and then transmit that location to the video game system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Castleman