Patents Examined by Michael A Cuff
  • Patent number: 12728346
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a game joystick, including a control grip, a gimbal, and a throttle base; a throttle assembly is arranged in the throttle base; an upper end of the gimbal is connected to the control grip; a lower end of the gimbal is connected to the throttle assembly; the control grip is pushed with a hand forwards, backwards, leftwards, or rightwards, so that the control grip can tilts forwards, backwards, leftwards, and rightwards relative to the throttle base. According to the present disclosure, through the gimbal arranged in the control grip, a spacecraft in a game can be controlled to do micro and precise motions upwards, downwards, leftwards, and rightwards with the hand and the forearm without changing throttle control position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: HUIZHOU VKB TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
    Inventor: Ilya Yurgulski
  • Patent number: 12722084
    Abstract: A game control method is provided. The method comprises: acquiring the distance between a game character and a shielding face, and an included angle between the orientation of the game character and a vertical line of the shielding face; displaying a bunker-entering control on a graphical user interface when the distance is smaller than or equal to a first preset distance and the included angle is smaller than or equal to a preset included angle; and in response to a selection operation for the bunker-entering control, controlling the game character to move to a shielding area corresponding to the shielding face, such that a bunker shields the game character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Wu, Kui Jin
  • Patent number: 12725485
    Abstract: In some embodiments, in a system comprising a wagering game machine, the wagering gaming machine including a digital camera and a barcode recognition unit, a method includes: detecting, by the digital camera, a barcode within a field of view of the digital camera and capturing a picture of the barcode; via the barcode recognition unit, decoding the barcode to produce decoded barcode data; in response to the decoded barcode data representing a desired casino wagering game, determining whether the desired casino wagering game is installed on the wagering game machine; and, if the desired casino wagering game is installed on the wagering game machine, loading, initiating and presenting the desired casino wagering game on an electronic display device of the wagering game machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Damon E. Gura, Timothy C. Loose, James M. Rasmussen, Victor T. Shi, Alfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 12673260
    Abstract: The creative process to generate 3D content is made significantly smoother through quick iteration between 2D artwork and 3D objects. Generative AI is leveraged to create both 2D artwork and corresponding 3D objects. Placement of 3D objects within a 3D environment is based on the positions of each object in a 2D editing frame. Modifications may be made to objects in either the 2D editing frame or in the 3D environment, and each is updated in response to such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Petter Wannerberg, Mathew Adams
  • Patent number: 12667788
    Abstract: A method in a computing system to facilitate a multi-player game by selecting a group of computing devices operated by respective users, distributing interactive content that includes one or more questions with a set of selectable answers to the group of computing devices, receiving a response to the one or more questions, determining a score based on whether the response is a correct response and a number of computing devices in the group from which the correct response was received, determining a respective ranking based at least on the corresponding score, and providing the respective ranking to each computing device in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Inventors: Ray Latypov, Nurali Latypov, Alfred Latypov
  • Patent number: 12664910
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a motion generator comprising an effector for applying forces, moments and movements to an effector pay load relative to a surface connected to one or more elongate rigid struts, each strut being connected at one end thereof by a first joint to the effector and being connected at its other end by a second joint to an associated rocker, the rocker comprising a rocker arm and having a pivot axis which is generally parallel with the surface, such that the movement of the rocker arm through a generally vertical are about the pivot axis leads to movement of the effector, and forces applied to an associated rocker lead to forces being applied to the effector, in which the movement of a rocker and forces applied by the rocker are controlled by an actuator, the actuator being in the form of, or comprising an elongate belt, cable, or rope drive which is connected by either end thereof to an associated rocker to apply a force to a point on the associated ro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Dynisma Ltd.
    Inventors: Ashley William Hawker Warne, Daniel Charmbury Ward, James Golding
  • Patent number: 12654109
    Abstract: A somatosensory game method and device, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: when a somatosensory game program is started, caching a game resource package from a server to a local device; after a somatosensory game is started, obtaining somatosensory data from a smart watch; generating a corresponding game instruction according to the somatosensory data; sending the game instruction to the somatosensory game program on the local device in real time; and synchronizing a game state of the somatosensory game to the server based on a preset synchronization mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Shenzhen Shimi Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhu, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 12636583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for translating a game, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method include: establishing, by a proxy server, a communication connection between a client and a game server through the proxy server, wherein the proxy server communicates with the game server for the game; receiving, by the proxy server, game data from the game server, where the game data is sent by the game server in response to an active request or actively pushed by the game server; determining, by the proxy server, language resource data contained in the game data; and translating, by the proxy server, the language resource data according to a predetermined automation service, and returning translated language resource data to the client, so that the client loads the translated language resource data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wanghong Lin
  • Patent number: 12640008
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize funds associated with a gaming establishment account to offer just-in-time funding for a settled purchase transaction made using funds accessed from a financial account associated with the gaming establishment account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Lisa Schiffer, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12636577
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a communication interface; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control a display to display content received from a server through the communication interface, obtain a control signal corresponding to a user input for controlling the content displayed, transmit the obtained control signal to the server through the communication interface; obtain an image output control signal corresponding to the obtained control signal while transmitting the obtained control signal to the server, process the content displayed based on the obtained image output control signal, control the display to display the content that was processed based on the obtained image output control signal while awaiting content processed by the server based on the transmitted obtained control signal, receive the content processed by the server, and control the display to display the received content processed by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bonggil Bak
  • Patent number: 12636581
    Abstract: This application provides a data processing method for a virtual scene performed by an electronic device, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the following steps: enabling a plurality of clients to access a plurality of single games via a service process; allocating static resource masks corresponding to static resources of the service process to the plurality of clients, the static resource masks allocated to the plurality of clients being the same; allocating dynamic resource masks corresponding to dynamic resources of the service process to the plurality of clients; sharing the static resources among the plurality of single games based on the allocating static resource masks corresponding to the static resources to the plurality of clients; and isolating the dynamic resources among the different single games based on the allocating dynamic resource masks corresponding to the dynamic resources to the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jiaming Zhang, Yachang Wang
  • Patent number: 12632913
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating data structures using language models based on distributed network communications are disclosed. A system can maintain a plurality of data structures. Each of the plurality of data structures can correspond to a first set of parameters for a first time period and a second set of parameters for a second time period. The system can generate, using the language model and parameters, indications of changed parameters for the plurality of data structures. The system can receive, from a client device, a prompt including a request. The system can generate, using the language model, the prompt, and the indications of changed parameters, an output message identifying at least one data structure that satisfies the request. The message can identify a change in parameters associated with the at least one data structure. The system can provide the output message to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: DK Crown Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Mohseni, Gengyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12629599
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a data matching method and apparatus, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes displaying a livestreaming page of a first livestreaming room on a livestreaming platform, wherein the first livestreaming room is associated with a first game account in a video game; and in response to a second game account associated with a second livestreaming room entering a battle with the first game account in the video game, displaying information of the second livestreaming room on the livestreaming page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi Xiao, Richeng Huang
  • Patent number: 12623150
    Abstract: Another player character does not interfere with an object in a game space in an own game apparatus. When the other player character satisfies a predetermined condition in a game space in another game apparatus, a movable range in the game space is changed but a movable range in the game space in the own game apparatus is not changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Matsuura, Shigeyuki Asuke, Hajime Nakao, Shiro Mouri, Takeshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12623145
    Abstract: An in-game information processing method an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in response to current virtual battle mission meeting preset condition, controlling generation of at least one target area in virtual scene; generating at least one corresponding position mark, in a position corresponding to orientation information in the scene map corresponding to scene map control, and generating at least one area mark control corresponding to the at least one target area in control interface, according to orientation information of the at least one target area in the virtual scene; in response to activation behavior of virtual object in the target area, adjusting display parameter of the area mark control according to obtained current area state information; in response to evacuation behavior of the virtual object in the target area, determining that the virtual object has completed evacuation from the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingyi Fu
  • Patent number: 12582914
    Abstract: A game management device includes a storage unit that stores a list of a plurality of groups constituted of a member. The device further includes a merging-subject search unit that searches for various groups that satisfy a merging condition and that can be mutually merged from among groups with which the numbers of members have not reached an upper limit set in advance in a game and that are in a state in which it is possible to add a member. The device further includes a proposition unit that presents a proposal for merging to the groups that can be mutually merged and that accepts replies to the proposal. The device further includes a merging unit that merges the groups to generate a single group in the case where replies to the effect of accepting the proposal have been received from the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.
    Inventor: Shuichi Kurabayashi
  • Patent number: 12582907
    Abstract: A display control system includes at least one memory for storing instructions and at least one processor that implements the instructions to: generate a situation message representative of a situation of a game played by at least one player using at least one game apparatus; display the situation message on a first display that is independent of the at least one game apparatus; and display, on a second display that is independent of the at least one game apparatus, a game image used to watch the situation of the game without displaying the situation message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: KONAMI AMUSEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Nakasaka, Yoshitaka Tamura
  • Patent number: 12564768
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising piezoelectric material and a wireless transmitter is disclosed herein. The golf ball also comprises at least one of an integrated circuit having a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and a BLUETOOTH low energy (BTLE) radio, and at least one battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Topgolf International, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan D. Stroud
  • Patent number: 12558632
    Abstract: Provided are a data processing method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first live streaming video stream of a first live streaming user and a second live streaming video stream of a second live streaming user; merging the first live streaming video stream and the second live streaming video stream into a game video stream; and sending the game video stream to a viewing user to live stream a target game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Siyu Gao
  • Patent number: 12551785
    Abstract: A universal mobile game controller is provided that can interoperate with multiple computing device operating systems (e.g., Android and iOS) in an automatic way through a common connector (e.g., USB-C). With these embodiments, instead of building a separate mobile game controller for each operating system, a single mobile game controller can be used for all operating systems. These embodiments can also enable communication with an application running within the computing device operating system. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Backbone Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn O'Connor