Patents Examined by Steve Rowland
  • Patent number: 11331563
    Abstract: A crown cap game device characterized in that a measurement device 4, consisting of electronic board 4a, the battery 4b covered by the casing 4c, clings to the wall 6, is installed inside below the teeth 3. All electronic elements on measurement device 4 like sensors, button, led diode are located on electronic board 4a and covered by the casing 4c. The battery 4b provides power to the electronic board 4a and casing 4c covers electronic board 4a to protect electronic board 4a against the influence of external factors. Casing 4c as well as crown bottle cap 2 may be in the any other form of small item enabling to perform fast tricks in the air and on the surface like coin shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CAPS APPS SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDIALNOSCIA
    Inventor: Radoslaw Oryl
  • Patent number: 11331573
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a storage medium storing at least ROM data for a game and an emulator program for executing the game based on the ROM data; and a processor. In a first mode, the processor executes game processing by an emulator, and in a second mode, the processor, while executing game processing based on the emulator, executes an application which is different from the game processing and in which at least some of game images included in the ROM data are displayed, by making a change on data to be processed by the emulator being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohito Yoshimoto, Tomohiro Kawase
  • Patent number: 11325033
    Abstract: A system that stores information related to a first plurality of game contents; receives a first user operation to select a second plurality of game contents from among the first plurality of game contents; controls a display to display a plurality of identification images based on information corresponding to the second plurality of game contents; receives a second user operation to change a first parameter corresponding to the second plurality of game contents; and modifies each of the plurality of identification images in accordance with the change to the first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11322001
    Abstract: A method of managing a blackjack game is provided. A blackjack game bet comprising a bet against a house entity on a blackjack hand is received from a player. A pair of cards is determined for a hand for the house entity, and another pair of cards is determined for a hand for the player. The odds of the occurrence of one or more subsequent events are determined based at least in part on one or more of the pair of cards selected for the house entity's hand and one or more of the pair of cards selected for the player's hand. The odds for an additional bet are determined based at least on the determined odds for the one or more subsequent events, and the additional bet is offered to the player at the determined odds for the additional bet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CANTOR INDEX LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Asher, Lewis C. Findlay, Guy Iain Oliver Riches
  • Patent number: 11308819
    Abstract: An early intervention application that flexibly delivers a set curriculum of automated lessons based on research about childhood development. The software also has the ability to monitor and analyze the child's progress on a daily basis. It contains exercises specially designed to improve a child's ability to integrate multiple cues. Such training has been shown to transfer, over time, to the acquisition of a full syntactic language, and ultimately to the individual's ability to engage with the world and lead a productive, independent life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Imagiration, LLC
    Inventors: Andrey Vyshedskiy, Rita Dunn
  • Patent number: 11298622
    Abstract: An automated system that improves the spectating experience for a computer game or e-sport by placing spectators in locations based on their preferences, interests, demographics, and changes in emotions or behavior as the game progresses. The spectator may be moved automatically or may elect to move within the virtual space to improve the immersive experience. In some cases, the system may charge for better spectating experience. The system also detects abusive and inappropriate spectator behavior and allows such behavior to be isolated, in order to improve the spectating experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Sudha Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11291915
    Abstract: A game management system is configured for automated analysis of player behavior regarding traversal of different screens and options in a game application (as opposed to exclusively gameplay behavior) and to generate an automated estimation or inference about one or more psychological aspects of player behavior, such as motivation for game engagement and/or emotional states at different stages of interaction. The results of such analysis are automatically parametrized and included in a multidimensional parametric player model that informs player clustering and/or automated customization of game content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Dicken, Johnathan Pagnutti, Yang Wen
  • Patent number: 11285388
    Abstract: Techniques for determining custom story paths in real-time in an interactive content based on audience interest is disclosed. A plurality of video files corresponding to an interactive media is received. Visual cues are identified in each video file wherein each visual cue is a link to subsequently playable video files in a custom story path. Further, a common first and final video file is determined wherein the final video files may not have any visual cue. Video files starting from the first video file are played and eye movements of the audience are tracked in real-time to determine the most observed visual cue in each video file. Depending upon the most observed visual cue, subsequent video files are identified and played until the final video file is played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Nawaf Al Dohan
  • Patent number: 11285369
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for repetitively training a golf swing is disclosed. In some embodiments of the present apparatus, foot placement guides are provided to align a golfer's stance relative to a golf ball on a tee. Motion and other data capture create a swing profile for the golfer's swing, which is compared to the swing of a golf Pro, thus giving swing feedback to the golfer. The apparatus automatically resets the ball position after the swing, allowing the golfer to repeat the swing based on the received feedback while isolating other variables (such as inaccurate resetting of foot position).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Wyeth
  • Patent number: 11288924
    Abstract: A method of playing a game, the method comprising selecting a predefined number of player indicia; providing an event reference, the event reference being viewable on a display device, the event reference comprising a plurality of event participants, the plurality of event participants being ranked; randomly generating a plurality of randomly generated indicia, the plurality of randomly generated indicia comprising a first indicia and a second indicia; associating the first indicia with a first event participant; associating the second indicia with a second event participant; obtaining the ranking of the participants based on the order they finish in the event reference; ordering the plurality of randomly generated indicia based on the ranking of their respective associated participants; and determining a game outcome, the game outcome comprising comparing the player indicia to the plurality of randomly generated indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventor: John Colceri
  • Patent number: 11278799
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Patent number: 11280593
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for indicating whether a target has been impacted by a projectile are disclosed. Embodiments may include a microcontroller, an impact sensor, and an impact indicator. Apparatus may include an acoustic sensor and a miss indicator. Acoustic information or impact information may be received by the sensors and sent to the microcontroller unit. A determination may be made regarding whether the target has been impacted. An indication of a hit or a miss may be made by the impact indicator based on the determination. A light redirection element, which may include a light pipe, may direct light from the impact indicator around the edge of a target to a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Nielsen-Kellerman Co.
    Inventors: Alex J. Sitzman, Weston D. Petersen, Garet L. Itz, Ivan Dorflinger
  • Patent number: 11278806
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for promoting a player character in a sports game using a dualized space. A player character promotion method may include processing a progress of a sports game instance in which at least one player character controlled in response to a user's input participates through a first virtual space configured for the progress of a sports game, providing a user interface for promoting a promotion mode for a given player character between sports game instances, and performing a promotion scenario for a selected player character through a second virtual space different from the first virtual space for the progress of the sports game instance when the promotion mode for the selected player character is activated through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GAMEVIL INC.
    Inventor: Dong Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11278820
    Abstract: A method for detection of an emitter mobile device (B) equipped with a light by a receiver mobile device (A) equipped with a camera, comprising: the emitter mobile device (B) emits a light-modulated signal to advertise its identity or state; the receiver mobile device (A) captures a series of frames with said camera; the modulated signal is detected from said frames; the pixel position of the emitter mobile device on a within the camera frame of the receiver mobile device is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Vizar Technologies Sàrl
    Inventor: Fabien Wildhaber
  • Patent number: 11277496
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include a wearable headset comprising an optical arrangement configured to couple light from a display onto a first field of view, and one or more visual sensors defining a second field of view. The wearable headset further comprises one or more computer processors configured to receive a signal indicating that the headset is in an unworn state, and, while the headset is in the unworn state, operate the one or more visual sensors to detect one or more user inputs within the second field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan D. Nocon, Jason A. Yeung
  • Patent number: 11266910
    Abstract: A control method includes obtaining information of an external environment and operating information of a target application and switching the controlled object from a first operating state to a second operating state based on a correspondence among the external environment information, the operating information of the target application and an operating state. The target application is an application configured to respond to information of an external operation to cause an object controlled by the target application to generate a corresponding response. The correspondence indicates the operating state of the object under different information of the external environment information and different operating information of the target application. An application parameter of the target application corresponding to the controlled object being in the first operating state is different from an application parameter of the target application corresponding to the controlled object being in the second operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liangyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11270399
    Abstract: A system for wagering on outcomes of a live sporting event. The system includes an artificial intelligence-based process which will notify users when wagers that would be of interest to them are available. These notifications could be used to drive users to wagers where there is an imbalance wagers in order to reduce risk for the offeror of the wager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AdrenalineIP
    Inventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph W. Beyers, Harrison Grant
  • Patent number: 11253780
    Abstract: Provided are a program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus which may provide an improved user interface on which a user may easily and efficiently execute various processes on a game content. The information processing apparatus may be caused to execute a game content specifying step of specifying a selected game content on the basis of first input operation data from an operation unit, a step of retrieving information from a storage unit, a step of specifying a direction from a start point to an end point of a second input operation on the basis of second input operation data from an operation unit, and an execution step of executing one process associated with the direction from the start point to the end point of the second input operation in the information from the storage unit on the selected game content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Yamanokuchi, Masato Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11250729
    Abstract: Simulated tissue structures and methods of making them are disclosed. An elastic first material is placed in tension. An elastic second material is adhered to the first material while the first material is in tension. The adhered second material and the first material in tension forms a first shape of the simulated tissue structure. Tension on the first material is released. In releasing the tension of the first material, a force is exerted on the adhered second material bring the combination of the first material and the second material into a second shape. The first shape is maintained by a mold or mandrel and the second shape is the desired shape of the simulated tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory K. Hofstetter
  • Patent number: 11235243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for executing content to be rendered on a screen of a head mounted display (HMD) are provided. One method includes executing the content to render interactive scenes on the screen and tracking an orientation direction of the HMD when worn on a head of a user and the interactive scenes are being rendered on the screen. The method includes changing view directions into the interactive scenes based on changes in the orientation direction of the HMD, such that movements of the head of the user causes the changes in the view directions into the interactive scenes. The method further includes receiving images of a real world space using a camera of the HMD. The camera of the HMD is configured to capture a location of real world objects in the real world space relative to the user of the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Osman, Xiaodong Mao