Patents Examined by Yingchuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11763628Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
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Patent number: 11735006Abstract: Gaming systems and methods which utilize the results of a sporting event to determine an outcome of a game of skill.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: IGTInventors: Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron A. Filipour
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Patent number: 11731051Abstract: Prior to start of execution of a game playable with a plurality of other players, a first scene is selected from among a plurality of scenes to be played in the game, on the basis of an operation by a player. Further, data regarding second scenes selected by the other players are acquired, and a connected scene including the first scene and the second scenes is generated in accordance with a predetermined principle. Then, execution of the game using the connected scene is started at the same timing as the plurality of other players.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Nakada, Akira Kinashi
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Patent number: 11731037Abstract: In various examples, when a user presses a button to interact with an object while playing a mobile video game, a prioritization zone around a targeting reticle can be defined. If the user positions the prioritization zone on a group of objects, a set of prioritization rules are applied to identify high importance objects (e.g., game Champions) in the prioritization zone. Based on the prioritization rules, the system can select the identified high importance object found inside the prioritization zone that is closest to the targeting reticle. In some embodiments, the prioritization zone is activated only for a defined period of time after the user presses the attack button. If the user releases the attack button during the defined period of time, the system can identify any of the objects in the prioritization zone and select a high importance object to interact with (e.g., launch an attack).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Nixon Huang, Christina Norman
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Patent number: 11724204Abstract: A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Adil Sherwani, Akihiko Kusumoto
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Patent number: 11701594Abstract: A method for assembling an overhead display assembly includes providing a plurality of display segments, each display segment of the plurality of display segments configured to mate with at least one other display segment. The method also includes coupling each display segment to a support stanchion of a plurality of support stanchions and coupling a first display segment to a second display segment to form the display assembly. The display assembly is then raised on the plurality of support stanchions, after coupling the first display segment to the second display segment. The display assembly is also coupled in communication with an electronic gaming machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Reginna Eatman, Rena Schoonmaker
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Patent number: 11694502Abstract: A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a control unit programmed to display a primary game screen including a plurality of virtual reels, receive a signal indicating a wager being placed on the primary game, and initiate a bonus feature selection game by displaying a bonus feature selection game screen including a plurality of bonus features. The processor receives a signal indicating one or more wagers being placed on the bonus feature game by the player, and responsive to each wager, randomly selects a bonus feature from the plurality of bonus features and modifies a bonus feature image to indicate a number of times the corresponding bonus feature has been randomly selected. The processor receives a signal to terminate the bonus feature game and initiates an instance of the primary game using the selected bonus features.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.—SLOTSInventor: Kenichi Kamano
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Patent number: 11691077Abstract: Execution of a first game is started at the same start timing as those of opponents. In the first game, a player object is controlled on the basis of the player's operation, and second game data regarding the game states of second games for the opponents are acquired. Further, first game data regarding the game state of the first game is transmitted to the opponents. In the first game, a first obstructing object for obstructing advancement of the first game appears on the basis of a predetermined rule. Further, if the second game data indicates that the opponent has successfully performed a predetermined action on the first obstructing object appearing in the second game, a second obstructing object is caused to appear in the first game.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Nakada, Akira Kinashi
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Patent number: 11673044Abstract: A system and method for providing contextual recommendations in gaming media streams. One or more users request a gaming media stream broadcast corresponding to game play. A broadcast service obtains the gaming media stream that includes a gaming stream identifier and user identifier. The broadcast service can generate a set of recommendations based on at least one of social network information, historical information, and identification of events and items in the gaming media stream. The broadcast service provides the gaming media stream with one or more recommended items.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Glenn Minton, Ken Llewellyn Demarest
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Patent number: 11660533Abstract: A collection of data corresponding to a player is assembled at a server from a data provider. A base value of the player based on at least the primary data is added as an attribute to an internal object stored at the server. A modifier is mapped to a second attribute of the internal object. The modifier is based on at least a portion of the secondary data and the tertiary data. A projected value is generated from the base value by applying a modifier and a rule converting the modified second attribute to a projected value. Internal objects are generated according to constraints including having a sum of limiting factors of the internal objects that does not exceed a maximum factor and a sum of projected values a maximum, subject to the first constraint. The server transmits application data including a list representing the internal objects.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BetFully, Inc.Inventors: Peter Groset, Erik Groset, William Switzer
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Patent number: 11654355Abstract: To enable to accept users' operation inputs complying with users' wishes. In a shot operation of a golf game, a portable digital assistant specifies the first touch point and the last touch point by a user as a first operation point and a third operation point, respectively. And the portable digital assistant specifies the touch point that the moving direction of the Y direction reversed or stopped as a second operation point, by tracing the touch points in reverse order to the order detected each touch point from the last touch point. Thereby, the portable digital assistant can recognize that, in the user's touch operations, the position the user lastly reversed the moving direction of the Y direction or stopped his/her finger or the like was operated while being conscious of as the second operation point. As a result, a shot operation complying with the user's wish can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Clap Hanz LimitedInventors: Masashi Muramori, Toshiyuki Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11648470Abstract: A streaming system may improving online gaming experiences for streaming players and/or providing device independent input processing. The streaming system may receive, from a client device, a selection of a game to be played via a streaming system, determine network connection parameters based at least in part on the game, determine a current streaming quality of the network connection of the client device, and determine the current streaming quality does not meet the network connection parameters. Based on the determination that the current streaming quality does not meet the network connection parameters, the streaming system may cause a prompt to be displayed to a player associated with the client device regarding alternative content for the player to play or cause at least a portion of the gameplay of the game to be slowed based at least in part on the current streaming quality and the network connection parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventor: Jesse Alan Labate
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Patent number: 11648464Abstract: A controller device to be worn on a hand of a user includes a plurality of sensor sections that detect the fingers of the user and a sensor support section for supporting the sensor sections. The sensor support section supports the sensor sections in such a manner that the distance between mutually adjacent sensor sections is changeable.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Takuya Kuji, Yuichi Machida
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Patent number: 11638868Abstract: A controller system for surfacing selectable elements on a display of the controller along with game content associated with a video game is described. In an example, a user may provide touch input on the display, and, in response, a game content window that is presenting the game content may scale and/or move to a new position on the display in order to create space on the display for presenting one or more selectable elements outside of the scaled and/or repositioned game content window. The surfaced element(s) may be selectable to cause performance of a game-related action. In this manner, the selectable element(s) do(es) not occlude the game content, and the user may interact with both the game content and the selectable element(s) presented on the display.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Valve CorporationInventor: Tucker Jensen Spofford
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Patent number: 11623140Abstract: A video game is executed on a cloud gaming server for play by a user. User data for the user is stored in a cloud storage server. A data access request issued by the video game is received by a management server. The data access request identifies requested user data stored in the cloud storage server. The requested user data is copied from a lower performance data storage device within the cloud storage server into a high-speed data storage device within the management server. The high-speed data storage device operates at a higher data rate and a lower latency than the data storage device within the cloud storage server. The high-speed data storage device in the management server is used to fulfill the data access request by the video game instead of using the lower performance data storage device in the cloud storage server to fulfill the data access request.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander
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Patent number: 11577169Abstract: A game perspective control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: in response to an character selection operation acting on a second display area of a graphical user interface, a target game character is selected in a game scene; a perspective switching control is provided on the second display area, the perspective switching control being configured to switch between a game scene area where a current position of the target game character is located and a game scene area where a target position of the target game character is located; and, in response to a perspective switching operation acting on the perspective switching control, a first display area is controlled to display a game scene corresponding to the perspective switching operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventor: Yiming Wei
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Patent number: 11580870Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for providing training on a vehicle. The method includes acquiring, using processing circuitry, one or more alert modes associated with a vehicle. Further, the method includes controlling one or more alert devices as a function of a first alert mode. The first alert mode is selected from the one or more alert modes. The method includes outputting information to a user associated with the first alert mode via one or more output devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Rini Sherony, Tina Brunetti Sayer
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Patent number: 11571621Abstract: There is provided an electronic device operable with a computer. The computer can be configured to run/execute a program which can be associated with graphic based data and audio based data. The computer can include a main display screen which can be configured to display information based on graphic based data. The electronic device can include a display module which can be configured to display auxiliary information. Auxiliary information displayed by the display module, but not the main display, is derivable based on audio based data.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Creative Technology LtdInventors: Yee Shian Lee, Chee Kin Cheong, Feng Xu
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Patent number: 11559737Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for video transmission using tokens.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventor: Yosuke Kanaya
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Patent number: 11551529Abstract: The systems and methods to generate and manage a separate contest based on two independent and unconnected systems utilize a cooperating fantasy league operator/provider and either a related or separate real-time contest provider. Separate winners for a third contest are determined by combining the performance in a specified daily fantasy league competition and a separate pre-specified performance in a real-time competition.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Winview, Inc.Inventor: David B. Lockton