Patents by Inventor Afsoun Yazdian

Afsoun Yazdian 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).

  • Patent number: 9517404
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate modifications to characters and/or virtual items within a virtual space, or to the virtual space itself, made responsive to detection of a token. In some implementations, a physical accessory may depict a character in the virtual space. By way of non-limiting example, the physical accessory may include a toy figurine resembling the character. A detectable token (i.e., a physical object) may be removably attached to the physical accessory. According to some implementations, responsive to the physical accessory being detected along with the removably attached token, a modification within the virtual space may be made to the character and/or a virtual item associated with the character. In some implementations, detection of the token alone may effectuate such a modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Vignocchi, Jieun Kim, Afsoun Yazdian, Armen Mkrtchyan, Robert Nelson, Tracy Thurman, Jeffrey Bunker, John Blackburn
  • Patent number: 9250721
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for a wireless stylus device with interchangeable tips and an eraser. The method comprises, detecting a tip connected to the stylus device from a plurality of tips, detecting a movement of the stylus device, determine a code representing a feature of an application of an interactive device based on the tip and the movement, and transmitting the code to an interactive device. The wireless stylus device may include an accelerometer, which may detect an inversion of the wireless stylus device and enable an erasing feature in the application. The wireless stylus device may provide the tip and the movement to the interactive device through a speaker using an audio code, including a frequency or series of sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Armen Mkrtchyan, Bobby Saygan, Sunny Lauridsen, Afsoun Yazdian, Jieun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140179443
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate modifications to characters and/or virtual items within a virtual space, or to the virtual space itself, made responsive to detection of a token. In some implementations, a physical accessory may depict a character in the virtual space. By way of non-limiting example, the physical accessory may include a toy figurine resembling the character. A detectable token (i.e., a physical object) may be removably attached to the physical accessory. According to some implementations, responsive to the physical accessory being detected along with the removably attached token, a modification within the virtual space may be made to the character and/or a virtual item associated with the character. In some implementations, detection of the token alone may effectuate such a modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: John G. Vignocchi, Jieun Kim, Afsoun Yazdian, Armen Mkrtchyan, Robert Nelson, Tracy Thurman, Jeffrey Bunker, John Blackburn
  • Publication number: 20140168177
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for a wireless stylus device with interchangeable tips and an eraser. The method comprises, detecting a tip connected to the stylus device from a plurality of tips, detecting a movement of the stylus device, determine a code representing a feature of an application of an interactive device based on the tip and the movement, and transmitting the code to an interactive device. The wireless stylus device may include an accelerometer, which may detect an inversion of the wireless stylus device and enable an erasing feature in the application. The wireless stylus device may provide the tip and the movement to the interactive device through a speaker using an audio code, including a frequency or series of sounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Armen Mkrtchyan, Bobby Saygan, Sunny Lauridsen, Afsoun Yazdian, Jieun Kim
  • Patent number: D748200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Vignocchi, Robert Nelson, Tracy Thurman, Jieun Kim, Jeffrey Bunker, Afsoun Yazdian, John Blackburn, Armen Mkrtchyan