Patents by Inventor Barry Joseph Pellas

Barry Joseph Pellas 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: 8298059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for creating a custom tutorial comprising the controller inputs associated with the controller manipulations that cause an action observed by a player during game play. Controller inputs are saved during game play. In response to a first player performing an action to create a tutorial, controller inputs from a tagged player are captured. A custom tutorial is created for performing game actions performed by the tagged player's avatar comprising the captured controller inputs. The tutorial is sent to a memory device accessible by the first player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ivory, Barry Joseph Pellas, Matthew Thomas Pellas, Matthew Kevin Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120047449
    Abstract: A method for integrating a user browsing feed into a co-browsing session may include allowing a computing device of a user in a co-browsing session to independently navigate a network from each other user in the co-browsing session. The method may also provide an indication of content being viewed by each other user in the co-browsing session on the computing device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik John Burckart, Andrew Ivory, Barry Joseph Pellas, Matthew Thomas Pellas, Matthew Kevin Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110306395
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for creating a custom tutorial comprising the controller inputs associated with the controller manipulations that cause an action observed by a player during game play. Controller inputs are saved during game play. In response to a first player performing an action to create a tutorial, controller inputs from a tagged player are captured. A custom tutorial is created for performing game actions performed by the tagged player's avatar comprising the captured controller inputs. The tutorial is sent to a memory device accessible by the first player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Ivory, Barry Joseph Pellas, Matthew Thomas Pellas, Matthew Kevin Thomas