Patents by Inventor Barry Steven Watson, JR.

Barry Steven Watson, JR. 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: 11996096
    Abstract: A computing system helps a user in an extended reality (XR) learning experience achieve mastery through personalized, programmable and conversational coaching. One aspect is that the XR learning experience may consist of a plurality of tasks associated with the user. A second aspect is that the XR learning experience can define different types of conversational interventions triggered by the computing system at various times. A third aspect is that some tasks or interventions can make use of a conversational assistant. A fourth aspect is that as the user is going through the XR learning experience, the system determines which, if any, interventions can be triggered based on the user's state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSFR Inc.
    Inventors: Nirmal Khubchand Mukhi, Darren Thomas McAuliffe, Bharanidharan Rajakumar, Barry Steven Watson, Jr., Michael Joseph Colombo
  • Patent number: 11715470
    Abstract: A computing system generates an extended reality environment for an end user. The extended reality environment includes a plurality of tasks and a plurality of goals to be achieved by the end user. The computing system receives input data from an extended reality system associated with the end user. The computing system updates a progress of the end user through the plurality of tasks and the plurality of goals based on the input data. The computing system receives a voice command from the end user. The voice command corresponds to a statement uttered by the end user within the extended reality environment. The computing system processes the voice command to generate a response to the voice command. The computing system causes the response to appear within the extended reality environment as an audible, visual or haptic feedback response to the voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSFR Inc.
    Inventors: Nirmal Khubchand Mukhi, Darren Thomas McAuliffe, Michael Joseph Colombo, Bharani Rajakumar, Barry Steven Watson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220310087
    Abstract: A computing system generates an extended reality environment for an end user. The extended reality environment includes a plurality of tasks and a plurality of goals to be achieved by the end user. The computing system receives input data from an extended reality system associated with the end user. The computing system updates a progress of the end user through the plurality of tasks and the plurality of goals based on the input data. The computing system receives a voice command from the end user. The voice command corresponds to a statement uttered by the end user within the extended reality environment. The computing system processes the voice command to generate a response to the voice command. The computing system causes the response to appear within the extended reality environment as an audible, visual or haptic feedback response to the voice command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Nirmal Khubchand Mukhi, Darren Thomas McAuliffe, Michael Joseph Colombo, Bharani Rajakumar, Barry Steven Watson, JR.