Patents by Inventor Ben Dong

Ben Dong 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).

  • Facilitating map navigation in an online game
    Patent number: 10232267
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating navigation of a map in an online game are disclosed. A navigation mode may be provided to enable user to navigate the map by specifying a type of map features of interest to the user. In such a navigation mode, the user may provide directional control input for navigating the map to a map feature having a map feature type associated with the navigation mode; and the field of view of the map may jump from the present field of view to a new field of view corresponding to the map feature. The map feature may be selected because it is closer to a current location where the present field of view is taken in the direction indicated by the control input provided by the user than any other map features having the map feature type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Dong, Jun Yu
  • Facilitating map navigation in an online game
    Patent number: 9751005
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating navigation of a map in an online game are disclosed. A navigation mode may be provided to enable user to navigate the map by specifying a type of map features of interest to the user. In such a navigation mode, the user may provide directional control input for navigating the map to a map feature having a map feature type associated with the navigation mode; and the field of view of the map may jump from the present field of view to a new field of view corresponding to the map feature. The map feature may be selected because it is closer to a current location where the present field of view is taken in the direction indicated by the control input provided by the user than any other map features having the map feature type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Aftershock Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Dong, Jun Yu
  • Methods and systems for communicating audio captured onboard an aircraft
    Patent number: 8666748
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating information from an aircraft to a computer system at a ground location. One exemplary method involves obtaining an audio input from an audio input device onboard the aircraft, generating text data comprising a textual representation of the one or more words of the audio input, and communicating the text data to the computer system at the ground location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Xian Qin Dong, Ben Dong, Yunsong Gao
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO CAPTURED ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20130158991
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating information from an aircraft to a computer system at a ground location. One exemplary method involves obtaining an audio input from an audio input device onboard the aircraft, generating text data comprising a textual representation of the one or more words of the audio input, and communicating the text data to the computer system at the ground location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Xian Qin Dong, Ben Dong, Yunsong Gao