Patents by Inventor Benjamin F. Kilgore

Benjamin F. Kilgore 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: 8469805
    Abstract: A game console has the capability to execute programming to unlock an achievement. After the achievements are unlocked, a data store accessible by the game console over a network stores the information in the profile of the user. The achievements associated with the user profiles can be retrieved from the store along with an indicator, that is indicative of a tier level associated with the achievement where the tier indicates a certain performance level associated with unlocking a particular achievement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Kilgore, Michal Bortnik, Patrick W. O'Kelley, II, Vincent H. Curley, Alan T. Shen
  • Patent number: 6877015
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a system and method for dynamically adjusting data values in response to remote user input to provide the remote user with real time interaction of the data values. First, a user requests information from a remote computer and then results of the requested information are collected at a host computer. Second, the results of the request are transmitted in a hidden format from the host to the remote computer. Third, the results are remotely processed in response to user input. Last, the processed results are dynamically displayed. Client-side processing is preferably used instead of server-side processing to enable the user to quickly access and adjust information dynamically and in real time without server delays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Kilgore, Steven D. Lamb, Loren K. Imes, Mark E. Hickling
  • Publication number: 20030220862
    Abstract: A system and method for managing a web-based agricultural application. In one embodiment, a computerized method for managing a commodity-based supply chain includes providing a plurality of participants in the commodity-based supply chain, obtaining commodity-based information from originating process points in the supply chain, obtaining additional commodity-based information from intermediate process points in the supply chain, and selectively providing access to the commodity-based and additional commodity-based information, wherein such providing is traceable through each process point in the supply chain. In another embodiment, wherein the providing of the participants in the commodity-based supply chain further includes providing a plurality of auditors to audit one or more process points in the supply chain. In other embodiments, the obtaining of commodity-based information includes obtaining soft-sell information or obtaining branding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Kilgore, Rolf S. Peters