Patents by Inventor Brent E. Curtis

Brent E. Curtis 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Associating Data with Online Game Ratings
    Publication number: 20100331078
    Abstract: A procedure receives a game result from a game console. A rating is determined for the game result. If the rating for the game result meets a predetermined criteria, the recorded game associated with the game result is received from the game console. The recorded game is attached to the rating of the game result such that other players can access the recorded game through an online gaming service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary Thompson, Benjamin O. Zotto, Brent E. Curtis, Daniel Caiafa
  • Method and apparatus for associating data with online game ratings
    Patent number: 7798905
    Abstract: A procedure receives a game result from a game console. A rating is determined for the game result. If the rating for the game result meets a predetermined criteria, the recorded game associated with the game result is received from the game console. The recorded game is attached to the rating of the game result such that other players can access the recorded game through an online gaming service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Thompson, Benjamin O. Zotto, Brent E. Curtis, Daniel Caiafa
  • Method and apparatus for associating data with online game ratings
    Publication number: 20040225386
    Abstract: A procedure receives a game result from a game console. A rating is determined for the game result. If the rating for the game result meets a predetermined criteria, the recorded game associated with the game result is received from the game console. The recorded game is attached to the rating of the game result such that other players can access the recorded game through an online gaming service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary Thompson, Benjamin O. Zotto, Brent E. Curtis, Daniel Caiafa
  • Managing access to content
    Publication number: 20040009815
    Abstract: Content access management allows a content request to be received from a device. In response to the content request, both an identifier of a source of the content and one or more keys that allow the device to decrypt the content are sent to the device. The device is then able to retrieve, as it desires, the content from the source and decrypt and use the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Banjamin O. Zotto, Steven D. Lamb, Boyd C. Multerer, Michio Nikaido, Keith K. Lau, Brent E. Curtis, Mark D. VanAntwerp, Van C. Van