Patents by Inventor Christopher A. McEniry

Christopher A. McEniry 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).

  • Publication number: 20230022301
    Abstract: A block chain system allows mining for new valid values in a system such as a computer game or computer-based trading card system. Instead of each new value being added to the block chain being equivalent, each new value is one of a plurality of possible choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Patent number: 11458402
    Abstract: A block chain system allows mining for new valid values in a system such as a computer game or computer-based trading card system. Instead of each new value being added to the block chain being equivalent, each new value is one of a plurality of possible choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Publication number: 20200114266
    Abstract: A block chain system allows mining for new valid values in a system such as a computer game or computer-based trading card system. Instead of each new value being added to the block chain being equivalent, each new value is one of a plurality of possible choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Patent number: 10549202
    Abstract: A block chain system allows mining for new valid values in a system such as a computer game or computer-based trading card system. Instead of each new value being added to the block chain being equivalent, each new value is one of a plurality of possible choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Publication number: 20190122152
    Abstract: A system in which people with different skills collaboratively work together build creative content each by contributing the type of work that he or she is best at. Four modules of the system include the specialization of contributions, in which creators make types of contributions depending on their strengths and interests, content curation and distribution for evaluating content and controlling the bundling and distribution of content, workflow/tracking that keeps an immutable history of work and allows branching, and compensation for contributors that tracks the contributions made by each creator and determines compensation based on the amount and/or perceived quality or worth of work each creator puts into the creation of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Publication number: 20190118094
    Abstract: A block chain system allows mining for new valid values in a system such as a computer game or computer-based trading card system. Instead of each new value being added to the block chain being equivalent, each new value is one of a plurality of possible choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Nathan Blaine Morgan, Christopher McEniry
  • Publication number: 20090280909
    Abstract: An online gaming website monitors indicators that a player waiting to play an online game is becoming frustrated, and generates a frustration profile for the player based on the indicators. The frustration profile is utilized to decrease the time that the player waits to play an online game, such as by changing the player's position on a queue for play of the game, or by offering an alternative game compatible with the player's gaming interests, which if selected by the player would decrease the player's waiting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher A. McEniry