Patents by Inventor Christopher DePizzol

Christopher DePizzol 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: 11830057
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for making upgrade recommendations, such as recommendations for version upgrades to a purchasable media-content item. A process of implementing the subject technology can include steps for authenticating a user associated, identifying affiliates of the user, wherein the affiliates are associated with the user via a social network or online gaming platform, receiving a user selection of a content item, and identifying an upgrade version of the content item, wherein the upgrade version is associated with a second version identifier and a second price indicator. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for providing a recommendation to the user, wherein the recommendation indicates the upgrade version of the content item and the second price indicator. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Christopher DePizzol
  • Patent number: 11628372
    Abstract: Techniques for providing information and functionalities based on a video game lifecycle are described. In an example, a computer system presents a page as a single user interface to information and functionalities associated with a video game. The page is generated based on a layout that is specific to a phase of the lifecycle of the video game. The page is accessible to the user across the different phases of the video game's lifecycle. The computer system updates the phase through the different phases, such that the page presents the most relevant and needed information and functionalities at any point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain Langrand, Christopher DePizzol, Yiwei Yang, Anand Mehta, Anastasiya Drake, Anthony Graziano
  • Patent number: 11461340
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for returning accurate and relevant search results in an online platform. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for displaying a first set of search results, the first set of search results including a first plurality of media content items arranged in an order of descending relevance based on search frequency, receiving a first character input from a user of a user device, the first character input defining a first character in a search query, and updating the first set of search results to a second set of search results based on the first character input, the second set of search results comprising at least one media content item not included in the first set of search results that is available for consumption by the user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Choi, Daniel Morales, Brinton Williams, Christopher DePizzol
  • Publication number: 20210252412
    Abstract: Techniques for providing information and functionalities based on a video game lifecycle and user context are described. In an example, a computer system presents a page as a single user interface to information and functionalities associated with a video game. The page is generated based on a layout that is specific to a phase of the lifecycle of the video game. The page is also customized based on a context of the user of the video game. The page is accessible to the user across the different phases of the video game's lifecycle. The computer system updates the phase through the different phases and based on changes to the user context, such that the page presents the most relevant and needed information and functionalities at any point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain Langrand, Christopher DePizzol, Yiwei Yang, Anand Mehta, Anastasiya Drake, Anthony Graziano
  • Publication number: 20210248663
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for making upgrade recommendations, such as recommendations for version upgrades to a purchasable media-content item. A process of implementing the subject technology can include steps for authenticating a user associated, identifying affiliates of the user, wherein the affiliates are associated with the user via a social network or online gaming platform, receiving a user selection of a content item, and identifying an upgrade version of the content item, wherein the upgrade version is associated with a second version identifier and a second price indicator. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for providing a recommendation to the user, wherein the recommendation indicates the upgrade version of the content item and the second price indicator. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher DePizzol
  • Publication number: 20210170284
    Abstract: Techniques for providing information and functionalities based on a video game lifecycle and user context are described. In an example, a computer system presents a page as a single user interface to information and functionalities associated with a video game. The page is generated based on a layout that is specific to a phase of the lifecycle of the video game. The page is also customized based on a context of the user of the video game. The page is accessible to the user across the different phases of the video game's lifecycle. The computer system updates the phase through the different phases and based on changes to the user context, such that the page presents the most relevant and needed information and functionalities at any point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain Langrand, Christopher DePizzol, Yiwei Yang, Anand Mehta, Anastasiya Drake, Anthony Graziano
  • Patent number: 11027205
    Abstract: Techniques for providing information and functionalities based on a video game lifecycle and user context are described. In an example, a computer system presents a page as a single user interface to information and functionalities associated with a video game. The page is generated based on a layout that is specific to a phase of the lifecycle of the video game. The page is also customized based on a context of the user of the video game. The page is accessible to the user across the different phases of the video game's lifecycle. The computer system updates the phase through the different phases and based on changes to the user context, such that the page presents the most relevant and needed information and functionalities at any point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain Langrand, Christopher DePizzol, Yiwei Yang, Anand Mehta, Anastasiya Drake, Anthony Graziano
  • Patent number: 10991027
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for making upgrade recommendations, such as recommendations for version upgrades to a purchasable media-content item. A process of implementing the subject technology can include steps for authenticating a user associated, identifying affiliates of the user, wherein the affiliates are associated with the user via a social network or online gaming platform, receiving a user selection of a content item, and identifying an upgrade version of the content item, wherein the upgrade version is associated with a second version identifier and a second price indicator. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for providing a recommendation to the user, wherein the recommendation indicates the upgrade version of the content item and the second price indicator. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Christopher DePizzol
  • Publication number: 20200311785
    Abstract: A system facilitates acquisition of virtual assets by obtaining information about a user and information about one or more computer applications associated with the user. When the user navigates a device to a catalog screen for virtual assets for computer applications, the system automatically presents to the user a filtered listing of applications for which purchasable virtual assets are available to the user that is filtered according to the information about the user and/or the information about one or more computer applications associated with the user. When the user selects an application on the filtered listing, the system automatically presents to the user a filtered catalog of purchasable virtual assets that are available to the user for the selected application that is filtered according to the information about the user and/or the information about one or more computer applications associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Sylvain Lagrand, Peter Winter, Rohan Kharbanda, Christopher Depizzol
  • Publication number: 20190220523
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for returning accurate and relevant search results in an online platform. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for displaying a first set of search results, the first set of search results including a first plurality of media content items arranged in an order of descending relevance based on search frequency, receiving a first character input from a user of a user device, the first character input defining a first character in a search query, and updating the first set of search results to a second set of search results based on the first character input, the second set of search results comprising at least one media content item not included in the first set of search results that is available for consumption by the user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Choi, Daniel Morales, Brinton Williams, Christopher DePizzol
  • Publication number: 20190130471
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates systems and methods for making upgrade recommendations, such as recommendations for version upgrades to a purchasable media-content item. A process of implementing the subject technology can include steps for authenticating a user associated, identifying affiliates of the user, wherein the affiliates are associated with the user via a social network or online gaming platform, receiving a user selection of a content item, and identifying an upgrade version of the content item, wherein the upgrade version is associated with a second version identifier and a second price indicator. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for providing a recommendation to the user, wherein the recommendation indicates the upgrade version of the content item and the second price indicator. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher DePizzol