Patents by Inventor Chu-Hao Fan

Chu-Hao Fan 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).

  • Virtual reality streaming for games
    Patent number: 10051330
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a recorded gameplay session of an interactive content controlled by a broadcasting user. While the broadcasting user is controlling the interactive content being recorded, the inputs provided by the broadcasting user for interacting with the interactive content are recorded. Properties of objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are modified in view of the inputs provided by the broadcasting user. Furthermore, the properties of the objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are periodically recorded. The recorded inputs provided by the broadcasting user and the recorded properties of the objects in the interactive content are used to provide a viewing user a recording of the gameplay session of the interactive content controlled by the broadcasting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Si-jing Caporaletti, Christopher John Marra, Joshua R. Langowitz, William Dean Saulnier, Chu-Hao Fan, Thomas Nattestad
  • VIRTUAL REALITY STREAMING FOR GAMES
    Publication number: 20180205996
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a recorded gameplay session of an interactive content controlled by a broadcasting user. While the broadcasting user is controlling the interactive content being recorded, the inputs provided by the broadcasting user for interacting with the interactive content are recorded. Properties of objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are modified in view of the inputs provided by the broadcasting user. Furthermore, the properties of the objects in the interactive content being controlled by the broadcasting user are periodically recorded. The recorded inputs provided by the broadcasting user and the recorded properties of the objects in the interactive content are used to provide a viewing user a recording of the gameplay session of the interactive content controlled by the broadcasting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Si-jing Caporaletti, Christopher John Marra, Joshua R. Langowitz, William Dean Saulnier, Chu-Hao Fan, Thomas Nattestad