Patents by Inventor Cierra D. McDonald
Cierra D. McDonald 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).
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Patent number: 11495086Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yifeng Liu, Cierra D. McDonald, Timothy Arthur Gill, Mark Allen Findlay
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Patent number: 11344804Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane W S Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Publication number: 20200155939Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Robert M. SMITH, Zane WS TEH, Nathan JOHNSON, Mengyuan TU, Mitch A. JOHNSON, Casey BAKER, Eric CANCINO, Cierra D. MCDONALD
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Patent number: 10456679Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane W S Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Publication number: 20190295367Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Pooja Mathur, Antonio Vargas Garcia, Daniel Av, Michael Alyn Miller, Cody Luitjens, Craig Suthers, Nicholas Koller, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck
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Patent number: 10354485Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Pooja Mathur, Antonio Vargas Garcia, Daniel Av, Michael Alyn Miller, Cody Luitjens, Craig Suthers, Nicholas Koller, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck
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Publication number: 20180276945Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Pooja Mathur, Antonio Vargas Garcia, Daniel Av, Michael Alyn Miller, Cody Luitjens, Craig Suthers, Nicholas Koller, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck
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Publication number: 20180182208Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yifeng LIU, Cierra D. MCDONALD, Timothy Arthur GILL, Mark Allen FINDLAY
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Patent number: 9997014Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Pooja Mathur, Antonio Vargas Garcia, Daniel Av, Michael Alyn Miller, Cody Luitjens, Craig Suthers, Nicholas Koller, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck
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Publication number: 20180154257Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane WS Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Patent number: 9914054Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane W S Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Publication number: 20150352444Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Robert M. Smith, Zane WS Teh, Nathan Johnson, Mengyuan Tu, Mitch A. Johnson, Casey Baker, Eric Cancino, Cierra D. McDonald
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Publication number: 20140274322Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Cody Luitjens, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck
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Publication number: 20140274317Abstract: Various embodiments relating to management of game data of a video game by a game service and service triggered delivery of game data to various subscribers are provided. In one embodiment, game data of a video game is received at a game service computing machine as the video game is being executed on a user gaming machine. A game statistic is generated by the game service computing machine based on the game data. The game statistic is sent to subscribers having a subscription to the game statistic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cierra D. McDonald, Michael J. Horstmanshof, Sela P. Davis, Pooja Mathur, Antonio Vargas Garcia, Daniel Av, Michael Alyn Miller, Cody Luitjens, Craig Suthers, Nicholas Koller, Timothy Gill, Chad Gibson, William Michael Zintel, Dave Reed, Doug Beck