Patents by Inventor Curtis Sullivan

Curtis Sullivan 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).

  • Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communications in a video game environment
    Patent number: 11904246
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communication in video game environments featuring first-person or third-person perspectives by generating an on-screen graphic that includes the communication and a pointer towards a location of another user within the video game environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Sullivan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING INTRA-GAME COMMUNICATIONS IN A VIDEO GAME ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20210093977
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communication in video game environments featuring first-person or third-person perspectives by generating an on-screen graphic that includes the communication and a pointer towards a location of another user within the video game environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Curtis Sullivan
  • Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communications in a video game environment
    Patent number: 10843089
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communication in video game environments featuring first-person or third-person perspectives by generating an on-screen graphic that includes the communication and a pointer towards a location of another user within the video game environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Sullivan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING INTRA-GAME COMMUNICATIONS IN A VIDEO GAME ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20190308109
    Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating intra-game communication in video game environments featuring first-person or third-person perspectives by generating an on-screen graphic that includes the communication and a pointer towards a location of another user within the video game environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Curtis Sullivan
  • Scene-by-scene viewer ratings
    Patent number: 9578379
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for identifying media assets. A media guidance application may receive a first user rating for a first portion of a first media asset and a second user rating for a second portion of the first media asset. Each of the first portion and the second portion of the first media asset may be associated with metadata. The media guidance application may determine whether the second user rating is higher than the first user rating. The media guidance application may also determine a property of the first media asset determining a property of the first media asset based on the first metadata and the second metadata. In response to determining that the second user rating is higher than the first user rating, the media guidance application may identify a second media asset that is associated with the property of the first media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Klappert, Glen E. Roe, Curtis Sullivan