Patents by Inventor David A. Straily

David A. Straily 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).

  • Matchmaking in multiplayer gaming
    Patent number: 9120020
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore L. Michel, Paul Lyttle, Jefferson W. Ng, Micheal Dunn, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Vance O'Neill, Eric Heutchy, Rankin J. Kern, David A. Straily, Stephen Paul Dolan, Justin Brown, Praneeth Kallu, Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung, Vincent Bannister
  • MATCHMAKING IN MULTIPLAYER GAMING
    Publication number: 20140274402
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Theodore L. Michel, Paul Lyttle, Jefferson W. Ng, Micheal Dunn, Edmund Samuel Victor Pinto, Vance O'Neill, Eric Heutchy, Rankin J. Kern, David A. Straily, Stephen Paul Dolan, Justin Brown, Praneeth Kallu, Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung, Vincent Bannister