Patents by Inventor David Peter Goodenough

David Peter Goodenough 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 space management system
    Patent number: 8332499
    Abstract: A virtual space management system includes: a plurality of space management servers for respectively managing a plurality of partial spaces obtained by dividing a virtual space; and a communication control server for relaying communication between at least one of the plurality of space management servers and a user terminal. Each space management server executes a process relating to a transition in which a position in the virtual space associated with the user terminal transitions from inside a partial space managed by another space management server to inside a partial space managed by the local space management server. The communication control server maintains communication connection with the user terminal during execution of the process relating to the transition, and changes a transmission destination of data received from the user terminal to the local space management server managing the partial space to which the transition has been made according to the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kazushi Yoshida, Akihito Nagata, Shinichiro Mikami, Juichi Takahashi, Christopher Jimison, Johnnemann Winthrop Nordhagen, David Peter Goodenough
  • Virtual Space Management System
    Publication number: 20100146097
    Abstract: A virtual space management system includes: a plurality of space management servers for respectively managing a plurality of partial spaces obtained by dividing a virtual space; and a communication control server for relaying communication between at least one of the plurality of space management servers and a user terminal. Each space management server executes a process relating to a transition in which a position in the virtual space associated with the user terminal transitions from inside a partial space managed by another space management server to inside a partial space managed by the local space management server. The communication control server maintains communication connection with the user terminal during execution of the process relating to the transition, and changes a transmission destination of data received from the user terminal to the local space management server managing the partial space to which the transition has been made according to the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Kazushi Yoshida, Akihito Nagata, Shinichiro Mikami, Juichi Takahashi, Christopher Jimison, Johnnemann Winthrop Nordhagen, David Peter Goodenough