Patents by Inventor Elliot F. Dunn

Elliot F. Dunn 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).

  • Real-time story generation
    Patent number: 8473445
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing a framework for generating problem situations in a computer game. In one embodiment, the framework includes a data structure representing solution candidates, fact patterns, and a solution designator. The data structure also includes a chain of inference between the solution designator and each candidate. The computer game may generate a problem situation from the data structure and present the problem situation to a user playing the computer game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Disney Enterprise, Inc
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Schrag, Patrick M. Curry, Elliot F. Dunn
  • REAL-TIME STORY GENERATION
    Publication number: 20120030249
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing a framework for generating problem situations in a computer game. In one embodiment, the framework includes a data structure representing solution candidates, fact patterns, and a solution designator. The data structure also includes a chain of inference between the solution designator and each candidate. The computer game may generate a problem situation from the data structure and present the problem situation to a user playing the computer game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Schrag, Patrick M. Curry, Elliot F. Dunn