Patents by Inventor Erick Flores

Erick Flores 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).

  • Patent number: 12654096
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) model generates a control input for a virtual player of a video game based on input state data. A video stream of the video game is generated based on the control input for the virtual player of the video game. The video stream is transmitted to a client device. Training feedback data is received from the client device and includes a time-dependent series of human-generated feedback elements correlated to the video stream. Each feedback element indicates that the control input for the virtual player of the video game, as generated by the AI model, is either a player-approved control input or a player-disapproved control input. AI model training includes reinforcing use of the player-approved control input for the virtual player in response to the input state data, and diminishing use of the player-disapproved control input for the virtual player in response to the input state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Flores, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20250170479
    Abstract: A method of sending a content stream to a user electronic device includes obtaining content stream data in relation to the content stream to be rendered, encoding a first portion of the content stream data, rendering a second portion of the content stream data, and sending the encoded first portion and the rendered second portion to the user electronic device. Also, a method of rendering a content stream on a user electronic device comprises receiving an encoded first portion of content stream data and a rendered second portion of the content stream data, decoding the first portion to obtain the content stream data in relation to a first portion of the content stream to be rendered, rendering the decoded first portion of the content stream data, and combining the rendered first portion of the content stream and the rendered second portion of the content stream to generate the content stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Pritpal Singh PANESAR, Lloyd Preston STEMPLE, Erick FLORES, Maria Chiara MONTI
  • Publication number: 20250175673
    Abstract: There has been provided a method of modifying a content stream provided to a user electronic device, the method comprising receiving device data from the user electronic device, processing the device data to determine whether one or more network conditions have been met, and modifying the content stream and/or one or more settings associated with either the content stream and or a game server. There has also provided a method of rendering a content stream provided by a sender, the method comprising, sending device data, receiving a modified content stream, and rendering the modified content stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Pritpal Singh PANESAR, Lloyd Preston STEMPLE, Erick FLORES, Maria Chiara MONTI
  • Publication number: 20240165509
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) model generates a control input for a virtual player of a video game based on input state data. A video stream of the video game is generated based on the control input for the virtual player of the video game. The video stream is transmitted to a client device. Training feedback data is received from the client device and includes a time-dependent series of human-generated feedback elements correlated to the video stream. Each feedback element indicates that the control input for the virtual player of the video game, as generated by the AI model, is either a player-approved control input or a player-disapproved control input. AI model training includes reinforcing use of the player-approved control input for the virtual player in response to the input state data, and diminishing use of the player-disapproved control input for the virtual player in response to the input state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Erick Flores, Steven Osman
  • Patent number: 6259921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of routing a call between a first terminal which is a mobile terminal (5) and a second terminal (4) in a global telecommunications network, it being possible for the call to be routed in the global network a)—at least in part through a satellite telecommunications network (1) using base stations (2, 3) giving access to satellites, and b) —at least in part through a terrestrial telecommunications network (PSTN) connected to the base stations (2, 3), each satellite (1) in the satellite telecommunications network defining an overall coverage area covering a plurality of base stations, the overall coverage area defining a plurality of coverage sub-areas, each of which is associated with a respective one of the base stations (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Antoine Totaro, Erick Flores, Jean Charpentier, Roland Thies
  • Patent number: 6137885
    Abstract: A method for enabling encrypted communication to be performed directly in a single hop or merely directly between two terminals of a mobile radio network by satellite and/or of the GSM/DCS type, after one of said terminals has called via a fixed radio station of the network. After a first encryption stage, performed in conventional manner, a cipher key is simultaneously generated by the identity card associated with the calling terminal and by the network control structure for encrypting/decrypting data transmitted over the radio link between said calling terminal and the station. This cipher key is then stored in a memory of the station so as to be transmitted to the called terminal when a radio link is set up between said station and said called terminal for the call requested by the calling terminal, and the key is used for the purpose of encrypting/decrypting the data interchanged between the calling and called terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Antoine Totaro, Erick Flores