Patents by Inventor ERROL PINTO

ERROL PINTO 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).

  • Selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience
    Patent number: 11659249
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Errol Pinto, John Bennett, David Ting
  • SELECTIVELY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM A REMOTE AUDIENCE
    Publication number: 20210321167
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: ERROL PINTO, JOHN BENNETT, DAVID TING
  • Selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience
    Patent number: 11032616
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Errol Pinto, John Bennett, David Ting
  • SELECTIVELY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM A REMOTE AUDIENCE
    Publication number: 20200154172
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: ERROL PINTO, JOHN BENNETT, DAVID TING
  • Selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience
    Patent number: 10547908
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Errol Pinto, John Bennett, David Ting
  • SELECTIVELY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM A REMOTE AUDIENCE
    Publication number: 20190208278
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: ERROL PINTO, JOHN BENNETT, DAVID TING
  • Selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience
    Patent number: 10231024
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Errol Pinto, John Bennett, David Ting
  • SELECTIVELY INCORPORATING FEEDBACK FROM A REMOTE AUDIENCE
    Publication number: 20150074698
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and stored instructions are provided for selectively incorporating feedback from a remote audience into live content. The feedback is incorporated into one part of a segment at the same time that another part of the segment is played to an audience. A feedback manager may receive feedback from audience members on a first part of the segment while a second, later part of the segment is being played to the audience by a client machine and while a third, even later part of the segment is being generated by a content manager. The feedback manager may then compare feedback data to stored criteria to determine whether or not to change the playing content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: ERROL PINTO, JOHN BENNETT, DAVID TING