Patents by Inventor Fraser Hutchinson

Fraser Hutchinson 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).

  • Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting update rates in multi-player network gaming
    Patent number: 9687737
    Abstract: In a server-implemented video game, a method for providing updates to a remote client regarding a plurality of objects located in a virtual space of the video game. The method comprises operations of receiving an update locus from the remote client, the update locus indicating a client-specified position within the virtual space of the video game; determining a distance of each of the plurality of objects from the update locus; determining an update rate for each of the plurality of objects based upon their determined distances; and sending updates regarding each of the plurality of objects to the remote client according to the determined update rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Klee, Fraser Hutchinson
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING UPDATE RATES IN MULTI-PLAYER NETWORK GAMING
    Publication number: 20140073424
    Abstract: In a server-implemented video game, a method for providing updates to a remote client regarding a plurality of objects located in a virtual space of the video game. The method comprises operations of receiving an update locus from the remote client, the update locus indicating a client-specified position within the virtual space of the video game; determining a distance of each of the plurality of objects from the update locus; determining an update rate for each of the plurality of objects based upon their determined distances; and sending updates regarding each of the plurality of objects to the remote client according to the determined update rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Klee, Fraser Hutchinson
  • Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting update rates in multi-player network gaming
    Patent number: 8527657
    Abstract: In a server-implemented video game or simulation, a method for providing updates to a remote client regarding a plurality of objects located in a virtual spatial field of the simulation. The method comprises operations of receiving an update locus from the remote client, the update locus indicating a client-specified position within the virtual spatial field of the server-implemented simulation; determining a distance of each of the plurality of objects from the update locus; sorting the plurality of objects according to their determined distances from the update locus; determining an update rate for each of the plurality of objects based upon their sorted order; and sending updates regarding each of the plurality of objects to the remote client according to the determined update rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Klee, Fraser Hutchinson
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING UPDATE RATES IN MULTI-PLAYER NETWORK GAMING
    Publication number: 20100241692
    Abstract: In a server-implemented video game or simulation, a method for providing updates to a remote client regarding a plurality of objects located in a virtual spatial field of the simulation. The method comprises operations of receiving an update locus from the remote client, the update locus indicating a client-specified position within the virtual spatial field of the server-implemented simulation; determining a distance of each of the plurality of objects from the update locus; sorting the plurality of objects according to their determined distances from the update locus; determining an update rate for each of the plurality of objects based upon their sorted order; and sending updates regarding each of the plurality of objects to the remote client according to the determined update rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., a Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Scott Klee, Fraser Hutchinson