Patents by Inventor Iain Tait

Iain Tait 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: 10195523
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a virtual gamespace for display to multiple players via respective web browsers is disclosed. A virtual gamespace, including a two-dimensional landscape, is generated and divided according to a number of devices participating in a game. The divided portions are provided to the devices for display so that the landscape is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the devices and the devices are collectively viewed together. A server receives control information for a game token from a device, determines one of the divided portions of the 2-D landscape for display of the game token based on the control information, and transmits the control information to the device responsible for displaying the determined portion of the 2-D landscape, and the game token is rendered in connection with the determined portion according to the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Iain Tait, Stewart Smith, Jeffrey Paul Baxter
  • Publication number: 20170337584
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for providing secondary online content to a user device based on a user interaction with primary online content are provided. The method includes receiving a content request for a primary content item stored in the memory for display on the user device, providing the primary content item for display on the user device, and transmitting a first interaction signal representing a first interaction between the user device and the primary content item, the first interaction signal including a user device identifier and the primary content item identifier. The method further includes accessing at least one concierge rule stored in the memory based on the first interaction signal, retrieving a secondary online content item based at least in part on the at least one concierge rule, and automatically serving the secondary online content item to the user device for display on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: William Davison Najdecki, Iain Tait, Andrew Ackermann, Michael Gerard Morrissey, Gabriel Oak Taubman, Jason Sanders
  • Publication number: 20160339338
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a virtual gamespace for display to multiple players via respective web browsers is disclosed. A virtual gamespace, including a two-dimensional landscape, is generated and divided according to a number of devices participating in a game. The divided portions are provided to the devices for display so that the landscape is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the devices and the devices are collectively viewed together. A server receives control information for a game token from a device, determines one of the divided portions of the 2-D landscape for display of the game token based on the control information, and transmits the control information to the device responsible for displaying the determined portion of the 2-D landscape, and the game token is rendered in connection with the determined portion according to the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Iain TAIT, Stewart SMITH, Jeffrey Paul BAXTER
  • Patent number: 9417835
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a virtual gamespace for display to multiple players via respective web browsers is disclosed. A virtual gamespace, including a two-dimensional landscape, is generated and divided according to a number of devices participating in a game. The divided portions are provided to the devices for display so that the landscape is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the devices and the devices are collectively viewed together. A server receives control information for a game token from a device, determines one of the divided portions of the 2-D landscape for display of the game token based on the control information, and transmits the control information to the device responsible for displaying the determined portion of the 2-D landscape, and the game token is rendered in connection with the determined portion according to the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Iain Tait, Stewart Smith, Jeffrey Paul Baxter
  • Publication number: 20150212786
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a virtual gamespace for display to multiple players via respective web browsers is disclosed. A virtual gamespace, including a two-dimensional landscape, is generated and divided according to a number of devices participating in a game. The divided portions are provided to the devices for display so that the landscape is viewable when each divided portion is displayed on a respective one of the devices and the devices are collectively viewed together. A server receives control information for a game token from a device, determines one of the divided portions of the 2-D landscape for display of the game token based on the control information, and transmits the control information to the device responsible for displaying the determined portion of the 2-D landscape, and the game token is rendered in connection with the determined portion according to the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Iain Tait, Stewart Smith, Jeffrey Paul Baxter