Patents by Inventor James William Schmidt

James William Schmidt 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).

  • Managing Distributed System Software On A Gaming System
    Publication number: 20100058320
    Abstract: Mechanisms for determining the coherency of a console are described herein. A manifest may be used to check the installed software components, and their versions, to determine which user experience groups are coherent based upon the installed software packages and their versions. If the console has the required software components and their versions installed according to the manifest, providing for a coherent user experience group, the console may be set to an enhanced user experience level in which the coherent user experience groups, or features, are enabled. The console may be set at various user experience levels depending upon which user experience groups are coherent. For example, if no user experience groups are coherent, the console may be set at a “core”, basic, or default user experience level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy S. Milligan, James William Schmidt, Andrew Martin Murphy, Thomas Michael Soemo