Patents by Inventor Jay Jodway
Jay Jodway 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).
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Publication number: 20260100104Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2025Publication date: April 9, 2026Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Patent number: 12518598Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Publication number: 20250128155Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Patent number: 12201900Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Publication number: 20230398445Abstract: An online game is provided to users via client computing devices. Gameplay metrics are determined for users of the online game based on actions taken by the users in the online game. Secondary games are provided, where the potential awards provided by the secondary games are determined based on the gameplay metrics of the users.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Albert Wei, Kevin Lee, Jay Jodway, David McNeill, Devin Nambiar
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Patent number: 11779840Abstract: An online game is provided to users via client computing devices. Gameplay metrics are determined for users of the online game based on actions taken by the users in the online game. Secondary games are provided, where the potential awards provided by the secondary games are determined based on the gameplay metrics of the users.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Albert Wei, Kevin Lee, Jay Jodway, David McNeill, Devin Nambiar
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Publication number: 20230252856Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Publication number: 20230249065Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Patent number: 11657679Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Patent number: 11648468Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Publication number: 20220148385Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Stephanie SCHULTZ, Luc PIERON, Sam McLellan, Henry RULL, Kevin SIMMONS, Jay JODWAY, Weiwei GENG
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Patent number: 11270555Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Publication number: 20210245050Abstract: An online game is provided to users via client computing devices. Gameplay metrics are determined for users of the online game based on actions taken by the users in the online game. Secondary games are provided, where the potential awards provided by the secondary games are determined based on the gameplay metrics of the users.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Albert Wei, Kevin Lee, Jay Jodway, David McNeill, Devin Nambiar
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Patent number: 10987582Abstract: An online game is provided to users via client computing devices. Gameplay metrics are determined for users of the online game based on actions taken by the users in the online game. Secondary games are provided, where the potential awards provided by the secondary games are determined based on the gameplay metrics of the users.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Albert Wei, Kevin Lee, Jay Jodway, David McNeill, Devin Nambiar
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Publication number: 20210069586Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Publication number: 20210074124Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Stephanie SCHULTZ, Luc PIERON, Sam McLellan, Henry RULL, Kevin SIMMONS, Jay JODWAY, Weiwei GENG
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Patent number: 10874940Abstract: A system and method for providing offers to facilitate users to complete active game actions in a game space are disclosed. Offers to forego a group of pending wait periods of active game actions may be generated and presented to the users at the same time or near the same time along with offers to forego these pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, for incentivizing the users to accept the offer to forego the group of pending wait periods, a discount may be determined for these offers with respect to the offers to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately. In some examples, selection of the group of pending wait periods may be made based on likelihoods as to whether the users will spend stored consideration to forego the group of pending wait periods individually and separately.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Henry Rull, Luc Pieron, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway
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Patent number: 10878663Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng
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Publication number: 20200051393Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Stephanie SCHULTZ, Luc PIERON, Sam McLellan, Henry RULL, Kevin SIMMONS, Jay JODWAY, Weiwei GENG
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Patent number: 10482713Abstract: Facilitating entry and/or selection of one or more awards associated with a secondary game to increase the probability of obtaining a more desirable award. Access to a secondary game may be selectively provided, to players of an online game, to facilitate player participations in individual episodes of the secondary game. A set of potential awards may be obtained together with a set of award probabilities for the set of potential awards. Entry and/or selection of one or more of the potential awards in the set of potential awards to be removed from or replaced in the set of potential awards to create an adjusted set of potential awards, may be received from the player. A first potential may be selected based on the award probabilities and distributed to the first player for use within the online game.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Schultz, Luc Pieron, Sam McLellan, Henry Rull, Kevin Simmons, Jay Jodway, Weiwei Geng