Patents by Inventor Jeff Curley

Jeff Curley 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).

  • Session management for virtual environments
    Patent number: 10722801
    Abstract: A quick or limited matching process can be used to quickly get players of a gaming application into an active game session. In order to improve the quality of the match for a subsequent game session, a longer-running match process can be utilized while players are engaged in a current game session. A pool of players likely to be available around the time at which a current game session will end is determined. The longer-running match process can analyze the data for the player pool to determine matches of players for one or more future game sessions. Information for these sessions can be provided to the relevant players, who are then enabled to join in the respective sessions. Such a process provides for more flexibility and accuracy in the matching process without extending the player wait times endured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Curley, Bruce Erwin Brown, Ross Alan Cameron Gardner, Brian J. Schuster
  • Internet distance-based matchmaking
    Patent number: 9474967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for online multiplayer matchmaking in which the interne distance between a user and potential game hosts is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bojorquez, Paul Kerby, Jeff Curley
  • INTERNET DISTANCE-BASED MATCHMAKING
    Publication number: 20150038234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for online multiplayer matchmaking in which the interne distance between a user and potential game hosts is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: John Bojorquez, Paul Kerby, Jeff Curley