Patents by Inventor Justin Towns

Justin Towns 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: 9436483
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting virtual space entities are disclosed. Information regarding virtual space entities may be obtained. The obtained information may include information indicating one or more actions and/or effects associated with the virtual space entities. The associated effects may indicate the associated actions may be caused in the virtual space by actions of other virtual space entities. Users may be enabled to specify action connections between actions of different virtual space entities. The user specified action connections may provide causal relationships between a first action and a first effect associated with a second action. Occurrence of the first action within a given instance of virtual space may be determined. Based on the user specified action connections, the first effect may be executed to cause the second action to be performed in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: James Rowe, Justin Towns, Chad Liddell
  • Publication number: 20150294508
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform. In some implementations, tokens may be detected based on signals received from token readers associated with individual ones of the multiple client computing platforms. A given token may be a standalone physical object. The given token may be detectable based on a signal conveying information associated with the given token. The information associated with the given token conveyed by the signal may be devoid of virtual space content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Robert NELSON, Justin TOWNS, Kirk BAUM, Robert ZOBELL, Terry PENN
  • Patent number: 9092114
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform. In some implementations, tokens may be detected based on signals received from token readers associated with individual ones of the multiple client computing platforms. A given token may be a standalone physical object. The given token may be detectable based on a signal conveying information associated with the given token. The information associated with the given token conveyed by the signal may be devoid of virtual space content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nelson, Justin Towns, Kirk Baum, Robert Zobell, Terry Penn
  • Publication number: 20150033154
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform. In some implementations, tokens may be detected based on signals received from token readers associated with individual ones of the multiple client computing platforms. A given token may be a standalone physical object. The given token may be detectable based on a signal conveying information associated with the given token. The information associated with the given token conveyed by the signal may be devoid of virtual space content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Robert NELSON, Justin TOWNS, Kirk BAUM, Robert ZOBELL, Terry PENN
  • Patent number: 8904298
    Abstract: Exemplary implementations may facilitate effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform. In some implementations, tokens may be detected based on signals received from token readers associated with individual ones of the multiple client computing platforms. A given token may be a standalone physical object. The given token may be detectable based on a signal conveying information associated with the given token. The information associated with the given token conveyed by the signal may be devoid of virtual space content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nelson, Justin Towns, Kirk Baum, Robert Zobell, Terry Penn