Patents by Inventor Katherine Marie Mann

Katherine Marie Mann 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: 10105596
    Abstract: Providing extended content to a player of a game depending upon whether the player broadcasts the gameplay to viewers is disclosed. A content item server communicates game output to a plurality of user devices operated by participants in an online game. A game participant selects to stream output from the online game to one or more viewers via a broadcast streaming server. The content item server receives an indication from the broadcast streaming server that the game participant is broadcasting output from the online game to one or more viewers. Based at least upon the indication that a game player is broadcasting game output, the content item server determines to provide additional or extended game content to the game participant who is broadcasting the gameplay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventor: Katherine Marie Mann