Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Findlay

Mark Allen Findlay 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: 11495086
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yifeng Liu, Cierra D. McDonald, Timothy Arthur Gill, Mark Allen Findlay
  • Patent number: 10586572
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which highlight (curated) videos are automatically generated for users to watch based upon estimated interest levels with respect to segments of a longer video or set of videos. In one aspect, statistics are collected with respect to actions of viewers of the video or set of videos. These may include playback-related actions such as the number of times a particular segment is played, and/or behavioral actions of viewers during the playback. Based upon which segments have the highest estimated interest levels, a subset of the segments are selected for a playback list, which when played provides the highlight/curated video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William Axel Olsen, David Seymour, Mark Allen Findlay, Henry Stuart Watson, William Michael Mozell
  • Publication number: 20190035430
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which highlight (curated) videos are automatically generated for users to watch based upon estimated interest levels with respect to segments of a longer video or set of videos. In one aspect, statistics are collected with respect to actions of viewers of the video or set of videos. These may include playback-related actions such as the number of times a particular segment is played, and/or behavioral actions of viewers during the playback. Based upon which segments have the highest estimated interest levels, a subset of the segments are selected for a playback list, which when played provides the highlight/curated video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: William Axel Olsen, David Seymour, Mark Allen Findlay, Henry Stuart Watson, William Michael Mozell
  • Patent number: 10068614
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which highlight (curated) videos are automatically generated for users to watch based upon estimated interest levels with respect to segments of a longer video or set of videos. In one aspect, statistics are collected with respect to actions of viewers of the video or set of videos. These may include playback-related actions such as the number of times a particular segment is played, and/or behavioral actions of viewers during the playback. Based upon which segments have the highest estimated interest levels, a subset of the segments are selected for a playback list, which when played provides the highlight/curated video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: William Axel Olsen, David Seymour, Mark Allen Findlay, Henry Stuart Denison Watson, William Michael Mozell
  • Publication number: 20180182208
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yifeng LIU, Cierra D. MCDONALD, Timothy Arthur GILL, Mark Allen FINDLAY
  • Publication number: 20140321831
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which highlight (curated) videos are automatically generated for users to watch based upon estimated interest levels with respect to segments of a longer video or set of videos. In one aspect, statistics are collected with respect to actions of viewers of the video or set of videos. These may include playback-related actions such as the number of times a particular segment is played, and/or behavioral actions of viewers during the playback. Based upon which segments have the highest estimated interest levels, a subset of the segments are selected for a playback list, which when played provides the highlight/curated video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: William Axel Olsen, David Seymour, Mark Allen Findlay, Henry Stuart Denison Watson, William Michael Mozell