Patents by Inventor Mark Andrew Horneff

Mark Andrew Horneff 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: 8771083
    Abstract: An entertainment device comprises a display generator arranged to generate for display a representation of an on-line virtual environment comprising one or more avatars corresponding to users of one or more remote entertainment devices each interacting with that online virtual environment, a network communicator operable to receive data representative of the actions of other users within the on-line virtual environment and to receive content sourced from one or more users of the one or more remote entertainment devices interacting with that online virtual environment, an input device operable by the user to instigate a reporting event and a content identifier operable to generate information indicative of content sourced from one or more users of the one or more remote entertainment devices and that was available to the entertainment device when the reporting event was instigated, and in which the network communicator is operable to transmit a report to a remote device comprising said generated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Horneff, Mark John Judge, Ronald Jonas Festejo, Mitchell Robert Jay Goodwin, Stephen Peter Routledge
  • Publication number: 20120071244
    Abstract: An entertainment device operable to connect to a first on-line virtual environment comprises a group membership selector operable to select members of a group of entertainment devices connected to a first on-line virtual environment comprising a plurality of connected entertainment devices, a server evaluator operable to evaluate a plurality of servers of a second on-line virtual environment according to one or more criteria whilst the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, a server selector operable to select at least a first server of the second on-line virtual environment based upon the evaluation whilst the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, and a storage arrangement operable to cause the storage of server selection data defining the selected server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Tomas Owen Gillo, Scott Christopher Waugaman, Mitchell Robert Jay Goodwin, Mark Andrew Horneff, Nick Ryan
  • Publication number: 20110283362
    Abstract: An entertainment device, comprises a communication arrangement operable to receive audio segment data from an audio segment data source and to receive audio segment selection data from an audio segment selection data source in connection with an interactive audio segment data selection session as between the entertainment device and the audio segment selection data source; an audio segment selector operable to generate audio segment selection data in response to selections made by a user interacting with a user interface of the entertainment device; and a storage arrangement operable to store the received audio segment data; in which: the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Horneff, Adriana Maria Eyzaguirre, Ben Cousins, James Eric Knowler, Peter John Hodges
  • Publication number: 20100105484
    Abstract: An entertainment device comprises a display generator arranged to generate for display a representation of an on-line virtual environment comprising one or more avatars corresponding to users of one or more remote entertainment devices each interacting with that online virtual environment, a network communicator operable to receive data representative of the actions of other users within the on-line virtual environment and to receive content sourced from one or more users of the one or more remote entertainment devices interacting with that online virtual environment, an input device operable by the user to instigate a reporting event and a content identifier operable to generate information indicative of content sourced from one or more users of the one or more remote entertainment devices and that was available to the entertainment device when the reporting event was instigated, and in which the network communicator is operable to transmit a report to a remote device comprising said generated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Horneff, Mark John Judge, Ronald Jonas Festejo, Mitchell Robert Jay Goodwin, Stephen Peter Routladge