Patents by Inventor Matthew D. Pierce

Matthew D. Pierce 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: 11482081
    Abstract: By one or more processors of a computing device, receive a player game election of a player, the player game election comprising a skill based video game and one or more player characteristics of the player, determine a first player eligibility of the player to participate in the skill based video game comprising verify the one or more player characteristics, send the first player eligibility to an operator of the skill based video game, receive a list of one or more players that fulfilled a win condition for the skill based video game, determine a second player eligibility to receive a payout based on the list of one or more players that fulfilled the win condition, the first player eligibility, and a player preference for a payout type, and distribute the payout to the one or more players that fulfill the win condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Versus LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Brian V. Hughes, Brandii Rhiannhon Sotelo Grace, Scott Sebelius
  • Publication number: 20210082255
    Abstract: By one or more processors of a computing device, receive a player game election of a player, the player game election comprising a skill based video game and one or more player characteristics of the player, determine a first player eligibility of the player to participate in the skill based video game comprising verify the one or more player characteristics, send the first player eligibility to an operator of the skill based video game, receive a list of one or more players that fulfilled a win condition for the skill based video game, determine a second player eligibility to receive a payout based on the list of one or more players that fulfilled the win condition, the first player eligibility, and a player preference for a payout type, and distribute the payout to the one or more players that fulfill the win condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Brian V. Hughes, Brandii Rhiannhon Sotelo Grace, Scott Sebelius
  • Patent number: 10789816
    Abstract: By one or more processors of a computing device, receive a player game election of a player, the player game election comprising a skill based video game and one or more player characteristics of the player, determine a first player eligibility of the player to participate in the skill based video game comprising verify the one or more player characteristics, send the first player eligibility to an operator of the skill based video game, receive a list of one or more players that fulfilled a win condition for the skill based video game, determine a second player eligibility to receive a payout based on the list of one or more players that fulfilled the win condition, the first player eligibility, and a player preference for a payout type, and distribute the payout to the one or more players that fulfill the win condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Versus LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Brian V. Hughes, Brandii R. S. Grace, Scott Sebelius
  • Publication number: 20190228612
    Abstract: By one or more processors of a computing device, receive a player game election of a player, the player game election comprising a skill based video game and one or more player characteristics of the player, determine a first player eligibility of the player to participate in the skill based video game comprising verify the one or more player characteristics, send the first player eligibility to an operator of the skill based video game, receive a list of one or more players that fulfilled a win condition for the skill based video game, determine a second player eligibility to receive a payout based on the list of one or more players that fulfilled the win condition, the first player eligibility, and a player preference for a payout type, and distribute the payout to the one or more players that fulfill the win condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: VERSUS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Brian V. Hughes, Brandii R. S. Grace, Scott Sebelius
  • Patent number: 8041505
    Abstract: A service depends on the location of a device. The device location is determined using DTV signals. More specifically, the device location is determined based on pseudo-ranges between the device and a plurality of digital television (DTV) transmitters and the pseudo-ranges are determined based on broadcast DTV signals received by the device from the DTV transmitters. Examples of DTV signals include the American Television Standards Committee (ATSC) signals, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) signals and the Japanese Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: TruePosition, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Matthew Rabinowitz
  • Publication number: 20100292920
    Abstract: A service depends on the location of a device. The device location is determined using DTV signals. More specifically, the device location is determined based on pseudo-ranges between the device and a plurality of digital television (DTV) transmitters and the pseudo-ranges are determined based on broadcast DTV signals received by the device from the DTV transmitters. Examples of DTV signals include the American Television Standards Committee (ATSC) signals, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) signals and the Japanese Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Rosum Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Matthew Rabinowitz
  • Patent number: 6727847
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for providing satellite positioning system aiding information to a satellite positioning system receiver configured to determine the position of the satellite positioning system receiver using the satellite positioning system aiding information and the propagation time of a signal transmitted by a satellite in the satellite positioning system comprises providing the satellite positioning system aiding information; providing a digital television signal comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of data segments; encoding the satellite positioning system aiding information as codewords; replacing data segments within the digital television signal with the codewords; and transmitting the digital television signal; wherein the satellite positioning system receiver receives the digital television signal and recovers the satellite positioning system aiding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Rosum Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, James J. Spilker, Jr., Jimmy K. Omura, Matthew D. Pierce
  • Publication number: 20030201932
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for providing satellite positioning system aiding information to a satellite positioning system receiver configured to determine the position of the satellite positioning system receiver using the satellite positioning system aiding information and the propagation time of a signal transmitted by a satellite in the satellite positioning system comprises providing the satellite positioning system aiding information; providing a digital television signal comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of data segments; encoding the satellite positioning system aiding information as codewords; replacing data segments within the digital television signal with the codewords; and transmitting the digital television signal; wherein the satellite positioning system receiver receives the digital television signal and recovers the satellite positioning system aiding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Matthew Rabinowitz, James J. Spilker, Jimmy K. Omura, Matthew D. Pierce
  • Publication number: 20020184653
    Abstract: A service depends on the location of a device. The device location is determined using DTV signals. More specifically, the device location is determined based on pseudo-ranges between the device and a plurality of digital television (DTV) transmitters and the pseudo-ranges are determined based on broadcast DTV signals received by the device from the DTV transmitters. Examples of DTV signals include the American Television Standards Committee (ATSC) signals, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) signals and the Japanese Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew D. Pierce, Matthew Rabinowitz