Patents by Inventor Matthew Frazer Sinclair

Matthew Frazer Sinclair 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).

  • Publication number: 20130290707
    Abstract: A data delivery system is disclosed in this specification. The system implements an authentication process that verifies data recipients using anonymised geospatial references. Verifying information for each user is stored in client accounts. A server system uses the information to process data requests and generate verification tags for data deliveries. The verification tags include an irreversible encoding of a delivery reference for receipt of a data delivery. Recipient client systems implement a compatible encoding process to generate a delivery authentication tag. The encoded authentication tags are compared to corresponding verification tags to validate data deliveries based on the location of the client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Andrew Randle McDonald, Benjamin Roy Forrest
  • Publication number: 20120203663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for authentication using physical location, in an embodiment as a second factor in an authentication process. The method comprises the steps of obtaining verified location data based on an actual physical location of a verifying party. The actual physical location is anonymized by an anonymising process, in order to conceal the actual physical location. This allows use of the location data whilst protecting the privacy of the verifying party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: CARPADIUM CONSULTING PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Andrew Randle McDonald, Benjamin Roy Forrest
  • Patent number: 6793580
    Abstract: A method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is played in a wireless environment using a mobile station as a user interface. Data related to activity of the space without the virtual space is collected storing the user-profile data and applied to activity in the virtual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen
  • Publication number: 20030171147
    Abstract: A system and a method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is played in a wireless environment using a mobile station as a user interface. The game is tracked and controlled using a game center and a game server. The game server is typically at a location remote from the mobile station. Moreover, communication between the game server and the mobile station is typically performed using a base station connected to a telecommunications network. The game server executes a software application which runs a game center. Individual games are managed within the context of this application. In the presently preferred embodiment, the games are text based. A command set is provided for each state of the within the game. The choice of a command from the command set changes the game state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen
  • Patent number: 6554707
    Abstract: A system and a method for providing an interface to and customizing an interactive application for one or more players is provided. The interactive game of the presently preferred embodiment is played in a wireless environment using a mobile station as a user interface with commands entered via a keyboard or via voice. The game is tracked and controlled using a game center and a game server, which is typically at a location remote from the mobile station. Communication between the game server and the mobile station is typically performed using a base station connected to a telecommunications network. The game server executes a software application, which runs a game center. Individual games are managed within the context of this application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen
  • Patent number: 6527641
    Abstract: A system and a method for the customization of an interactive game based on mobile station activity. The interactive game is played in a virtual space using a wireless mobile station as a user interface. The game is tracked and controlled using a game center and a game server. The game server executes a software application that runs a game center. A command set is provided for each state within the game. The choice of a command from the command set changes the game state. Games are designed to be customizable based on, for example, current location of the mobile station, call usage on the mobile station, or wireless services utilized by the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen
  • Publication number: 20020191017
    Abstract: A wireless communication system for interacting with a virtual space. The wireless system may include some or all of the following: a mobile station, a server supporting the virtual space, a gateway, a game center, and a game service. The virtual space may be an interactive fiction game where the user of a mobile station may interact with other players and software entities in the virtual space. The virtual space may be used for other purposes such as a virtual tour of a real world city, guided perhaps by a software entity or agent. The virtual space may be used for business activities such as a virtual conference that allows participants who are physically remote from each other to interact in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen
  • Publication number: 20020158917
    Abstract: A wireless communication system for interacting with a virtual space. The wireless system may include some or all of the following: a mobile station, a server supporting the virtual space, a gateway, a game center, and a game service. The virtual space may be an interactive fiction game where the user of a mobile station may interact with other players and software entities in the virtual space. The virtual space may be used for other purposes such as a virtual tour of a real world city, guided perhaps by a software entity or agent. The virtual space may be used for business activities such as a virtual conference that allows participants who are physically remote from each other to interact in the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew Frazer Sinclair, Paul David Schulz, Kenneth Bo Larsen