Patents by Inventor Michael Gesner

Michael Gesner 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: 10183219
    Abstract: Videogame players may play a first person genre videogame on a game console or on a mobile device, with play on the mobile device utilizing a real time strategy game pattern presentation instead of a first person genre game pattern. In some embodiments of a multiplayer game, a first player plays a first person shooter game using a game console, with presentation of game play utilizing a first person genre game pattern, while a second player on a mobile device playing the game is provided a strategy game pattern presentation. In some embodiments computer control of the second player controllable entities is provided, absent other commands from the second player, or in accordance with commands from the second player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: John Linden, Steve Pearce, Jamie Jackson, Michael Gesner, Trey Watkins
  • Publication number: 20150051001
    Abstract: Videogame players may play a first person genre videogame on a game console or on a mobile device, with play on the mobile device utilizing a real time strategy game pattern presentation instead of a first person genre game pattern. In some embodiments of a multiplayer game, a first player plays a first person shooter game using a game console, with presentation of game play utilizing a first person genre game pattern, while a second player on a mobile device playing the game is provided a strategy game pattern presentation. In some embodiments computer control of the second player controllable entities is provided, absent other commands from the second player, or in accordance with commands from the second player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: John Linden, Steve Pearce, Jamie Jackson, Michael Gesner, Trey Watkins