Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Kinsella

Michael Patrick Kinsella 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).

  • USE OF AVATARS
    Publication number: 20090319895
    Abstract: Information such as advertisements (26) or news is selected for a user based on the attributes (23) that the user has input to build (22) their avatar (21) or avatar environment. The advertisements may be selected for presentation (24) using one user's attributes or attribute history. Alternatively, the user's attributes may be used to proximity search for matching user attributes and those are used to select the advertisement. In another embodiment, the attributes are used to affect the behaviour of an agent representing the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Kinsella, Lauren Bigelow