Patents by Inventor Michele L. Smith

Michele L. Smith 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).

  • Methods, systems, and products for control of gaming applications
    Patent number: 10155163
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PRODUCTS FOR CONTROL OF GAMING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180056185
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, systems, and products for control of gaming applications
    Patent number: 9839847
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, Systems, and Products for Control of Gaming Applications
    Publication number: 20170001117
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, systems, and products for control of gaming applications
    Patent number: 9463384
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, Systems, and Products for Control of Gaming Applications
    Publication number: 20140329580
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, Systems, and Products for Centralized Control of Gaming Applications
    Publication number: 20120231875
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products bookmark gaming applications. When a player wishes to pause a gaming application, a bookmark may be created. The bookmark identifies a location in the gaming application at which play is paused. Play may then be resumed from the bookmark, whether at a same device or at a different device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, systems, and products for centralized control of gaming applications
    Patent number: 8197345
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide centralized control of gaming applications. A request is received from a destination to store a status of a gaming application associated with a username. A bookmark is received that identifies a logical location in the gaming application. The bookmark is associated to the username and to the gaming application. A request is received for the status of the gaming application associated with the username. A query is made for the bookmark associated with the gaming application and with the username. The bookmark is sent to the destination, such that the destination may resume the gaming application from the bookmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith
  • Methods, Systems, and Products for Centralized Control of Gaming Applications
    Publication number: 20110105232
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide centralized control of gaming applications. A request is received from a destination to store a status of a gaming application associated with a username. A bookmark is received that identifies a logical location in the gaming application. The bookmark is associated to the username and to the gaming application. A request is received for the status of the gaming application associated with the username. A query is made for the bookmark associated with the gaming application and with the username. The bookmark is sent to the destination, such that the destination may resume the gaming application from the bookmark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Jason Godfrey, Toby Bearden, Michele L. Smith