Patents by Inventor MICHELLE DOWNES

MICHELLE DOWNES 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: 20170065885
    Abstract: Various aspects of an information processing server and method for gameplay are disclosed herein. The information processing server includes one or more circuits configured to enable viewing of a game, on a first electronic device associated with a first user, currently being played by one or more other users associated with one or more other electronic devices. The one or more circuits are further configured to enable direct joining of the game by the first electronic device for gameplay with the one or more other users associated with the one or more other electronic devices without requiring any input from the one or more other users associated with the one or more other electronic devices. The direct joining of the game may be enabled based on a request received from the first user by the first electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: SHUNSUKE KUNIEDA, MICHELLE DOWNES, WIVAT KRUAWONGWANICH
  • Publication number: 20170065893
    Abstract: An electronic processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a verification module for connecting to a gaming network using a user account and for associating a verified account with the user account by performing a single click operation on a following button to follow the verified account; a recommendation module, coupled to the verification module, for receiving a comment about the verified account in a comment entry control; and a display module, coupled to the recommendation module, for displaying the comment in a comments list display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Wivat Kruawongwanich, Michelle Downes, Ping Li, Naoki Kamimaeda, Christopher Thielbar, Masayuki Ebisawa
  • Publication number: 20170070458
    Abstract: An electronic processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: an entry module for providing an entry point for utilizing a comment feature in a social gaming network; a presentation module, coupled to the entry module, for generating a gallery view based on the entry point; a control module, coupled to the presentation module, for determining a parental control for the comment feature; and a comment module, coupled to the control module, for entering a comment in the gallery view and for accessing the comment based on the parental control for displaying on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kunieda, Michelle Downes, Wivat Kruawongwanich