Patents by Inventor Miles Kemp

Miles Kemp 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: 20130225267
    Abstract: A massively multiplayer online game allowing players to use their influence to affect outcomes of the game. A method in the massively multiplayer online game comprises providing currency to a plurality of players for an online game having a duration; receiving spending information from a first player of the plurality of players, wherein the spending information affects an influence amount of a second player of the plurality of players; and updating a stored influence amount of the second player based on the received spending information, wherein, at the end of the duration, a stored influence amount of the second player is evaluated to determine whether the second player has one of the top stored influence amounts, and wherein the players amongst the plurality of players having the top stored influence amounts compete to potentially win a prize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Alan KOCH, Robert Miles Kemp, Andre Nitze
  • Patent number: 8108341
    Abstract: A method of enabling identification of information content having enhanced desirability to a user comprises collecting content into an information database, updating the collected content according to one or more updating schedules, filtering the updated content by reference to at least one theme, associating each of the filtered content items with a respective visual representation, and labeling the respective visual representations with one or more visual cues corresponding to one or more discrimination criteria. A system for enabling same comprises an information database configured to store collected content and accessible via a content server, an aggregator configured to update the collected content, an interactive content selection application configured to provide a user interface enabling filtering of the updated collected content, and a visualization module configured to associate the filtered content items with a visual representation and label each with one or more visual cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan David Barsook, Khai T. Tran, Marykate Haley, Arun Ramagopal, David Ehlers, Jonathon Ruppel, Russell Armand, Miles Kemp, Sean Porter, Shashank Khetan
  • Publication number: 20090265359
    Abstract: There is provided a method of enabling identification of information content having enhanced desirability to a user comprising collecting content into an information database, updating the collected content according to one or more updating schedules, s filtering the updated content by reference to at least one theme, associating each of the filtered content items with a respective visual representation, and labeling the respective visual representations with one or more visual cues corresponding to one or more discrimination criteria. A system for enabling same comprises an information database configured to store collected content and accessible via a content server, an aggregator configured to update the collected content, an interactive content selection application configured to provide a user interface enabling filtering of the updated collected content, and a visualization module configured to associate the filtered content items with a visual representation and label each with one or more visual cues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan David Barsook, Khai T. Tran, Marykate Haley, Arun Ramagopal, David Ehlers, Jonathon Ruppel, Russell Armand, Miles Kemp, Sean Porter, Shashank Khetan