Patents by Inventor Mischa Stephens

Mischa Stephens 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: 11896909
    Abstract: A system and method for providing peer recommendations in a network environment are provided. A set of activity data and user generated content (UGC) associated with the set of activity data may be stored in memory in a database. Such UGC may depict the activity. The set of activity data may be received regarding an activity that a user and at least one peer have participated in simultaneously on the network environment. Corresponding UGC may also be received. A user-peer indication may be identified based on identifying a peer with whom the user experienced a significant event during the activity. Such significant event may be based on one or more event factors. A peer recommendation may be generated based on the peer indication and such peer recommendation at least a portion of the UGC associated with the significant even may be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Mischa Stephens
  • Patent number: 11741426
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets may be in-game digital assets, such as in-game items or characters. The digital assets may be video game digital media assets representing moments of gameplay of a video game, such as video clips or images. The digital asset is created, and a distributed ledger tracking a history of the digital asset is created and stored across devices. A unique token for the digital asset can include a unique identifier and metadata identifying properties of the digital asset. Changes to properties of the digital asset, such as ownership, visual appearance, or metadata, can be identified in a request to update the history. A new block can be generated for, and appended to, the distributed ledger identifying the changes to the history of the digital asset. The new block can include hashes of previous blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Warren Benedetto, Foley Laiyemo
  • Patent number: 11729477
    Abstract: A system and method for providing personalized assistance in a virtual environment is disclosed. A plurality of trigger events is stored in memory, each trigger event based on a user interaction in the virtual environment. Data sent over a communication network regarding gameplay of a user associated with a media title engaged in the virtual environment is received. Play characteristics exhibited by the user based on the received data are identified. One or more user generated content streams that meet conditions of an identified one or more trigger events are identified. Identified streams are ranked based on a match between the play characteristics exhibited by the user and metadata of each of the identified streams. A display of the ranked streams is provided, wherein the display includes an analysis of the match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Paddon, Mischa Stephens, Ramana Prakash, Xiaohan Zhang, Andrew Herman, Adil Sherwani, Dustin Clingman, Dmitry Makarov
  • Patent number: 11663551
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets may be in-game digital assets, such as in-game items or characters. The digital assets may be video game digital media assets representing moments of gameplay of a video game, such as video clips or images. The digital asset is created, and a distributed ledger tracking a history of the digital asset is created and stored across devices. A unique token for the digital asset can include a unique identifier and metadata identifying properties of the digital asset. Changes to properties of the digital asset, such as ownership, visual appearance, or metadata, can be identified in a request to update the history. A new block can be generated for, and appended to, the distributed ledger identifying the changes to the history of the digital asset. The new block can include hashes of previous blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Warren Benedetto, Foley Laiyemo
  • Publication number: 20220355208
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets may be in-game digital assets, such as in-game items or characters. The digital assets may be video game digital media assets representing moments of gameplay of a video game, such as video clips or images. The digital asset is created, and a distributed ledger tracking a history of the digital asset is created and stored across devices. A unique token for the digital asset can include a unique identifier and metadata identifying properties of the digital asset. Changes to properties of the digital asset, such as ownership, visual appearance, or metadata, can be identified in a request to update the history. A new block can be generated for, and appended to, the distributed ledger identifying the changes to the history of the digital asset. The new block can include hashes of previous blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Warren Benedetto, Foley Laiyemo
  • Publication number: 20220358450
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking digital assets associated with video games. The digital assets may be in-game digital assets, such as in-game items or characters. The digital assets may be video game digital media assets representing moments of gameplay of a video game, such as video clips or images. The digital asset is created, and a distributed ledger tracking a history of the digital asset is created and stored across devices. A unique token for the digital asset can include a unique identifier and metadata identifying properties of the digital asset. Changes to properties of the digital asset, such as ownership, visual appearance, or metadata, can be identified in a request to update the history. A new block can be generated for, and appended to, the distributed ledger identifying the changes to the history of the digital asset. The new block can include hashes of previous blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Warren Benedetto, Foley Laiyemo
  • Patent number: 11465053
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a content block is provided. Media and at least one set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media. Such user request may include information about at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities that a user has engaged with. The media may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. A notification may be generated to the user that the activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Dustin Shawn Clingman, Adil Sherwani
  • Patent number: 11457277
    Abstract: A system and method for making context-based action suggestions is provided. Data regarding one or more activities may be stored in memory. Such activities may be associated with an interactive content title and one or more actions. Information regarding a current user status for each activity may be received by a server. A set of one or more activities available to a user based on the current user status may be identified. One or more actions may be filtered based on availability to the user and the current user status for each identified activity. A subset of the filtered actions may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Steven Trombetta, Daniel Hiatt, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Junya Noda, Atsushi Fuse, Nobukazu Koyama, Adil Sherwani, Derek Parker, Parsa Shirazi, Charles Wayne Denison, II
  • Patent number: 11442987
    Abstract: A system and method for media-object binding and displaying real-time play data for live-streaming media is provided. At least one set of object data may be associated with a live-streaming media. One or more media-object bindings between the at least one set of object data and the live-streaming media may be formed and stored in memory or one or more databases. The at least one set of object data may include data about one or more objects displayed in real-time during the live-streaming media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Shawn Clingman, Mischa Stephens
  • Patent number: 11269944
    Abstract: A system and method for targeted gaming news and media feeds is provided. Information about an interaction by a user with an interactive content title and a plurality of interactive content titles may be stored in memory. A processor executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor analyzes the information stored in memory regarding interaction by a user with an interactive content title and identifies one or more keywords that characterize the user interaction with the interactive content title. Media stored in a database may be filtered based on the identified keywords and displayed within a targeted media feed on a user device of the user. The displayed targeted media may be updated based on new information regarding user interaction with the interactive content title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, David Lutz
  • Patent number: 11247130
    Abstract: A system and method for providing interactive media streaming is provided. Media and a set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. The set of activity data may include information about the activity and one or more objects shown in the activity. A user selection of the media may be detected. Object information for one or more object images displayed may be retrieved from the associated set of activity data. A list of retrieved object information may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Dustin Shawn Clingman, Adil Sherwani
  • Publication number: 20210409459
    Abstract: A system and method for initiating a multiuser session is provided. A plurality of multiuser activities and a plurality of activities templates may be stored in memory. A user profile for a user and a peer profile for each of one or more peers may be received. The user and the one or more peers may be members of an initial session. A user selection specifying one of the filtered multiuser activities may be received. An activity template associated with the selected activity may be retrieved. Such retrieved activity template may provide activity requirements required to launch the selected activity. A multiuser session may be established that includes session requirements based on at least the activity requirements. The user and at least one peer from the initial session may be added to the multiuser session. The selected activity may be launched in the multiuser session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Steven Trombetta, Daniel Hiatt, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Atsushi Fuse, Nobukazu Koyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210374180
    Abstract: A system and method for media-object binding and displaying real-time play data for live-streaming media is provided. At least one set of object data may be associated with a live-streaming media. One or more media-object bindings between the at least one set of object data and the live-streaming media may be formed and stored in memory or one or more databases. The at least one set of object data may include data about one or more objects displayed in real-time during the live-streaming media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Dustin Shawn Clingman, Mischa Stephens
  • Patent number: 11115442
    Abstract: A system and method for initiating a multiuser session is provided. A plurality of multiuser activities and a plurality of activities templates may be stored in memory. A user profile for a user and a peer profile for each of one or more peers may be received. The user and the one or more peers may be members of an initial session. A user selection specifying one of the filtered multiuser activities may be received. An activity template associated with the selected activity may be retrieved. Such retrieved activity template may provide activity requirements required to launch the selected activity. A multiuser session may be established that includes session requirements based on at least the activity requirements. The user and at least one peer from the initial session may be added to the multiuser session. The selected activity may be launched in the multiuser session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Steven Trombetta, Daniel Hiatt, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Atsushi Fuse, Nobukazu Koyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11080748
    Abstract: A system and method for targeted gaming news and media feeds is provided. Information about an interaction by a user with an interactive content title and a plurality of interactive content titles may be stored in memory. A processor executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor analyzes the information stored in memory regarding interaction by a user with an interactive content title and identifies one or more keywords that characterize the user interaction with the interactive content title. Media stored in a database may be filtered based on the identified keywords and displayed within a targeted media feed on a user device of the user. The displayed targeted media may be updated based on new information regarding user interaction with the interactive content title.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, David Lutz
  • Publication number: 20210077907
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a content block is provided. Media and at least one set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media. Such user request may include information about at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities that a user has engaged with. The media may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. A notification may be generated to the user that the activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Dustin Shawn Clingman, Adil Sherwani
  • Publication number: 20210067833
    Abstract: A system and method for making context-based action suggestions is provided. Data regarding one or more activities may be stored in memory. Such activities may be associated with an interactive content title and one or more actions. Information regarding a current user status for each activity may be received by a server. A set of one or more activities available to a user based on the current user status may be identified. One or more actions may be filtered based on availability to the user and the current user status for each identified activity. A subset of the filtered actions may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Steven Trombetta, Daniel Hiatt, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Junya Noda, Atsushi Fuse, Nobukazu Koyama, Adil Sherwani, Derek Parker, Parsa Shirazi, Charles Wayne Denison, II
  • Publication number: 20210067566
    Abstract: A system and method for initiating a multiuser session is provided. A plurality of multiuser activities and a plurality of activities templates may be stored in memory. A user profile for a user and a peer profile for each of one or more peers may be received. The user and the one or more peers may be members of an initial session. A user selection specifying one of the filtered multiuser activities may be received. An activity template associated with the selected activity may be retrieved. Such retrieved activity template may provide activity requirements required to launch the selected activity. A multiuser session may be established that includes session requirements based on at least the activity requirements. The user and at least one peer from the initial session may be added to the multiuser session. The selected activity may be launched in the multiuser session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Steven Trombetta, Daniel Hiatt, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Atsushi Fuse, Nobukazu Koyama, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10881962
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a content block is provided. Media and at least one set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media. Such user request may include information about at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities that a user has engaged with. The media may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. A notification may be generated to the user that the activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Dustin Shawn Clingman, Adil Sherwani
  • Patent number: 10843085
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a content block is provided. A media content title associate with at least one activity file may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media content title. Such user request may include a user profile specifying a list of completed and in-progress activities in which a user has engaged with. The stream of the media content title may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not on the list of user activities specified by the user profile. Display on the streaming media may be advanced to a next activity identified as being on the list of user activities specified by the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: S0NY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Mischa Stephens, Dustin Clingman, Adil Sherwani