Patents by Inventor Murray Hume

Murray Hume 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: 10661182
    Abstract: An electronic processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a source module for providing a voting content of a game for utilizing a content voting feature in a social gaming network; a vote module, coupled to the source module, for generating votes for the game based on the voting content by selecting a game title of the game in a voting timeframe during a development of the game, the votes generated for exclusive memberships; and a result module, coupled to the vote module, for generating a voting result based on the votes in the voting timeframe for displaying on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jason Abulencia, Murray Hume, Nitin Mohan, Dominic Kieran Graziano
  • Publication number: 20180205740
    Abstract: A method for controlling permissions relating to online interactions of a sub-account, the sub-account being linked with a main account, the method comprising modifying permissions associated with a sub-account using the linked main account, the permissions controlling the ability of a sub-account to engage in online interactions, wherein the sub-account is a user account that is restricted such that a user of the sub-account is not able to modify permissions of the sub-account to the same degree as a user of the linked main account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Antony Clark, Murray Hume, John Booth, Rafael Wyss
  • Publication number: 20170056776
    Abstract: An electronic processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a source module for providing a voting content of a game for utilizing a content voting feature in a social gaming network; a vote module, coupled to the source module, for generating votes for the game based on the voting content by selecting a game title of the game in a voting timeframe during a development of the game, the votes generated for exclusive memberships; and a result module, coupled to the vote module, for generating a voting result based on the votes in the voting timeframe for displaying on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Abulencia, Murray Hume, Nitin Mohan, Dominic Kieran Graziano