Patents by Inventor Nicholas Robertson Hunter

Nicholas Robertson Hunter 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: 11759707
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Publication number: 20220212098
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Patent number: 11278799
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Publication number: 20200387519
    Abstract: A navigation graph may be generated by performing an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) Conversion on machine-readable or machine-generated source information to generate a navigation graph in AST format with mappings back to original Data Labeling Sources for the source information. The Navigation Graph in AST format includes nodes connected by unidirectional arcs. Each arc is labeled by a cost of traversal and a probability of traversal. Outside entry points to the Navigation Graph in AST format and optimal paths through the Navigation Graph are identified by applying a Directed Graph Filtering Algorithm thereby producing an Optimized Navigation Graph in which the probability of traversal for one or more of the unidirectional arcs is based in part on user behavior information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Robertson Hunter, Jeffrey Thomas Hampton, Ryan Neal Dy
  • Publication number: 20200206610
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Patent number: 10610779
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter
  • Publication number: 20180361235
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning a data center in a second geo location for migrating data in anticipation of receiving a request from a user account from the second geo location includes receiving an indication of a change in geo location of a user from a first geo location to the second geo location. Save data for the user is identified at the first geo location. The save data is analyzed to determine usage trend of the user for the plurality of games. A portion of the save data is identified, based on the usage trend, and transmitted to a second data center in the second geo location in anticipation of the user's likely access of the save data at the second geo location. The save data is made available to game logic of one or more games, when executed on a cloud gaming system, so as to provide current state of game play of the respective one or more games for rendering on a client device of the user used to access the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas Robertson Hunter