Patents by Inventor Peter Kevin Reeves

Peter Kevin Reeves 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).

  • Preserving the state of an avatar associated with a physical location in an augmented reality environment
    Patent number: 10846902
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating an avatar in an augmented reality environment on a computing device, associating that avatar with a particular physical location, configuring the avatar to perform certain actions, configuring access rights for the avatar, and then storing the state of the avatar. At a later time, the user of another computing device visits the same physical location, views the physical location through the computing device, and the avatar is inserted into the image on the display of computing device and then performs the actions previously specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: IMVU, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Kevin Reeves, Robert Rui Otani
  • Preserving The State Of An Avatar Associated With A Physical Location In An Augmented Reality Environment
    Publication number: 20190272661
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating an avatar in an augmented reality environment on a computing device, associating that avatar with a particular physical location, configuring the avatar to perform certain actions, configuring access rights for the avatar, and then storing the state of the avatar. At a later time, the user of another computing device visits the same physical location, views the physical location through the computing device, and the avatar is inserted into the image on the display of computing device and then performs the actions previously specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Kevin Reeves, Robert Rui Otani