Patents by Inventor Samantha E. VIM

Samantha E. VIM 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).

  • Virtual controller for game injection
    Patent number: 11260294
    Abstract: A computing system includes an input driver and a virtual input controller. The input driver is configured to receive input data from a first controller of a recognized data protocol and to provide the input data to an API of an application to control actions of a first participant in the gaming application. The virtual input controller is, in contrast, configured to receive input data from a second controller of a protocol incompatible with the input driver, translate the input data to the recognized data protocol; request a broadcast application identifier for a currently-broadcasting application from the broadcasting agent, and provide the translated input data to the input driver in association with the broadcast application identifier for controlling actions of a second participant in the application via the API of the gaming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory M. Smith, Heather Grantham Brodie, Chad Gibson, Jonathan J. Caruana, Hamze M. Kalache, Gersh Payzer, Samantha E. Vim, Christopher M. McAllen
  • VIRTUAL CONTROLLER FOR GAME INJECTION
    Publication number: 20180345139
    Abstract: A computing system includes an input driver and a virtual input controller. The input driver is configured to receive input data from a first controller of a recognized data protocol and to provide the input data to an API of an application to control actions of a first participant in the gaming application. The virtual input controller is, in contrast, configured to receive input data from a second controller of a protocol incompatible with the input driver, translate the input data to the recognized data protocol; request a broadcast application identifier for a currently-broadcasting application from the broadcasting agent, and provide the translated input data to the input driver in association with the broadcast application identifier for controlling actions of a second participant in the application via the API of the gaming application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory M. SMITH, Heather Grantham BRODIE, Chad GIBSON, Jonathan J. CARUANA, Hamze M. KALACHE, Gersh PAYZER, Samantha E. VIM, Christopher M. McALLEN