Patents by Inventor Scott Charles Dodson

Scott Charles Dodson 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: 9660976
    Abstract: A system and method for providing modifications to an offline virtual asset is provided. A virtual asset is identified within a virtual environment and stored on offline storage media. The certificate of authenticity includes a digest of the virtual asset and a digital signature by an asset authority. Proposed changes are maintained to the offline virtual asset, which is authenticated via the certificate of authenticity. Each of the proposed changes is evaluated and only the proposed changes to the offline virtual asset that are determined to be satisfactory based on the evaluation are accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Groundspeak, Inc
    Inventors: Patrick Carson Meehan, Scott Charles Dodson, Elias C. Alvord, Jeremy Irish
  • Publication number: 20150007284
    Abstract: A system and method for providing modifications to an offline virtual asset is provided. A virtual asset is identified within a virtual environment and stored on offline storage media. The certificate of authenticity includes a digest of the virtual asset and a digital signature by an asset authority. Proposed changes are maintained to the offline virtual asset, which is authenticated via the certificate of authenticity. Each of the proposed changes is evaluated and only the proposed changes to the offline virtual asset that are determined to be satisfactory based on the evaluation are accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Carson Meehan, Scott Charles Dodson, Elias C. Alvord, Jeremy Irish
  • Patent number: 8838540
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing recognized offline modification of a virtual asset are provided. A virtual asset that includes parameters that each have intrinsic significance within a virtual environment defined exclusively by a central server is identified. Qualitative rules including characteristics of the parameters are defined. The virtual asset is stored on storage media offline from the central server. Proposed changes to at least one of the parameters of the virtual asset applied by a client application are maintained and are stored on the storage media The virtual asset is authenticated on behalf of the central server through an asset authority. When authenticated, each proposed change is evaluated against the characteristics of the parameters as defined in the qualitative rules and only those proposed changes that are satisfactory are accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Groundspeak, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Carson Meehan, Scott Charles Dodson, Elias C. Alvord, Jeremy A. Irish
  • Publication number: 20090177717
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing recognized offline modification of a virtual asset are provided. A virtual asset that includes parameters that each have intrinsic significance within a virtual environment defined exclusively by a central server is identified. Qualitative rules including characteristics of the parameters are defined. The virtual asset is stored on storage media offline from the central server. Proposed changes to at least one of the parameters of the virtual asset applied by a client application are maintained and are stored on the storage media The virtual asset is authenticated on behalf of the central server through an asset authority. When authenticated, each proposed change is evaluated against the characteristics of the parameters as defined in the qualitative rules and only those proposed changes that are satisfactory are accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Patrick Carson Meehan, Scott Charles Dodson, Elias C. Alvord, Jeremy A. Irish