Patents by Inventor Simon Whitcombe

Simon Whitcombe 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: 8753183
    Abstract: Techniques to automatically provide assistance for electronic games are described. An apparatus may comprise a game strategy application arranged to receive as input game telemetry information representing gameplay of an electronic video game on a client device. The game strategy application may process the game telemetry information to determine whether a player of the electronic video game potentially needs assistance, and if so, automatically retrieve appropriate game strategy information from a local or remote datastore. The game strategy application may then send the retrieved game strategy information to the same or different client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: CBS Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: John Davison, Simon Whitcombe, Robyn Tas
  • Publication number: 20140038708
    Abstract: A virtual viewpoint management system is described. An aspect provides for accessing video game information implemented in a video game application operating on a computing device; monitoring for one or more selection triggers; and presenting one or more virtual viewpoints on one or more display devices responsive to the one or more selection triggers, the one or more virtual viewpoints being presented according to the video game information during live game play of the video game application in substantially real-time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: John Davison, Zachary Edson, Robyn Tas, Boubou Guiro, Simon Whitcombe
  • Publication number: 20130116022
    Abstract: Techniques to automatically provide assistance for electronic games are described. An apparatus may comprise a game strategy application arranged to receive as input game telemetry information representing gameplay of an electronic video game on a client device. The game strategy application may process the game telemetry information to determine whether a player of the electronic video game potentially needs assistance, and if so, automatically retrieve appropriate game strategy information from a local or remote datastore. The game strategy application may then send the retrieved game strategy information to the same or different client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: CBS INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: John Davison, Simon Whitcombe, Robyn Tas