Patents by Inventor Starr Long

Starr Long 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).

  • User matching in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 9021369
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to facilitate user matching in a virtual environment. Social interactions of a first user in the virtual environment are monitored. A request to participate in a desired activity is received from the first user. A set of users currently eligible to participate in the first desired activity is retrieved. A match is programmatically generated between the first user and at least a second user of the retrieved set of users, based on the monitored social interactions. The first user and the second user participate in the desired activity in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John Crocker, Starr Long, Robert T. Ogrin, Christian Shrigley
  • USER MATCHING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140195929
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to facilitate user matching in a virtual environment. Social interactions of a first user in the virtual environment are monitored. A request to participate in a desired activity is received from the first user. A set of users currently eligible to participate in the first desired activity is retrieved. A match is programmatically generated between the first user and at least a second user of the retrieved set of users, based on the monitored social interactions. The first user and the second user participate in the desired activity in the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: John Crocker, Starr Long, Robert T. Ogrin, Christian Shrigley