Patents by Inventor Stephan Cunningham

Stephan Cunningham 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).

  • Publication number: 20230405459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20230405471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets operate between users of an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: tokenize a game asset into a tokenized game asset; record, on a distributed blockchain, ownership of a beneficiary right to a share resulting from selling the game asset; responsive to a sale of the game asset, transfer the share resulting from the sale to a first beneficiary; responsive to a transfer of ownership of a particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary, and responsive to a second sale of the game asset, transferring a second share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11819765
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets operate between users of an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: tokenize a game asset into a tokenized game asset; record, on a distributed blockchain, ownership of a beneficiary right to a share resulting from selling the game asset; responsive to a sale of the game asset, transfer the share resulting from the sale to a first beneficiary; responsive to a transfer of ownership of a particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary, and responsive to a second sale of the game asset, transferring a second share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11813524
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11687923
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating tokenization of modifiable game assets on a distributed blockchain may: generate a smart contract configured to contain license keys associated with the modifiable game assets and to effectuate transfers of the license keys to purchasers; post the smart contract to a distributed blockchain; receive sales information describing a first game asset that is usable within the online gaming platform and intended to be offered for sale to gaming users of the online gaming platform; obtain verification information that indicates the first game asset has passed or failed a verification; tokenize the first game asset into a tokenized game asset on the distributed blockchain, responsive to the verification passing successfully; and offer the tokenized game asset for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, John Linden, Cameron Thacker
  • Publication number: 20230056200
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform; effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform; obtain second view information that includes a second graphical user interface; and effectuate a second presentation of the first user playing the game to a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Charnjit Bansi, Stephan Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11521190
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating transactions of virtual items between users of an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sales request that indicates a selling user will be offering for sale a particular virtual item from a seller's inventory through an online sales platform; assign the ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account; publish a sales listing of the particular virtual item on the online sales platform; receive sales information from the online sales platform indicating whether the particular virtual item has been purchased; assign the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account; and transfer at least a portion of a sales amount received from the buying user to the seller's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Rudy Koch, Liwen Kao, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11497994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform; effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform; obtain second view information that includes a second graphical user interface; and effectuate a second presentation of the first user playing the game to a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Charnjit Bansi, Stephan Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11494596
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting video information into electronic output files are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain video information defining one or more videos; select a subset of the visual content included in the video content of the particular video; perform object detection to detect objects in the selected subset; perform motion detection to detect a movement for one or more of the detected objects in the selected subset, responsive to the object detection detecting one or more detected objects; and generate and store an electronic output file, responsive to the detection of the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, Chris Downs, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20220347578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating distribution of in-game instructions pertaining to an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: create an asset that includes and/or refers to a set of in-game instructions provided by a first user of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from a second user of the online gaming platform, for execution of the set of in-game instructions to facilitate a first transformation of one or more particular in-game assets; perform a first verification whether the second user owns the asset; and transform the one or more particular in-game assets into one or more particular transformed and/or new in-game assets in accordance with the set of in-game instructions and the request for the first transformation, responsive to the first verification verifying that the second user owns the asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11484796
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating distribution of in-game instructions pertaining to an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: create an asset that includes and/or refers to a set of in-game instructions provided by a first user of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from a second user of the online gaming platform, for execution of the set of in-game instructions to facilitate a first transformation of one or more particular in-game assets; perform a first verification whether the second user owns the asset; and transform the one or more particular in-game assets into one or more particular transformed and/or new in-game assets in accordance with the set of in-game instructions and the request for the first transformation, responsive to the first verification verifying that the second user owns the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20220339539
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20220335492
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling sales permissions pertaining to sales activities by users of an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information on electronic storage related to the users of the online game; execute an instance of the online game and implement the instance of the online game; receive supervisory input from a supervisory user; receive user input to request or initiate a sale; determine whether the request is in accordance with the one or more sales permissions; effectuate a performance of the sale of one or more particular virtual items, responsive to a determination that the request is permitted; and effectuate presentation of a notification to the user that conveys the user lacks permission, responsive to a determination that the request is not permitted under the one or more sales permissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Stoddard, Jamie Jackson, Stephan Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20220318834
    Abstract: A system and methods are disclosed for linking video-game activation on gaming consoles to connected television (“CTV”) or over-the-top (“OTT”) advertisement delivery. This system and method are implemented in a tracking and linking platform that is configured to trigger a “postback” call or signal when a gaming application is activated via a console to solicit advertising. In some embodiments, a “postback” call or signal trigger when different events occur, for example, observing different levels of achievement attained by gamers, in-game purchases or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Fairchild, David Koye, Stephan Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11443356
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling sales permissions pertaining to sales activities by users of an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information on electronic storage related to the users of the online game; execute an instance of the online game and implement the instance of the online game; receive supervisory input from a supervisory user; receive user input to request or initiate a sale; determine whether the request is in accordance with the one or more sales permissions; effectuate a performance of the sale of one or more particular virtual items, responsive to a determination that the request is permitted; and effectuate presentation of a notification to the user that conveys the user lacks permission, responsive to a determination that the request is not permitted under the one or more sales permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Stoddard, Jamie Jackson, Stephan Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20220284426
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating transfer of ownership of tokens between users on a decentralized database stores a registry of assets and transactions are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store, on electronic storage, a set of code executable by the decentralized database to manifest individual tokens on the decentralized database; and record the set of code on the decentralized database such that the set of code is accessible at a creator address that is associated with the creator of the set of code. Using the functions defined by the set of code, an owner of an individual token can offer to sell the individual token, and a buyer can accept this offer to buy the individual token, at an agreed-upon price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11413527
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Publication number: 20220222237
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing database operations with a distributed blockchain are disclosed. The database operations are performed on a database that is shared between multiple users including a first user. Exemplary implementations may: receive database information reflecting one or more database operations performed by the first user on a first version of the database; verify whether the one or more database operations are allowed to be performed by the first user; record on the distributed blockchain, responsive to the verification being affirmative, a message that describes or refers to a description of one or more modifications to the database; effectuate transmissions of notifications to the first version of the database; subsequent to the transmissions, propagate or revert the one or more database operations, based on the verification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11379455
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing database operations with a distributed blockchain are disclosed. The database operations are performed on a database that is shared between multiple users including a first user. Exemplary implementations may: receive database information reflecting one or more database operations performed by the first user on a first version of the database; verify whether the one or more database operations are allowed to be performed by the first user; record on the distributed blockchain, responsive to the verification being affirmative, a message that describes or refers to a description of one or more modifications to the database; effectuate transmissions of notifications to the first version of the database; subsequent to the transmissions, propagate or revert the one or more database operations, based on the verification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden
  • Patent number: 11373174
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating transfer of ownership of tokens between users on a decentralized database stores a registry of assets and transactions are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store, on electronic storage, a set of code executable by the decentralized database to manifest individual tokens on the decentralized database; and record the set of code on the decentralized database such that the set of code is accessible at a creator address that is associated with the creator of the set of code. Using the functions defined by the set of code, an owner of an individual token can offer to sell the individual token, and a buyer can accept this offer to buy the individual token, at an agreed-upon price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden