Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Dolan

Stephen P. Dolan 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).

  • Method and system for rapid and cost-effective development of user generated content
    Patent number: 8356059
    Abstract: An express content metadata system (“ECM”) may provide functionality for uploading, querying and downloading game content without heavy coding requirements on the part of the developers. The ECM may provide fast indexing, searching and data retrieval of content. The ECM may manage evolving changes to content definitions by providing flexible and efficient versioning control over content definitions that allows multiple versions of game content to coexist and be independently searchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joel E. Wiljanen, Raymond Arifianto, Stephen P. Dolan, Hiroki Kobayashi
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID AND COST-EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF USER GENERATED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20100125613
    Abstract: An express content metadata system (“ECM”) may provide functionality for uploading, querying and downloading game content without heavy coding requirements on the part of the developers. The ECM may provide fast indexing, searching and data retrieval of content. The ECM may manage evolving changes to content definitions by providing flexible and efficient versioning control over content definitions that allows multiple versions of game content to coexist and be independently searchable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel E. Wiljanen, Raymond Arifianto, Stephen P. Dolan, Hiroki Kobayashi