Patents by Inventor Steve Parkis

Steve Parkis 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).

  • System and method for enhancing socialization in virtual worlds
    Patent number: 8881030
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world. There is provided a method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world, the method comprising locating, in the virtual world, an avatar of the second client in a proximity of an avatar of the first client, executing a social action using the avatar of the second client such that the social action is observable by the first client but not observable by the second client, receiving the reply from the first client in response to the social action, and rendering the reply from first client using the avatar of the first client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Jones, Steve Parkis
  • System and method for enhancing socialization in virtual worlds
    Publication number: 20110047486
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world. There is provided a method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world, the method comprising locating, in the virtual world, an avatar of the second client in a proximity of an avatar of the first client, executing a social action using the avatar of the second client such that the social action is observable by the first client but not observable by the second client, receiving the reply from the first client in response to the social action, and rendering the reply from first client using the avatar of the first client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Allan Jones, Steve Parkis