Patents by Inventor Steven Patrick Trombetta

Steven Patrick Trombetta 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: 11245776
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for providing a uniform data platform for at least one application of a plurality of applications are disclosed. Exemplary methods include receiving application data from at least one of a device and a server, a device executing a portion of an application of a plurality of applications, storing the application data in a data platform, the data model including at least one metadata and at least one event, the one metadata corresponding to at least one object indicated in the data model, and the one event corresponding to a trigger condition associated with the one metadata entry, wherein values of the one metadata and one event are associated with a user profile and accessing via a plurality of remote networked services, the application data stored in the data platform, the plurality of remote network services accessing the application data using the data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Oleksii Kyrych, Nitin Mohan, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer, Paul Edridge, Pritpal Singh Panesar, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Nobukazu Koyama
  • Patent number: 11235249
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a user video game experience are described. In an example, a computer system receives event data from a plurality of user devices. Each event data includes an identifier of an activity in a video game and data indicating completion of the activity. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifier and completion data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to estimate, for a user that has not completed the activity, a length of time for the activity completion. The length of time can be presented on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hiatt, Adil Ahmed Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta
  • Publication number: 20210146261
    Abstract: Techniques for improving a user video game experience are described. In an example, a computer system receives event data from a plurality of user devices. Each event data includes an identifier of an activity in a video game and data indicating completion of the activity. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifier and completion data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to estimate, for a user that has not completed the activity, a length of time for the activity completion. The length of time can be presented on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Hiatt, Adil Ahmed Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta
  • Publication number: 20200122031
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing contextual information regarding available game activities are provided herein. An example method includes maintaining a list of activities associated with at least one application; receiving information associated with an availability of an activity to a user; determining an estimated playtime for an available activity; and generating a user interface having contextual information associated with one or more of the available activities, the contextual information including the estimated playtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Charles Wayne Denison, II, Matthew Stewart Bloom-Carlin, Derek Andrew Parker, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Tsuyoshi Ono, Junya Noda
  • Publication number: 20200128100
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems for providing a uniform data platform for at least one application of a plurality of applications are disclosed. Exemplary methods include receiving application data from at least one of a device and a server, a device executing a portion of an application of a plurality of applications, storing the application data in a data platform, the data model including at least one metadata and at least one event, the one metadata corresponding to at least one object indicated in the data model, and the one event corresponding to a trigger condition associated with the one metadata entry, wherein values of the one metadata and one event are associated with a user profile and accessing via a plurality of remote networked services, the application data stored in the data platform, the plurality of remote network services accessing the application data using the data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adil Sherwani, Steven Patrick Trombetta, Warren Benedetto, Landon Noss, Alexey Kirich, Nitin Mohan, Hugh Alexander Dinsdale Spencer, Paul Edridge, Pritpal Singh Panesar, Benedikt Neuenfeldt, Yohei Nishikawa, Nobukazu Koyama