Patents by Inventor Thomas Andrew Phillips Munro

Thomas Andrew Phillips Munro 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).

  • Presenting playable gameplay moments during a simulation of a game
    Patent number: 10926178
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying a playable interaction in a simulated game are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a device of a user, a plurality of player selections for a first team, calculating an overall team rating for the first team, calculating a number of scoring chances for the first team, simulating, based on the number of scoring chances, a first portion of the game until a predetermined type of interaction between the first team and the second team occurs, displaying the predetermined type of interaction, providing control of the first team for predetermined type of interaction, simulating, based on the number of scoring chances, a second portion of the game until a second predetermined type of interaction occurs, displaying the second predetermined type of interaction, providing control of the first team for the second predetermined type of interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Todd Batty, Thomas Andrew Phillips Munro