Patents by Inventor Tian F. Lim

Tian F. Lim 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 providing spectator information for a multimedia application
    Patent number: 10080967
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing spectators to experience multimedia information over a network generated by an online video game running on a participant's device comprises a participant system and a universal spectator client system. A participant may utilize a device to experience game play. Each spectator may also have an associated device, which may allow the spectator to receive multimedia information generated by the participant system over a network. A spectator may experience multimedia information generated by a participant regardless of whether the spectator has the same title installed on an associated device and regardless of whether the associated spectator device provides the same capabilities and functionality as the participant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Wild, Thomas A. Langan, Tian F. Lim, Vipul V. Hingne
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM PROVIDING SPECTATOR INFORMATION FOR A MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20150024851
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing spectators to experience multimedia information over a network generated by an online video game running on a participant's device comprises a participant system and a universal spectator client system. A participant may utilize a device to experience game play. Each spectator may also have an associated device, which may allow the spectator to receive multimedia information generated by the participant system over a network. A spectator may experience multimedia information generated by a participant regardless of whether the spectator has the same title installed on an associated device and regardless of whether the associated spectator device provides the same capabilities and functionality as the participant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Wild, Thomas A. Langan, Tian F. Lim, Vipul V. Hingne
  • Method and system providing spectator information for a multimedia application
    Patent number: 8874661
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing spectators to experience multimedia information over a network generated by an online video game running on a participant's device comprises a participant system and a universal spectator client system. A participant may utilize a device to experience game play. Each spectator may also have an associated device, which may allow the spectator to receive multimedia information generated by the participant system over a network. A spectator may experience multimedia information generated by a participant regardless of whether the spectator has the same title installed on an associated device and regardless of whether the associated spectator device provides the same capabilities and functionality as the participant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Wild, Thomas A. Langan, Tian F. Lim, Vipul V. Hingne
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM PROVIDING SPECTATOR INFORMATION FOR A MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20100035691
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing spectators to experience multimedia information over a network generated by an online video game running on a participant's device comprises a participant system and a universal spectator client system. A participant may utilize a device to experience game play. Each spectator may also have an associated device, which may allow the spectator to receive multimedia information generated by the participant system over a network. A spectator may experience multimedia information generated by a participant regardless of whether the spectator has the same title installed on an associated device and regardless of whether the associated spectator device provides the same capabilities and functionality as the participant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Wild, Thomas A. Langan, Tian F. Lim, Vipul V. Hingne