Patents by Inventor Timothy Arthur Gill

Timothy Arthur Gill 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: 11495086
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yifeng Liu, Cierra D. McDonald, Timothy Arthur Gill, Mark Allen Findlay
  • Patent number: 10848920
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method of generating precise location information. Feature points of an image are received from a user device (e.g., mobile phone). Location information of the user device (e.g., GPS coordinates) and relative transform information from the user device are also received. An image anchor is identified based upon the received feature points, relative transform information, and the received location information. Precise location information of the identified image anchor is provided to the user device. The precise location information of the identified image anchor is based upon filtered feature points, location information and relative transform information received from a plurality of user devices over a period of time (e.g., hours, days, weeks, months). The precise location information of the identified image anchor is updated based upon the location information of the user device and the relative transform information received from the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torfi Frans Olafsson, Jason Matthew Cahill, Jesse Dylan Merriam, David Richard Reed, Timothy Arthur Gill, Gabriel Takacs, Bogdan Cosmin Bucur, Andrew Nicholas Bond
  • Publication number: 20180182208
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to detecting cheating at a game platform level using machine learning techniques. One example provides a computing system comprising a logic subsystem and a data-holding subsystem. The data-holding subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive notifications related to user progress in a game provided by the game to the online game platform, apply a classifying function to classify the user progress in the game as normal or outlying based upon the notifications, if the progress is classified as outlying then taking an action in response to the outlying classification, and if the progress is not classified as outlying then not taking the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yifeng LIU, Cierra D. MCDONALD, Timothy Arthur GILL, Mark Allen FINDLAY
  • Patent number: 8230451
    Abstract: A compliance interface is disclosed that takes in queries from applications which may want to know if they are compliant with associated polices stored on a computing system. The interface can then interpret these queries and provide notifications and instructions to the applications. Notifications may give notice of how a policy may impact an application, and instructions may tell an application how to behave in order to stay compliant with the policies. In one aspect, the interface exposes policies set forth by parents. Via a management control panel, parents can set or alter various policies, stored in a settings store, to protect children from contact with undesirable content. The interface interprets these policies to ensure that applications, such as those provided by third party vendors, are compliant with the wishes set forth in the parents' policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Culbreth, Keumars A. Ahdieh, II, Peter M. Wiest, Roderick M. Toll, Roger H. Wynn, Stan Dale Pennington, Timothy Arthur Gill
  • Publication number: 20100333117
    Abstract: A compliance interface is disclosed that takes in queries from applications which may want to know if they are compliant with associated polices stored on a computing system. The interface can then interpret these queries and provide notifications and instructions to the applications. Notifications may give notice of how a policy may impact an application, and instructions may tell an application how to behave in order to stay compliant with the policies. In one aspect, the interface exposes policies set forth by parents. Via a management control panel, parents can set or alter various policies, stored in a settings store, to protect children from contact with undesirable content. The interface interprets these policies to ensure that applications, such as those provided by third party vendors, are compliant with the wishes set forth in the parents' policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Culbreth, Keumars A. Ahdieh, II, Peter M. Wiest, Roderick M. Toll, Roger H. Wynn, Stan Dale Pennington, Timothy Arthur Gill
  • Patent number: 7802267
    Abstract: A compliance interface is disclosed that takes in queries from applications which may want to know if they are compliant with associated polices stored on a computing system. The interface can then interpret these queries and provide notifications and instructions to the applications. Notifications may give notice of how a policy may impact an application, and instructions may tell an application how to behave in order to stay compliant with the policies. In one aspect, the interface exposes policies set forth by parents. Via a management control panel, parents can set or alter various policies, stored in a settings store, to protect children from contact with undesirable content. The interface interprets these policies to ensure that applications, such as those provided by third party vendors, are compliant with the wishes set forth in the parents' policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Culbreth, Keumars A. Ahdieh, II, Peter M. Wiest, Roderick M. Toll, Roger H. Wynn, Stan Dale Pennington, Timothy Arthur Gill