Patents by Inventor Tomoyo Kimura

Tomoyo Kimura 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).

  • Modifying game content to reduce abuser actions toward other users
    Patent number: 11571628
    Abstract: Methods and systems for modifying game content include providing content of a video game to a first user. A request is received from a second user for accessing the video game. Responsive to the request, behavior of the first user is determined and content representing the second user is modified to hide the identity of the second user. The modified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the first user, and the unmodified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Tomoyo Kimura, Regina Huricks-Trapp, Jing Li
  • MODIFYING GAME CONTENT TO REDUCE ABUSER ACTIONS TOWARD OTHER USERS
    Publication number: 20220096937
    Abstract: Methods and systems for modifying game content include providing content of a video game to a first user. A request is received from a second user for accessing the video game. Responsive to the request, behavior of the first user is determined and content representing the second user is modified to hide the identity of the second user. The modified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the first user, and the unmodified content representing the second user is included with content of the video game presented to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Tomoyo Kimura, Regina Huricks-Trapp, Jing Li
  • Methods and systems for processing disruptive behavior within multi-player video game
    Patent number: 11266912
    Abstract: Disruptive behavior events are identified within an online gaming system. Players responsible for the identified disruptive behavior events are verified. A behavioral designation is applied to players in the online gaming system. The behavioral designation indicates whether or not a player is verified as responsible for one or more of the identified disruptive behavior events. Current real-time player behavior demographic data is generated for a specified game space using the behavioral designations applied to players associated with the specified game space. The generated current real-time player behavior demographic data for the specified game space is displayed to players associated with the specified game space. Using current real-time player behavior demographic data generated and displayed for different game spaces, a player is enabled to make a behavior-informed selection of a game space in which to enter for game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Megumi Kikuchi, Jing Li, Tomoyo Kimura, Yinghui Xia
  • Methods and Systems for Processing Disruptive Behavior within Multi-Player Video Game
    Publication number: 20210370183
    Abstract: Disruptive behavior events are identified within an online gaming system. Players responsible for the identified disruptive behavior events are verified. A behavioral designation is applied to players in the online gaming system. The behavioral designation indicates whether or not a player is verified as responsible for one or more of the identified disruptive behavior events. Current real-time player behavior demographic data is generated for a specified game space using the behavioral designations applied to players associated with the specified game space. The generated current real-time player behavior demographic data for the specified game space is displayed to players associated with the specified game space. Using current real-time player behavior demographic data generated and displayed for different game spaces, a player is enabled to make a behavior-informed selection of a game space in which to enter for game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Megumi Kikuchi, Jing Li, Tomoyo Kimura, Yinghui Xia