Patents by Inventor Tyler Esselstrom

Tyler Esselstrom 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).

  • Implementing a graphical overlay for a streaming game based on current game scenario
    Patent number: 11033819
    Abstract: A system is configured to implement a graphical overlay in a streaming game based on a current game state. Game data generated by a video game is received including game video in the form of a video stream containing game video frames. The game video is displayed on a display screen of a computing device to represent the video game to a user playing the video game at the computing device. At least one feature of the video game is identified at least in the game data. A user interface (UI) control configuration associated with the identified at least one feature is selected from among a plurality of UI control configurations for the video game and a graphical overlay corresponding to the selected UI control configuration is implemented on the video game in the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Wheeler, Christopher M. Novak, Aron R. Chavez, Tyler Esselstrom, Peter M. Wiest
  • IMPLEMENTING A GRAPHICAL OVERLAY FOR A STREAMING GAME BASED ON CURRENT GAME SCENARIO
    Publication number: 20200101382
    Abstract: A system is configured to implement a graphical overlay in a streaming game based on a current game state. Game data generated by a video game is received including game video in the form of a video stream containing game video frames. The game video is displayed on a display screen of a computing device to represent the video game to a user playing the video game at the computing device. At least one feature of the video game is identified at least in the game data. A user interface (UI) control configuration associated with the identified at least one feature is selected from among a plurality of UI control configurations for the video game and a graphical overlay corresponding to the selected UI control configuration is implemented on the video game in the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Wheeler, Christopher M. Novak, Aron R. Chavez, Tyler Esselstrom, Peter M. Wiest
  • Implementing a graphical overlay for a streaming game based on current game scenario
    Patent number: 10569174
    Abstract: A system is configured to implement a graphical overlay in a streaming game based on a current game state. Game data generated by a video game is received including game video in the form of a video stream containing game video frames. The game video is displayed on a display screen of a computing device to represent the video game to a user playing the video game at the computing device. At least one feature of the video game is identified at least in the game data. A user interface (UI) control configuration associated with the identified at least one feature is selected from among a plurality of UI control configurations for the video game and a graphical overlay corresponding to the selected UI control configuration is implemented on the video game in the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Wheeler, Christopher M. Novak, Aron R. Chavez, Tyler Esselstrom, Peter M. Wiest