Patents by Inventor Vipul Vijay Hingne

Vipul Vijay Hingne 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).

  • Multigame multiplayer party session
    Patent number: 8195809
    Abstract: A computing device for executing multiplayer game software applications playable with one or more remote peers, the computing device may include a multigame party module that is configured to create a party session that is joinable by the one or more remote peers, the party session may be hosted by the multigame party module. The multigame party module may be configured to establish a peer-to-peer connection between the computing device and a peer computing device of a remote peer in response to a request from a remote peer to join the party session, and place one or more selected party session members into a first game session of a first multiplayer game software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Langan, Vipul Vijay Hingne
  • MULTIGAME MULTIPLAYER PARTY SESSION
    Publication number: 20100222147
    Abstract: A computing device for executing multiplayer game software applications playable with one or more remote peers, the computing device may include a multigame party module that is configured to create a party session that is joinable by the one or more remote peers, the party session may be hosted by the multigame party module. The multigame party module may be configured to establish a peer-to-peer connection between the computing device and a peer computing device of a remote peer in response to a request from a remote peer to join the party session, and place one or more selected party session members into a first game session of a first multiplayer game software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas A. Langan, Vipul Vijay Hingne