Patents by Inventor William George Gajda, JR.

William George Gajda, JR. 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).

  • Context-aware digital play
    Patent number: 10089772
    Abstract: Context-aware digital play includes accessing a virtual scene, the virtual scene comprising digital content; determining that the digital content of the virtual scene comprises a representation of at least one of a plurality of characters, each of the characters being associated with rules; accessing an indication of one or more context-based stimuli, the context-based stimuli being based on the virtual scene; determining whether one or more rules associated with the character and the one or more context-based stimuli associated with the accessed indications exist; and if one or more rules are determined to exist, applying the context-based stimuli to the virtual scene by updating digital content of the virtual scene based on the one or more rules and modifying the representation of the character based on the one or more rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Parry Taylor, William George Gajda, Jr.
  • CONTEXT-AWARE DIGITAL PLAY
    Publication number: 20160314609
    Abstract: Context-aware digital play includes accessing a virtual scene, the virtual scene comprising digital content; determining that the digital content of the virtual scene comprises a representation of at least one of a plurality of characters, each of the characters being associated with rules; accessing an indication of one or more context-based stimuli, the context-based stimuli being based on the virtual scene; determining whether one or more rules associated with the character and the one or more context-based stimuli associated with the accessed indications exist; and if one or more rules are determined to exist, applying the context-based stimuli to the virtual scene by updating digital content of the virtual scene based on the one or more rules and modifying the representation of the character based on the one or more rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Parry Taylor, William George Gajda, JR.