Patents by Inventor William Scott Watson

William Scott Watson 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).

  • ENHANCED SCREEN SHARE FOR ONLINE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20240048781
    Abstract: In a method and system for viewer interaction with streaming media, a scene from a media presentation is displayed with a broadcasting device that includes an operating system level broadcaster interface overlay. The overlay generates an image frame from the scene. The image frame is sent to a viewer device. Viewer interaction parameters are received from a viewing device and a viewer interaction is displayed over a subsequent scene from the media presentation with the broadcaster interface overlay. On a viewing device an image frame from the media presentation is received from the broadcasting device. An operating system level viewer interface overlay is generated over the image frame and the image frame of the media presentation is displayed. Viewer interaction parameters are generated from a viewer interaction with the operating system level viewer interface overlay and sent to the broadcasting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Steve Agoston, Michael Raymond Starich, William Scott Watson, Joseph Hiroshi Kimura, Corbin J. Percy, Akshay V. Rao
  • Enhanced screen share for online computer applications
    Patent number: 11792443
    Abstract: In a method and system for viewer interaction with streaming media, a scene from a media presentation is displayed with a broadcasting device that includes an operating system level broadcaster interface overlay. The overlay generates an image frame from the scene of the media presentation. The image frame is sent to a viewer device. Viewer interaction parameters are received from a viewing device and a viewer interaction is displayed over a subsequent scene of the media presentation with the broadcaster interface overlay. On a viewing device an image frame of the media presentation is received from the broadcasting device. An operating system level viewer interface overlay is generated over the image frame and the image frame of the media presentation is displayed. Viewer interaction parameters are generated from a viewer interaction with the operating system level viewer interface overlay and sent to the broadcasting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Agoston, Michael Raymond Starich, William Scott Watson, Joseph Hiroshi Kimura, Corbin J. Percy, Akshay V. Rao