Patents by Inventor William Sumerlin

William Sumerlin 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).

  • Publication number: 20070256124
    Abstract: Collectible token data management is described, including creating a visual representation of a token, associating a data structure and data with the token, and transmitting at least a portion of the data to a receiver in response to a user input with the token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Go Play Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Ih, William Sumerlin, James Seelig
  • Publication number: 20070240131
    Abstract: Application prototyping is described, including designing a layout of a prototype associated with the application, creating a skin associated with the prototype, the skin being configured to provide a context associated with the prototype, developing a script configured to execute the prototype, and implementing the skin, the script, and the context associated with the prototype, the prototype being configured for user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Go Play Network, Inc.
    Inventor: William Sumerlin
  • Publication number: 20070094325
    Abstract: Hybrid peer-to-peer data communication and management is described, including querying a plurality of elements in an environment for state data, the state data describes a state of the environment and an activity occurring in the environment, receiving the state data from one or more of the plurality of elements in response to the querying, analyzing the state data to determine an environmental change, the updated state data is generated describing the environmental change, and using the updated state data to modify the environment by dynamically allocating the plurality of elements to process a simulation, the plurality of elements being dynamically allocated based on available processing capacity provided by the plurality of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: Nucleoid Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald Ih, William Sumerlin, Derek Gaw, Sung Hwan Chung