Network Type (e.g., Computer Network, Etc.) Patents (Class 463/42)
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Patent number: 12257498Abstract: The present invention provides a player terminal including: a storage unit for storing a state value corresponding to each of a plurality of operated objects; an acceptance unit for accepting a player input; an estimation unit that produces an estimation result corresponding to a second timing, which is later than a first timing, on the basis of an estimation model for producing an estimation result of the per-timing information; a determination unit for determining whether the content of the player input accepted in such a manner as to correspond to the second timing coincides with estimation content of the player input; a correction information transmission unit that transmits correction information indicating the content of the accepted player input; a correction information acquisition unit for acquiring the correction information transmitted by another player terminal; and a compensation unit for compensating for the estimation result on the basis of the correction information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventor: Shuichi Kurabayashi
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Patent number: 12261954Abstract: An apparatus for validating a rendered object using non-fungible tokens comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor is configured to determine one or more parameters associated with a rendered object in a virtual environment, wherein the rendered object is a visual display operable for engagement in an interaction within the virtual environment. The processor is further configured to generate a non-fungible token (NFT) for assignment to the rendered object and to receive a request to establish an interaction session to conduct an interaction between a first avatar associated with a first user and the rendered object. The processor is further configured to receive a request to validate the generated NFT and to conduct the interaction between the first avatar and the rendered object in response to validating the generated NFT.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventor: Shailendra Singh
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Patent number: 12257512Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method of providing information about interaction between users, the method including obtaining, from a stored game log, statistical information related to a certain interaction event that occurred between a user and another user; displaying an interface that displays another user who has had most occurrences of the certain interaction event with the user, based on the statistical information; and displaying at least one other user in an order from a greatest number of times the certain interaction event occurred with the user, based on a user input of expanding the interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Sae Byuk Moon
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Patent number: 12260702Abstract: A system that utilizes a service window displayed by an electronic gaming machine to indicate to a player different wireless connection statuses of a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: IGTInventors: Erik B. Petersen, Kevin M. Higgins
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Patent number: 12254513Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices, are disclosed in which a graphical user interface is presented. The graphical user interface includes a first interface that displays a plurality of odds selection buttons for making a selection of one or a plurality of time-varying odds offered for trade on one or more outcomes in a betting marketplace and a buy button for communicating the odds selection over a network interface for matching as a bet. The graphical user interface further includes a second interface that displays at least one bet selection button for making a selection of one or more previously matched bets and a sell button for communicating the bet selection over the network interface for divestment of the selected bet. The second interface can be reached directly from the first interface via a single action of a user input device.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Marketmaker Software LimitedInventors: Marc Butterly, David Edelman
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Patent number: 12246253Abstract: Techniques for improving a graphical user interface are described. In an example, a computer system receives an activity identifier of an activity in a video game and correlated locations. It builds a map of the locations from completion data indicating completion of the activity, and location data indicating where the activity was completed in the video game by other players. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. Data is processed to determine where the likely location is for completing the activity in the video game. This likely location is shown as a graphical user interface element in a map.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Adil Ahmed Sherwani, Mischa G. Stephens, Karthik Anandh Govindaraj, Nitin Y. Mohan, Oscar Michael Sanchez, Derek Andrew Parker
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Patent number: 12246254Abstract: A method of determining a position for a virtual object is described. A location of a client device is determined, and, based on the determined location a set of map segments is retrieved. A virtual object is determined to be displayed on the client device. Relation vectors between the virtual object and each map segment of the retrieved set of map segments are obtained. Each relation vector is weighted based on object parameters of the virtual object. A position to display the virtual object is determined based on the weighted relation vectors. The virtual object is provided for display on the client device as the determined position.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Niantic, Inc.Inventors: Ben Benfold, Victor Adrian Prisacariu, Daniel Knoblauch
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Patent number: 12244666Abstract: A client terminal and a server system having a plurality of processing units processing game applications are connected to each other via a network. In a game system as a cloud computing system, the server system makes the client terminal wait for a start of processing of an application when there is no processing unit assignable to the client terminal. When the processing unit becomes assignable, the client terminal displays a screen inquiring whether to start the processing of the application. When a user does not respond for a predetermined time, the server system takes action.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Masanao Nishikido, Akiko Iwaya
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Patent number: 12243381Abstract: A system for proximity-based digital interactions includes a beacon transmitter configured to wirelessly broadcast a first interaction prompt message that includes a first interaction event code. A system server is configured to: receive an event activation message that includes the first interaction event code; identify and perform a first pre-programmed action; identify proximity between a mobile computing device and the beacon transmitter based on receipt of the first interaction event code from the mobile computing device; create a second interaction event code that is targeted to be performed by the mobile computing device; and transmit a configuration message to the beacon transmitter that includes the second interaction event code, causing the beacon transmitter to begin broadcasting a second interaction prompt message including the second interaction event code together with the first interaction prompt message, where the first interaction event code is different than the second interaction even code.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Taylor, Damian Tarnawsky, Scott Kania
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Patent number: 12226690Abstract: An electronic game server receives a request from a client device to establish a real-time interactive gaming session, determines a device capability of an output device associated with the client device, determines a connection capability of the network connection, determines one or more target quality parameters for the real-time interactive gaming session based on the device capability and the connection capability, selects a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines based on the one or more target quality parameters, establishes the real-time interactive gaming session with the client device, and provides to the real-time interactive gaming session, in accordance with the resource profile of the first virtual machine, resources for processing inputs from the client device and generating gameplay outputs in accordance with the processed inputs within the real-time interactive gaming session.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Dov Zimring, Paul Leventis, Benjamin Frenkel, Matthew Rodgers, Clinton Smullen, Robert McCool
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Patent number: 12220632Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for executing an interaction event. The method may include displaying a picture of a preparatory stage prior to start of an interaction process in a virtual scene. A first group of avatars may be engaging in the interaction process, and the interaction process may include one or more interaction events. The method may further include determining a target avatar in the first group of avatars based on attribute information of the first group of avatars. The target interaction event may be an interaction event that allows to be jointly executed by the first group of avatars. The method may further include, in response to the target avatar triggering the target interaction event in the preparatory stage, displaying a picture of a second group of avatars executing the target interaction event.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventor: Zhonghua Yu
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Patent number: 12219216Abstract: Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Media assets that are associated with different measures of quality generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server. A determination is made as to which one of the plurality of levels of the interactive video gaming environment corresponds to the action. One of the videos associated with one of the measures of quality is selected based on the determination of the level corresponding to the action. The selected video is transmitted to the player.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.Inventors: David D. Chung, Walter R. Klappert
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Patent number: 12208325Abstract: A method for league, tournament, and competition video game playing initiated through an application from an application provider's server downloaded onto a video game player's computer system, and video game playing is implemented through a service provider's server system. The service provider places a player in a lobby and the player selects a game, contest, and platform using the player's computer system. Players are matched with players of similar skills based on skill measurements. Eliminated players are returned to the lobby for continuous play. Player identity is validated, and player cheating is detected. The service provider provides on the player's computer system accounting data, social media, a lobby, recent matches, and live matches. Winners are provided payouts. Eliminated players may have continuous play.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: GTG Technologies, LLCInventor: Timothy James Farrell, Jr.
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Patent number: 12211352Abstract: A method of encouraging a user to increase their wager on a play by play wagering platform by determining the likelihood the user will increase their wager based upon their wager history and proposing an increase amount based upon their likelihood of increasing their wager such that a higher likelihood of increase results in a higher proposed increase amount and a lower likelihood results in a lower proposed increase amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: ADRENALINEIPInventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph W. Beyers, Michael D'Andrea, Michael Baker
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Patent number: 12211130Abstract: A user device executes a first drawing process of outputting, to a display viewed by a user, a video in which registered parts associated with the user are applied to an avatar object that reflects movements of the user; a designation process of sending information designating a lottery target group including a plurality of lottery target parts to a server based on an operation to an input operation portion by the user; a trial parts acquisition process of acquiring trial parts data relating to a trial part preset as a part to be temporarily applied to the avatar object from among the parts included in the lottery target group; and a second drawing process of outputting, to the display, the avatar object to which the trial part has been automatically applied using the trial parts data.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: GREE, INC.Inventor: Yoshiki Kudo
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Patent number: 12208333Abstract: A game modification engine modifies configuration settings affecting game play and the user experience in computer games after initial publication of the game, based on device level and game play data associated with a user or cohort of users and on machine-learned relationships between input data and a use metric for the game. The modification is selected to improve performance of the game as measured by the use metric. The modification may be tailored for a user cohort. The game modification engine may define the cohort automatically based on correlations discovered in the input data relative to a defined use metric.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Gary Lake-Schaal, Lewis S. Ostrover, Matthew Huard, Adam Husein
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Patent number: 12205049Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, training a decision scoring model for an e-sport based on historical data for the e-sport. In various embodiments, the decision scoring model may be trained based on the historical data and on metadata associated with the e-sport. Some embodiments can include identifying a plurality of candidate in-game decision sequences based on decision parameters for a gameplay decision of an ongoing gaming session and a gaming session history for the ongoing gaming session. Various embodiments can include applying the decision scoring model to rank the plurality of candidate in-game decision sequences. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Subhabrata Majumdar, Rajat Malik
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Patent number: 12194378Abstract: A system/method for a cloud game can improve sharing to a social application that is locally running on a terminal. The system/method improves the scalability of cloud games, provides improved information processing, improves the sociality of cloud games, achieves a high degree of dissemination of cloud games, improves the degree of participation of players in cloud games, and improves the interaction rate of cloud games. The system/method includes logging, by a terminal, in to a cloud game installed in a server based on a trigger instruction of a cloud game login portal, transmitting an operation instruction to the server on which the cloud game is installed, and receiving sharing information including data to-be-shared transmitted by the server. The terminal can share the data to-be-shared to a target social application.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Haiyang Liu, Minhua Xu, Qingwen Liu, Jiang Zhou, Zhipeng Gong, Jiaping Wu
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Patent number: 12194382Abstract: A place designated by a player on a user interface is set according to an operation input. An item or character that the player is to transmit to another information processing apparatus for exchange is designated according to an operation input. In the exchange, information about the place and information about the item or character are transmitted as information about a thing to be exchanged to the another information processing apparatus. Information about the place designated by an exchanging partner and information about the item or character designated by the exchanging partner are received as information about a thing to be exchanged from the another information processing apparatus. The item or character that has been obtained as the thing to be exchanged from the exchanging partner by the exchange, is displayed on the user interface at the place designated by the exchanging partner.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon CompanyInventors: Akira Kinashi, Junichi Masuda, Yuichi Ueda
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Patent number: 12186670Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining contests including non-fungible tokens (NFTs), determining that an outcome of a contest indicates a tie, and establishing a placeholder are disclosed. The NFTs can be associated with attributes and stored on a blockchain. The system can receive a request and selections of NFTs for entering a contest. Each NFT can be associated with a player profile and satisfy a selection rule. The system can generate a fantasy sports lineup including NFTs and modifying a restriction condition for each NFT. The system can determine that an outcome of a contest indicates a tie and calculating edition number totals to determine a winner of the tie. The system can determine that an NFT has been transferred to a player profile. The system can modify a first lineup to include a placeholder in lieu of an NFT.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: DK Crown Holdings Inc.Inventors: Peter Arthur Leondires, Andrew John Botelho, Kenneth Scott Bacon
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Patent number: 12184634Abstract: A method for validating an access request with respect to an application is provided. The method includes: receiving an access request from a user with respect to an application; retrieving, from a memory, group identification information that relates to at least one group to which the user belongs; retrieving, from the memory, scope information that indicates qualifications and/or characteristics of a relationship between the user and the at least one group; and generating a token that notifies the application of the group identification information and the scope information, and is usable by the application for validating the access request. The method may be implemented in an Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Carl Dashfield, Michael D Ackerman, Michael George Norman, Kabron Austin Kline, Isaac Leonardo Blum, Afzaal Syed, Douglas J Symalla
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Patent number: 12184941Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a live streaming interface display method, a device, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The live streaming interface display method is applied to a terminal device and the terminal device accesses a live streaming room. The method includes: determining at least one piece of popular comment content in the live streaming room in a current counting period; and distinguishingly displaying, on a live streaming interface of the live streaming room, the popular comment content and real-time comment content in the live streaming room.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingting He, Xuyuan Xiang, Wenjing Liu, Zijun Wei
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Patent number: 12172071Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: forming a team constituted of a plurality of players who try a specific battle game; determining players who have cleared the specific battle game on the basis of player information of the plurality of players; determining whether or not a reward acquiring condition is satisfied, the reward acquiring condition being satisfied when it is determined that the team includes a first player and a second player, the first player being a player who has cleared the specific battle game, and the second player being a player who has not cleared the specific battle game; and assigning a reward to the first player when it is determined that the reward acquiring condition is satisfied and the specific battle game has been cleared by the team.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Nozomu Shibata, Shinichiro Akihama, Go Kikuchi
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Patent number: 12168171Abstract: This disclosure relates to unlocking game content for users of an online game. In implementations, affiliations between users may be established, and content may be made available to users individually based on the number of users within an affiliation. Content made available to a first user of the affiliation may be made available to the first user individually and independently from other users included in the affiliation.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Kent Wakeford, Clifford J. Harrington
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Patent number: 12161941Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a game that includes at least two users that each have a preconfigured set of playable virtual entities. The users draw playable virtual entities from each of their respective sets of playable virtual entities, and can play the playable virtual entities in one or more battles to facilitate moving a virtual positional marker towards a goal or shooting a goal, wherein the battle procedures are based on a turn priority. Certain attributes are associated with the playable virtual entities so that playable virtual entity effects, OVR values, and salary values can affect which playable virtual entities are in a deck and how the playable virtual entities are affected by the location of the virtual positional marker and/or other playable virtual entities.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventor: YoungSeok Yoo
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Patent number: 12161942Abstract: Disclosed are issue tracking systems, troubleshooting techniques, and user interfaces for troubleshooting, which are associated with a user of a software application triggering the recording of a session. During the session, the user may narrate suggestions or problems for the application while they interact with the application in real-time, and a recording engine of the application may record various types of session data, such as the user's interaction, narration, telemetry data, call stack data, and so forth. The session data is automatically submitted to an issue tracking system to process a support ticket. The issue tracking system may provide a user interface enabling a developer to review a support ticket and any associated session data to quickly determine the relevant portion of the application data (e.g., underlying program code) that needs to be modified. The issue tracking system may also process session data to identify related tickets or recurring issues.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventor: Grace Yen
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Patent number: 12157061Abstract: An electronic device 10 includes: a setting unit 231 that sets an association between a first game medium that is selected by a player and that serves as an operation target in the game and a second game medium that is selected by the player; a skip-processing-procedure deciding unit 232 that decides, on the basis of priorities respectively associated with skill-related processing procedures of the first game medium and the second game medium, the skill-related processing procedure that becomes a skip target; and a skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 that executes skill processing procedures respectively associated with the first game medium and the second game medium on the basis of a player input, wherein the skill-processing-procedure executing unit 233 skips the decided skill-related processing procedure when the skill processing procedures associated with the first game medium and the second game medium are executed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventor: Yuki Ono
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Patent number: 12157053Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating streaming interfaces for games are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first view information based on an instance of a game for a first presentation of the game to a first user on a first client computing platform; effectuate a first presentation of the game to the first user via the first client computing platform; obtain second view information that includes a second graphical user interface; and effectuate a second presentation of the first user playing the game to a second user.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Mythical, Inc.Inventors: Charnjit Bansi, Stephan Cunningham
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Patent number: 12159356Abstract: An augmented reality interaction system applied to a physical scene and comprising a server and a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The server stores a point cloud map corresponding to the physical scene, and one of the mobile devices uploads a physical image, role state variation data and local variation data to the server. The server compares the physical image with the point cloud map to generate orientation data of the mobile device in real time, and adjusts role data corresponding to a user according to the role state variation data and the local variation data. The server pushes the orientation data of the mobile device and the role data to the other mobile devices such that augmented reality images displayed by the other mobile devices are adjusted in real time according to the orientation data of the mobile device and the role data.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRYInventors: Hsien Cheng Liao, Jia Wei Hong
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Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms
Patent number: 12154153Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first information defining a first sales listing of a particular virtual item on a first online sales platform; obtain second information defining a second sales listing of the particular virtual item on a second online sales platform; receive at least two indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; obtain information that represents at least one sales characteristic by which the offers to purchase the particular virtual item are to be ranked according to desirability; determine and compare a first metric value for the first offer and a second metric value for the second offer; and determine an accepted offer that is accepted based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Mythical, Inc.Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer -
Patent number: 12154411Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related playing a progressive game. In some embodiments, at least one request may be received from a player to play a first game associated with a first prize pool. Play of the first game may be facilitated on at least one networked terminal based at least in part on receiving the at least one request from the player to play the first game. Play of a second game associated with a second prize pool on the at least one networked terminal may be initiated. The second game may be initiated in response to the second prize pool reaching a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Epic Tech, LLCInventors: Bob Mosley, Troy Jungmann, Robert Weatherby
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Patent number: 12153714Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligent detection of sensitive data within a communication platform are disclosed. The system displays a communication interface for a communication platform. The communication interface includes a first input section for entering input messages by a sending user account and a display section for displaying message information received by the sending user account from other user accounts. The system determines a sensitive messaging profile for the sending user account. The system receives an input message associated with the sending user account. The system detects sensitive information in the input message by using a trained machine learning (ML) algorithm to analyze the input message based on the sensitive messaging profile. The system transmits the sensitive information to one or more receiving user accounts within a container component with an expiration time value based on at least the sensitive messaging profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Thomas William Noble, Shane Paul Springer
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Patent number: 12148083Abstract: A method for creating avatar content includes receiving, from a user, a first user input selecting a first content including time-series actions of a first avatar and a second avatar, displaying a first user interface for selecting one of the first avatar and the second avatar in the first content, receiving, from the user through the first user interface, a second user input selecting the first avatar, and in response to the receiving the second user input, generating a user-customized content by adding, to the first content, a third avatar associated with the user that performs a same action as the selected first avatar.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: LINE Plus CorporationInventors: Jinhee Yoo, Soo Jin An
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Patent number: 12142108Abstract: A listening device is operatively connected to multiple network devices, and is configured to subscribe to one or more EGM data types, and receive first data from a first network device in accordance with the subscription. The listening device is also configured to generate a first data package in a form of a first data structure comprising the first data and configuration information related to the first network device, and transmit the data package across a second network to a collection server. The listening device is also configured to receive second data from a second network device in accordance with the subscription, wherein the second data comports with a second protocol that differs from the SAS protocol, and generate a second data package in the form of the first data structure comprising the second data and configuration information related to the second network device.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeremiah O'Hara, Anthony Patton, Bruce Urban, Rajendrasinh Jadeja
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Patent number: 12138552Abstract: A method is implemented via a game analysis platform that includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The method includes: generating a training data set based on game data collected from actual players; training an artificial intelligence (AI) model using machine learning based on the training data set; gathering actual game data from game play; processing the actual game data via the AI model to generate detection results; and detecting a potential player bot or use of cheating software when detection results exceed a detection threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: modl.ai ApSInventors: Sebastian Risi, Christoffer HolmgĂĄrd Pedersen
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Patent number: 12138535Abstract: A program according to the present invention causes a computer to function as: an information acquirer that acquires transmission information from a plurality of terminals every predetermined period of time, the transmission information including operation-related information that is generated by each of the plurality of terminals in the predetermined period of time according to a user operation, an information manager that saves the transmission information that follows a predetermined rule, among a plurality of pieces of the transmission information acquired in each predetermined period of time, and a transmission controller that transmits the transmission information that is saved, to a terminal requesting acquisition of information.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Keita Kikuchi
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Patent number: 12128317Abstract: A computer realizes: a management function for managing first management information and second management information as information for managing game media having assigned thereto medium identifiers that are common for each same kind, the first management information indicating the medium identifiers and the number of game media possessed by a player, and the second management information indicating the medium identifiers and usage periods of game media having the usage periods set therefor; a determination function for determining game media available to the player based on the first management information and the second management information; and a set creation function for creating a medium set that includes a plurality of game media and that can include a plurality of game media of the same kind, based on an operation performed by the player to select from the game media available to the player, determined by the determination function.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Takatoshi Nakamura, Takashi Fujita, Takafumi Goto
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Patent number: 12128313Abstract: This specification provides a computer-implemented method, the method comprising obtaining a machine-learning model. The machine-learning model is being trained with expert data comprising a plurality of training examples. Each training example comprises: (i) game state data representing a state of a video game environment, and (ii) scored action data representing an action and a score for that action if performed by a video game entity of the video game environment subsequent to the state of the video game environment. An action is performed by the video game entity based on a prediction for the action generated by the machine-learning model. The method further comprises determining whether the action performed by the video game entity was optimal. In response to determining that the action performed by the video game entity was suboptimal, a healed training example is generated.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventors: William Gordon, Kasey Keltner, Shawn Leaf
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Patent number: 12121814Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method and a system for synthesizing videogame assets, the method includes receiving a first set of videogame assets as input in a videogame asset synthesizer. The videogame asset synthesizer may identify certain common features among the assets of the first set of videogame assets and clusters the videogame assets into different asset profiles based on the certain common features identified. The videogame asset synthesizer may synthesize a subset of asset candidates for an asset profile, based on the videogame assets clustered into the asset profile and rate the asset candidates synthesized, based on a threshold set for at least one parameter of the asset candidates. The assets may be stored in a database, based on the rating.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: FUNDACIĂ“N UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGEInventors: Jaime Font Burdeus, Daniel Blasco Latorre, Carlos Cetina Englada
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Patent number: 12121800Abstract: A handheld game controller having a handle and a bumper assembly on the handle. The bumper assembly includes a bumper and a haptic actuator. The bumper is configured to accept touch inputs from a user. The haptic actuator includes at least one plate and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator is configured to receive an electrical signal, convert the electrical signal to mechanical motion, translate the mechanical motion to the at least one plate, and cause the at least one plate and the bumper to vibrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Backbone Labs, Inc.Inventor: Ozhan Maker
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Patent number: 12112574Abstract: An apparatus for providing a virtual or augmented reality experience, includes: a screen, wherein the screen is at least partially transparent for allowing a user of the apparatus to view an object in an environment surrounding the user; a surface detector configured to detect a surface of the object; an object identifier configured to obtain an orientation and/or an elevation of the surface of the object, and to make an identification for the object based on the orientation and/or the elevation of the surface of the object; and a graphic generator configured to generate an identifier indicating the identification for the object for display by the screen, wherein the screen is configured to display the identifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Robert David Berkebile
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Patent number: 12109496Abstract: A persona system determines a player persona for a player of a gaming system based on gameplay information for the user and, for example, performs dynamic content generation or additional product recommendations based on the player persona. The persona system may receive a request for content based on a persona of a player and receive gameplay data associated with gameplay of the player in a plurality of games. The persona system may then generate a player persona of the player based on the gameplay data associated with the gameplay of the player in the plurality of games, determine persona based content based at least in part on a portion of the player persona, and output the persona based content in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.Inventors: Fernando de Mesentier Silva, Reza Pourabolghasem, Sundeep Narravula, Navid Aghdaie, Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman
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Patent number: 12109497Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for coordinating multiplayer game sessions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Catherine Hsiao, Alan Merzon, Kristie Fisher, Stacey Peterson, Haochen Liu, Nicholas Dunn, Tahasildar Ramachandra Shivputrappa, Sam Cheung, Erica Hansen, Benjamin Frenkel
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Patent number: 12102912Abstract: A distributed game engine for provisioning resources for an online game includes a plurality of management nodes and a plurality of processing nodes. The management nodes are configured to distribute functional portions of the distributed game engine over the plurality of processing nodes. A resource allocation mode is constructed from user inputs game states of the online game and success criteria included in game play training data. A resource allocation agent is used to access the resource allocation model and to communicate with a configuration agent to identify the processing nodes required for processing specific ones of the functional portions for the online game, based on the resource allocation dictated by the resource allocation model. A process synchronization layer interfaces with the processing nodes and the management nodes to provision the resources for executing the functional portions for the online game in order to produce video frames for rendering at client devices of the users.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventor: Steve Agoston
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Patent number: 12102928Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for operating a fantasy league including: fantasy player information including performance history of one or more real-world athletes selected as fantasy players is stored. Sponsorship information associated with the fantasy player is stored on at least one of an individual or team basis. An operational request from a fantasy client device is received. An association between the operational request and the fantasy player is determined. An operational result is determined. At least one item of sponsorship information is associated with the operational result. The operational result and the sponsorship information are transmitted. An alert window is displayed at the fantasy client device including the sponsorship information.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Dizpersion CorporationInventors: Frank C. Nicholas, Ian B. Carswell
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Patent number: 12100081Abstract: Deep learning is used to dynamically adapt virtual humans in metaverse applications. The adaptation can be according to user preferences. In addition or alternatively, virtual humans and pets can be adapted for metaverse applications based on demographics of the user. The user's personal demographics may be used to establish the costume, skin color, emotion, voice, and behavior of the virtual humans. Similar considerations may be used to adapt virtual pets to the user's experience of the metaverse.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Sudha Krishnamurthy
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Patent number: 12090405Abstract: This application discloses a virtual object interaction method performed by a computer device. A target virtual scene is obtained and displayed, where the target virtual scene includes a virtual object and a target interaction region, and the target interaction region has a valid time and randomly generated at a location in the target virtual scene; an interaction value is determined in response to a target operation of the virtual object occupying the target interaction region; and the target interaction region is then updated in the target virtual scene when an existence time of the target interaction region reaches the valid time and the interaction value is lower than a preset value. Because virtual object interaction is only guided by switching the target interaction region in a virtual scene and a large quantity of virtual elements are not introduced, occupancy of resources in the virtual element interaction process is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Qiyao Feng
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Patent number: 12091422Abstract: A system and method for concurrently wagering on multiple past events such as sports events that may include retrieving data about multiple events that occurred in the past that included multiple participants. The data may include information about the participants as well as pre-event rankings, and final or post-event rankings ordering the results with respect to other participants in the same event. A user may adjust the pre-event rankings or accept them as—is. The user's rankings for the participants of the events may be submitted, and a prize calculated based on the difference between the predicted rankings submitted by the user, and the final rankings of the participants based on actual past events. Various terminals, terminal configurations, and user interface aspects are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Exacta Systems, LLCInventors: Patrick Neely, Glen M. Rose, Jeremy F. Stein, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, Thomas L. Aronson
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Patent number: 12090411Abstract: Candidates of pieces of notification information determined in advance are acquired, and a list of the acquired candidates of the pieces of notification information is presented to a user at a predetermined timing. Another information processing device is notified of information based on a piece of notification information selected by the user from the list. Here, the predetermined timing described above includes a timing that is prior to execution of a predetermined application.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Erika Ohno, Daisuke Kawamura
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Patent number: 12094053Abstract: Systems and processes generate a viewing experience by determining location data and movement data of (a) at least one object and (b) at least one participant within an event area. A three-dimensional model of the event area, the participant and the object is determined based upon the location data and the movement data. A viewpoint of a spectator defines an origin, relative to the three-dimensional model, and a direction of the viewing experience. The viewing experience is generated for the viewpoint at least in part from the three-dimensional model to include one or more of augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality, and virtual reality.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventor: Marc Rowley