Figment collaboration system
Granted: March 22, 2012
Application Number:
20120072843
There is provided a system and method for the Figment collaboration system, providing intuitive user interfaces for collaboration. There is provided a system comprising an input surface, a display outputting on the input surface, and a server having a processor configured to receive a first input from the input surface, convert the first input into a first content box, generate contextual content suggestions based on the first content box, and show the first content box and the…
MEDIA PLAYBACK IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
Granted: March 22, 2012
Application Number:
20120072451
A framework is provided for selecting media files for playback in a computer game. In one embodiment, user actions in the computer game are monitored. Further, user characterizations of media files may also be retrieved. The user characterizations may be input by a plurality of users via a media player application. A media file may be then selected for playback based on the monitored user actions and retrieved user characterizations. The selected media file may better suit an emotional…
Game Pieces for Use with Touch Screen Devices and Related Methods
Granted: March 15, 2012
Application Number:
20120062490
There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral…
Method and System for Associating a Consumer with Product Redemption Data
Granted: March 15, 2012
Application Number:
20120066052
There is presented a method and system for using a product redemption data associated with an identity of a consumer in a memory of a computer having a processor. The method comprises receiving the product redemption data, searching the memory using the processor to find the product redemption data, and identifying the consumer in response to finding the product redemption data associated with the identity of the consumer in the memory.
ONLINE CONTENT RANKING SYSTEM BASED ON AUTHENTICITY METRIC VALUES FOR WEB ELEMENTS
Granted: March 15, 2012
Application Number:
20120066203
Methods and systems for identifying and ranking search results and online advertisements based on authenticity are described. A search server includes an authenticity index, which includes authenticity metric values associated with one or more web elements. The authenticity metric values may indicate the relative authority of the web element with respect to a specific category, keyword, search term, phrase, context, filter, etc. Search results may be generated and ranked based on the…
AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: March 8, 2012
Application Number:
20120057006
An autostereoscopy apparatus that typically includes a passive autostereoscopic panel such as a lenticular poster. The panel has a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of static images. Dining use, the autostereoscopic panel is configured or designed to reflect light to generate, passively or without power, a three dimensional (3D) display of images based on the static images. The apparatus includes an image source selectively operating to project two dimensional (2D) images…
Gated unlock codes for videogame features and content
Granted: March 8, 2012
Application Number:
20120058819
There is provided a system and method for gated unlock codes for videogame features and content. By maintaining a redemption database where master unlock codes are used to provide access to specific subsets of feature unlock codes, unique exclusive content may be provided for different retailers. In this manner, a universal game media containing all possible additional content may be utilized for retail distribution, reducing publishing costs while still providing customized versions for…
USING REAL-TIME CONSTRUCTIVE SOLID GEOMETRY TO PROVIDE PAINTING AND THINNING GAME MECHANICS
Granted: March 8, 2012
Application Number:
20120058820
Techniques are described for providing a painting and thinning mechanic within a computer-generated environment (e.g., in a video game). The painting and thinning mechanic allows geometry within the computer-generated environment to be “painted” or “thinned.” Painting and thinning refers to a mechanic that involves making parts of the virtual environment visibly and collidably transparent (thinning) or visibly and collidably opaque (painting). The painting/thinning mechanic may…
HIGH AND LOW FLYER RIDE
Granted: March 8, 2012
Application Number:
20120058833
A round ride is selectively placing passenger vehicles in one of two or more workspaces or vehicle fly zones. The ride includes a drive assembly including a rotating hub structure and a plurality of vehicle support assemblies mounted to the hub. Each of the vehicle support assemblies includes: (a) a vehicle; (b) a support arm supporting the vehicle proximate to a first end; (c) a base pivotally supporting the arm; and (d) a base angle mechanism mounted to the rotatable structure and…
PATTERN DETECTION OF AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120050286
Techniques are described for detecting script-controlled avatars in a virtual environment engaging in certain pattern formation behaviors. In particular, a virtual environment server may select a group of avatars and determine a pattern formed by the selected group. The virtual environment system may further search for a match of the pattern from a library of prohibited words or symbols. In the event the pattern formed by the selected avatars matches one of the prohibited patterns, some…
CONTEXTUAL CHAT MESSAGE GENERATION IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120054646
Techniques are disclosed for providing an enhanced contextual chat feature in online environments. The contextual chat feature may be used to present users with a list of expressions that may be sent to other users within an online environment (or to users in other online environments). The list of messages may be derived from a linguistic profile which itself may change as the use of language in an online environment (or by a particular user group) evolves, over time. In cases where a…
CONTEXTUAL CHAT BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND USAGE
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120054645
Techniques are disclosed for providing an enhanced contextual chat feature in online environments. The contextual chat feature may be used to present users with a list of expressions that may be sent to other users within an online environment (or to users in other online environments). The list of messages may be derived from a linguistic profile which itself may change as the use of language in an online environment (or by a particular user group) evolves, over time. In cases where a…
AUTOMATED EFFORT JUDGEMENT OF USER GENERATED CONTENT
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120054638
Techniques are described for estimating the effort involved in creating content on a content site. Embodiments of the invention may collect data by monitoring actions taken by a user creating content on the site, and may then calculate an effort value for the created content based on the collected data. The calculated effort value may then be used, for example, to determine a position in a moderation queue for inserting the user-created content, or to determine whether to feature a…
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MATERIALS WITH DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS FROM BASE MATERIALS HAVING DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120053716
In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for that desired object are processed, using a computer or computing device, to derive a mapping of locations for placement of portions of the plurality of base materials such that when the mapping is provided to an object…
RING CAROUSEL RIDE
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120052961
A carousel ride in which vehicles may move at differing speeds, in differing directions, and each be independently positioned relative to a load/unload platform. In one embodiment, a carousel ride is provided that includes: (1) an inner ring assembly including a first ring supporting vehicles and a drive system operable to rotate the first ring about a center axis of the carousel ride; and (2) an outer ring assembly including a second ring, concentric to the first ring, supporting…
System and method for virtual camera control using motion control systems for augmented three dimensional reality
Granted: March 1, 2012
Application Number:
20120050256
There is provided a system and method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a motion control system to provide an augmented three-dimensional reality. There is provided a method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a motion control system for outputting a composite three-dimensional render to a three-dimensional display, the method comprising obtaining, from the motion control system, a robotic three-dimensional camera configuration of a robotic three-dimensional…
System and method for enabling client-side initiated identification of media content
Granted: February 23, 2012
Application Number:
20120047222
There is provided a system and method enabling client-side initiated identification of media content rendered on a client-side media player. In one embodiment, the system comprises the client-side media player including a controller and a memory, a media content database accessible by the client-side media player over a network, and a media content identifier application to be run on the client-side media player. The media content identifier application, when executed by the client-side…
System and method for rule based dynamic server side streaming manifest files
Granted: February 23, 2012
Application Number:
20120047542
There is provided a system and method for rule-based dynamic server-side streaming manifest files. There is provided a method comprising receiving a request to provide a first video content for playback, evaluating a plurality of rules for the first video content, generating a dynamic manifest file referencing the first video content, and providing the dynamic manifest file in response to the request, thereby enabling an application to playback the first video content for output on a…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING A MULTIPLAYER GAME
Granted: February 16, 2012
Application Number:
20120040752
A system and method for playing a multiplayer game are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes, queuing a player for a multiplayer game, determining that at least one criterion for beginning the multiplayer game has not been met, beginning a queuing game for the queued player, and determining that the criterion has been met. In response to determining that the criterion has been met, the method continues by ending the queuing game for the player, determining a queuing game…
System and Method for Dynamic Video Game Recap
Granted: February 16, 2012
Application Number:
20120040754
There is provided a system and method for providing dynamic recap sequences to a player of a video game. There is provided a method for use by a processor to present a recap sequence to a player of a video game, the method comprising storing, in a memory, identification data identifying the player and associated event data relating to the video game played by the player after a first game play, receiving the identification data to identify the player for a second game play, retrieving…
