Christopher D Reese

US Patent:

8376858, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/380009

Inventors:

Robert Rose - Bend OR, US
Christopher Reese - Bend OR, US
John Garvin - Bend OR, US
Joseph C. Adzima - Bend OR, US

Assignee:

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC - Foster City CA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 42, 463 30, 463 37, 463 38, 463 39, 463 40

Abstract:

A method and system for transmitting game related information from a hand-held gaming device through a game console to a game controller and vice versa. In one aspect, the game related information comprises command information that causes the game controller to respond either by vibrating, rumbling or other action associated with a game being played. In another aspect, the game related information may include controller signals that cause an action at the hand-held device.

US Patent:

20100009733, Jan 14, 2010

Filed:

Sep 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/283846

Inventors:

John Garvin - Bend OR, US
Christopher Reese - Bend OR, US
Darren Yager - Bend OR, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/04

US Classification:

463 5, 463 37, 463 38

Abstract:

Methods for game aim assist are provided. In electronic games, a game player may control the actions of a game character within a game environment. The game environment, which includes a focus area, may be displayed from a perspective of or with respect to a game character. During game play, one or more objects may be detected in the focus area. One of the objects may then be selected based on the distance between the object and the center of the focus area. The aim of the game character is then automatically adjusted toward the selected object, which allows the game player to direct an attack action on the object

US Patent:

20120284651, Nov 8, 2012

Filed:

May 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/099923

Inventors:

Mohammed Aafaq Khan - Poway CA, US
Vinod Tandon - San Diego CA, US
Hai Jie Hewu - Tokyo, JP
Ramana Bangalore Prakash - San Diego CA, US
Yasutaka Miwa - Tokyo, JP
Mark Fortuna - Cardiff-by-the-Sea CA, US
Scott Kirkland - Warrington, GB
Christopher Reese - Bend OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715758

Abstract:

Using persistent party rooms, including: initializing, via a computing device, a global array according to a hierarchical server architecture; determining, via the computing device, whether or not to create a new persistent party room or to join a previously bookmarked persistent party room; creating, via the computing device, the new persistent party room within a position indexed in the global array; and joining, via the computing device, the previously bookmarked persistent party room by searching for the previously bookmarked party room utilizing the global array.

US Patent:

20130196767, Aug 1, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/732290

Inventors:

John Garvin - Bend OR, US
Christopher Reese - Bend OR, US
Darren Yager - Bend OR, US
Ron Allen - Bend OR, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/04

US Classification:

463 36

Abstract:

Methods for game aim assist are provided. In electronic games, a game player may control the actions of a game character within a game environment. The game environment, which includes a focus area, may be displayed from a perspective of or with respect to a game character. During game play, one or more objects may be detected in the focus area. One of the objects may then be selected based on the distance between the object and the center of the focus area. The aim of the game character is then automatically adjusted toward the selected object, which allows the game player to direct an attack action on the object

US Patent:

20160287990, Oct 6, 2016

Filed:

Mar 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/083658

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Christopher Reese - Bend OR, US
Darren Yager - Bend OR, US
Ron Allen - Bend OR, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/422
A63F 13/837
A63F 13/525
A63F 13/56
A63F 13/22
A63F 13/30

Abstract:

Methods for game aim assist are provided. In electronic games, a game player may control the actions of a game character within a game environment. The game environment, which includes a focus area, may be displayed from a perspective of or with respect to a game character. During game play, one or more objects may be detected in the focus area. One of the objects may then be selected based on the distance between the object and the center of the focus area. The aim of the game character is then automatically adjusted toward the selected object, which allows the game player to direct an attack action on the object