James A Rowe

US Patent:

20120214586, Aug 23, 2012

Filed:

Feb 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/030036

Inventors:

James ROWE - Herriman UT, US
Sandeep Vijay KHARKAR - Bountiful UT, US
Kirk A. BAUM - American Fork UT, US
C. Matthew DAWSON - Highland UT, US
David M. HASLAM - South Jordan UT, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 30

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for using atomic agents to implement modifications to actors. The atomic agents are self-functioning and may be applied to and removed from an actor in order to modify the behavior and/or appearance of the actor. The default appearance and behavior of the actor is embedded in the program code that defines the actor. One or more atomic agents may be applied to the actor to modify the actor's appearance or behavior without requiring any communication or interaction with the program code that defines the actor. Separate program code defines each atomic agent and the compatibility between the respective atomic agent and other atomic agents.

US Patent:

20180104597, Apr 19, 2018

Filed:

Dec 18, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/845102

Inventors:

- BURBANK CA, US
Emily Tyndall - Draper UT, US
Kristin Mae Yee - Salt Lake City UT, US
David Neil Christenson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward Gilmore Martin - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Patrick Rowe - Herriman UT, US
Casey Shane Nelson - Sandy UT, US
Jamison R. Titera - Bountiful UT, US
Paul Mombourquette - Los Angeles CA, US
Rich Reagan - South Jordan UT, US

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - BURBANK CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/814

Abstract:

One particular implementation of the present invention may take the form of a method and apparatus for providing various movements as input to a video game. The method and apparatus may detect the body movements of a video game player and interpret those movements as inputs to the video game. The video game may then compare the movements of the user to expected movements to determine if the correct movement was performed by the user. The video game may also display a video game environment that instructs and interacts with the user to perform several movements of the video game. In this manner, the method and apparatus may provide a move realistic and dynamic video game experience than previous video games that only allowed the player to press buttons as inputs to the game.

US Patent:

20170142168, May 18, 2017

Filed:

Nov 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/940015

Inventors:

- Burbank CA, US
James Rowe - Herriman UT, US
Jose Villeta - Playa Vista CA, US

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

Systems and methods for facilitating the sharing of user-generated content of a virtual space are presented herein. The user-generated content may be shared between users of different computing platforms. The computing platforms may be of different platform types. The user-generated content may be shared through platform type-specific conversions of the information that defines the user-generated content. The processing cost and/or other cost information may be determined and/or estimated.