Timothy J Harris

US Patent:

20080039165, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/498998

Inventors:

Timothy Randolp Harris - Chicago IL, US
Michael McCarthy - Chicago IL, US
David Vincent Shuck - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 8

Abstract:

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for providing a scouting report in a gaming system including selecting a player, collecting competition data based at least in part on a plurality of competitions, and providing a scouting report based at least in part on the collected competition data. The player is associated with a set of characters. The set of characters is adapted to include at least one character. Each character in the set of characters is associated with a set of attributes. Each set of attributes includes at least one attribute. At least one attribute in each set of attributes is adjustable by the player. The player participated in each of the plurality of competitions.

US Patent:

20080039166, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/499002

Inventors:

Timothy Randolph Harris - Chicago IL, US
Michael McCarthy - Chicago IL, US
David Vincent Shuck - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 8

Abstract:

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a game system including a first character set, a character exchange component, and a competition component. The first character set is adapted to include at least one character. At least one character in the first character set is adapted to be alterable by a user. The character exchange component is adapted to allow at least one character from the first character set to be exchanged. The competition component is adapted to allow a competition including at least one character in the first character set and at least one character in a second character set.

US Patent:

20080039167, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/499376

Inventors:

Timothy Randolph Harris - Chicago IL, US
Michael McCarthy - Chicago IL, US
David Vincent Shuck - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 8

Abstract:

Certain embodiments provide a method for determining a value for a set of characters in an online game including selecting a set of characters, determining a point value for at least one character in the set of characters, and determining a total point value for the set of characters. The set of characters is associated with a player and is adapted to include at least one character. Each character in the set of characters includes at least one attribute adjustable by the player. The point value is determined based at least in part on at least one attribute of the at least one character. The point value represents an effective strength of the character. The total point value is determined based at least in part on the determined point value. The total point value represents an effective strength of the characters in the set of characters.

US Patent:

20080039169, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/499011

Inventors:

Timothy Randolph Harris - Chicago IL, US
Michael McCarthy - Chicago IL, US
David Vincent Shuck - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 9

Abstract:

Certain embodiments provide a method for selecting an allocation of character attributes in a gaming system including selecting a set of characters, aggregating outcome data, aggregating allocation data, determining a correlation between outcome data and allocation data, and selecting an allocation based at least in part on the determined correlation. The set of characters includes at least one character and each character includes a set of attributes. Each attribute has an associated attribute value adapted to be adjusted. Each character is associated with an outcome record based at least in part on a competition. Outcome data is based at least in part on outcome records. Allocation data is based at least in part on each set of attributes and attribute values associated with each attribute in each set of attributes. The correlation is based at least in part on which attributes and attribute values correspond to which outcomes.

US Patent:

20140033272, Jan 30, 2014

Filed:

Jul 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/561511

Inventors:

Timothy E. Harris - Lafayette CO, US
Jeremy E. Cath - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 21/20

US Classification:

726 3

Abstract:

A process to evaluate a request to access a service received from a user's computing device having a software stack and a software stack provider over a computer network is disclosed. Prior to providing access to the service, a determination is made as to whether the software stack meets a set of conditions. If the set of conditions are met, the software stack provides verification information. The software stack provider is asked to validate the verification information. Access to the service if the software stack provider validates that the set of conditions are met.

US Patent:

61392014, Oct 31, 2000

Filed:

Apr 15, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/632780

Inventors:

Jaime G. Carbonell - Pittsburgh PA
Sharlene L. Gallup - Morton IL
Timothy J. Harris - Pekin IL
James W. Higdon - Lacon IL
Dennis A. Hill - East Peoria IL
David C. Hudson - Edelstein IL
David Nasjleti - Morton IL
Mervin L. Rennich - Dunlap IL
Peggy M. Andersen - Pittsburgh PA
Michael M. Bauer - Pittsburgh PA
Roy F. Busdiecker - Pittsburgh PA
Philip J. Hayes - Pittsburgh PA
Alison K. Huettner - Pittsburgh PA
Bruce M. McLaren - Pittsburgh PA
Irene Nirenburg - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Riebling - Pittsburgh PA
Linda M. Schmandt - Pittsburgh PA
John F. Sweet - Pittsburgh PA
Kathryn L. Baker - Pittsburgh PA
Nicholas D. Brownlow - Pittsburgh PA
Susan E. Holm - Pittsburgh PA
John Robert Russell Leavitt - Pittsburgh PA
Deryle W. Lonsdale - Bridgeville PA
Teruko Mitamura - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Nyberg - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

G06F 314
G06F 1721

US Classification:

395752

Abstract:

The present invention is a system of integrated, computer-based processes for monolingual information development and multilingual translation. An interactive text editor enforces lexical and grammatical constraints on a natural language subset used by the authors to create their text, which they help disambiguate to ensure translatability. The resulting translatable source language text undergoes machine translation into any one of a set of target languages, without the translated text requiring any postediting.

US Patent:

56778350, Oct 14, 1997

Filed:

Dec 22, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/363309

Inventors:

Jaime G. Carbonell - Pittsburgh PA
Sharlene L. Gallup - Morton IL
Timothy J. Harris - Pekin IL
James W. Higdon - Lacon IL
Dennis A. Hill - East Peoria IL
David C. Hudson - Edelstein IL
David Nasjleti - Morton IL
Mervin L. Rennich - Dunlap IL
Peggy M. Andersen - Pittsburgh PA
Michael M. Bauer - Pittsburgh PA
Roy F. Busdiecker - Pittsburgh PA
Philip J. Hayes - Pittsburgh PA
Alison K. Huettner - Pittsburgh PA
Bruce M. McLaren - Pittsburgh PA
Irene Nirenburg - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Riebling - Pittsburgh PA
Linda M. Schmandt - Pittsburgh PA
John F. Sweet - Pittsburgh PA
Kathryn L. Baker - Pittsburgh PA
Nicholas D. Brownlow - Pittsburgh PA
Alexander M. Franz - Pittsburgh PA
Susan E. Holm - Pittsburgh PA
John Robert Russell Leavitt - Pittsburgh PA
Deryle W. Lonsdale - Bridgeville PA
Teruko Mitamura - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Nyberg - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

G06F 1728
G06F 1727
G06F 1720

US Classification:

36441902

Abstract:

The present invention is a system of integrated, computer-based processes for monolingual information development and multilingual translation. An interactive text editor enforces lexical and grammatical constraints on a natural language subset used by the authors to create their text, which they help disambiguate to ensure translatability. The resulting translatable source language text undergoes machine translation into any one of a set of target languages, without the translated text requiring any postediting.

US Patent:

61637858, Dec 19, 2000

Filed:

May 11, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/309802

Inventors:

Jaime G. Carbonell - Pittsburgh PA
Sharlene L. Gallup - Morton IL
Timothy J. Harris - Pekin IL
James W. Higdon - Lacon IL
Dennis A. Hill - East Peoria IL
David C. Hudson - Edelstein IL
David Nasjleti - Morton IL
Mervin L. Rennich - Dunlap IL
Peggy M. Andersen - Pittsburgh PA
Michael M. Bauer - Pittsburgh PA
Roy F. Busdiecker - Pittsburgh PA
Philip J. Hayes - Pittsburgh PA
Alison K. Huettner - Pittsburgh PA
Bruce M. McLaren - Pittsburgh PA
Irene Nirenburg - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Riebling - Pittsburgh PA
Linda M. Schmandt - Pittsburgh PA
John F. Sweet - Pittsburgh PA
Kathryn L. Baker - Pittsburgh PA
Nicholas D. Brownlow - Pittsburgh PA
Alexander M. Franz - Pittsburgh PA
Susan E. Holm - Pittsburgh PA
John Robert Russell Leavitt - Pittsburgh PA
Deryle W. Lonsdale - Bridgeville PA
Teruko Mitamura - Pittsburgh PA
Eric H. Nyberg - Pittsburgh PA

Assignee:

Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria IL

International Classification:

G06F 1728

US Classification:

707530

Abstract:

The present invention is a system of integrated, computer-based processes for monolingual information development. and multilingual translation. An interactive text editor enforces lexical and grammatical constraints on a natural language subset used by the authors to create their text, which they help disambiguate to ensure translatability. The resulting translatable source language text undergoes machine translation into any one of a set of target languages, without the translated text requiring any postediting.