Inventor
KAPLAN KEITH S
US27 patents
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ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC
24 patentsUS9789406B2Oct 17, 2017
System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC137 citations98
US10315113B2Jun 11, 2019
System and method for simulating gameplay of nonplayer characters distributed across networked end user devices
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC14 citations94
US10376781B2Aug 13, 2019
System and method of generating and distributing video game streams
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC16 citations85
US11524237B2Dec 13, 2022
Systems and methods for distributing the generation of nonplayer characters across networked end user devices for use in simulated NPC gameplay sessions
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC5 citations84
US10322351B2Jun 18, 2019
Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC8 citations84
US12161940B2Dec 10, 2024
Methods and systems for enabling users to experience previously hidden information during a playable recreation of a video game session
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC1 citations73
US10857468B2Dec 8, 2020
Systems and methods for dynamically weighing match variables to better tune player matches
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC1 citations73
US10684911B2Jun 16, 2020
Compute resource monitoring system and method associated with benchmark tasks and conditions
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC2 citations73
US10376792B2Aug 13, 2019
Group composition matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC3 citations73
US10245509B2Apr 2, 2019
System and method of inferring user interest in different aspects of video game streams
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC3 citations73
US10232272B2Mar 19, 2019
System and method for replaying video game streams
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC2 citations73
US12303783B2May 20, 2025
Systems and methods for converting a bounded gameplay session to an unbounded gameplay session
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11896905B2Feb 13, 2024
Methods and systems for continuing to execute a simulation after processing resources go offline
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11857876B2Jan 2, 2024
System and method for providing dynamically variable maps in a video game
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11679333B2Jun 20, 2023
Methods and systems for generating a video game stream based on an obtained game log
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11420119B2Aug 23, 2022
Systems and methods for initiating conversion between bounded gameplay sessions and unbounded gameplay sessions
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11310346B2Apr 19, 2022
System and method of generating and distributing video game streams
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US11224807B2Jan 18, 2022
System and method for providing dynamically variable maps in a video game
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US10898813B2Jan 26, 2021
Methods and systems for generating and providing virtual objects and/or playable recreations of gameplay
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations62
US10286314B2May 14, 2019
System and method for providing continuous gameplay in a multiplayer video game through an unbounded gameplay session
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC1 citations62
US10486068B2Nov 26, 2019
System and method for providing dynamically variable maps in a video game
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations52
US10286326B2May 14, 2019
Soft reservation system and method for multiplayer video games
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations52
US10152369B2Dec 11, 2018
Compute resource monitoring system and method associated with benchmark tasks and conditions
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations52
US9889385B2Feb 13, 2018
Video game storage management
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC0 citations41
MICROSOFT CORP
3 patentsUS6249866B1Jun 19, 2001
Encrypting file system and method
MICROSOFT CORP413 citations97
US6594674B1Jul 15, 2003
System and method for creating multiple files from a single source file
MICROSOFT CORP28 citations85
US7150018B2Dec 12, 2006
Method and system for deterministic ordering of software modules
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations82