Michael J Chow

US Patent:

20100153884, Jun 17, 2010

Filed:

Dec 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/333937

Inventors:

Michael Chow - San Mateo CA, US
Tim Rechin - San Carlos CA, US
Martin Price - Volpedo, IT
Tussanee Garcia Shelton - San Mateo CA, US
Joff Redfern - Palo Alto CA, US
Luke Wroblewski - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715841

Abstract:

An enhanced toolbar is disclosed. The enhanced toolbar is not static but is rather updated dynamically. In one aspect, the enhanced toolbar has a bounded perimeter and comprises a plurality of icons visibly displayed on a display of a computing device. Each icon occupies a first space within the bounded perimeter of the toolbar. Upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, the first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within the perimeter. The information is not visible absent the expansion.

US Patent:

20120252557, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Apr 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/079148

Inventors:

Michael Chow - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Rouse - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Holme - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 25, 463 42, 463 43

Abstract:

An advertisement is associated with a particular user move in a gaming environment where playing of the user move by a user results in the advertisement being displayed at the user's gaming device. With multiple users, each play of a unique user move results in a corresponding uniquely targeted advertisement being displayed at the respective gaming device of each user. User moves and associated advertisements are bound to one another based on a frequency of use of the user move in game play and the desirability of the advertiser to associate the advertisement with the user move.

US Patent:

20120252559, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Sep 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/244861

Inventors:

Michael Chow - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Rouse - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Holme - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 25

Abstract:

An advertisement is associated with a particular user move in a gaming environment where playing of the user move by a user results in the advertisement being displayed at the user's gaming device. With multiple users, each play of a unique user move results in a corresponding uniquely targeted advertisement being displayed at the respective gaming device of each user. User moves and associated advertisements are bound to one another based on a frequency of use of the user move in game play and the desirability of the advertiser to associate the advertisement with the user move.

US Patent:

20120252573, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Sep 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/244739

Inventors:

Michael Chow - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Rouse - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Holme - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 30

Abstract:

An advertisement is associated with a particular user move in a gaming environment where playing of the user move by a user results in the advertisement being displayed at the user's gaming device. With multiple users, each play of a unique user move results in a corresponding uniquely targeted advertisement being displayed at the respective gaming device of each user. User moves and associated advertisements are bound to one another based on a frequency of use of the user move in game play and the desirability of the advertiser to associate the advertisement with the user move.

US Patent:

20120252574, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Sep 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/244858

Inventors:

Michael Chow - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Rouse - Dallas TX, US
Kevin Holme - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 31

Abstract:

An advertisement is associated with a particular user move in a gaming environment where playing of the user move by a user results in the advertisement being displayed at the user's gaming device. With multiple users, each play of a unique user move results in a corresponding uniquely targeted advertisement being displayed at the respective gaming device of each user. User moves and associated advertisements are bound to one another based on a frequency of use of the user move in game play and the desirability of the advertiser to associate the advertisement with the user move.

US Patent:

59960655, Nov 30, 1999

Filed:

Mar 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/831473

Inventors:

Sivakumar Makineni - Sunnyvale CA
Brian L. Hughes - Fremont CA
Sunhyuk Kimn - Campbell CA
Michael Chow - Cupertino CA
Suri Babu Medapati - Santa Clara CA
Albert Lo - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 938

US Classification:

712218

Abstract:

A microprocessor having a pipelined floating point unit operable to bypass pre-rounded results at clock cycle i and provide the pre-rounded results as an operand for a second instruction at clock cycle i+2. In one embodiment, the pipelined execution unit includes at least a first execution step at clock cycle i, and a second execution step at a clock cycle i+1 and clock cycle i+2. The unit includes a bypass leading from the first execution step at clock cycle i, however, there is no bypass leading from the second execution step at clock cycle i+1. The bypass carries the pre-rounded results from the end of the first execution step to the front end of the pipeline via a latched data path which delays the pre-rounded result one clock cycle.

US Patent:

20210299575, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar 31, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/836133

Inventors:

- Tokyo, JP
Justice Adams - San Mateo CA, US
Mario Sarria, JR. - San Mateo CA, US
Jorge Arroyo Palacios - San Mateo CA, US
Nirmal Rajkumar - San Mateo CA, US
Michael Chow - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/79

Abstract:

A method is provided, including the following operations: monitoring gameplay activity in a plurality of game sessions, wherein the monitoring includes, for each game session, analyzing the gameplay activity in said game session to predict future gameplay activity in said game session; identifying one or more characteristics of a plurality of spectators interacting with a virtual character, wherein each of the spectators interacting with the virtual character accesses, over a network, a channel that is attributed to the virtual character; through the channel, providing access to the spectators to spectate a selected game session that is one of the plurality of game sessions, selected based on the predicted future gameplay activity and based on the characteristics of the plurality of spectators.

US Patent:

20210142624, May 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov 8, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/678630

Inventors:

- Tokyo, JP
Michael Chow - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

G07F 17/32
G06F 9/451
G06N 5/04
G06Q 50/34

Abstract:

Odds for various propositions concerning the play of a computer simulation are determined and presented to a viewer for pecuniary or non-pecuniary wagering purposes. The odds may be determined using past game analytics, or may be determined parimutuelly.