Illumagear, Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Andrew Royal

Chad Austin Brinckerhoff

Raymond Walter Riley

John Russell Murkowski

Kristin Marie Will

John Maxwell Baker

Trent Robert Wetherbee

Alexander Michael Diener

Jonathan Brandt Hadley

Kyle S Johnston

Keith W Kirkwood

Mark John Ramberg

Evan William Mattingly

Clint Timothy Schneider

Aaron D Johnson

Alex Michael Diener

Graham Cunliffe

Trent Shumay

Chelsea Jones

Steve Pridie

Kevin Geisner

Chee Heng Chew

Sandra Irene Vargas

Keith Lindsey Rowe

Martin J Sleeman

Peter Andrew Bernard

Tyler Hart

Rob SanFilippo

Luke Springer

John A Manthey

A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination.

Light-emitting systems for headgear

A configurable site safety system includes a plurality of wearable signaling devices, each with an array of independently addressable lighting elements, a location receiver and one or more communication interfaces. The system may also include a site safety server to track location information received from at least each of the signaling devices, and to cause, based on a subset of the plurality of signaling devices satisfying defined geographical, event-based or other defined criteria, the lighting array of each of the subset of signaling devices to display a defined lighting scheme.

Configurable user tracking and site safety

Light-emitting device for headgear

A phone content service is described. In embodiment(s), content that is associated with a mobile phone can be stored by a phone content service that is accessible by a computer via a data communication network. An update to the content that is associated with the mobile phone can be received and updated at the phone content service. Updated content can then be synchronized with the mobile phone via a mobile communication network.

Phone content service

Online multiplayer games are provided in multiple tiers. A first tier offers limited features and a second tier offers first tier features plus additional features. The additional features are exclusive to the second tier. During game play in the first tier, enticements are provided to participate in the second tier. The first tier requires no subscription to participate therein. Participation in the second tier requires a subscription. In an example configuration, the first tier allows players to host a game on a dedicated server, browse a list of dedicated server games, and join a game from a list of first tier eligible games. And, the second tier offers a variety of additional features, such as the ability to invite other players to join a game session, match making services, and cross-platform game play.

Multi-tier online game play

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Andrew Royal