Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Real-time Worlds, Ltd.

David Scott Jones

Christopher Michael Novak

Peter W Wong

William Henderson

Jacques Bruno Michel Menuet

Billy Thompson

Jonathan Ball

Luke Joseph Halliwell

Alistair J Baxter

Russell William Kay

Jonathan Sinclair Hughes

Michael Dailly

Oliver Norton

A method of executing a computer application in the context of a computer model comprising the steps of retrieving computer model data from a model server, retrieving application information from an application server, and executing said application information in the context of the model in an execution environment.

Method of creating a computer model of the physical world

The present invention is directed generally toward computer-implemented methods for targeting objects in a gaming system. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a soft lock command and applying a soft lock to an object in the game. The soft lock designates an action site on a portion of the object that was proximate to an aiming reference when the soft lock was commanded. The action site is proximate to a location where a selected game action will occur if the game action is commanded. Once the soft lock is applied, the aiming reference can be moved away from the action site. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a command to hard lock a portion of an object, applying the hard lock, and displaying at least one selectable sub-target associated with the object. During the hard lock, the aiming reference remains at least proximate to the portion of the object. When selected, a sub-target includes an action site on part of the object proximate to a location where game action will occur if selected.

Games with targeting features

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David Scott Jones