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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

May. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Toytalk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Chann, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jon Collins, San Francisco, CA (US);

Benjamin Morse, Berkeley, CA (US);

Lucas R. A. Ives, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Martin Reddy, San Francisco, CA (US);

Oren M. Jacob, Piedmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

PULLSTRING, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 13/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/8541 (2011.01); A63F 13/60 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/60 (2014.09); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01); H04N 21/8541 (2013.01); G06T 2213/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various of the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for providing animated multimedia, e.g. animated shows, to an audience over a network. Particularly, some embodiments provide systems and methods for generating and providing audio, animation, and other experience-related information so that user's may readily experience the content in a seamless manner (e.g., as an audience member watching a show, playing a video game, etc.). Various embodiments animate 'to the audience' based, e.g., on what content the audience is consuming. The animations may be generated in real-time from constituent components and assets in response to user behavior.


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