Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 032240/0257
Security Agreement
Recorded: 2014-02-11
Pages: 24
Assignor
ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.
Executed: 2014-01-31
Assignee
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
901 MAIN STREET, 14TH FLOOR, MAIL CODE: TX1-492-14-06, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75202
Covered Properties
(258)
Method and System for Manipulating Graphical Objects
Patent:
5,990,888 →
Application:
08/216,735 →
Method and Apparatus for Enabling Trial Period Use of Software Products: Method and Apparatus for Passing Encrypted Files Between Data Processing Systems
Patent:
5,563,946 →
Application:
08/238,418 →
Menu Bar Editor
Patent:
5,530,796 →
Application:
08/315,365 →
Networking Video Games Over Telephone Network
Patent:
5,685,775 →
Application:
08/330,875 →
System and Method for Controlling Access to Data Located on a Content Server
Patent:
5,706,507 →
Application:
08/503,658 →
System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Reviewing and Creating Advisories for Data Located on a Content Server
Patent:
5,878,233 →
Application:
08/511,850 →
Method and System for Managing Objects in Networked Computer System Wi Th Action Performed in the Server and Object Updated in the Client
Patent:
5,768,511 →
Application:
08/531,157 →
Similated Three-Dimensional Display Using Bit-Mapped Information
Patent:
5,977,979 →
Application:
08/550,854 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Pseudo-3D Rendering for Virtual Reality Computer User Interfaces
Patent:
6,426,757 →
Application:
08/610,681 →
Nupport for Portable Trusted Software
Patent:
5,825,877 →
Application:
08/661,517 →
Gui Pushbutton with Multi-Function Mini-Button
Patent:
5,736,985 →
Application:
08/674,373 →
Method and Apparatus for Enabling Trial Period Use of Software Products: Method and Apparatus for Utilizing a Decryption Stub
Patent:
5,737,416 →
Application:
08/693,555 →
Hotlinks Between an Annotation Window and Graphics Window for Interactive 3D Graphics
Patent:
5,708,764 →
Application:
08/716,816 →
Prioritization of Background Display During Animation
Patent:
5,920,325 →
Application:
08/753,077 →
Method and System for Providing an Improved View of an Object in a Tree-Dimensional Environment on a Computer Display
Patent:
6,081,270 →
Application:
08/789,342 →
Method and System for Classifying User Objects in a Three-Dimensional (3D) Environment on a Display in a Computer System
Patent:
6,111,581 →
Application:
08/789,343 →
Method and System for Navigating Through Opaque Structures on a Display
Patent:
5,969,724 →
Application:
08/789,344 →
Audio Setup and Use Instructions
Patent:
5,903,266 →
Application:
08/801,663 →
System and Method for Providing Mapping Notation in Interactive Video Displays
Patent:
5,835,692 →
Application:
08/822,888 →
Navigation via Environmental Objects in Three-Dimensional Workspace Interactive Displays
Patent:
6,271,842 →
Application:
08/825,985 →
Viewer Interactive Three-Dimensional Workspace with Interactive Three-Dimensional Objects and Corresponding Two-Dimensional Images of Objects in an Interactive Two-Dimensional Workplane
Patent:
5,923,324 →
Application:
08/826,617 →
Viewer Interactive Three-Dimensional Objects and Two-Dimensional Images in Virtual Three-Dimensional Workspace
Patent:
6,734,884 →
Application:
08/826,618 →
Back Away Navigation from Three-Dimensional Objects in Three-Dimensional Workspace Interactive Displays
Patent:
6,104,406 →
Application:
08/835,145 →
Method and System for Sharing Information in a Virtual Reality World
Patent:
5,911,045 →
Application:
08/842,346 →
Navigation via Optimum Browsing Viewpoints in Three-Dimensional Workspace Interactive Displays
Patent:
5,900,879 →
Application:
08/845,876 →
Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Compass Navigation of Avatars in Three Dimensional Worlds
Patent:
6,144,381 →
Application:
08/856,166 →
Facilitating Viewer Interaction with Three-Dimensional Objects and Two-Dimensional Images in Virtual Three-Dimensional Workspace by Drag and Drop Technique
Patent:
5,903,271 →
Application:
08/862,661 →
Determining View Point on Objects Automatically in Three-Dimensional Workspace from Other Environmental Objects in a Three-Dimensional Workspace
Patent:
6,081,271 →
Application:
08/862,824 →
Methods Systems and Computer Program Products for Transporting Users in Three Dimensional Virtual Reality Worlds Using Transportation Vehicles
Patent:
6,271,843 →
Application:
08/866,826 →
Method for Displaying Information in a Virtual Reality Environment
Patent:
6,025,839 →
Application:
08/871,018 →
Climbability: Property for Objects in 3-D Virtual Environments
Patent:
5,883,628 →
Application:
08/887,806 →
Interaction Spheres of Three-Dimensional Objects in Three-Dimensional Workspace Displays
Patent:
6,094,196 →
Application:
08/887,807 →
Passageway Properties: Customizable Protocols for Entry & Exit of Places
Patent:
6,069,632 →
Application:
08/887,829 →
User Interactive Display Interfaces with Means for Interactive Formation of Combination Display Objects Representative of Combined Interactive Functions
Patent:
6,657,642 →
Application:
08/887,830 →
Navagation with Optimum Viewpoints in Three-Dimensional Workspace Interactive Displays Having Three-Dimensional Objects with Collision Barriers
Patent:
6,014,145 →
Application:
08/888,804 →
High Availibility Web Browser Access to Servers
Patent:
6,134,588 →
Application:
08/968,037 →
System and Method for Controlling Access Rights to and Security of Digital Content in a Distributed Information System, E.G., Internet
Patent:
6,098,056 →
Application:
08/977,687 →
Avatar Pointing Mode
Patent:
6,091,410 →
Application:
08/979,669 →
Method and Apparatus for Displaying Panoramas with Streaming Video
Patent:
6,356,297 →
Application:
09/007,729 →
Method and System for Signaling Presence of Users in a Networked Environment
Patent:
6,148,328 →
Application:
09/016,052 →
Method and System for Collecting User Profile Information Over the World-Wide Web in the Presence of Dynamic Content Using Document Comparators
Patent:
6,185,614 →
Application:
09/084,452 →
Embedding Information in Three-Dimensional Geometric Model
Patent:
6,201,881 →
Application:
09/084,480 →
Hyperlinked Relational Database Visualization System
Patent:
6,282,547 →
Application:
09/139,793 →
Communicating Screen Saver
Patent:
6,353,449 →
Application:
09/210,128 →
Methods and Apparatus for Providing 3D Viewpoint Selection in a Server/Client Arrangement
Patent:
6,222,551 →
Application:
09/229,793 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Awareness-Triggered Push
Patent:
6,311,206 →
Application:
09/231,081 →
Distributed Server for Real-Time Collaboration
Patent:
6,334,141 →
Application:
09/241,991 →
Method and System for Rendering a Virtual Three-Dimensional Graphical Display
Patent:
6,452,593 →
Application:
09/253,580 →
Projected Audio for Computer Displays
Patent:
6,469,712 →
Application:
09/276,387 →
Control Apparatus and Method of Selecting a Graphical Object and Changing Display Attributes Thereof
Patent:
6,337,700 →
Application:
09/307,463 →
Method and System for Transferring Data Using a Graphical User Interface
Patent:
6,411,312 →
Application:
09/307,798 →
User Interfaces, Methods, and Computer Program Products That Can Conserve Space on a Computer Display Screen by Associating an Icon with a Plurality of Operations
Patent:
6,462,760 →
Application:
09/320,103 →
Educational Monitoring Method and System for Improving Interactive Skills Based on Participants on the Network
Patent:
6,505,208 →
Application:
09/329,128 →
Master/Slave Architecture for a Distributed Chat Application in a Bandwidth Costrained Network
Patent:
6,499,053 →
Application:
09/345,183 →
Systems and Methods for Publishing Data with Expiration Times
Patent:
6,618,751 →
Application:
09/378,264 →
Compression of Polygonal Models with Low Latency Decompression
Patent:
6,445,389 →
Application:
09/411,448 →
Dynamic View-Dependent Texture Mapping
Patent:
6,525,731 →
Application:
09/436,904 →
System for Dynamically Adjusting Image Quality for Interactive Graphics Applications
Patent:
6,473,085 →
Application:
09/465,295 →
Dynamic Clients, Dynamic Partitions, Locking,and Migration Capability for Distributed Server for Real-Time Collaboration
Patent:
6,336,134 →
Application:
09/476,445 →
Methods and Apparatus for Transmission and Rendering of Complex 3D Models Over Networks Using Mixed Representations
Patent:
6,684,255 →
Application:
09/482,176 →
Method and System for Dynamically Determining the Appropriate Information and/or User Interface for Presentation to Differing Users
Patent:
6,781,607 →
Application:
09/492,253 →
Licensed Application Installer
Patent:
6,948,168 →
Application:
09/539,859 →
Method and System for the Secured Distribution of Multimedia Titles
Patent:
38,375 →
Application:
09/560,334 →
Automatic Target Enlargement for Simplified Selection
Patent:
6,567,109 →
Application:
09/584,942 →
Systems for Managing Network Resources
Patent:
6,832,239 →
Application:
09/611,692 →
Method and Apparatus Providing Autonomous Discovery of Potential Trading Partners in a Dynamic, Decentralized Information Economy
Patent:
6,886,026 →
Application:
09/717,856 →
Proximity Selection of Selectable Items in a Graphical User Interface
Method for Displaying Character Strings
Multi-Functional Application Launcher with Integrated Status
Method and System for Data Communication
Data Structures for Efficient Processing of Multicast Transmissions
System, Computer-Readable Storage Device, and Method for Combining the Functionality of Multiple Text Controls in a Graphical User Interface
Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Three Dimensional Text Creation
Automated Entitlement Verification for Delivery of Licensed Software
Specifying Monitored User Participation in Messaging Sessions
Method and System for Producing Dynamically Determined Drop Shadows in a Three-Dimensional Graphical User Interface
Distributing Computer Programs to a Customer's Multiple Client Computers Through a Hypertext Markup Language Document Distributed to and Stored on the Customer's Network Server Computer
System and Method for User Enrollment in an E-Community
Ad Hoc Data Sharing in Virtual Team Rooms
System and Method for Optimizing Computer Software and Hardware
Patent:
38,865 →
Application:
10/141,383 →
Efficient Triangular Shaped Meshes
System and Method for Building Social Networks Based on Activity Around Shared Virtual Objects
Bi-Level Iso-Surface Compression
User-Defined Assistive Gui Glue
Intelligent Positioning of Items in a Tree Map Visualization
Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Deploying Software via Post-Load Images
Creating User Metric Patterns Including User Notification
Method and System for Participant Automatic Re-Invite and Updating During Conferencing
Method and System for Voice on Demand Private Message Chat
Service for Providing Periodic Contact to a Predetermined List of Contacts Using Multi-Party Rules
Providing Collaboration Services to a Wireless Device
Sip Based Voip Multiplayer Network Games
Method for Distributing and Geographically Load Balancing Location Aware Communication Device Client-Proxy Applications
Searchable Instant Messaging Chat Repositories Using Topic and Identifier Metadata
Chat Marking and Synchronization
Topology Determination, Decomposable Shape Generation, and Structured Mesh Generation
Method for Generating a Portal Page
Dynamic Media Content for Collaborators with Voip Support for Client Communications
Methods, Apparatus and Computer Programs Supporting Shortcuts Across a Plurality of Devices
Method for Determining Availability of Participation in Instant Messaging
Method for Using Presence in a System Management Environment
Mechanism for Delivering Messages to Competing Consumers in a Point-to-Point System
Method for Aligning Demonstrated User Actions with Existing Documentation
Method and Apparatus for Role Mapping Methodology for User Registry Migration
Handling of Players and Objects in Massive Multi-Player on-Line Games
Source Code Repair Method for Malicious Code Detection
System and Method for Context-Specific Instant Messaging
Method and Apparatus for Presenting Navigable Data Center Information in Virtual Reality Using Leading Edge Rendering Engines
User Enrollment in an E-Community
Method, System, and Program Product for Re-Meshing of a Three-Dimensional Input Model Using Progressive Implicit Approximating Levels
Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Displaying Images of Conference Call Participants
Context Enhanced Messaging and Collaboration System
Chat Tool for Concurrently Chatting Over More Than One Interrelated Chat Channels
Facilitating Simulated Purchases of Items by Virtual Representations of Participants in Computer-Based Simulations
Multiple Spacial Indexes for Dynamic Scene Management in Graphics Rendering
Pixel Color Accumulation in a Ray Tracing Image Processing System
Updating Frame Divisions Based on Ray Tracing Image Processing System Performance
Method for Improving Spatial Index Efficiency by Jittering Splitting Planes
Method for Reducing Network Bandwidth by Delaying Shadow Ray Generation
Ray Tracing Image Processing System
Simultaneous View and Point Navigation
Generating Efficient Spatial Indexes for Predictably Dynamic Objects
Stochastic Culling of Rays with Increased Depth of Recursion
Stochastic Addition of Rays in a Ray Tracing Image Processing System
Scheduling and Reserving Virtual Meeting Locations in a Calendaring Application
Efficient and Flexible Data Organization for Acceleration Data Structure Nodes
Deferred Acceleration Data Structure Optimization for Improved Performance
Dynamically Load Balancing Game Physics Using Real-Time Object Scaling
Combined Spatial Index for Static and Dynamic Objects Within a Three-Dimensional Scene
Using Ray Tracing for Real Time Audio Synthesis
Utilizing Ray Tracing for Enhanced Artificial Intelligence Path-Finding
Postponing an Instant Messaging Session
Bi-Level Iso-Surface Compression
Dynamically Configuring and Selecting Multiple Ray Tracing Intersection Methods
Method and Apparatus for Spawning Projected Avatars in a Virtual Universe
Managing a Communication Availability Status
Modifying Time Progression Rates in a Virtual Universe
Arrangements for Interactivity Between a Virtual Universe and the World Wide Web
User-Specific Search Indexing Within a Virtual Environment
Generating a User-Specific Search Index of Content Within a Virtual Environment
Animating Speech of an Avatar Representing a Participant in a Mobile Communication
Controlling and Using Virtual Universe Wish Lists
Compensating Participants of Virtual Environments
Virtual Universe Account Protection
Device, Method and Computer Program Product for Providing an Alert Indication
Developing User Profiles in Virtual Worlds
Application:
11/928,852 →
Publication:
US 2009/0113319
Updating Data Stores of Virtual Worlds Based on Data Stores External to the Virtual Worlds
Collapsing Areas of a Region in a Virtual Universe to Conserve Computing Resources
Reducing a Display Quality of an Area in a Virtual Universe to Conserve Computing Resources
Method and System for Splitting Virtual Universes into Distinct Entities
Augmenting Reality for a User
Controlling Interaction Between Protected Media
Allowing an Alternative Action in a Virtual World
Assessment of a View Through the Overlay of Maps
Automatic Increasing of Capacity of a Virtual Space in a Virtual World
Managing Objectionable Material in 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds
Arrangements for Controlling Activities of an Avatar
Computer System and Method of Using Presence Visualizations of Avatars as Persistable Virtual Contact Objects
System for Managing Encounters in a Virtual World Environment
Generating Data for Managing Encounters in a Virtual World Environment
Application:
11/963,883 →
Publication:
US 2009/0164919
Media Playlist Construction for Virtual Environments
Generating Data for Media Playlist Construction in Virtual Environments
Predator and Abuse Identification and Prevention in a Virtual Environment
Using Voice Biometrics Across Virtual Environments in Association with an Avatar's Movements
Game Determination of Tag Relevance for Social Bookmarking
Method and System for Merging Disparate Virtual Universes Entities
Pack Avatar for Shared Inventory in a Virtual Universe
Shared Inventory Item Donation in a Virtual Universe
Rating Virtual World Merchandise by Avatar Visits
System for Using Gender Analysis of Names to Assign Avatars in Instant Messaging Applications
Patent:
7,447,996 →
Application:
12/038,954 →
Method for Aligning Demonstrated User Actions with Existing Documentation
Detecting a Phishing Entity in a Virtual Universe
Method and Computer Program Product for Implementing Automatic Avatar Status Indicators
Method for Locating a Teleport Target Station in a Virtual World
Game Controller Spatial Detection
Patent:
7,427,980 →
Application:
12/059,698 →
Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Providing E-Token Based Access Control for Virtual World Spaces
Dynamic Spawning of Focal Point Objects Within a Virtual Universe System
Techniques for Providing Presentation Material in an on-Going Virtual Meeting
Object Based Avatar Tracking
Object Size Modifications Based on Avatar Distance
Cloning Objects in a Virtual Universe
Anisotropic Texture Filtering with Texture Data Prefetching
Connecting External Devices to a Gaming Voice Chat Service
Managing Energy Usage by Devices Associated with a Virtual Universe Resource Conservation Region
Managing Use Limitations in a Virtual Universe Resource Conservation Region
Indicating Physical Site Energy Usage Through a Virtual Environment
Secure Communication Modes in a Virtual Universe
Method to Invite Users to a Virtual World Using Instant Messaging
Simulation of Writing on Game Consoles Through the Use of Motion-Sensing Technology
User-Defined Assistive Gui Glue
Management of Virtual Universe Item Returns
System and Program Product for Re-Meshing of a Three-Dimensional Input Model Using Progressive Implicit Approximating Levels
Method and System for Self-Service Manufacture and Sale of Customized Virtual Goods
Automatic Transformation of Inventory Items in a Virtual Universe
Method to Continue Instant Messaging Exchange When Exiting a Virtual World
Intelligent Positioning of Items in a Tree Map Visualization
Context-Specific Instant Messaging
Dynamic Media Content for Collaborators with Voip Support for Client Communications
Displaying Images of Conference Call Participants
Distributing and Geographically Load Balancing Location Aware Communication Device Client-Proxy Applications
Method for Avatar Wandering in a Computer Based Interactive Environment
Image Capture and Buffering in a Virtual World Using Situational Measurement Averages
Image Capture and Buffering in a Virtual World
Collaborative and Situationally Aware Active Billboards
Patent:
7,515,136 →
Application:
12/183,651 →
Virtual Environment Module Bundle
Presenting and Filtering Objects in a Virtual World
Inventory Item Expiration and Renewal in a Virtual Universe
Portal Page Generation
Application:
12/206,915 →
Publication:
US 2009/0006971
Determining Valued Excursion Corridors in Virtual Worlds
Providing Location Information Within a Virtual World
Virtual Universe Subject Matter Expert Assistance
Topology Determination, Decomposable Shape Generation, and Structured Mesh Generation
System and Method for Utilizing System Lag to Send Facts to an End User
Virtual Universe Supervisory Presence
Avatar Protection Within a Virtual Universe
Avatar Appearance Transformation in a Virtual Universe
Method and Apparatus for a Computer Simulated Environment
Managing Multi-Player Video Game Input
Generating Content Recommendations from an Online Game
User Enrollment in an E-Community
Service for Providing Periodic Contact to a Predetermined List of Contacts Using Multi-Party Rules
Method and System for Rendering the Scenes of a Role Playing Game in a Metaverse
Use of Information Channels to Provide Communications in a Virtual Environment
System and Method to Provide Context for an Automated Agent to Service Mulitple Avatars Within a Virtual Universe
Dynamic Location Generation Within a Virtual World
Method and System for Rating Exchangeable Gestures via Communications in Virtual World Applications
Gesture Exchange via Communications in Virtual World Applications
System and Method for Providing Information in a Virtual World
Dividing Three-Dimensional Space into Location Based Virtual Packets
Dialog Server for Handling Conversation in Virtual Space Method and Computer Program for Having Conversation in Virtual Space
Region Access Authorization in a Virtual Environment
System, Method, and Computer Program for Determining Whether Object Is Genuine or Fake in Metaverse
Using Presence in a System Management Environment
Aging and Elimination of Avatars and Associated Objects from Computer Simulated Displayed Virtual Universes
Sip Based Voip Multiplayer Network Games
Animating Speech of an Avatar Representing a Participant in a Mobile Communication
Controlling and Using Virtual Universe Wish Lists
Method and System for Merging Disparate Virtual Universes Entities
Media Playlist Construction for Virtual Environments
Spawning Projected Avatars in a Virtual Universe
Modifying a Display Quality of an Area in a Virtual Universe According to Avatar Characteristics
Allowing an Alternative Action in a Virtual World
Automatic Increasing of Capacity of a Virtual Space in a Virtual World
Controlling Interaction Between Protected Media
Use of Information Channels to Provide Communications in a Virtual Environment
Dialog Server for Handling Conversation in Virtual Space Method and Computer Program for Having Conversation in Virtual Space
Detecting a Phishing Entity in a Virtual Universe
Anisotropic Texture Filtering with Texture Data Prefetching
Controlling and Using Virtual Universe Wish Lists
Collapsing Areas of a Region in a Virtual Universe to Conserve Computing Resources
Dynamic Spawning of Focal Point Objects Within a Virtual Universe System
Providing Context for an Automated Agent to Service Multiple Avatars Within a Virtual Universe
Determining Whether Object Is Genuine or Fake in Metaverse
Avatar Protection Within a Virtual Universe
Spawning Projected Avatars in a Virtual Universe
Controlling and Using Virtual Universe Wish Lists
Application:
13/893,129 →
Publication:
US 2013/0254043
Collapsing areas of a region in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources
Dialog Server for Handling Conversation in Virtual Space Method and Computer Program for Having Conversation in Virtual Space
Related Assignments
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Other recorded transfers of the patents in this record — the chain of ownership.
Correct Error in Previous Recordation, Reel 007390 Frame 0003.
Aug 29, 2011
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2012
From: CRAGUN, BRIAN J.; MITCHELL, MICHAEL D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2013
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.
Reel/Frame 029900/0285 →
Release of Security Interest
Oct 17, 2016
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.; ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.; ACTIVISION ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.; BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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