Seth D Goldstein, 5311550 Velicata Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89138

7818798, Oct 19, 2010

Feb 3, 2006

11/347440

Jerry J. Shekhel - Swampscott MA, US
Ryan M. Jansen - Bedford MA, US
Seth D. Goldstein - Exeter NH, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 11/00
H04L 9/32

726 22, 726 26, 726 27

A computer system configured to intercept method calls placed on an object. By intercepting method calls, processing may be performed on a method call-by-method call basis. As part of the processing, metadata for an object is consulted to partition the methods for that object into subsets. The processing performed in response to any specific method call may be based on the subset to which the method belongs. The type of metadata may depend on the desired operation of the computer system. Metadata representing a white list or black list may be used in a computer system that implements a security zone that allows access to methods deemed to be safe or to deny access to methods deemed to be unsafe. In a performance monitoring system, metadata may identify methods to be logged or methods for which execution cost are to be measured. Values returned by a method call may also be processed when the method calls are intercepted.

2010017, Jul 8, 2010

Jan 2, 2009

12/348019

Alexei Evdokimov - Swampscott MA, US
Ransom Lloyd Richardson - Beverly MA, US
Seth David Goldstein - Exeter NH, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00
G06F 7/00

707769, 707E17014, 707E17044, 711E12001, 707611

Tools and techniques for asynchronous database updates between client applications and search utilities are provided. These tools may receive indications of updates occurring within a workspace in which two or more users are collaborating. Updates to the collaborative workspace may be committed to a collaboration database maintained internally by a collaboration application. The tools may generate request to commit these updates to a search utility, so that the updates are searchable. The search utility maintains a search database that is decoupled from and operates independently of the collaboration database. The tools may increment a notification counter associated with the collaborative workspace, with the notification counter tracking how many requests to commit updates are pending. Finally, the tools may send the request to commit the update to the search database asynchronously with respect to the collaboration database.

2011018, Jul 28, 2011

Oct 27, 2010

12/913493

Ryan Challinor - Somerville MA, US
Dare Matheson - Providence RI, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Marc A. Flury - Cambridge MA, US
Matthew C. Boch - Somerville MA, US
Eran B. Egozy - Brookline MA, US
Dean N. Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Seth Goldstein - Newburyport MA, US

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06F 3/048

715784, 715823, 715815, 715810

The invention includes methods, systems, computer program products and means for providing an intuitive user interface for interacting with a game console that obviates the need for, or use of, a typical game controller. In one embodiment, the user interface comprises an analog-like mechanism for manipulating a menu and icon system. The menu system allows the user to highlight a menu option or icon using movement along one axis and to activate the menu option or icon via movement on a different axis. In one embodiment, highlighting is associated with a vertical motion and activation is associated with a horizontal motion. The vertical motion can be tied to the vertical movement of a particular appendage, e.g., the up and down movement of the user's right arm, and the horizontal motion can be tied to the horizontal movement of that or another appendage, e.g., movement of the right arm or hand across the body from right to left.

2011030, Dec 15, 2011

Nov 5, 2010

12/940794

Marc Albert Flury - Cambridge MA, US
Kasson D. Crooker - Arlington MA, US
Matthew Christopher Boch - Somerville MA, US
Eran B. Egozy - Brookline MA, US
Dean Nicholas Tate - Cambridge MA, US
Seth Goldstein - Exeter NH, US
Isaac Adams - Revere MA, US
Adam Carriuolo - Rehoboth MA, US

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A63F 9/24
A63F 13/00

463 7, 463 32

Presented herein are methods, apparatuses, programs, and systems for scoring a player performance comprising one or more poses in a dance-based video game. a performance 3D skeleton is received that indicates a pose of the player. A score is calculated by comparing a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of the performance 3D skeleton to a position, a timing, or both, associated with one or more joints of a target pose and altering one or more characteristics of the dance-based video game based on the score.