Patents
Gaming patents are legal protections for intellectual property in the gaming industry. They can cover anything from hardware and software to game mechanics and user interfaces. Patents give exclusive rights to their owners, allowing them to license and profit from their creations.
Some of the major names in the industry that consistently patent new technologies are Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Activision. Stay tuned to eXputer as our talented team scours the web for fresh and interesting patents that hint at the involvement of more advanced technologies in the realm of gaming.
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Games
EA Files Patent For In-Game Content Generated Using Player Behavior
EA has recently filed a patent for a dynamic system that will track players' in-game behaviors to generate terrain or unlock in-game content.
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PlayStation
Sony’s New Patent Points To Bright Future For Ray-Tracing
Over time, video games have experienced improvements in all possible regards, such as storytelling and the size of in-game maps. However, most would agree that the most considerable improvement in…
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PlayStation
Sony Patent Suggests Backwards Compatibility For PS Classics
As of recent, backwards compatibility has been the talk of the town among console players. With companies like Microsoft focusing entirely on backwards compatibility, it’s obvious that Sony Interactive Entertainment…
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Games
Notification Summary Feature Spotted in Latest Sony Patent
The PlayStation 5 houses a genuinely smooth, and appealing user interface that sparks convenience right out the gate. The innovation seems to be fresh and quite suited to the capability…
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Games
Activision Files a Patent to Render 3D Visuals Inside 2D Games
To say game developers and studios are always up to newer innovations would be just stating the obvious, but Activision filing a peculiar patent gives off vibes we’re surely unfamiliar…
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Games
Sony Files a Patent to Incorporate Real-Word Locations Inside Video Games
The PlayStation 5 is a console built for the generation to come. It has been equipped with all sorts of hardware to help it become a revolutionary gaming machine. Bearing…
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Games
Sony Files Patent for a Controller With Proximity Sensors
Sony has filed a patent with the title, “Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System, Controller Device, Information Processing Method, and Program,” but it’s only the patent’s abstract that makes some…
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Games
EA Registers a Patent For Voice Controlling Game Characters
In recent times, EA has filed a patent for voice-controlled characters in video games on Patentscope. While this is something that isn’t ubiquitous as of yet, we’d love to see…