Sony Patents a System That Fills Game Load Screens With Player Reports
Loading screens are dead time — and Sony wants to fill them with something useful. A new PlayStation patent describes a system…
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Sony Files Patent for Auto-Capturing Gameplay Video to Generate New Content
Sony has filed a patent for a system that automatically captures gameplay footage and uses it to generate entirely new videos —…
Sony Patents a Zone-Based Codec That Ties Audio Quality to Where the Action Is
Sony Interactive Entertainment has patented a codec that doesn't just compress video differently depending on where you're looking — it also adjusts…
Sony Patents a System That Plays Ads During PlayStation Loading Screens
Sony has filed a patent for a system that detects when a loading screen is about to appear, predicts how long it…
Sony Patents a 3D Facial Animation Transfer System for Game Characters
Capturing a real actor's facial performance and having it look right on a fictional game character is a notoriously messy problem. Sony's…
Sony Patents a Paired-Rollback Storage System for Safe Software Updates
Updating software is easy — rolling it back safely when something goes wrong is the hard part. Sony's new patent tackles exactly…
Salesforce Patents a Draw-Your-Query Tool for Data Exploration
What if you could find a dataset by sketching the shape of the trend you're looking for? That's the core idea behind…
Apple Patents a Context-Aware Call Handoff System Between Nearby Devices
Apple is patenting a system that notices when your nearby iPhone is on a live video call — and asks your iPad…
Apple Patents a Grouped UI for Tracking Paired Accessories in Find My
If you've ever opened Find My and struggled to tell your left AirPod from your right one, Apple's latest patent suggests a…
Google Patents a Self-Tuning Analytics Engine That Adjusts Mid-Batch
Most database engines pick a query strategy before they start and stick with it, even if it turns out to be wrong.…
Google Patents a Reverberation Decorrelation Method for Spatial Audio Compression
Spatial audio sounds immersive when it's played back on good speakers — but compressing it without making the reverb sound flat and…
Microsoft Patents a System That Turns Form Answers Into Executable Code
What if filling out a form was secretly writing code? Microsoft has filed a patent for exactly that — a system that…
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