Whilst all these were filed whilst at IBM they are a matter of public record where I am inventor or co-inventor
Title: A SYSTEM FOR PREPARING DATA
Issued as Patent GB2409299 in GB
Co-inventors: Aires, K. Shaw, D.M.
Title: NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Issued as Patent I273271 in TW
Title: METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR SEARCHING WITHIN A
COMPUTER NETWORK
Issued as Patent ZL200410011804.8 in CN
Co-inventors: Midgley, N.
Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF ACTIVITY OF USERS
Issued as Patent 7194539 in US
Co-inventors: Lawrence, R.
Title: Remote Location Based Services
US 7885667 B2
UK based search (includes some of the above)
US Patent Office Application Links
| PUB. APP. NO. | Title | |
| 1 | 20090143124 | Simulation of Sporting Events in a Virtual Environment Co Inventors:Ian Hughes, Bradford Glenn Kasell, Christopher Beng Kiat Yeoh, Kelly Yeoh |
| 2 | 20090063168 | CONDUCTING MARKETING ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO A VIRTUAL WORLD BASED ON MONITORED VIRTUAL WORLD ACTIVITY Co Inventors:Peter G. Finn, A. Hamilton II Rick, Ian Hughes, James W. Seaman |
| 3 | 20080261625 | REMOTE LOCATION BASED SERVICES |
| 4 | 20060077992 | System for executing a multimedia resource |
| 5 | 20050138053 | System for preparing data |
| 6 | 20050003834 | Remote location based services |
| 7 | 20030090525 | Method and system for display of activity of users |
There are quite a few others that were being filed in other countries, TBD
Method for verifying virtual physical space representing a transaction context in a virtual world
Co Inventors: Gordon D. Hutchison, Ian Hughes
System for processing requests to portlets
Co Inventors: Martin Gale, Ian Hughes
The most recent was with MayaLila Games for FortuneDate is
Activity-Based Compatibility Testing For Preliminarily Matched Users Via Interactive Social Media A great idea but we came up against patent rule changes and ran out of money pursuing it. Genetic matching algorithm for people based on digital events they generate on social media, such as game achievements.
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