Amusement devices: games inventions 02/07

20070042823 - Mobile telecommunication terminal having electrical compass module and playing network type mobile game method using electrical compass module thereof: The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal including an electronic compass module and a method for playing a network mobile game by using the electronic compass module. The method for providing the network mobile game service by using a mobile communication terminal incorporating an electronic compass module therein,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070042824 - Gaming device having a composite game or event with potential award-generating game or event and guaranteed award-generating game or event: A gaming device and a method of operating a gaming device which include at least one potential award-generating event and at least one guaranteed award-generating event. The award-generating events can include independent games of a composite game or independent plays of a game. For each occurrence of a potential award-generating... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070042825 - Expandable baton for self-protection: The present invention relates to a baton for self-protection is composed of a cylindrical handle, a locking piece, a switch, a first telescoping rod, a second telescoping rod, and a spring. The handle is covered by a grip. The locking piece is coupled to the center portion of a locking... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070037622 - Simultaneous move chess system and method: A system and method of playing of a game of simultaneous move chess involve receiving intended move commands from at least two players, determining the results of the intended move commands after intended move commands are received for all players in the game. The determination includes interpreting intended moves that... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070037623 - System and method for skill based games of chance: A system and method for skill-based games of chance where identical cards may be dealt to corresponding positions at different tables. The performance of play of players at corresponding positions at such tables may be compared.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070037624 - Multiple game gaming machine: A gaming machine comprises a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event occurs,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070037625 - Multiplayer video gaming system and method: A method for multiplayer gaming on mobile handsets is provided. The method includes a first user entering inputs via a keypad of a first mobile device to play a first game. The method includes communicating the first user's keypad inputs on the first mobile device to a second mobile device.... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070032281 - Game system capable of evaluating the correlation of user operation on a game machine with displayed operational information and user operation on another game machine: In a game played by a plurality of game machines through teamwork, an evaluation is performed according to the correlation among operation information obtained through communications with each of the game machines. A plurality of game machines communicate with one another to establish timing synchronization. After the game, input timings... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070032280 - Video game: A simplified video game includes a series of timed events where each event is capable of a positive or negative result based on the timing of player input signal. A positive result requires a time period greater than a negative result. The following event automatically is initiated after completion of... Agent: Dennison Associates

20070032282 - Game program, gaming apparatus, and recording medium: To provide a game program, gaming apparatus, recording medium in which any player can easily customize a player character, thus making it possible to increase player's interest in a game. A gaming apparatus stores a plurality of types of additional power data classified by type and a plurality of types... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070032283 - Methods and systems for playing baccarat jackpot with an option for insurance betting: A method and system for playing jackpot and live baccarat games with an option for insurance betting are provided. It is also provided a software program or a set of software program for carrying out any or all the steps of the disclosed gaming method.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070032284 - Wagering game having draw-purchasing feature: In one aspect, a method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine includes the steps of receiving an initial wager from a player and dealing a set of initial game elements. The player is provided with an option to purchase an additional game element. In response to player... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070032285 - Gaming device having a selection game with player choice and a predetermined game outcome: A central determination gaming system having a selection game. In one embodiment, a predetermined game outcome value is selected and the gaming device determines a supplemental value. The gaming device determines and displays a plurality of value groups. One of the values or the sum of a plurality of the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070032287 - Gaming machine: A slot machine is provided in which after the base game processes are run a lottery is performed to determine whether or not any of the types of items from among three types are acquired. Further, when the second game is run the player can select the item type to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070032286 - Methods and apparatus for auctioning an item via a gaming device: Methods and apparatus for auctioning an item via a gaming device are disclosed. The methods and apparatus enable a gaming device player (e.g., a slot machine player) to select one or more auction items the player is interested in bidding on. As the player plays the gaming device, a portion... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070032288 - Remote configuration of gaming terminals: A gaming terminal data repository (GTDR) for storing game software components and transaction information for gaming machine and gaming terminals is disclosed. A system database is partitioned according to different gaming entities allowing game software component configurations of particular gaming terminals to be easily analyzed and modified. Game software components... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070032289 - Bingo-opoly: The Bingo-opoly invention is directed to methods and processes for conducting a bingo-related prize distribution and marketing system whereby participation in and use of such is determined by results of play in a primary traditional bingo game and conditioned upon a player's ongoing presence in the primary game location and/or... Agent: Richard C. Slater

20070032292 - Gaming console with transparent sprites: The present invention provides a gaming console 40 having display means 41, and game control means 100 arranged to control images displayed on the display means 41. The game control means 100 are arranged to play a game wherein a plurality of symbols 43 are randomly selected and displayed on... Agent: Stephen M. De Klerk Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070032290 - Gaming machine: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine determines a priority attraction-in ranking depending on an internal winning combination and a type of a symbol, for each of the symbols arranged on the reels, compares the priority attraction-in rankings related to each of the symbols ranging from a symbol located... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070032291 - Method of playing a slot machine using paylines of varying numbers of symbol positions: The present invention includes a variety of methods to issue awards based upon “short” and/or “long” pay lines. In general, short pay lines fewer positions than the conventional pay lines; long pay lines use more positions than conventional pay lines. In particular, games using conventional, horizontal pay lines may also... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20070032293 - Reel strip attachment: A releasable reel strip attachment assembly including an attachment strip with snap rivets that snaps through corresponding apertures in a reel strip and into apertures in a reel cage. The attachment strip includes an adhesive layer protected by a release backing that is removed to expose the adhesive layer. The... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist

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20070032295 - Cashless reservation system: A gaming system having a server connected to a plurality of gaming consoles for playing a game in which a player wagers credits held in a credit meter. The gaming consoles having a player tracking apparatus to receive an identifier from a current player of the console. The gaming console... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070032296 - Gaming machine: A slot machine comprises a main display device, a sub display device and a microcomputer. The microcomputer controls a gaming process, and outputs an image display signal to display image related to a game according to the gaming process on at least one of the main display device and the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070032297 - Image generating program, storage medium, image processing method, and image processing device: An image generating program, a storage medium, an image processing method, and an image processing device are provided capable of carrying out very detailed image control while preventing wastage of resources. This is configured such that a area of a movement path present in a viewing frustum is calculated, then... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070032298 - Massively multiplayer game method and system: The invention describes a method of implementing a massively multiplayer game. The method has the following steps: firstly, three or more players select an item from an ordered set of three or more items. Secondly, an item from the set is designated based on the number of players who selected... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070032301 - Method and apparatus for operating networked gaming devices: A system for monitoring and configuring gaming devices interconnected over a high-speed network is disclosed. The system can support a file server, one or more floor controllers, one or more pit terminals, and other terminals all interconnected over the network. Each gaming device includes an electronic module which allows the... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070032300 - Method and system for providing online flash game: The present invention relates to an online flash game system and method, a flash game web page providing method, a web server for providing web pages for flash game execution, and a storage medium for recording method programs. When a flash game execution is selected, a skin flash module performs... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070032299 - Method of miving piece in a networked computer game: Provided is a method of moving piece in a networked computer game played between a server and a client wherein at the server a checkerboard coordinate of low resolution and a fine coordinate of high resolution is used, and an object in a virtual three-dimensional space is represented in the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070026917 - Interference interface for interaction between multimedia system and participant: Interaction between a multimedia system in a multiplayer board game using a DVD player or a computer is disclosed in which participant players interact with the multimedia system through an input device in response to selections made through the display. An interference interface, for example a red reader lens, provides... Agent: Perry Hoffman & Associates P.C.

20070026916 - Vending machine having a game of chance: A machine for vending snacks, product samples, customer appreciation prizes, or time-metered services which offers a patron a game of chance. A patron receives a free fractional vend with a previously purchased product for use in a vending machine having products produced by the same manufacturer, wherein the token activates... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070026918 - Upgradeable pinball machine: A method for updating the programming of a pinball machine, including, but not limited to, game programming, game sounds, and/or game images using a USB (universal serial bus) memory drive, e.g., a USB memory stick or USB memory key, as the mechanism to transport the programming to the pinball machine.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070026919 - Electronic tag game and instruction unit: The present invention relates to hand-held electronic games and, more particularly, to an electronic tag game and instruction unit for a tag game played by a single player or by multiple players. The instruction unit may instruct the player or players to tag multiple game targets in a particular sequence.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (hasbro)

20070026920 - Video poker wagering game with card substitution feature: A gaming system for playing a video poker game includes a wager-input device, a display, and a controller. The wager-input device receives a wager input from a player and the display displays the video poker game having a plurality of cards. The controller is coupled to the display and the... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070026921 - Game machine: Each of a plurality of reels variably presents a plurality of symbols. A cover body is formed with a plurality of observation windows. The cover body covers the reels such that the reels are selectively viewed through one of the observation windows in accordance with a condition of a game.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070026923 - Gaming device having dynamic paylines: A gaming device including a plurality of symbol generators with a plurality of symbols on or associated with each symbol generator. At least one and preferably a plurality of the symbols are reflector symbols. A reflector symbol is a symbol that, when generated on one of the reels, causes any... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070026924 - Gaming device method involving multiple classes of credits, wagering of contingent winners, a special purpose meter therefor, and a player-determinable bonus round: A gaming device is described where various events pay players in multiple classes of credits. One class of special credits has no cash value and may only be rewagered in an attempt to win traditional cash-equivalent credits. The player decides when to play a bonus game where the special credits... Agent: William A. Taylor

20070026922 - Multi-use gaming machine: A multi-use gaming machine is switchable between playing a game native to the machine and for interactive play of a game taking place at a remote location has a common video display for displaying the results of the game being played by a player at the machine. The machine includes... Agent: Gordon D. Coplein

20070026930 - Automatic table game: A gaming table in which the outcome of the game is determined manually, and in which players place bets electronically and wins or losses are calculated electronically. The gaming system is applicable to any suitable game including roulette.... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070026926 - Gaming device and ticket for interactive instant lottery games: An instant lottery ticket and gaming device that improves user interaction and excitement. The gaming device makes the fixed outcome result of a ticket appear more like a casino-type or other multiple iteration game. Game configuration and interaction between the user and the gaming device depends upon user preferences and... Agent: Philip B. Romanik

20070026925 - Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheel: Roulette wheel including a bowl, a disk rotatably mounted inside the bowl, and an assembly for adjusting the leveling of the bowl. The adjustment includes an inclination detector attached to the bowl (1) and actuators for automatically correcting the leveling of the bowl as a function of information supplied by... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070026928 - Systems and methods wherein a lottery number combination is associated with a limited number of occurrences: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate lottery ticket transactions. A request to purchase a lottery ticket is received, the lottery ticket being associated with a lottery number combination, such as a limited number of lottery tickets or a limited number of players. An indication that the lottery number combination... Agent: Walker Digital

20070026929 - Systems and methods wherein a lottery number combination is associated with a limited number of occurrences: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate lottery ticket transactions. A request to purchase a lottery ticket is received, the lottery ticket being associated with a lottery number combination, such as a limited number of lottery tickets or a limited number of players. An indication that the lottery number combination... Agent: Walker Digital

20070026927 - Variable lootery game: A method for simultaneously conducting multiple lottery style games of chance providing for multiple wagers and multiple payouts with a single drawing is provided. The method is comprised of having players each select a number from a first group of numbers for entry into a Game 1. Having players each... Agent: Mastrongiacomo PLLC

20070026931 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a first display; a second display; a processor controlling the first and second displays; and an operation unit for a player to input a start command. A lottery is performed to determine a stop state of symbols. When the start command is input, the first display... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070026932 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine for playing a variable display game comprises a display and a processor. The display includes a first display area which displays the plurality of symbols in a variable state and in a stopped state, and a second display area occupying at least a part of a display... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070026933 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a CPU and first to fifth variable display portions. The CPU variably or statically displays symbols on the first to fifth variable display portions. When three or more symbols of “HUNTER” are statically displayed, the CPU makes a shift from a base game to a bonus... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070026934 - Seeding in a bayesian skill scoring framework: Skill scores represent a ranking or other indication of the skill of the player based on the outcome of the game in a gaming environment. Skills scores can be used in matching compatible players on the same team and matching opposing players or teams to obtain an evenly-matched competition. An... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070026937 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: an image display device; a processor that performs a process for providing a player a game by controlling the image display device to display a progress of the game; and an operation unit that allows the player to input skip command. The processor performs the process... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070026938 - Method and apparatus for managing gaming machine code downloads: A gaming machine is arranged with a gaming machine controller and a secondary “queuing” device, preferably a player tracking controller having a memory. A communication link is provided between the player tracking controller and gaming machine controller, and the player tracking controller and a player tracking network including a player... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070026935 - Methods and devices for managing gaming networks: Some implementations of the invention provide methods and devices for managing gaming establishments and for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Some such implementations allow a user to configure one or more gaming machines via an easy-to-use GUI displayed on a wired or a wireless device, such as a laptop, a... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070026936 - Multi-player regulated gaming with consolidated accounting: A system and method for enabling a new generation of captivating multiplayer casino slot machine games with naught or little changes to the applicable regulatory game standards. In one embodiment thereof, the present invention is a 2-player/1-game casino slot machine wherein (a) a two-seater slot machine allows two players to... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070026940 - Gaming method: A gaming method is provided in which for X number of consecutive events, a subset of Y consecutive events making up an event set is determined. From said X number of consecutive events a series of overlapping consecutive event sets is prepared, each event set having Y consecutive races, wherein... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070026939 - System and method for conducting a jackpot race event: A system for wagering on a jackpot race event, comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores a qualifying bet associated with a customer and comprising a first bet component and a second bet component. The first bet component is associated with a first qualifying race event and comprises... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070026943 - Game device: A game device is disclosed which includes a game controller configured to control the execution of a game, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the same player has continuously played the game executed by the game controller, and a game auxiliary process unit configured to execute a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070026942 - Methods and devices for authentication and licensing in a gaming network: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070026941 - Restricted-access progressive game for a gaming machine: A method of operating a progressive wagering game comprises conducting multiple sessions of a wagering game at a gaming terminal by receiving wagers from first and second players and providing access to a restricted-access progressive game to only the first player. The progressive game has a progressive jackpot funded by... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070026944 - A video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game: Multiple characters in a video game can be displayed in a field so as to be easily distinguished, allowing the video game to proceed smoothly while maintaining realism. When an action content command and an action target character are received, a control section and a graphics processor carry out the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070026947 - Betting terminal and system: A betting terminal and methods of using the same are provided.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070026945 - Enhancing the game console experience through the pc: A game console and a multipurpose computer connected over a network may share information regarding their available resources and capabilities. These resources and capabilities may then be shared between the multipurpose computer and the game console. For example, the game console may leverage some of the processing power and spare... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070026946 - Method and apparatus for automatically updating a video game: This invention relates to video games, specifically sports related video games, and the ability to interchange data sets and statistics related to player attributes and stats. The present invention allows for the interchange of data via non-volatile, and flash memory, online updating through global networks and various other memory updating... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P.

20070026948 - Gaming device with action unit display and method of use: A gaming device having a reservoir for holding a plurality of display objects, an emptying mechanism for causing the display objects to fall out of the reservoir, an actuator for activating the emptying mechanism, and a controller configured to activate the actuator, is disclosed. The gaming device may further include... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070026949 - Equipment for transporting chips and chip carrier structure therefor: The equipment for transporting chips carrying coded information includes a movable structure carrying chips with an electronic circuit arranged in columns in stacked racks and a docking station for the carrier structure in the place of storage of the chips, for example the vault of the casino, or at their... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070026950 - Expandable baton adjustable top cap assembly: An expandable baton having a gripping tube, a center tube and a striking tube that collapse and are retained in the collapsed position by a top cap assembly. The top cap assembly includes at least one spring retainer that engages the inner surface of the striking tube to retain the... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP