Amusement devices: games inventions 03/07

20070072661 - Windows message protection: Systems and methods for computer security are provided. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes monitoring for an incoming windows message directed to a graphical user interface element. The method also includes analyzing a received windows message to determine the validity of the received windows message, and preventing... Agent: Gunnison, Mckay & Hodgson, L.L.P.

20070072662 - Remote vehicle control system: An apparatus for remotely controlling the movements of a vehicle includes a user input means, such as a gamepad with a plurality of joystick-controlled and button-controlled outputs, a tracker, and optional sliding foot pedals; a processor for running a control mapping algorithm; and a remote vehicle controller. A control mapping... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070072664 - Casino table with controlled display of hidden cards or symbols: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have casino tables with changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. The displays can be controlled to show hidden cards or symbols only to the player at that player position by depressing a manual button... Agent: Randy A. Gregory Gregory I.p. Law

20070072663 - Gaming table with electronic accounts for monitoring total game information: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be... Agent: Randy A. Gregory Gregory I.p. Law

20070072665 - Methods, apparatuses and systems for multilayer gaming: A gaming method includes displaying an image of a multilayer game including a plurality of layers, each layer having at least one plane with at least one symbol position in which at least one symbol is disposed, at least two layers of the plurality of layers being displayed such that... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070072666 - Multihand poker game: This invention is a multi-handed poker game where the cards are dealt in in a diamond pattern with four hands formed from five card groups. In one embodiment, a player may swap cards among the four hands before the hands are compared to a paytable.... Agent: David Loewenstein

20070072667 - Methods and apparatus wherein multiple simultaneous entries to a single game of chance are eligible for awards based on both matching and non-matching symbols: A system and process for generating, distributing and processing entries to a game of chance (e.g. a lottery, lotto, or other Game of chance), based on the fact that a player has the ability to play multiple wagers simultaneously in one combined and simultaneous entry. For each individual wager played,... Agent: Nicholas A. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio

20070072668 - Remappable game wheel: A system and method for remapping a game wheel are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wagering game comprises a wheel divided into a plurality of wheel segments, wherein particular weights are assigned to one or more of the wheel segments. A memory means stores two or more maps, wherein each... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070072669 - Gaming machine of the type wherein a large number of players participate in game: A gaming machine includes: a plurality of game terminals each including an operation section for accepting operation of a player, an acceptance unit for accepting game medium, and an image display unit for displaying a predetermined image; a plurality of cumulative storage units for storing a predetermined value of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070072670 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: The present invention comprises a gaming apparatus that includes a display device comprising a display surface. The display surface comprises a plurality of indicia. A display device actuator is in communication with the display surface and is configured to move the display surface on a first predetermined path. A moveable... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070072671 - Betting terminal with logging facility: A betting terminal comprises a gaming server (2) that regulates the progress of a number of different selectable games, a user access facility (3a, 3b), a communication network (9), storage means (10) and a logging facility (11) capable of logging transaction data relating to each wager placed by the player... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070072672 - Game based on combinations of words and implemented by a computer system: A computer-implemented game including at least one terminal controlled by a player, a remote game site coupled to each of the terminals, and a search engine. The terminal and the site are designed to apply a request to the search engine, the request containing a word or a combination of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070072673 - Gaming machine feature: A gaming machine (10) has a display (14) and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display (14). The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein one or more random events arc caused to be displayed on the display (14) and, if a predefined winning... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070072674 - Information processing program: A game system comprises image obtaining means, direction calculation means, first rotation means, and display control means. The image obtaining means obtains an image taken by an imaging device. The direction calculation means calculates a direction originally determined from the image of an imaging target included in the image taken... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070072675 - Game system: The present invention provides a game system which utilizes player's experience efficiently in a competition game to make the competition game more entertaining. A category/style selecting unit 1606 of a terminal 1 enables a player to select one of categories and styles of quizzes selectable for the player who played... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070072678 - Method and system of online gaming organization: An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems for the organization of online computer network gaming applications. Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing filtered gaming applications in response to a user's computer game query. Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing computer game recommendations... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070072677 - Systems and methods for gaming from an off-site location: Exemplary systems and methods allow a patron to play games from an off-site location via an online network. For example, a server may receive, from a client terminal, a purchase request for a plurality of wagers from a patron before a game play has begun. The server may determine the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070072676 - Using information from user-video game interactions to target advertisements, such as advertisements to be served in video games for example: Information about a person's interests and gaming behavior may be determined by monitoring their online gaming activities (and perhaps making inferences from such activities). Such information may be used to improve ad targeting. For example, such information may used to target ads to be rendered in a video game being... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070072679 - Win probability based on historic analysis: A valuation system determines a win probability, which is a measure of the likelihood a participant in a particular game is to win the game given a current game state. The valuation system may determine the win probability from an analysis of events that have occurred in actual games that... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070072680 - Game controller and game system: A first control unit includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data in accordance with a motion of a first control unit body included in the first control unit. A second control unit includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070072681 - Topical content for entertainment software: A method for use in presenting content includes the steps of generating an event in a software program and presenting content to a user in response to the event. The content may reflect one or more real-world events occurring after the software program has been released.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070072682 - Head to head electronic poker game assembly and method of operation: An electronic poker game assembly preferably provides a head-to-head poker game for two players. The assembly has a housing that is preferably a table and contains at least a portion of a computer system that generates and shuffles a virtual poker card deck, deals the cards and performs other tasks... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070072683 - Gaming device button: A gaming device button includes a housing that is partially transparent. The housing is adapted to be mounted to a gaming device. The housing has a cavity. A printed circuit board is mounted in the cavity. At least one light emitting diode is mounted to the printed circuit board. A... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070072684 - Expandable baton with low profile tip: An expandable baton having a linear tip, is constructed of heat treatable alloy steel and is formed according to a method which provides both ease of workability of the component materials and strength for the resultant baton. The baton provides a compact and easily openable security device with the added... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070066376 - Casino games using seven-card combinations: Multiple hand ranks for casino poker games may be achieved in poker variations using a seven-card hand. A best five-card hand may be achieved using conventional principles, or hand ranks may be determined using all seven cards. The latter playing mode provides increased payoff options for added player excitement.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070066378 - Modified poker with bonus match card: A system and method for adding a bonus round to any poker-style card game on a Nevada-style gaming machine. The bonus round is characterized by the existence of a match card. The match card is not part of the traditional poker hand (the “in-hand” cards) of the player, and only... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070066377 - Poker game: The method of the present invention involves a new multi-handed poker game. In the poker game the player selects a number of hands greater than one to be played. The player is then dealt an initial hand and selects cards to be held. Additional hands are then created by creating... Agent: Lena T. Van Asdale

20070066380 - Gaming device: A gaming device is disclosed. The gaming device has a game repeatedly executable to have a plurality of rounds; a display operable to indicate a mission and changeable images for respectively presenting tips in use of the game; a touch screen for selection of the images, the touch screen being... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070066379 - Gaming machine: The present invention provides a gaming machine comprising a gaming ball detection device for detecting a gaming ball having passed through a predetermined region of a gaming member provided on a gaming board, wherein the gaming ball detection device comprises: a gaming ball detection channel through which a gaming ball... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070066381 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a first game unit that performs a first game process for providing a first game to a first group of players; and a second game unit that performs a second game process for providing a second game to a second group of players. The first game... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070066382 - Methods and apparatus for providing a lottery game: A gaming apparatus and method of play including a value input device and a controller operatively coupled to the value input device. The controller receives wager data in response to a wager made by a person on a game, with the wager data including a first plurality of indicia of... Agent: Carlton Fields, Pa

20070066383 - Gaming machine: Disclosed is a gaming machine. According to the gaming machine, when a combination of symbols relating to a winning is displayed on a one line, the symbols constituting the combination of symbols relating to the winning and symbols constituting a combination of specific symbols in accordance with the combination of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070066384 - Gaming machine: It is intended to provide a gaming machine capable of providing a new type of game which combines a symbol combination and game media accumulated in a memory in such manner that a predetermined rate of gaming media is accumulatively stored among game media betted in the game when a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070066385 - Apparatus and method for allocating a prize: An auxiliary controller (2) communicates with the primary controller (1) via a wide area network (3). Routers (43, 44) provide an interface between the wide area network (3) and the primary controller (1) and the auxiliary controllers (2) respectively. The bandwidth of communications across the wide area network (3) is... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070066386 - Gaming system with phone card payout: The gaming system with phone card payout is a system for playing a video game using a smart card. A dispensing station includes a smart card reader, a bill acceptor and a phone card dispenser. The bill acceptor reads the monetary value of currency inserted in the machine and stores... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070066387 - Multi-player gaming machine: The present invention provides a multi-player gaming machine that enables players waiting for players now playing a game to end it, to enjoy another game during waiting. The multi-player gaming machine includes a main game section providing a main game which can be played by a plurality of main players... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070066388 - System for machine reading and processing information from gaming chips: A fully automatic table game player tracking system for Blackjack and other casino games wherein players have individual betting positions on the table is disclosed. An individual B&W CCD chip reading turret is placed inches in front of each player's betting position to scan wagered chips using ambient casino lighting.... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070066392 - Apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game: A system in which details regarding an action for each of multiple player characters may be preset easily and accurately is provided. In a gambit battle action determining process a control section determines whether an action condition in a gambit whose gambit number is “K” is met or not (Step... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070066389 - Gaming machine: According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine in which a game player's expectation is maintained. The gaming machine comprises: a variable display device for displaying identification symbols variably and privilege symbols variably; a control device for determining whether or not a combination of identification... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070066390 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to one embodiment of the invention is a gaming machine which provides a series of games using a plurality of player terminals (sub-player terminals) each displaying a status of a game of respective one of players, and a panel portion displaying statuses of the game of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070066391 - Gaming machine: A slot machine includes: a reel which variably displays a plurality of symbols; symbol determination means which determines stop symbols to be visibly stopped on a pay line; and symbol display control means which performs a control for visibly stopping the stop symbols on the pay line, wherein a variable... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070066393 - Real-time head tracking system for computer games and other applications: A real-time computer vision system tracks the head of a computer user to implement real-time control of games or other applications. The imaging hardware includes a color camera, frame grabber, and processor. The software consists of the low-level image grabbing software and a tracking algorithm. The system tracks objects based... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070066394 - Video game system with wireless modular handheld controller: A home entertainment system for video games and other applications includes a main unit and handheld controllers. The handheld controllers sense their own motion by detecting illumination emitted by emitters positioned at either side of a display. The controllers can be plugged into expansion units that customize the overall control... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070066396 - Retail methods for providing an interactive product to a consumer: Methods are described for selling, loaning, renting, or otherwise providing a retail product, such as an interactive product, that allows a consumer to participate in one or more venues. The retail product is capable of interfacing with interactive devices in the venues that are capable of producing sensory effects based... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070066395 - System and method for improving player experience in wireless gaming: The present invention discloses a method and system for managing an interactivity of a game in at least one wireless communication device, by monitoring (705) at least one predetermined resource parameter associated with the wireless communication device, executing (710) at least one alternate scenario on at least one predetermined location... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070066398 - Cashless gaming system and method: A gaming machine (100) and a method of operating a gaming machine are provided. Encrypted information, including player credit information and identification information, is received at the gaming machine from a cash device (190) using a non-contact reader (160). The received information is decrypted using one of a preset number... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070066399 - Game table apparatus: A game table apparatus has a game table, a first placement region, a first identification data item reading unit, a first calculating unit, and a first display unit. The first placement region is provided in one area of the game table where a dealer is located and for game value... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070066400 - Gaming system and gaming management server: A gaming system comprises a first gaming machine, a second gaming machine and a gaming management server. The first gaming machine can execute a game with gaming data, and the second gaming machine also can execute the game with the gaming data. The gaming management server is connected to the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070066401 - System and method for convenience gaming: A convenience gaming system is provided. The convenience gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070066402 - System and method for convenience gaming: A convenience gaming system is provided. The convenience gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070066397 - System and method for event invitation: A computer-related system and computer-implemented method for coordinating attendance of an event. The method may begin at a host computer associated with a host by selecting an event from a plurality of events. The event associated with a special arrangement, such as a ticket or fee, for a attendance to... Agent: Jablonski And Reid, PLLC

20070066404 - Interactive dvd multi player board game: An interactive multi player DVD gaming system comprising a DVD containing game data and a game manager program for playing an interactive DVD board game on a display, and a DVD media player configured for accessing and displaying the game data on the DVD in response to receiving user selected... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070066403 - Method for dynamically adjusting an interactive application such as a videogame based on continuing assessments of user capability: A method of balancing a user's input to an interactive computer program with the program's output is obtained by continually measuring the difference between the user's input and the program's output and adjusting one or more parameters of the program's output so that the difference from the user's performance is... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong

20070060229 - Gaming machine and terminal device included in gaming machine: A gaming machine has a gaming machine body and terminal devices. Each terminal device includes an input unit, a sub controller, a seat for a player to sit on so that the player sitting thereon is capable of operating the input unit, and a movement unit provided below the seat... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060228 - Information processing system and program: A game system comprises image obtaining means, direction calculation means, moving means, and display control means. The image obtaining means obtains an image taken by an imaging device. The direction calculation means calculates a direction originally determined from the image of an imaging target included in the image taken by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060225 - Method and apparatus for creating video game and entertainment demonstrations with full preview and/or other features: A computer system creates video game and movie demonstrations aids in the creation of viewable and/or playable demonstration software and storage media. Features include saving projects for demo purposes, previewing demos, previewing demo contents before creation on the final target, statistical data readouts, and directory structure updating and tracking.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060226 - Variable action gauge in a turn-based video game: Methods and systems for affecting a power level of an action performed by a character in a video game are disclosed. In a turn-based video game, a player-character may decide whether to perform the action with a default power level, or to charge the action to a higher predetermined level,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070060227 - Video game for predictive modeling of premiums for insurance: A game that serves to educate a player about the decision making process for determining the cost of a premium for insurance coverage for an entity. The player(s) and/or team(s) select a fictitious name for an insurance company. The company can subsequently bid on providing insurance coverage for an entity.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070060230 - Golf game system and method thereof: A system and method for playing a golf game. A user is allotted with an ability value for the golf game, and a plurality of available golf clubs are provided according to the user's ability value. A request ability value referred to when requesting to use a corresponding golf club... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070060231 - Ordered execution of actions in a game environment: A system and method are disclosed for ordered execution of actions in a game environment is disclosed. An indication of a first object having been targeted in the game environment may be received whereby the object is assigned a first target slot. An indication of a second object having been... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060232 - Guard condition system: A guard condition system for determining whether to block an attack against a character in a multi-character party within an entertainment game is disclosed. A multi-character party may be divided into multiple lines of battle, such that all characters in more forward lines of battle automatically attempt to block attacks... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070060234 - Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus: In an attack operation receiving step, an input of an operation for attacking an enemy object is received. In a determination step, when the input of the operation for attacking is received, it is determined whether or not a body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060233 - Video game system and method with trade based characters, weapons and fight environments: The disclosure describes a method of video gaming. In a first step, a screen having a plurality of characters is displayed. Each of the plurality of characters represents a trade so that a player can select one of the plurality of characters to generate a selected character. The video game... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20070060235 - Game program and game device: A game program of the present invention causes a computer to execute a first delete condition setting step of setting a delete condition of puzzle elements in which puzzle elements of the same kind in a first number or more are continuously arranged in a predetermined direction as a first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070060236 - Method for playing video games with improved player interest: An improved video draw poker game is disclosed that deals a player an initial five card draw poker hand plus an additional match hand of cards. After the player has held and replaced cards to obtain a final hand of cards from which draw poker winnings are determined in a... Agent: Joseph E. Funk

20070060237 - Universal casino bonusing systems and methods: Methods and systems for providing a universal bonus within a gaming environment are disclosed. Such systems include universal bonuses that are made available to patrons of both gaming machines and other non-gaming machine gaming venues, such as gaming tables. Systems can include a gaming machine, a gaming table, and a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060238 - Electronic poker style video game: An electronic poker style video game is disclosed. The game has hardware and software for receiving input from and providing output to the user. Using computer hardware and software, a first portion of each card hand in a plurality of card hands is dealt. The user places a first wager... Agent: Law Office Of Marc D. Machtinger, Ltd.

20070060241 - Methods and apparatus for providing free-play credits in a video poker game: Methods and apparatus for providing free-play credits in a video poker game are disclosed. The methods and apparatus enable a video poker player to play a plurality of poker hands. The poker game awards free-play credits for lower ranking hands (e.g., below a threshold such as a straight) and monetary... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070060240 - Poker game: In commercial and recreational gaming environments, the inventions provide variations on video poker games that encourage longer play and higher wagers while decreasing the adverse selection of gaming devices with preferred odds by experienced players. The inventions describe the use of pot builders to increase the number of betting propositions... Agent: Dean D. Niro Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

20070060239 - Simulated poker with bonus wheel adder: A system and method for presenting a player with simulated poker play is disclosed, where the result is actually based on a predetermined outcome. In order to create a realistic play scenario, the present invention never corrects or overrides a player's choices during the play of a hand. Rather, a... Agent: Russ F. Marsden Legal Dept.

20070060242 - Video poker with an opponent hand: The game involves playing video poker in a contest between a player and an opponent. The player makes a wager to be eligible to play the game and the player plays an initial hand of video poker against an opponent who plays the same initial hand of video poker. If... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20070060255 - Gaming device and method having independent reels and multiple ways of winning: A gaming device including a plurality of unisymbol reels which are each selectively activated to generate a symbol at an active symbol position. After a plurality of symbols are generated by the unisymbol reels (wherein the number of generated symbols is based on a wagered on number of ways to... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060254 - Gaming device and method providing a near miss insurance pool or fund: A gaming device having a game that includes several nearly missed outcomes associated with a designated outcome, where the player is provided an award for achieving a nearly missed outcome. If the player obtains the nearly missed outcome, the award is provided from a near miss insurance pool. Therefore, when... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060271 - Gaming device having a game with multiple selections and progressive game incrementation: A gaming device having a game involving a plurality of selections and at least one progressive game increment associated with at least one of the selections. The gaming device has a progressive award which is displayable if the player picks a selection associated with a progressive game increment.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060248 - Gaming device having game with cascading wild symbols: Gaming devices and methods of operating gaming devices are provided. In an embodiment, a single activation of a gaming device can cause a series of outcomes including a symbol cascading effect upon the occurrence of sequential triggering events. In an embodiment, the triggering event occurs when a predetermined combination of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070060246 - Gaming device having physical concentric symbol generators which are operable to provide a plurality of different games to a player: A gaming system with a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different game programs to one, more or each of the gaming devices, wherein each gaming device executes the communicated game program by utilizing one, more or each of the concentric reels. Each game program represents... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060272 - Gaming device with an increasing goal advancement game: An apparatus and method for operating a gaming device that enables a player to obtain an award based upon the number of goals the player is able to achieve during game play. The goals advance in difficulty as the player achieves each goal. The game terminates automatically when the player... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060273 - Gaming device with an increasing goal advancement game: An apparatus and method for operating a gaming device that enables a player to obtain an award based upon the number of goals the player is able to achieve during game play. The goals advance in difficulty as the player achieves each goal. The game terminates automatically when the player... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060252 - Gaming device with player selectable settings: A gaming device in which a player may select from several mathematical bias settings of volatility. Each setting results in different volatility, the mathematical parameter of statistical dispersion of results between fewer numbers of lower rewards and larger numbers of greater rewards. The player may receive indicia of the settings... Agent: Barber Legal

20070060270 - Gaming display device: In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to a gaming device including a game apparatus that is adapted to allow a player to play a game. The game apparatus includes a game display that is mounted in association with the game device. The game display includes a pair of objects.... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070060253 - Gaming machine: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine is provided with first symbol determining unit for determining a combination of symbols to be displayed in a predetermined area, based on an internal winning combination and second symbol determining unit for determining a combination of symbols to be displayed in an... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070060262 - Gaming machine: As a result of lottery using the roulette device 3, if the ball 27 enters in the bonus pocket 24 among the pockets formed on the wheel 22, the special bonus game using the WIN lamp 11 occurs and all credits betted to each station 4 in the present game... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070060264 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input operations; a controller that performs game process for providing a game to the player by displaying a progress of the game on the display in accordance with the operations input through the operation unit; and... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070060266 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: an image display device that has a symbol display area; an operation unit that allows a player to input operations including a start command to start a game; and a processor that performs a game process for providing the player the game by controlling the image... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070060267 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine which provides a prescribed game using a plurality of player terminals, on which a game situation of each individual player is displayed, and a common display, on which a game situation of all players is displayed, includes: a game controller 901 which carries out a control for... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070060257 - Gaming machine with action unit display: A gaming device including a game apparatus enabling a player to play the game, the gaming device having: one or more movable display objects located within a housing; a game surface configured to allow interaction of the display objects with one or more receptacle elements capable of receiving the display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070060275 - Gaming machine with chain reaction selection feature: A gaming machine and a method of conducting a game of chance on the gaming machine are disclosed. In response to a wager from a player, the machine conducts a selection game including a plurality of selectable elements associated with respective outcomes. In response to a player's selection of one... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070060250 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: output means capable of outputting an image or a sound; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060247 - Gaming system and method employing rankings of outcomes from multiple gaming machines to determine awards: A gaming system is provided in which multiple gaming machines are linked. Each of the machines plays its game and generates at least one outcome. The top or best outcome of each machine is submitted, e.g., to a comparator or server computer for ranking. An award is provided for a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070060263 - Gaming system with challenge feature: A gaming system for conducting a wagering game comprises a value input device for receiving a wager from a player, a display, and a controller coupled to the display and operable to cause the display to present a challenge feature in response to a triggering event. The challenge feature includes... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070060258 - Method and system for displaying information related to an evolving game process: According to embodiments, the invention may be implemented as methods, systems, controllers and computer programs. Embodiments of the invention are adapted to monitor states of an evolving game process, initiate a real-time continuous communication process when a criterion is fulfilled through which information derived from the evolving game process is... Agent: Labtronix Concept Inc. C/o Ogilvy Renault

20070060265 - Method of playing a slot machine game in which the award value for a winning symbol combination is based upon symbols not included in the winning symbol combination: The present invention includes a variety of methods to calculate awards for a winning symbol combinations based upon the values assigned to some or all of the symbols or symbol positions not included in the winning symbol combinations.... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20070060251 - Pachinko stand-alone and bonusing game with displayed targets: A bonus game for an underlying base casino machine played by a player wherein the bonus game provides a Pachinko playing field, a ball propelled onto the Pachinko playing field when a bonus condition occurs during play of an underlying casino game. The Pachinko playing field having a row of... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20070060274 - Player loyalty across a gaming enterprise: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for directing future activity of players of games of chance according to defined goals of an operator. In one aspect of the present invention, a plurality of scenarios of player activity is defined. Each scenario includes... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060244 - Progressive wager game: A method for operating a lottery style game of chance that offers a player the opportunity to parlay their previous cash prize winnings into larger potential cash prize winnings is provided. The method is comprised of the following steps: having a player select a number from a group of numbers,... Agent: Mastrongiacomo PLLC

20070060259 - Remote live automatic electro-mechanical and video table gaming: Electro-mechanical and video table games of chance send video feeds of game play and digital representations of results of game play by network communications to remote clients that receive wagers placed upon the result of the game play and derives a winning or a loss from both the wager and... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20070060268 - Selectable bonus game and method: A selectable bonus game and method are disclosed. A game contains a set of possible options, including a subset of options selectable by a player upon a triggering event. A bonus game is operated in accordance with the selected option.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060269 - Selectable bonus gaming machine and method: A selectable bonus gaming machine and method are disclosed. A gaming machine includes a game including a set of possible options, including a subset of options selectable by a player upon a triggering event. A bonus game is operated in accordance with the selected option.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060260 - Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games with multi-compartment playing card receivers: An inventory sensor is positioned and configured to identify playing cards stored in compartments of one or more playing card receivers. The inventory sensor allows the identity of a playing card stored in the playing card receiving compartment to be checked or otherwise verified with respect to an identity of... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070060256 - Video slot machine: A video slot machine is disclosed in which a plurality of reel images comprising at least two types of arranged symbols are displayed on a monitor. The video slot machine includes a game controller configured to control a game including a unit game in response to a BET operation; a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070060243 - Wagering game having bonus payout based on similarity of objects: A gaming machine and a method for conducting a wagering game at the gaming machine includes a bonus payout based on a similarity of objects that are accumulated by a player. The accumulated objects are compared with a final object and a player is awarded a first bonus payout based... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070060261 - Wagering game having expanding symbol for triggering bonus game: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes an expandable bonus-game symbol that expands to cover additional paylines and trigger a bonus game.... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070060245 - Wagering game with preview feature for a winning payline: A gaming machine includes a wager-input device for receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game. A display displays a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game. The symbols indicate a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070060249 - Wagering game with superimposed images for highlighting gaming information: A gaming machine is provided that has a wager-input device for receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game. The wagering game includes a basic game and a bonus game. A display initially displays first indicia of the basic game. The first indicia indicate a randomly selected... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070060277 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: output means capable of outputting an image or a sound; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060278 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state which is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning combination; means for generating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060279 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises output means capable of outputting an image or a sound, winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery, means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060280 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning combination; means for, when... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060281 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined winning combination is a special winning combination; means for determining... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060282 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: output means capable of outputting an image or a sound; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060283 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: output means capable of outputting an image or a sound; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery; means for generating a first special game state that is a game state advantageous to a player when the determined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060284 - System and method for operating on-line governmental lottery games: The present invention relates to a system and a method for facilitating governmental lottery games with a screening, a verification, and a subscription play function. A lottery agent system of the present invention includes a plurality of player terminals on which lottery players can play lottery games, including purchasing and... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070060276 - System to manage automated prize value accumulation and distribution: A system to manage prize accumulation and distribution includes an interface to receive publication data from a publishing user. The publication data is to be published by the computer system. The interface further receives a prize contribution value, at the computer system and from the publishing user, in exchange for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/ebay

20070060286 - System and method for progressive drawing-based promotions: A method and system is provided for conducting progressive, drawing-based promotions. An exemplary method according to the present invention is a method whereby a plurality of participants are entered in a promotion. A personal prize value is established for each participant. Drawing times for selection of one or more winners... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070060285 - System and method of playing lottery games, buying and printing lottery tickets from home / office using software on computer: A system for enabling state lottery game play, wherein a first software module stores player account information and validates state lottery game play purchase information; a second software module runs on a player computing device and facilitates a player authenticating himself with the first software module. The first software module... Agent: Greenberg-traurig

20070060288 - Dynamic session bingo gaming system: A number of bingo games are conducted serially one after the other, and each of a number of players across a network are enabled to initiate a respective bingo game session by entering a respective bingo game in the ongoing series of bingo games. Each bingo game session is associated... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060289 - Game device and method: One possible embodiment for the invention could be a gaming device wherein the invention has an orthogonal array comprised of gaming symbol positions organized in rows and columns, each of the gaming symbol positions can display a gaming symbol chosen from a gaming symbol table assigned to that gaming symbol... Agent: John D. Long Patent Counsel Long & Chybik

20070060287 - Gaming system and method for providing bingo wins: A gaming system includes a plurality of gaming machines and a continual game sequence including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of sessions. Each session includes a number of games. At the beginning of a game sequence, the gaming system draws all of the symbols. When the number of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Floyd LLC

20070060290 - Method and apparatus for presenting bingo gaming results using multiple prize distributions: A method includes operating a bingo player station in a first play mode in which the result for a respective bingo game play initiated through the bingo player station is assigned according to a first pattern list. In response to detecting a trigger event, the bingo player station is switched... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060297 - Collection and redemption gaming machines and methods: Collection and redemption gaming machines and methods of operating such machines are disclosed. A collectable symbol accumulator accumulates a plurality of collectable symbols according to certain criteria. At a time based on other criteria, the collectable symbols are subsequently offered for redemption by a player for an award.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060291 - Configurable gaming button: A input device includes a user-engageable member associated with a signal generator. At least two elements of information are associated with the input device, each of which may be selectively rendered visible or readable to the user of the device based upon a color of light used to illuminate the... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070060294 - Gaming device having a probability-enhancing trigger symbol: A gaming device including a re-initiation mode wherein the probability of extending the bonus game is increased by fixing the reel or reels displaying a wild symbol on the reel. In the re-initiation mode embodiment, the gaming device re-activates some or all of the reels except the reel displaying the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060300 - Gaming device including a game having a player selected function based on symbols in a free spins game: A gaming device including a free spins game displaying a plurality of reels including a plurality of symbols where the symbols include a plurality of award symbols and at least one target symbol. A plurality of selections including at least one game function are displayed to a player. In a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060296 - Gaming machine: Display effects of symbols may enhance expectation of a player with “mecha-reels” and video reels in a superposed manner. Symbol images and symbols are displayed statically in variable display windows 22, 23, 24 in a state of disenabling a transmissive display of reels and/or in a state of enabling the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060298 - Gaming machine with reel shroud: A game machine with a reel shroud apparatus and shrouding method are disclosed for use with observable indicia on reels. The disclosed reel shroud apparatus and shrouding method is disclosed to provide one or more windows associated with the reels and discloses reel illumination isolation techniques that reduce splash. The... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060292 - Gaming system having a common display, a first bonus game or a first bonus game paytable and an option to purchase a second bonus game or a second bonus game paytable with relatively expected higher values: A gaming system including a plurality of gaming devices and a shared or a common secondary display associated with the gaming devices. In one embodiment, the shared display is adjacent to one or more of the gaming devices of the gaming system. The gaming system includes at least one primary... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060293 - Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting gaming results through numerical symbols: A method includes displaying a number of symbol locations with one or more paylines defined through the symbol locations. In response to a player input, each of the number of symbol locations conducts a respective symbol change process to change from an initial symbol displayed at the respective symbol location... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060299 - Open-ended bonus game and method: An open-ended bonus game and method are disclosed. A game contains a bonus game initiated upon a triggering event and a register that is modified by one or more units based on predefined criteria. The bonus game terminates when the register contains a predefined value.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060295 - System and method of a gaming machine with pacing and feedback: The present invention enhances a player's experience during gameplay. Anticipation and suspense are accomplished by modifying the pace of the game and/or generating feedback to the player. Anticipation combinations achieved during gameplay trigger the gaming machine to modify the pace of the game and/or generate feedback to the player.... Agent: Michael H. Baniak Baniak Pine & Gannon

20070060301 - Method of automatically and fairly playing a die game and machine for the same: A method of automatically and fairly playing a die game has acts of actuating a die game machine, shaking multiple dice by a die-shaking device in an opaque cap, recognizing pips on the dice with a detecting device, predicting numbers and placing stakes by players through player-interfaces, calculating scores of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070060302 - Scan based configuration control in a gaming environment: Techniques are dis closed for facilitating configuration of a gaming machine, and for facilitating authentication testing of selected components of a gaming machine. In at least one embodiment, configuration of the gaming machine may be effected via the use of a gaming machine configuration device. When the presence of a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060304 - Casino chip with antitheft and antiforgery tag circuit and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is a casino chip with an antitheft and antiforgery function and a method of manufacturing such chips. The casino chip is provided with an RF tag circuit which is capable of exposing an offender, by means of an electronic security system consisting of transmitters and receivers, when the offender... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070060313 - Chip tray loading device and process: A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit manager to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips. These chips may be dispensed individually,... Agent: James D. Erickson C/o Jcm American

20070060316 - Communal slot system and method for operating same: A gaming machine system on which wagers are placed on game outcomes has at least one processor for determining a result of a slot machine game and a plurality of terminals communicatively linked to the processor. The game outcome at each terminal is determined by a single, communal game outcome... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20070060309 - Electronic transaction access system and method using a player tracker card: A electronic transaction access system and method using a player tracker card is provided in which a player tracker card issued by a casino may be used as an access device for an electronic transaction. The electronic transaction that may be accessed using the player tracker card may include, for... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070060311 - Enhanced gaming chips and table game security: Systems and methods for tracking RFID gaming chips at a gaming table are disclosed. Gaming chips include an outer body with center and rim portions, and a plurality of RFID tags contained within the outer body. Signals from gaming chip RFID tags can be encrypted only for readers having an... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060307 - Inventory manager-chip kiosk: A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit boss to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips. The kiosk is interactive with the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP David B. Abel

20070060308 - Method of pari-mutuel wagering in real time: The present invention is directed to a method of wagering on live horse and dog races or jai alai games, or similar games or races or similar games or races that allow for pari-mutuel wagering on multiple players or runners in real time. The method of wagering includes the steps... Agent: Ms. Soula Skokos Suite 220

20070060310 - Methods of cashless gaming and player tracking: Methods of cashless gaming and player tracking use buttonless RFID technology at both gaming machines and gaming tables to transfer a predetermined denominated amount of credit from a remote network connected gaming account server to the gaming machine or table. Gaming machines have an Idle State, an anonymous credit state,... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070060303 - Promotion administration system and method: A system for administering promotions in which a player is awarded promotion credit to be consumed in wagering activities includes a credit administration facility that maintains a player credit account, and a display means capable of displaying a composition of the player credit account on a display means. The promotion... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070060315 - Registration system for game item sale and a method thereof: The present invention relates to a system for registering a game item sale and a method thereof, in which location of item data is moved to a sales storage area of a predetermined inventory allocated to an operation character and registration with respect to a corresponding game item for sale... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070060314 - Server based gaming system having multiple progressive awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gaming machines in the gaming system. Upon a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060306 - System and method for providing wireless gaming as a service application: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070060305 - System and method for wireless gaming system with user profiles: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070060312 - System for providing an interface for a gaming device: A device for providing an interface to a gaming machine. The device includes a processor, an ID Card reader coupled to the processor, a display coupled to the processor for displaying a bezel and information within the bezel. The device also including a keypad coupled to the processor for receiving... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070060317 - Community bonus round gaming: A gaming system-comprising a first game machine and a bonus server. The bonus server generates and transmits an initiation message to the first game machine and other game machines to initiate a community bonus round. The first game machine activates the community bonus round and transmits game information in the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060318 - Method and arrangement for providing a jackpot prize: An electronic casino table game is provided with the ability to enable players to elect to participate in a jackpot once they have made a standard wager on the electronic casino table game. The players are provided with player terminals 602, which are connected to a central controller 608. The... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070060319 - Gaming network for use in a restricted-access progressive game: A gaming system for playing a restricted-access progressive game comprises a database containing data, including a list of players having access to the restricted-access progressive game. The system includes a gaming terminal with a connection port for coupling the gaming terminal to the data-base. The gaming terminal has a player-identification... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070060320 - Progressive game and processing system thereof: A progressive game is implemented on a gaming system, wherein the gaming system includes one or more gaming machines connected to a game server, and wherein the progressive game has a progressive prize value that increases according to a progressive prize growth rate. The progressive game includes a selectable targeted... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070060321 - Server based gaming system having multiple progressive awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gaming machines in the gaming system. Upon a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070060322 - Method of pari-mutuel wagering in real time: The present invention is directed to a method of wagering on live horse and dog races or jai alai games, or similar games or races or similar games or races that allow for pari-mutuel wagering on multiple players or runners in real time. The method of wagering includes the steps... Agent: Skokos Law Group, LLC

20070060330 - Associative community bonus round: A software product for gaming can comprise software operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to activate an associative community bonus round on a first game machine, select a second game machine to join the first game machine in an associative community bonus round game, transmit an... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060329 - Bonus server with community bonus round gaming: A bonus server system comprises a network interface and a processor. The network interface is configured to receive game information from a first game machine and transmit an initiation message to the first game machine and to a second game machine. The processor is configured to determine whether to initiate... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060334 - Casino gambling system with biometric access control: A casino gambling system may comprise a plurality of casino gambling units and at least one computer that may include a biometric input apparatus capable of generating digital data representing a unique physical characteristic of a user and a controller operatively coupled to the biometric input apparatus. The controller may... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070060327 - Creating, playing and monetizing user customizable games: The present invention allows a user to select between playing a predefined game provided via a game application, or customize a game and share the customized game with friends via a global network. In certain embodiments, the user customizes the game by authoring content and incorporating the authored content and... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070060325 - Fantasy sports live: A live scoring that can be employed without plugins thereby enhancing reliability and scalability is provided. Moreover, the live scoring system utilizes a pull model which does not require persistent connections to a live scoring source, server or network. Furthermore, in view of the inherent characteristic of live scoring systems... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070060331 - Game machine software and communications for community bonus round gaming: A software product for operating a game with a community bonus round includes software and a storage medium. The software is operational when executed by a processor to direct the processor to receive a game play event from an interface of a game machine and transmit the game play event... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060332 - Gaming machine having additional features for tracked players: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game comprises a value input device for receiving a wager from a player and at least one processor for executing gameplay on the gaming machine. The gaming machine further comprises a player information reader and a player tracking device detector operative to detect... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070060324 - Gaming machine, game control method and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: output means for outputting, by an operation of a player, a start signal indicating start of a game; winning combination determination means for determining a winning combination by a lottery according to reception of the start signal; means for paying out game... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070060323 - Gaming machines having rhythmic reels: A gaming machine and methods for independently controlling the movement of each mechanical reel are disclosed. The gaming machine includes a plurality of mechanical reels each having indicia provided on an outer surface of each of the reels. A game controller generates a game outcome and determines a spin duration... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070060326 - Method of cashless gaming and player tracking: Methods of cashless gaming and player tracking use buttonless RFID technology at both gaming machines and gaming tables to transfer a predetermined denominated amount of credit from a remote network connected gaming account server to the gaming machine or table. Gaming machines have an Idle State, an anonymous credit state,... Agent: Vincent L. Ramik Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070060328 - Sports matchmaker systems: The Sports Matchmaker System provides an improved method for arranging sporting events and non-sporting events between unacquainted people. It provides a system for matching persons publicly offering to participate in particular sporting or social events with persons desiring to participate in similar sporting or social events. The system also provides... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20070060333 - Video poker wagering game having card-accumulation feature: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of conducting a video poker game on a gaming machine and a gaming machine are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a wager from a player to play a block of hands and displaying a plurality of cards from a deck... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070060335 - Action charging in a turn-based video game: Methods and systems for affecting a power level of an action performed by a character in a video game are disclosed. In a tum-based video game, a player-character may decide whether to instantly perform the action with a default power level, or to delay the action until after another character's... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070060338 - Computer game which produces steg spaces and steg objects: The present invention relates to a system, processes and apparatus for an image creation game. The system of the present invention is made up of processing arrangements executed by software which provides for the formation of spaces, and the creation of objects within those spaces, on a graphical user interface... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070060340 - Game machine with visual fix points and methods: A game machine with a display providing visual fixed point frames of reference and an operating method for presenting a player with visually coherent game type or game variant changes is disclosed. The display is logically considered a collection of visual elements or points. When a player requests to see... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060337 - Game program and game system: To provide a game program which realizes an increase in realism by reflecting actual weather information in a hypothetical world in a game. A CPU of an apparatus main body obtains actual weather data via a communication interface, and stores it in an HDD. Simulated weather is determined based on... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070060336 - Methods and systems for enabling depth and direction detection when interfacing with a computer program: A method for detecting direction when interfacing with a computer program is provided. The method includes capturing an image presented in front of an image capture device. The image capture device has a capture location in a coordinate space. When a person is captured in the image, the method includes... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070060339 - Visual fix points and methods for display of game data: A visual fixed point apparatus and method for presenting a player with visually coherent game type or game variant changes is disclosed. The display is logically considered a collection of visual elements or points. When a player requests to see an alternate game or game variant as compared to the... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060342 - Button encounter system: A video game system and method is described in which map scenes and battle scenes are used. A player character may move through the map scene, and upon encountering enemies to battle, an encounter area may be generated and displayed to show the user which enemies will be included in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070060341 - Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting gaming results through a player decision field: A decision field is displayed having a number of result tokens spaced apart at different locations about the decision field, with each result token displaying a respective potential result. A decision point is also displayed within the decision field. This decision point is associated with two or more direction options... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060344 - Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting gaming results through inverse symbol logic: A method displays a number of symbol locations with a respective graphic symbol at each symbol location. Each symbol location may comprise an actual reel or simulated reel which is capable of displaying any one of a number of graphic symbols included in a group of presentation symbols. This group... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060343 - Role play system: A video game system and method is described in which a player-controlled icon in a map scene represents a group or party of characters, and in response to the icon entering a location on the map scene, automatically dispersing the icon into multiple icons representing the various characters. Upon dispersing,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070060349 - System for employing video segments in the presentation of a wagering game: A method includes receiving a game play initiating input at a player station and displaying a video-transitioning symbol in response to the game play initiating input. This video-transitioning symbol is displayed in a game play result conveying graphic on a display device associated with the player station, and may include... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060348 - System for presenting gaming results employing a gaming display interactive character: A method includes displaying a gaming graphic at a player station. This gaming graphic includes a result conveying component and a background component with the background component located in a peripheral area surrounding at least a portion of the result conveying component. The method also includes periodically changing the background... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060346 - Tool for video gaming system and method: A tool and method for developing video games is provided. The method includes selecting images for use in the video game, and selecting activities related to the video game. The activities each have a type and at least some of the activities are related to the images. The method includes... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070060347 - Video game processing method, video game processing apparatus and video game processing program: In a license confirmation and setting interruption process, a controller, generates a license setting screen for a predetermined player character A, and displays the generated license setting screen on an image display portion. Upon receiving a selection area movement request, which is a request for a movement of a cursor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070060345 - Video gaming system and method: A video game is provided for a mobile handset that includes a plurality of pre-rendered 3-dimensional images. The video game includes a background image comprising a substantially 360-degree landscape. The video game also includes a game engine that is operable for video game play to position a player in a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070060351 - Method and apparatus for teaching music concepts: The present invention describes a method for playing a music game. The game is played by having each player move along a game path that includes a plurality of spaces, each of which is associated with a key signature. Each player advances along the path when he or she correctly... Agent: Bernardo Paratore

20070060350 - System and method for control by audible device: A system and method is provided for controlling a device through air pressure waves, or “sound”. The system and method involve receiving a sound and analyzing the sound to determine whether or not it has one or more predetermined characteristics. If it is determined that the sound does have one... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070060352 - Gaming machine with color-coded buttons: Input devices, such as push-buttons, are configured to display different colors, such as by emitting light in different colors. The displayed colors of the input devices are controlled so that a user may differentiate them and their associated functions. In one use, a gaming machine includes a plurality of color-codeable... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070060353 - Program, information storage medium, and game device: When an insect character generation control section has detected reception of a beacon periodically transmitted from an AP located in the current wireless communication area of a player's device, the insect character generation control section detects the MAC address of the AP which has transmitted the beacon. When the detected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070060356 - Interactive communication system for communicating video game and karaoke software: A communication system is proposed for transmitting at least one of the data, the program, and a combination of them from a host facility to a communicator such as a communication terminal device. In this communication system, the data or the program becomes unable to be used when a predetermined... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070060354 - Method and device for generating a game directory on an electronic gaming device: The present invention relates to a method and a device for simplifying the forming of game parties in wireless communication networks. The present invention is based on generating a game directory comprising all available (multi-player) games on a mobile device and exchanging said information between different gaming devices. Said game... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070060355 - System and method for wireless gaming system with alerts: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070060375 - Collection and redemption systems and methods: Collection and redemption systems and methods of operating such systems are disclosed. A collectable symbol accumulator accumulates a plurality of collectable symbols according to certain criteria. At a time based on other criteria, the collectable symbols are subsequently offered for redemption by a player for an award.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060373 - Data communication system and methods: A data communication system and methods are disclosed. One of the methods includes receiving portions of information such as game content information. The portions are compared to a maximum transmission unit of a network, and combined if their combination is smaller than the maximum transmission unit. Combining of the information... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070060372 - Deposit monitor system for game tokens: A deposit monitor system for game tokens includes a deposit and payout machine installed in an amusement place for depositing and paying out game tokens based on input of user authentication information, a web server configured to acquire and store the user authentication information and deposit information of the game... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070060363 - Distributed game services: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. A local gaming machine is in communication with a remote gaming machine over a data network. A player input is received at an input terminal of the local gaming machine.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060371 - Electronic betting and gaming system: An electronic betting and gaming system for use with telecommunication means, particularly data networks, in which a user's block (1) is connected by means of a sales outlet block (2) to a start-up package block (3) comprising a payment card block (4) and a deposit coupon block (5), and in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070060367 - End-to-end transaction tracking in the enterprise: Various embodiments of a method, system and article of manufacture track the processing of a transaction. A managing server receives an originator communication event record from a first collector associated with a first application environment having a first unit of execution. The first communication event record is associated with a... Agent: International Business Machines CorpIPLaw

20070060359 - Enhanced method and apparatus for selecting and rendering performance data: Enhanced methodology and apparatus for use in a multi-player video game for generating a array of user selectable options for choosing real or computer generated users to play with and/or compete against. For example, in a simulated multiple driver racing game application, the user of a computing device is presented... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060380 - Fantasy sports television programming systems and methods: Systems and methods are disclosed that enable fantasy betting sports games via the Internet and a comprehensive all-sports social networking community for sports fans, virtual sports bettors and sports gamers. The systems and methods include Internet-enabled interactive display systems located at player sites. An Internet-enabled server system is provided for... Agent: Law Offices Of Kenneth W. Float

20070060369 - Game machine with community bonus round gaming: The game machine system comprises an input/output interface, a communication network interface, and a processor. The input/output interface receives player input. The communication network interface transmits game information to a device. The processor transitions from a game in a normal gaming mode to a community bonus round, and operates the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070060370 - Game system: A game system is disclosed that comprises a server system and a game parlor connected to the server system through a network, the server system forming and retaining a unit price schedule data that set a unit price for a predetermined unit time, the game parlor including a plurality of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070060379 - Game system with visual fix points and methods: A game system with networked game machines with displays providing visual fixed point frames of reference and an operating method for presenting a player with visually coherent game type or game variant changes is disclosed. The display is logically considered a collection of visual elements or points. When a player... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060381 - Gaming award notice system and method: A wide area network that provides information with respect to casino properties and manufacturers including information with respect to awards, prizes, promotions, tournaments and the like to enable a player an independent source of information with respect to both different modes of entertainment that are available once one attends a... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20070060364 - Gaming system for data management and collection and related methods: Systems for managing gaming devices in a networked environment are disclosed herein. The system includes one or more gaming device, at least one data repository, host system, and a datastore. The gaming devices have a gaming processor and a plurality of gaming components, wherein one or more parameters are associated... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070060366 - Hybrid network system and method: A hybrid network system and method is used for incrementally upgrading a gaming system from legacy equipment to broadband equipment while maintaining the capability to support the assets and functionality of both legacy gaming devices and networks and modern gaming devices and networks. The hybrid network system enables new gaming... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070060360 - Method and system for adapting casino games to playing preferences: One embodiment of the present invention provides for receiving a player identifier, transmitting the player identifier to a central server, receiving data corresponding to the player identifier from the central server, and configuring play of a casino game based on the data.... Agent: Walker Digital

20070060374 - Method and system for controlling playing of card game artificial intelligence: A method and system for controlling a card game artificial intelligence (AI), which plays in a set pattern by a game designer, and enables a play pattern reflecting a recent game trend of garners to be played by a game AI. Also, a method and system which can execute the... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070060361 - Method and system for instant-on game download: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for a method for providing a game on demand over a data network, in a gaming machine. The gaming machine sends a request message for a game application over the data network. In a network mode,... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060357 - Method apparatus and system for permitting the self-service of established casino players to new casino destinations in the gaming industry via a wide area network: This invention relates to the art of facilitating the ability for a game of chance player (“casino player” or “player”) to handle their own upcoming plans for accommodations and services via the World Wide Web or other Wide Area Network to a casino service provider (“casino”) without human intervention or... Agent: Valetnoir Inc - A New York Corporation

20070060365 - Multi-area progressive gaming system: The system provides a control and management solution for linked gaming machines in a progressive game environment. The system can track multiple meters so that multiple progressive jackpots can be maintained for each game and/or for multiple participating business entities sharing in game revenue. Correspondingly, multiple progressive display meters can... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070060362 - Network gaming system with a distribution server: A network gaming system includes a distribution server to provide gaming devices with communication with backend servers. The system includes at least one backend server, at least one gaming device, and at least one distribution server, wherein each gaming device is in communication with at least one backend server through... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070060377 - Open-ended bonus gaming machine and method: An open-ended bonus gaming machine and method are disclosed. A gaming machine includes a game with a bonus game initiated upon a triggering event and a register that is modified by one or more units based on predefined criteria. The bonus game terminates when the register contains a predefined value.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060378 - Open-ended bonus system and method: An open-ended bonus system and method are disclosed. A gaming machine system includes a gaming machine with a bonus game containing a register that is modified by one or more units based on predefined criteria, the bonus game terminating when the register contains a predefined value.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060376 - Selectable bonus system and method: A selectable bonus system and method are disclosed. A gaming machine system includes a gaming machine with a game containing a set of possible options, including a subset of options selectable by a player upon a triggering event. A bonus game is operated in accordance with the selected option.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20070060368 - Synergistic on-line game system: The present invention provides a synergistic on-line game system. After the user logins the on-line game platform of the provider, the characteristics of a virtual character would be set up to begin its virtual life. Even the user logouts, such virtual would still go on continuously. Moreover, the virtual commodities... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070060358 - System and method for wireless gaming with location determination: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for wireless gaming with location determination are provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a gaming server; a wireless network at least partially covering a property, the wireless network comprising a plurality... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070060388 - Electronic game character exhibiting traits based on an intelligence algorithm: An amusement device has a display and an input device. The amusement device includes a memory that stores at least one electronic game and a system control program and a controller operatively coupled to the memory, the input device and the display. The electronic game has at least one virtual... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070060386 - Electronic money settlement system and electronic money information storage medium: An electronic money settlement system has a read/write unit configured to read electronic money information from the card, subtract a charge for an objective to be used by the user from the read electronic money information, and write the balance as new electronic money information into the card, the system... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070060382 - Game device and game system: Each of a plurality of stations, at which a player plays a game, is provided with an identifier unique to each of the stations, and a receiver which receives personal information from the player. A first storage stores the personal information while associating with the identifier, with respect to each... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070060389 - Game program, game device, and game method: The present invention provides a player with replay images without setting a reference value to the replay images. First, in a game implemented by a program of the present invention, a first event table that identifies event content and the importance level thereof, is set. Next, replay images of an... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070060387 - Gaming floor control and configuration system: A method includes periodically over a given day comparing an actual status for a casino player station with a current target status for the casino player station. The actual status for the casino player station specifies an actual game presentation operating at the casino player station at the particular time.... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20070060384 - Storage medium storing video game program: A game process is performed by obtaining control data from a game controller. Distance data associated with the distance between the game controller and a predetermined measured reference provided in a real space is calculated by using the control data obtained from the game controller. Then, a predetermined game process... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060385 - Storage medium storing virtual position determining program: A game controller includes an image-capturing section, and outputs, as control data, a captured image itself or a result of performing a predetermined operation on the captured image. Using the control data obtained from the game controller, distance data regarding the distance between the game controller and the imaging target... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060383 - Video game program and video game system: A video game device displays a reference image (an image of a fishing rod 54) at a predetermined position on the screen of a display device. The video game device displays a pointer image (a cursor 55) at a position on the screen being pointed at by a control device.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060391 - Game operating device: A game operating device (controller) includes a longitudinal housing, and a holding portion held by hand to be wrapped by its palm it is formed in the housing. A direction switch is provided on an upper surface at a position where it can be operated by thumb of the hand... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070060390 - Gaming machine with scanning 3-d display system: The present invention provides systems and methods that cast an image into a person's eye from a retinal image system included with a gaming machine. The gaming machine includes a retinal image system located within or about the external cabinet and configured to cast an image toward an eye of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060394 - Downloading upon the occurrence of predetermined events: Some aspects of the present invention provide for the downloading of code, including but not limited to peripheral device code, upon the occurrence of predetermined events, sometimes referred to herein as “triggers.” For example, exceeding a predetermined number of errors within a predetermined time may comprise a trigger. Some implementations... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070060392 - Game controller: A game controller includes four primary buttons for user input. The primary buttons may be spaced equidistant from the perimeter of a generally rounded, hand-held controller. In one embodiment, the buttons may be specifically positioned for activation by the thumbs of a user when the controller is cradled in two... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070060393 - Game controller: This invention relates to a game controller. The game controller particularly has two movable handles. The two movable handles can be rotated to any angle for users' holding customs and can be received for saving space. Moreover, the game controller is further integrated with functions of game control and home-use... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070054715 - Display for multi-media game console: A display for a multi-media game console. The display includes a camera and a microphone to satisfy all the functions that the game console can provide. Such that, users can play games as well as see and talk to others through Internet. The display can be utilized for a game... Agent: Hdsl

20070054718 - Fantasy sports auction system: A fantasy sports game for a plurality of participants representing sports teams each wishing to form a fantasy sports team made up of actual athletes, and each operating a participant terminal operable to act as a client on a network, the system comprising: a host controller, the host controller comprising... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070054719 - Input character processing method: Three user characters are displayed in a chat room. When a user inputs a character string, the character string is displayed on the screens of the respective users. When a character string inputted by a user contains a character string “Ha,Ha,Ha”, a data table outputs an event corresponding to the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070054717 - Method and system for controlling game ai which copies input pattern of gamer and playing the game: A method and system for controlling a game artificial intelligence (AI), which can provide a lifelike game service as if a gamer plays a game with another real gamer, by enabling a game model which is determined as optimal for a particular game situation from previously played game models or... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070054716 - Network game system, client device and server apparatus: At each of game consoles connected to a network game system, character information and relegated character information are stored at a storage unit. An arithmetic operation unit determines through arithmetic operations the extent of changes in the position and motion of each of the relegated characters as the game progresses... Agent: Venable LLP

20070054720 - Shooting game method and apparatus for mobile terminal device using local positioning communication: A shooting game method and an apparatus for a mobile terminal device using local positioning communication to run a shooting game by local positioning communication based on positions of the mobile terminal device and a neighboring mobile terminal device. Accordingly, improving the user convenience implementing an intelligent shooting game using... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070054721 - Multiplay poker wagering game with payout differentiating display of probabilities: A method of playing a poker event wagering game comprises: a player placing an underlying wager of X credits in the wagering game where Z partial hands are provided in a display step in the wagering game; displaying Z partial hands in the display step; the player wagering Y credits... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.a. York Business Center

20070054730 - Bi-stable downloadable reel strips: Disclosed are gaming machines, gaming machine reels, and configurable reel strips, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, for electronically altering and replacing information shown on a reel of a gaming machine. A reel strip with a configurable surface is provided on the reel. The configurable surface... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070054728 - Gaming device and method with enhanced player interactivity: A gaming device and method in which a portion of each wager (1) is divided between at least two escrow accounts. One may serve as a conventional progressive pool (1a) (possibly networked across a number of gaming devices), while another may serve as a gaming device or player specific cache... Agent: Jeffrey A. Hood

20070054727 - Gaming device having a display device having multiple rotatable members: A gaming device including a display device that rotates a co-acting symbol display about a horizontal and vertical axis to display at least one symbol to a player. The symbol display is movably connected to a support and includes a first symbol display and a second symbol display. The first... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Llc

20070054726 - Gaming devices and methods with alternative betting configurations: A gaming device and method having alternative wagering or betting features. A gaming device includes a plurality of paylines. At least one of the paylines includes a different number of symbol positions than at least one of the other paylines. The gaming device enables the player to select and wager... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Llc

20070054724 - Match game method and device: A method and device for conducting a match game includes selecting game indicia from a game indicia set. A player selects zero or more game indicia and prompts re-selection of the game indicia not selected. Optionally, the re-selection is from the same game indicia set. Additional rounds of holding and... Agent: Morishita Law Firm, L.l.c. Suite 850

20070054722 - Method of awarding a prize: A method of awarding a prize in a network of electronic gaming machines in which the probability of a machine winning the prize is dependent upon a change in a win meter of the electronic gaming machine within a polling cycle.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070054725 - Player interaction systems: A gaming system comprises one or more gaming machines, a display system, a player interface system, and a player tracking system. The display system includes a display screen that displays player interactive information, and the player interface system includes a keypad and a secondary input means. The player tracking system... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070054723 - Video and mechanical spinning bonus wheel: A gaming machine includes a combination inner video display and rotatable object. The inner video display and the rotatable object may be correlated together to form a reconfigurable object. Both the inner video display and the rotatable object can have segments wherein each segment may have an indicia associated with... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070054729 - Wagering game with secondary prize feature: A method for conducting a wagering game is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a plurality of symbol-bearing objects to indicate a randomly selected outcome. A player is awarded a primary payoff based on the plurality of symbol-bearing objects meeting a predetermined criterion. The player is awarded at least one secondary... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.c.

20070054731 - Game machine: To provide a game machine which can cause a player to play the game while applying a feeling of tension. A game machine includes a main controller 301 and a terminal side game controller 701, which carry out a control for progressing a game, and a payout management section 703... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20070054732 - Gaming system which provides multiple players multiple bonus awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. Upon a suitable triggering event at a triggering gaming device in the gaming system a bonus event occurs. When the bonus event occurs, the players actively playing each auxiliary gaming device in the gaming system are... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Llc

20070054733 - Gaming device having progressive awards and supplemental awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s) will provide the bonus awards. In... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd Llc Suite 3300

20070054734 - Gaming network: The gaming network described herein includes network security features, host security features, audit protocols, and design architecture approaches to reduce the possibility of network attacks. The gaming network provides for traffic confidentiality, encryption, message authentication, secure authentication mechanisms, anti-replay protection of traffic, key management mechanisms, robust network availability, misrouting and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070054735 - Video matrix system: A modular video matrix system for selectively interconnecting a plurality of audio, visual and optionally game controller signals from media source devices to display to or play on any one or all connected audio visual receiving display monitors or display stations. The video matrix allowing the user to decide which... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070054737 - Convertible single-turn to multi-turn gaming steering wheel: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for operating a gaming wheel system including a steering wheel which may be a single-turn wheel (at most 360° lock-to-lock) or a multi-turn wheel (more than 360° lock-to-lock) to play a game which may be designed for a single-turn... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070054736 - Repositionable user input device: An apparatus, such as a handheld electronic learning system, is provided with at least one multi-function, repositionable controller assembly. The controller assembly includes a first user input device, such as a joystick, and a second user input device, such as a pushbutton switch. The controller assembly, carried by the housing... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070054740 - Hybrid gaming network: The invention provides a method and apparatus for linking a plurality of independent networks to a single central control system. In one embodiment, a casino accounting and reporting processing system provides a common back end to a plurality of networks. In one embodiment, the central server is coupled to at... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070054738 - Multigame selection: A gaming system (100) comprises a gaming server (system controller) (54), a plurality of gaming machines (10), and a communications system (63) connecting each of the plurality of gaming machines (10) to the gaming server (53). The gaming machines (10) each have a display (14), player controls (22), a player... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy

20070054741 - Network gaming device peripherals: The invention provides a method and apparatus for providing peripheral devices that are accessible via the gaming network. The peripheral devices may be accessible to other gaming machines in the network. The peripheral devices may be accessible through the network by an operator or administrator. In one embodiment, an interface... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070054739 - System and method for peer-to-peer wireless gaming: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20070054742 - Gaming cabinet construction and method: A cabinet for gaming machines and the like includes a rigid tubular metal frame, and a plurality of sheet metal members that are welded to the frame. The cabinet has a strong and lightweight construction that is also very durable. The cabinet may be constructed in a wide range of... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070049367 - Methods for game augmented interactive marketing: The present invention provides methods for game augmented interactive marketing, advertising impression verification, and information presentation. In one embodiment, a method for interactive marketing includes generating a game sequence with a plurality of moves that may be played by a user and eliciting from the user at least one of... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070049369 - Gaming table with means for receiving value information: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have casino tables with changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Electronic chips or other value indicators are used to indicate betting. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing... Agent: Randy A. Gregory Gregory I.p. Law

20070049368 - Gaming tables with multiple player positions and common display: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have a casino table with changeable displays for players and a common or central display. The displays portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing, betting and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing... Agent: Randy A. Gregory Gregory I.p. Law

20070049370 - Simulation program, recording media, simulator, gaming machine and game network system: A simulation program according to the present invention allows a computer to execute: a first displaying step of displaying at least one portion of a virtual pachinko machine on a display screen of the computer, based upon gaming board information relating to a gaming board having a predetermined gaming area... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070049371 - System for protecting on-line flash game, web server, method for providing webpage, and storage media recording that method execution program: The present invention relates to an online flash game protection system, a web server, a web page provision method, an online flash game protection method, and a storage medium recording the method execution program. When a flash game performance is selected, a game skin flash module controls a game skin... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070049372 - Gaming machine including redo feature: A wager manipulation feature for a wagering game is provided. The feature may be implemented after the player's wager is set but before game play takes place, after game play takes place or both simultaneously. If before game play, the feature enables the player to undo or nullify the wager,... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070049373 - Gaming machine with promotional item dispenser: A gaming apparatus is provided with a display unit, a promotional credit member processing apparatus, and a controller that may be programmed to allow a person to obtain a first number of promotional gaming credits in response to processing of a promotional credit member by the promotional credit member processing... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070049374 - Game system and storage medium having game program stored thereon: A first controller includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data in accordance with a motion of a first controller body included in the first controller. A second controller includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data in accordance with a direction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070049375 - Methods and devices for gaming network management: The present invention provides novel method and devices for managing gaming machine networks. Some preferred implementations of the invention cause switches to report the gaming machines that are currently connected to the switch. The report may be made periodically, in response to a query and/or in response to an event... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070049376 - Swing hinge module for portable communication device: Disclosed is a swing hinge module for a portable communication device, which includes a first housing; a second housing opened from and closed onto the first housing by a hinge about a first hinge axis; a third housing disposed between the first and second housings, the third housing being rotated... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP