Amusement devices: games inventions 08/07

20070202936 - Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game: Specification of an attack for a player character is received by means of an attack specifying operation of the player. A direct attack reaction is determined in the case where it is determined that the attack hits an enemy character A. The direct attack reaction indicates a reaction of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070202941 - Internet remote game server: A gaming system, including a game outcome server, an account handling device and a client device communicatively coupled via network, is described. The game outcome server may be operable to send command, instructions, data or combinations thereof that allow an interface for a wager-based game to be generated on the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070202937 - Method and system for a game of knowledge for multiple players including wagering: A game of knowledge including wagering is played by multiple players. The players of the game place wagers to outwit the other players, such that the other players decide to leave the game, and based on their belief that they can correctly answer a question on a selected topic. A... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070202938 - Gaming machine and simulation program: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The machine comprises a sub-CPU for counting a sum total of the number of executions of the changeable display of the first identification information reserved and the number of executions of the changeable display of the second identification information reserved, based on the first and... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070202939 - Skill based lottery system: The invention disclosed provides a gaming system that is based on the outcome of scheduled sporting events. The wagers are directed to a selected sporting event and represent either of the top six, five or four winners. Alternate embodiments involve an array of sporting events, and other embodiments involve different... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070202942 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine makes a player play a game using a card on a front surface of which win/lose decisive information is shown and on a back surface of which win/lose decisive information is not shown. The gaming machine includes a main controller and a player terminal. The main controller... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070202940 - Gaming machine and game system: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a reading device for reading player information recorded in a recording medium carried by a player, effect control means for performing an effect control along with the advance of a game based on player information read by the reading device, effect... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070202944 - Gaming machine and gaming system: A gaming machine and a gaming system that may encourage a player to continue to play a game even though the player almost gives up winning a progressive jackpot are provided. After a part of bet coins is added to the progressive jackpot, if it is determined that the progressive... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070202943 - Symbol driven contributions for a prize pool in a wagering game: A gaming terminal and a method for playing a wagering game on the gaming terminal. The gaming terminal is one of a plurality of gambling terminals and the wagering game has a prize pool. The method includes conducting a basic game having a randomly selected outcome. A player is awarded... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070202945 - Accessibility and security in a gaming environment: An accessibility and security in a gaming environment method and system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes associating an accessibility feature to a navigation mechanism of a game, processing a response through the navigation mechanism of a special-needs user when the accessibility feature is enabled, and/or generating a... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070202947 - Lighting system for gaming devices: A reel device for a gaming machine comprising a chassis configured to support the reel device and a reel structure attached to the chassis. The reel structure has a hub, a frame, and a spoke attached to the hub and the frame. The frame may define the periphery of the... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20070202946 - Shooting game device: In a shooting game device capable of having more than one player play a game, stop control module (M1), generates first stop information (ST1) upon detecting that a first gun unit (30) points out of the screen, and generates second stop information (ST2) upon detecting that a first gun unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070202948 - Gaming machine display: A gaming machine display (14) includes a game playing arrangement (16) mountable in a cabinet (62) of a gaming machine (10). An electronically controlled display element (50) overlies the game playing arrangement (16) so that, depending on a state of the display element (50), the game playing arrangement (16) is... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070202949 - Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program: A video game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a game according to a game program in a virtual space. During the game, the player selectively displays a 2D game screen and a 3D game screen by operating a controller. It should be noted that a player character,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070202950 - Wireless game controller with integrated audio system: A wireless computer game controller with integrated audio system that sends and receives audio signal via integrated circuitry provided in the controller. The wireless interface (transmitter/receiver) establishes a communication link to facilitate the transmission of both command signals and audio/video signals between the controller and computer device to thereby provide... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070202951 - Asset manipulation of computer games using a network: Computer game asset (e.g., items and dynamic content) manipulation over a network is provided. Information about game items can be stored on a separate server and users can be allowed to execute transactions on the items outside the game environment. Transactions relating to dynamic content can also be performed. Item... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070202955 - N-tier architecture for a casino management system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for gaming system configuration and control in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments include receiving a request for an application to execute at a gaming system, and routing the request to an appropriate application server to provide the application at the gaming system.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070202953 - Server system, team formation method in network game, and information storage medium: A play level value of each player which is changed depending on game results is stored in a player management DB. When accepting a matching request from a player terminal, all candidate teams including the player who has issued the matching request are calculated. Candidate teams of which the average... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070202952 - Trading card games and methods of play: Trading card games and methods of play. The trading card game includes first and second game components comprising a plurality of first and second individual game pieces each having attributes visibly displayed thereon. The second game pieces further including at least one attribute variable during game play. In the preferred... Agent: Patent Department Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

20070202954 - Two-wire exchange system: A two-wire exchange system is disclosed that enables a gaming device having one communication port to function as a gaming device having a plurality of communication ports. The two-wire exchange system allows a gaming device having only a single communication port to connect to two or more system hosts simultaneously.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070202956 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device (100) has a long sideways housing (10) whose both ends are held by the hands of a user and an LCD fitted in the surface of the housing (10). Bulges (42L, 42R) projecting outward are formed on both end portions of the rear face of the... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070202957 - Gaming machine: Disclosed is a gaming machine. The gaming machine comprises a main body of the gaming machine playing a game with a predetermined game medium (gaming ball); a figure 40 having a predetermined shape; a base 50 mounted to the main body, the figure 40 being detachably mounted thereto; a sub-CPU... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070197273 - Board game system, game device, storage medium storing game program: A board game system includes a board 1 of a board game played by moving a gamepiece along a track formed by a plurality of spaces drawn on the board, and a game device 10 for displaying a predetermined image on a screen. The board includes at least one event... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070197276 - Gaming machine: If the procedure is shifted to the treasure bonus process, twenty three treasure boxes are displayed on the lower display. Here, if the player selects desired treasure box by operation of the additional bet operating portion, the award corresponding to the treasure box is notified gradually based on the number... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070197277 - Gaming machine: A slot machine includes a CPU and a lower liquid crystal display. The CPU displays a plurality of treasure boxes on the lower liquid crystal display. The CPU selects one treasure box from among the plurality of treasure boxes displayed on the lower liquid crystal display based on input from... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070197283 - Methods and systems for the transmission of interactive game attributes through a wireless network: The present invention is directed, in part, to providing duplicate instances of a particular interactive game on multiple wireless devices. When a first instance of an interactive game is initiated on a first wireless device, a unique identifier is assigned to that particular instance. The unique identifier may then be... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070197289 - Gaming machine: The present invention provides a gaming machine which allows players to observe a gaming image which is displayed for one player without being influenced by a gaming image which is displayed for another player in perfoming a game in which a plurality of players can play, and to reduce an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070197292 - System and method for incorporating artificial intelligence into a biofeedback training system: A biofeedback training system and method which utilizes biological signals from a trainee to influence actions and events in an activity or game displayed to the trainee. A level of intelligence in a displayed activity or game is used a biofeedback variable. Decision-making rules or other abilities within an embedded... Agent: Roetzel & Andress

20070197297 - Apparatus and methods of physical game components: Systems, apparatus, and methods relating to a physical object that are associated with a virtual game world are described. Some embodiments of the physical object have an in-game value within the virtual game world. Software operating the virtual game world ascribes purchasing power or attributes having offensive, defensive, opportunity, or... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070197274 - Systems and methods for improving fitness equipment and exercise: The present invention provides systems for and methods of playing a video game that includes providing a game character having a virtual appearance characteristic, receiving an input signal indicative of a user exercise performance level, and altering the virtual appearance characteristic in response to receiving the input signal. Numerous other... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, P.C.

20070197275 - Gaming machine interfaceable with collectible gaming token: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game controlled by a processor dispenses, receives, and interacts with collectible portable tracking devices, or tokens. The gaming machine includes a token dispenser, a token receiver and an interface. Each token is equipped with a computer readable storage medium adapted to either directly... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070197278 - Wagering game: A wagering game for one or more players comprising (a) a random result generator for generating a specific random result, and (b) a playing surface (100) including a first betting zone (20) for placement of first wagers corresponding to a plurality of likely random results; and a second betting zone... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070197279 - Systems and methods for facilitating play of lottery games: Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing lottery outcomes and other types of lottery information to a player (e.g., in accordance with one or more preferences of a player). In some embodiments, lottery information may be provided over a network, via postal mail, via CD-ROM, and/or via... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070197280 - Game and prize method: A game and prize method is described wherein a prize is awarded to a winner of a game, and the prize must be spent by the winner within a certain set time limit. However, in order to obtain the prize within the present invention a player must participate in a... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20070197281 - Methods and systems for conducting pari-mutuel wagers: Methods and systems of conducting wagers, such as pari-mutuel wagers. In one exemplary embodiment an event, such as a horse race, dog race, a combination of races, etc., is identified for which a plurality of bettors may each place at least one wager. Preferably, the racing wager method comprises the... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070197282 - Betting terminal with watchdog: A betting terminal comprises a gaming server that regulates the progress of any one of a number of different selectable games, a user access facility usable by a player to select any one of the games for play and to place a wager thereon, a communication network providing communication between... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070197284 - Game program, game device, and game method: In a game that is implemented by the present game program, the contact position of a command means on a monitor will be identified when a player places the command means in contact with the monitor. Then, the contact position will be moved in an expected pass display area with... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070197288 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes an operation controller, a processor, and a display. The operation controller accepts an operation of a player, and the processor controls a game based on the operation of the player accepted by the operation controller. The display simultaneously displays a first image that can be recognized... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070197285 - Image processing program, recording medium and apparatus: Technical Problems In a conventional race game to compete in time or order using names of existing places and executed in a computer such as a home video game machine, the background image thereof is an image of a virtual three-dimensional space using a polygon model, which has a difference... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070197286 - Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus: A game apparatus includes a CPU. In the game apparatus, when it is determined that a player object has collided with an enemy object not in a predetermined state, the enemy object is turned into the predetermined state. Then, by a collision with the enemy object in the predetermined state,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070197287 - Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus: A game apparatus includes a CPU. In the game apparatus, it is determined whether movement state of a player object formed by a plurality of parts has satisfied a predetermined requirement or not. The predetermined requirement is, for example, that a movement speed is equal to or more than a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070197291 - External interfaces for a 3d graphics system: An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive. Various serial bus interfaces provide expandability and interconnectability with a variety of internal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070197290 - Music game device, music game system, operation object, music game program, and music game method: When a cursor (105: FIG. 12) is correctly manipulated in correspondence with guides (“G1” to “G4” and “g1” to “g5”: FIG. 12), the display of the dance object (106: FIG. 12) and the background (110: FIG. 12) is controlled in accordance with the manipulation direction of the cursor. The position... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070197293 - System and method for alias addressing during effectuation a push-to-talk service in a multiplayer gaming environment: A client for effectuating a push-to-talk service in a gaming environment includes a processor capable of operating a game client, where the client has an associated alias address in a gaming architecture and multimedia service address in a multimedia service architecture. The game client interacts with the gaming architecture to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070197294 - Communications interface for a gaming machine: The present invention provides a system and method for an improved communications interface for a gaming machine. Certain embodiments of an improved gaming network include a gaming system including a communication interface, and a server providing at least one of an application, a service, and a status to the gaming... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070197295 - Computer enabled, interactive, role playing entertainment system: This invention is a computer enabled, interactive, role playing entertainment system wherein a multitude of participants interact with one another both over an Internet connected computer and by face-to-face meetings. It includes a Game Site on the Internet that administers and regulates the play of the various games, distributes the... Agent: David A. Birch

20070197296 - Method and system for providing character having game item functions: Disclosed is a character service method and system having a game item function. In one embodiment, a method is provided for generating a character by a character generating system including a gamvatar provider, a gamvatar controller, and a game server. The method includes providing an avatar to a user accessing... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070197298 - Wide area program distribution and game information communication system: Methods and apparatus are described for distributing gaming applications to a plurality of gaming sites located in a plurality of regulatory regions via a wide area network. Each regulatory region has a regulatory scheme associated therewith. A plurality of gaming applications are stored on at least one central server. A... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070197299 - secure gaming chip: The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture that includes an RFID inlay having a programmable integrated circuit coupled to a propagation element on a first side of a rigid two-sided printed circuit board. The programmable integrated circuit is covered by a protective material having at least one... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070197300 - Game controller with cord take up reel: A game controller with a retractable cord is disclosed. The game controller can be a universal game controller that is compatible with many different gaming platforms and have many different physical shapes and user inputs. Game controller can have a connector at the end of a cord that can be... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070197301 - Gaming cabinet constructed from connectable components: A gaming machine cabinet or housing is constructed from a plurality of connected components. In one embodiment, the cabinet is assembled from base, side, top, back and door components or sections. The housing may have a basis configuration constructed from a base, sides, top, back and a first door. The... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070191082 - Display for scale model racecars: Provided are display devices for scale model race cars and related methods.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070191098 - Terminal and data control server for processing broadcasting program information and method using the same: A terminal for processing broadcasting program information. The terminal includes a receiving unit configured to receive a program for broadcasting a sports event and positional data of players participating in the sports event, a control unit configured to output a control signal for instructing a player layout to be generated... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070191104 - Online game environment that facilitates sponsorship contracts: A system and method to allow players of a video game to form sponsorship contracts with one another such that a first player can agree, explicitly or implicitly, to provide a second player with an initial playing advantage in return for deferred compensation. The deferred compensation may be based on... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070191112 - Storage medium storing subject selecting program and subject selecting apparatus: A plurality of selection subjects which are divided into groups under a predetermined condition are displayed on a display screen. One group is selected based on coordinate information output from a pointing device. Next, based on an operation signal output from an input device which outputs an operation signal of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070191083 - Device and method for measuring a shot force exerted on a movable game device: For measuring a shot force exerted on a movable game device, a time curve of the acceleration during the shot or of the pressure within the game device during the shot is recorded and processed to obtain an energy measure, said energy measure then serving to provide information about the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070191085 - Card game based on results from a sporting event: One or more inputs, such as one or more cards from a deck of cards, to a card game are determined from one or more event results from a sporting event. A result of the card game is based at least on the one or more determined inputs.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070191084 - Method of operating a gaming machine with a secondary lottery: This gaming machine and method includes both individual and multi-player lottery aspects. Players play individual wagering games for individualized results. In addition, upon achievement of a set of at least one predesignated result within such wagering individual game, a player receives an entry into a lottery drawing. For example, in... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20070191086 - Perpetual lottery system: A perpetual lottery system and method for use by a plurality of players is provided wherein each play participates in the game indefinitely. The perpetual lottery provides a lotto-type lottery wherein a play registered on the payment of a single price is eligible for an indefinite number of subsequent draws... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070191089 - Gaming machine and gaming system: After a part of coins betted is added to the progressive Jack Pot, if it is determined that the Jack Pot is won (S46: YES), coins corresponding to the progressive Jack Pot accumulated up to now are paid out (S48). And on the other hand, three numbers of times of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070191093 - Gaming machine with interactive bonusing: A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined winning event of combination of events... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070191088 - 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

20070191091 - Slot driven video story: A gaming system includes a network server connected to a plurality of gaming devices that are adapted to provide a video payout on each play based on a set of payout parameters. Memory at each gaming device stores payout parameters that correspond to each possible gaming result or outcome. When... Agent: David N. Koffsky, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle

20070191092 - Slot driven video story: A gaming system includes a network server connected to a plurality of gaming devices that are adapted to provide a video payout on each play based on a set of payout parameters. Memory at each gaming device stores payout parameters that correspond to each possible gaming result or outcome. When... Agent: David N. Koffsky, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle

20070191090 - Slot machine with a locking function: An electronic gaming machine includes a control processor programmed to initiate an optional lock function. This lock function enables a player a) to “lock” the machine through a touchscreen data entry or button data entry upon entry of a code prior to activating the lockout and while the machine contains... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20070191087 - Wagering game with wrap-around paylines: A method of conducting a wagering game includes receiving a wager from a player for playing the wagering game. An array of symbol-bearing locations and at least one payline is displayed along a plurality of the symbol-bearing locations. The plurality of the symbol-bearing locations includes first and second non-adjacent outer... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070191094 - Method and apparatus for employing flat rate play: Systems and methods are provided allowing a player to play a gaming device and receive a predetermined number of outcomes in exchange for a payment. The gaming device generates at least the predetermined number of outcomes, and adjusts a balance of the player device based on the outcomes. The player... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070191095 - Game development: This application describes tools and methods for the analysis, interpretation and modification of games and for the development, design and construction of new games. A method of designing a unit of gameplay comprises making a choice about the properties of a number of structural elements of said unit of gameplay... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070191096 - Game apparatus, game progressing method, program, and recording medium: A game apparatus executes a game in which a player character is moved between different fields through a given traveling route according to an instruction input from a player. When the player character moves to a first area close to a door, a symbol “!” is displayed. When the character... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070191097 - Presenting community and information interface concurrent to a multimedia experience that is contextually relavant on a multimedia console system: A system architecture that predefines a unique schema around content or applications so that the actions of a user are understood outside a specific piece of content or application. Additionally, the application also reports to system applications what specific locations or actions are currently being undertaken by a user. With... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070191106 - Communication game system, game control program and memory medium: When players play car race by means of game machines, for example, a first machine game operates the object by an accelerator, brake, steering wheel and shift lever, calculates a prediction position the object reaches after a predetermined time from the current time, and transmits the prediction position to a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070191105 - Creation of ranking table for competitive game: Game apparatuses connected in a peer-to-peer manner play a competitive game with each other. Each of the game apparatuses stores a ranking table ranking points of multiple users based on past games of the users. When finishing playing the game, the game apparatuses respectively calculate points obtained by the respective... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070191100 - Game builder for mobile device-based games: A rules-based physical-virtual world game builder architecture. Mobile device games can be constructed via a website from customizable atomic rule-based units, and also supports the reuse and remixing of game components by the game creator, members of an online community, or by any other user. Once composed, the game can... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070191099 - Group scheduler for online role-playing games: This invention allows users in massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) to coordinate and participate in groups. Users' character attributes, preferred playing times, and group goals are assessed. Users are then matched with available groups across multiple gaming platforms and notified of their inclusion. Users are notified of impending group... Agent: Wade Hought

20070191109 - Local game-area network method: A local game-area network includes a plurality of gaming devices and local game-area servers. Each local game-area server is associated with a corresponding gaming device. Each local game-area server in the local game-area network is operatively associated with every other local game-area server in the local game-area network. Additionally, one... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070191107 - Method and apparatus for using conditional parameters to alternate between wagering games: A wagering method is provided that allows players or gaming establishments to specify conditions which when satisfied, reconfigure the gaming device to change game play from a first game to a second game. The condition may depend upon the value of a parameter-generally related to game play—to determine if the... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070191103 - Online game environment that facilitates binding contracts between player characters: A system and method to allow players of a video game to form sponsorship contracts with one another such that a first player can agree, explicitly or implicitly, to provide a second player with an initial playing advantage in return for deferred compensation. The deferred compensation may be based on... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070191101 - Quickly providing good matchups: Multiplayer tournaments may be established, and then automatically executed by tournament server devices to help provide users with quality matchups against players of similar skill. Tournaments may be defined by an administrator, and then automatically instantiated any number of times to accommodate demand by players. Some tournaments may group players... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070191108 - Regulated gaming - agile media player for controlling games: A method for agile downloading and controlling regulated games in a distributed gaming system, the games being selected from a large library of certified games. A preferred embodiment of the method is a plug-in for the ubiquitous personal media player whereby the regulated games distributed on CD-ROM are catalogued in... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070191102 - Tournament matchups for a multiplayer environment: Multiplayer tournaments may be established, and then automatically executed by tournament server devices to help provide users with quality matchups against players of similar skill. Tournaments may be defined by an administrator, and then automatically instantiated any number of times to accommodate demand by players. Some tournaments may dynamically adjust... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070191110 - Data acquisition software implementation and scientific analysis methods for sports statistics and phenomena: This invention provides an innovative method for analyzing sports statistics and phenomenon by using quantized event data classes. Computerized algorithms can sift through the quantized event data structures resolving all recorded event attributes and also calculate innumerable statistical results based on those particular attributes.... Agent: Erick Van Allen Crouse

20070191113 - System and method for using a game controller device for electronic trading: According to one embodiment, a system for electronic trading is provided. The system includes an interface application having an associated mapping module that defines a plurality of controller signal relationships. Each controller signal relationship associates a game controller signal with a trading system command associated with the electronic trading of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070191114 - System and method for using a game controller device for electronic trading: According to one embodiment, a system for electronic trading is provided. The system includes an interface application having an associated mapping module that defines a plurality of controller signal relationships. Each controller signal relationship associates a game controller signal with a trading system command associated with the electronic trading of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070191111 - Systems and methods for mining data from a game history for a gaming system: Systems and methods receive and analyze game history data to discover relationships in the data. The relationships may then be used to determine which game components are downloaded to a gaming machine or which actions are performed for a particular player. The game components may include banner content, advertising content,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/wms Gaming

20070191115 - Back-mounted battery for palm-top video game: A back-mounted battery is mounted to a rear side of a palm-top video game to supply power thereto. The battery includes a pivoted portion corresponding to a disk slot provided on the palm-top video game. When the pivoted portion of the battery is pivotally turned to a backward opened position,... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070191116 - Game: A method of playing a team combat sport wherein: each team combats one another to achieve an objective; and characterized in that the teams combat each other within a predetermined game area using at least one hand-to-hand weapon to achieve the objective of hitting out an opposing player by using... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070184898 - Multi-sensor system for counting and identifying objects in close proximity: A system for counting and identifying a plurality of gaming chips having a programmable RFID device embedded therein. The programmable RFID device having unique authentication data disposed therein. The system includes a tray structure defining a plurality of predetermined chip positions within a multi-dimensional grid. The tray structure is configured... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070184900 - Electronic game with overlay card: Systems and methods related to game consoles, game software and games for play on a game console having a touch screen interface. A card having a pattern defined therein is overlaid on the touch screen. The defined pattern is used to activate portions of the touch screen by guiding user... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. # 1

20070184884 - Game device, golf game device shot result decision method: A game apparatus is provided that can reduce the number of times that a player of the game has to performs unnecessary manual operations. A shot direction and a golf club determined by automatic determination means 53 can be modified by manual modification means 55. Shot position determination means 51... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070184885 - Game show with non-interpersonal subliminal prompt: A game show, and especially a reality television game show is contemplated in which one or more contestants are subjected to a non-interpersonal subliminal prompt without his and/or her knowledge, while selected other contestants and/or the audience is informed about the prompt. The contestants then engage in an activity according... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070184886 - Video based strategic board game: A video game and related game playing method is described herein. The video game is played on an overall playing field that includes a plurality of rotating square-shaped fields, each having a grid of playing positions. The objective of the game is to be the first to create a pattern... Agent: Tony Magnussen

20070184887 - Gaming device and method providing relatively large awards with variable player participation levels: An improved number matching game is provided. The game includes a matching game with multiple number sets. A player can win standard Keno paytable awards in addition to relatively large awards. A player's initial set has a minimum size requirement for the player to be eligible for the relatively large... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070184889 - Method and apparatus for video poker: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided that comprises determining a first strategy for play of a game and a second strategy for play of the game, selecting at least one final outcome of the game that cannot result from the first... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC.

20070184888 - Roulette game based on results from a sporting event: An input, such as a result of a roulette spin, to a roulette game is determined from one or more event results from a sporting event. A result of the roulette game is based at least on the determined input.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070184890 - Method and apparatus for the playing of different forms of jackpot games based on sports: A system and method which enable the operation of a lottery type of game based on sports, although there may also be applications in a number of team sports or racing events. The results of the game are determined from a selected parameter derived from the results of each of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070184894 - Gaming device having an award level determination competition: A gaming device including a game having a plurality of different award levels. In one embodiment, the gaming device displays a plurality of ranked components. The gaming device determines and reveals a first and second component to a player. The gaming device improves one of the award levels when the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070184893 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine in which an effect to enable the hidden symbol to become visible is performed based on the player's operation is provided. In such a gaming machine, unpredictable game contents may be provided without giving the player stress or irritation, or preventing the player from feeling monotony. This... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070184895 - Method of playing game and gaming games with an additional payout indicator: Gaming devices comprising a standard gaming unit, e.g., three reels, and a discernible additional payout indicator, e.g., a rotatable wheel. A preferred bonus payout indicator is clearly visible by the player and is actuatable when the reels of the slot machine stop on certain predetermined indicia. A preferred embodiment further... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070184892 - Slots game based on results from a sporting event: One or more inputs, such as one or more results of spins of one or more slot machine reels, to a slots game are determined from one or more event results from a sporting event. A result of the slots game is based at least on the one or more... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20070184891 - Wagering game with wager manipulation: Wagering game terminal and method of operating same are disclosed that increases the excitement and entertainment value over existing gaming terminals. The wagering game terminal manipulates the player's wagers instead of his winnings so that any winning outcome resulting from the wagers is increased. This allows the player to feel... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070184897 - Player terminal for providing multiplayer game: A player terminal is configured as one of a plurality of player terminals, and provides a game in which the players participate simultaneously. The player terminal includes a processor that is operable to: (a) calculate total bet point by adding up bet points that are bet on the game by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070184896 - System and method for shared wins: Certain embodiments provide a system and method for providing shared wins in a gaming system. Certain embodiments include establishing a shared win award, wherein the shared win award has an amount or value. One or more eligible players may be identified to participate in a shared win, wherein eligibility of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070184899 - Gaming device, method, and computer program product for modifying input to a native application to present modified output: A system, game server, terminal, and method incorporate the native applications of a gaming device into the gaming application, thereby creating immersion games that are linked with the user's daily life. Instead of starting the game to play and stopping the game when done playing, the game can run on... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070184902 - Massively scalable multi-player game system: A network-based game system includes one or more web servers each configured to receive a plurality of requests from one or more game client applications each running on a computer device and to produce data base queries in accordance with the plurality of requests, a plurality of data bases configured... Agent: Derek Liu C/o Xin Wen

20070184904 - Method for processing the data distributed at online game server and a system thereof: A distributed data processing method which defines a predetermined section of the boundary with an adjacent game zone as a buffer sector and flexibly controls a zone server, and a system thereof, wherein the zone server is connected to a client in accordance with a type that an indication area... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070184903 - Network-based game system capable of serving massive number of game players: A network-based game system includes a load balancer and one or more web servers. The load balancer can receive a plurality of requests from one or more game client applications each running on a computer device. The load balancer can store the plurality of requests in a request queue and... Agent: Derek Liu C/o Xin Wen

20070184901 - Result expectation game service method utilizing communication network: The present invention relates to a result prediction game that is played in such a way as to predict the result of a certain event and bet money or cyber money, such as a betting game. There is disclosed technology related to the result prediction game in which customers predict... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070184905 - Universal game server: A trusted disaster tolerant system architecture supporting concurrently a number of distributed online gaming operations such as slip-scan lottery, video lottery, fixed odd betting terminals, Internet gaming, and interactive TV. A personality front end resolves the peculiarities of the various client systems before submitting the relevant transactional payload to a... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070184906 - Method of controlling interactions between objects: The invention relates to a method for controlling interactions between at least two objects. On pressing an activation button on a user device a user can set up an expanding boundary around one of the objects. The boundary expands up to a maximum distance. If a second object comes into... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070184907 - Guard baton with three detachable prongs: A more durable security tool is provided that can protect the user and take control of criminals simultaneously in crimes using a knife. A guard baton with three detachable prongs, comprises a guard stick and a three-pronged tip fixed to a tip of the guard stick. The three-pronged tip includes... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070184908 - Virtual bowling with a bowling ball having an rfid tag: A bowling ball tagged with a radio-frequency identification (“RFID”) tag is used to provide information about the bowling ball to a computer. The computer can use this information to generate a more accurate calculation of the onward travel of the ball toward the pins and to present a more accurate... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070184909 - Simulated gun: A simulated gun includes a main body and a reactionary force generator having a drive force generator, an actuator and a transmitter. The drive force generator is arranged outside the main body and transmits a drive force to a core constituting the transmitter by driving of the drive force generator.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070178954 - Electronic image identification response game: An electronic game that allows a user to play the game of ROCK, SCISSORS, PAPER. The game includes a display that can display either a ROCK, a SCISSOR or a PAPER. The game further has three inputs. Each input corresponding to either a ROCK, a SCISSOR or a PAPER. The... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070178964 - Method & apparatus for a gaming device: A gaming device method and apparatus are disclosed, and are accomplished by a slot machine that includes one, or a plurality of primary pay lines, as well as one or a plurality of secondary pay lines, wherein symbols occurring at the primary pay lines during a plurality of independent spins... Agent: Dr. Nabil N. Ghaly

20070178952 - Game apparatus and game program: A game apparatus includes a first LCD, a second LCD, and a microphone disposed between the first LCD and the second LCD. A computer of the game apparatus displays a game image including an object image on at least one of the first LCD and the second LCD. When sound... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070178953 - Method of generating a result of a racing game: A method of generating a result of a racing game having a plurality of participants to enable fixed odds betting on the racing game. The result of the racing game is generated from the result of an identifier selection game. The method comprises allocating unique subsets of a set of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070178955 - Land-based, on-line poker system: An on-line poker game system includes a poker table staffed with a live dealer with a plurality of designated seats assigned to at least one a remote player and one or more live players or to a plurality of remote players. The remote players connect to the system via a... Agent: Dean A. Craine Suite 140

20070178956 - Game apparatus: Described is a player activated game system, particularly adapted for playing instant lottery type games, that includes a game device having a computer containing at least one game, an electronic display and a card interface adapted to receive a game card having data that represents a particular game outcome such... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070178958 - Gaming machine and gaming system: Based on that the insurance BET operation portion 7 is operated, the specific winning prize lottery process (S14) is executed to determine the specific winning prize, which does not become the count object, among plural prizes by the lottery. And the number of times of game, which becomes the winning... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070178957 - Method and apparatus for playing a game with a secondary win opportunity: In a method of playing and presenting a game, for a predetermined outcome obtained by a player of a game presented to the player at a gaming machine, the game includes a secondary lottery event. That event comprises the steps of selecting a first set of symbols from a second... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070178961 - Drum device and slot machine using the same and operation method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention having plural drum devices, each drum device comprises plural drums which have a cylindrical shape rotatable around the center axis and an array of plural symbols on its peripheral surface respectively, plural gyro sensors arranged in close vicinity to the center axis of... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070178960 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a first display area that variably displays a plurality kinds of symbols; a second display area that displays effect contents in accordance with a gaming state; and a controller that controls the first display area and the second display area, wherein the controller is operable to:... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070178962 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a display device that displays a plurality of selectable elements including at least one first selectable element, at least one of the selectable elements being associated with an extra information that relates to a game; an input device that accepts an input selecting at least one... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070178963 - Gaming machine: A slot machine includes a CPU and a lower liquid crystal display. The CPU displays a plurality of lower treasure boxes on the lower liquid crystal display. The CPU selects one lower treasure box from among the plurality of lower treasure boxes displayed on the lower liquid crystal display in... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070178959 - Gaming machine having gameplay sequence designators: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a value input device for receiving a wager and a display for displaying a plurality of symbols arranged on a plurality of reels. The gaming machine further comprises a controller operative to spin the reels, sequentially stop the plurality of reels... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070178965 - Game machine: A second display section of a second display device is movable from an initial position to an end position. Upon starting the game, a first display device displays the symbols in motion and thereafter displays the stop symbols. Subsequently, the second display section displays the symbols in motion and displays... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070178966 - Video game controller with expansion panel: A video game controller is provided to be used with a video gaming system. The controller may include at least one body segment with control inputs, and an expansion panel with additional control inputs. The controller may have an open position and a closed position, with the expansion panel accessible... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070178967 - Device, system and method for football catch computer gaming: A system, method and apparatus for outdoor computer gaming is disclosed in which an actual physical football, equipped with a motion sensor, is used as the user manipulatable object by which users provide gaming input. Some embodiments provide a computer moderated catch game comprising a tossable gaming object including a... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070178969 - Apparent skill games for use with predetermined outcomes: A gaming system having a game outcome generator separate from a gaming machine, where the gaming machine is operably connected to the game outcome generator and, upon a game play request from a player, generates a request for a game play result. The game outcome generator generates a specific game... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070178968 - Displaying game asset relationship in a game development environment: Methods, systems, and software products are described that display relationships between game assets in a game development environment. In one implementation, a selection of a particular game asset is received, and a selection of a particular type of relationship is received to display for the selected game asset. The type... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070178970 - Gaming machine virtual player tracking and related services: A disclosed gaming machine provides a gaming machine with a plurality of software units providing player tracking services. The software player tracking units eliminate the need for a separate hardware player tracking unit. The player tracking devices, including the card reader, are accessible to the master gaming controller on the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070178974 - Game system and game information storage medium used for same: A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in a Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070178972 - Gaming facility and method of operation thereof: A gaming system comprises one or more player stations, a repository containing a number of different software programs, and a download server communicable with the repository and each one of the player stations by means of a communication network. Each player station is identified by a unique code and is... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070178973 - System for promoting physical activity employing virtual interactive arena: A system for promoting physical activity of a participant includes a plurality of stations. The stations are discrete from one another and each includes a display surface, a station processor, and an input sensor, the input sensor generating sensor signals indicative of interaction of the participant with the station. The... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070178971 - Timing offset tolerant karaoke game: Game processing apparatus comprises means for indicating successive target actions to be executed by a user, each target action having an associated target time of execution; and scoring logic in which detected user actions are compared with the target actions, the storing logic comprising: an input arrangement by which user... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP