Amusement devices: games inventions 09/07

20070225061 - Slot machine capable of changing game rules: A slot machine of the present invention selectively provides a game in normal and special modes. A winning judgment unit assigns winning combinations of symbols to various awards depending on the modes. During the normal mode, the awards comprise awards which change from the normal mode to the special mode,... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070225060 - Video slot machine allowing extra bets: In a video slot machine according to the present invention, a display unit displays video reels. Each video reel includes first or second series of symbols, which are equivalent except for the types of wildcard symbols. A console unit allows a player to add an extra bet to normal bets.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070225066 - Method and system for providing a feature game divided in multiple instances: There is described a method of conducting a feature game. The method comprises the steps of providing a player with participation rights for participating in a plurality of instances of a feature game when a criterion is fulfilled, comprising storing information regarding the participation rights. The method further comprises authorizing... Agent: Labtronix Concept Inc. C/o Ogilvy Renault

20070225067 - Personal game device and method: The present invention is directed to a portable electronic game device programmed for playing poker, particularly “No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em” against a plurality of virtual opponents or players that each have predefined characteristics, the device having a personal computer interface, a memory accumulator for cumulatively storing earned points, and a... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070225076 - Game system and game device: A game system and game device are disclosed which shorten the time needed until a game is selected when a player is selecting a game with an operation accepting unit. When play history of players associated with player-specifying information (player ID) is stored in an identifier storage unit, and the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070225054 - Sensory video game machine: This invention provides a game apparatus for a virtual or simulation game that allows a game player to readily recognize that a game tool is improperly operated. Image display means 55 displays on a screen of a television set 5 no character, which plays on the screen in place of... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070225055 - Playing card identification system & method: An interactive playing card for use in a card game. The interactive playing card has a front face and a back face. The front face has a suit card value and a face card value. A readable data component attached in some way to the playing card maintains a suit... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070225056 - Poker game system: A method of tracking player statistics for each player competing in live poker games at multiple physical locations includes calculating a player score for a poker game, entering the player score in a total score and comparing each player score.... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20070225058 - Electronic device: The invention relates to a device, such as an electronic gaming device with which a user can interact to control at least one aspect of the same such as playing a game. The interaction is achieved via an array of sensors on or adjacent to at least one surface of... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070225057 - Redundant gaming system: A gaming system (1) comprises one or more player stations, a primary random event generator (2g) communicable with each player station by means of a communication network, a secondary random event generator (3g) communicable with each player station by means of the same communication network and a controller.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070225059 - Lottery ticket with extended play: A lottery ticket defines a lottery game printed on a substrate which includes a set of game rules, a series of game elements defined by game symbols covered by scratch-off to expose to the player whether the game data of that game element is a winning game with a points... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070225063 - Gaming device having dual evaluation scheme: A method for evaluating a player's award in a game wherein one symbol of the gaming device changes into another. In one embodiment, all awards for predetermined symbols and combinations thereof, including winning combinations produced by a wild symbol are provided to the player. In a second step, the game... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070225062 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to the invention comprises: time input units 15 and 16 in which a time is inputted from outside the cabinet; a time storage unit 74 which stores the time inputted utilizing the time input units 15 and 16; a time measuring unit 78 which measures a... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070225068 - Cashless gaming system: apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for cashless gaming wherein a player can access credits via a pin activated keypad located on the gaming machine. Real-time accounting allows the player to redeem credits and secure perquisites as a function of patronage.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070225069 - Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities: An interactive wagering application is provided that allows users to place wagers wirelessly. Users may use wireless user devices in the home to communicate with in-home user equipment such as a set-top box or personal computer. Wagers may be created using the wireless user devices and submitted to computer equipment... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070225065 - Method and apparatus for providing a plurality of games: The gaming system (101) comprises a number of gaming machines (103) in communication with an auxiliary game controller (105) via a network (107). Each gaming machine (103) comprises a screen (111) for displaying a second game, also referred to as a base game, that the terminal (103) offers, and a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070225064 - Method and system for managing the circulation of gaming chips in a gambling establishment: A method for managing the circulation of gaming chips in a gambling establishment. Each gaming chip is of a specific gaming chip type selected from a plurality of predetermined gaming chip types. The gambling establishment includes a plurality of wagering stations each implementing at least one wagering game and a... Agent: Louis Tessier

20070225071 - Collections in a virtual environment: A virtual environment in which players are able to enter into financial transactions which result in a financial obligation such as a debt. If a player defaults on a debt, the debts may then be sold or otherwise transferred to a virtual collection agency, which may be able to mete... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070225070 - Method of facilitating participation in on-line, multi-player role playing games: The present invention provides a method for driving players to online gaming web sites such as an online role playing game (“RPG”) and retaining those players once they have enrolled or registered to participate in the an online RPG. The present invention also encourages on-going participation in online RPGs by... Agent: Mark A. Tidwell Jackson Walker L.L.P.

20070225072 - Active referencing method with interleaved crosshair navigation frames: A video game has a plurality of gaming image frames for displaying gaming images of the video game, and a plurality of crosshair navigation frames interleaved among the gaming image frames. During gameplay of the video game, an optical projection of the gaming image frames and the crosshair navigation frames... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070225073 - Video game processing apparatus, video game processing method and video game processing program: A controller executes a special effect selection representation using a slot representation representing a slot machine when a fever accumulative value, which is accumulated by a player character doing damage to an enemy character, reaches a predetermined value, and a fever gauge becomes filled up, in accordance with a player's... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070225074 - Method and apparatus for providing cash-out and cash-in values to a gaming device: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing a payout to a player is disclosed. An ATM or ATM-like device is used to cash out of and cash into gaming devices with the player's fingerprint used to securely transfer the cash-in or cash-out data between the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070225075 - Method and system for using multi-channel communications to enhance gaming security: A wireless local area network includes access ports which communicate over a wired network with wireless switches which control the access ports and bridge data between portals in the access ports and another network. Code for operating the access ports and for configuring the portals is separately downloaded from the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070225077 - Method, system and apparatus for location-based gaming: A method of location-based gaming includes the steps of engaging a program to play a game, determining the location of a target object, providing the location of the target object to a central location, obtaining a data file pertaining to an object at the location of the target object, and... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi

20070225079 - Custom configurable gaming machine and gaming machine components: A configurable gaming machine includes a door defining a component area. The component area is configured to accept multiple components, such as displays and player tracking elements, in multiple arrangements, permitting the gaming machine to be constructed in multiple configurations. Other aspects of the invention include an internal component mounting... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070225078 - Gaming machine with modular actuator for remote door latch: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a cabinet having a top box mounted on a main body. The top box has a door for allowing user access to an inner area of the top box. A lock assembly in the top box locks/unlocks the door and a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070218971 - Interactive internet lottery: The invention relates to a method for generating a ticket to participate in a lottery draw. The ticket combination of elements is generated using an outcome of a computer-controlled interactive game, preferably a video game, played by at least one player. The elements of the ticket combination are selected among... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070218973 - Sales method for luxury goods: The invention is a sales method of luxury goods through slot machines, in which the potential buyer inserts a sum into the machine, starts it up and waits for it to stop. He wins the goods he desires if the pre programmed winning combination appears on the machine.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070218977 - Gaming ticket reader providing incentive to play an electronic game: A system, device, and method for providing a player with incentive to play an electronic game. The player possesses a gaming ticket for a different game. The device reads a machine-readable identification code on the player's gaming ticket and determines whether the gaming ticket is a winning ticket. If so,... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20070218979 - Heterogeneous system for the real-time award and fulfillment of prizes using networked electronic devices: The system integrating video game applications played on networked electronic devices, using Internet accessible servers. The preferred embodiment integrates advertising and brand marketing within game play, with instantaneous, real-time awarding of skilled and non-skilled based prizes, product discounts and free products and services. Fulfillment of the awarded prizes can be... Agent: Gerald S. Momoda Jr.

20070218975 - 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

20070218992 - Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game: A movement determining map is stored in addition to a field display map. The field display map is a three-dimensional map for displaying a field of the video game on the image display screen. The movement determining map is a two-dimensional map in which an enterable region. An unenterable region... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070218994 - Game controller: A game controller includes a plurality of LEDs formed on the rear of a case. The plurality of LEDs are arranged two-dimensionally in its layout area. The game controller has a plurality of PWM control units which are provided inside the case and control the lighting of the plurality of... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070218999 - Game system: A configuration is disclosed in which processes and controls can be carried out that differ with respect to a plurality of game terminals connected to a server device. When, during execution of a game program specified by a game selection operation, information indicating that an event prize has been won... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070219000 - Gaming system recommending specific games: A gaming system of the present invention comprises a server and a gaming terminal that can communicate with each other. A player operates a console unit of the gaming terminal to select a game program stored in a memory unit of the server, and play a game conducted by a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070218997 - Systems, methods and techniques for safely and effectively coordinating video game play and other activities among multiple remote networked friends and rivals: Real time interactive networked gaming is provided with two different classes of bookmarked online game players: “Friends” and “Rivals.” “Friends” are game players that are known personally. “Rivals” are game players who are not known personally but whom one has played against in the past in an online gaming scenario.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070218965 - Player deception in a video game: Methods and systems for deceiving other characters in a video game are disclosed. A video game may include a simulated environment in which player and computer controlled characters can monitor each other's positions using radar, e.g., an acoustic radar that detects noise (such as the firing of various weapons) associated... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070218966 - Radar manipulation in a video game: Methods and systems for deceiving other characters in a video game are disclosed. A video game may include a simulated environment in which player and computer controlled characters can monitor each other's positions using radar, e.g., an acoustic radar that detects noise (such as the firing of various weapons) associated... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070218967 - User interface device for electronic game using cards: The personal interface portable device for electronic card games is remarkable in that it includes a thin display screen (10,) a tactile detection faceplate superimposed on the screen, control circuits for acting on a card display by the screen in response to the actions detected by the detection faceplate, and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070218968 - Wagering game with side wager providing tournament entry award: A method of playing an underlying wagering game using standard playing cards which includes a side bet wager providing players with the chance to win entry to a wagering game tournament, the method comprising the steps of: placing a first wager on a casino card game with specified rules; placing... Agent: Richard H. Newman Shuffle Master, Inc.

20070218970 - Configurable celebration system: Configurable celebration systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, the configurable celebration system comprises a first storage means defining one or more celebration activities and a second storage means defining more triggering events. A library of celebration bindings associates a particular triggering event with a particular celebration activity, such that upon... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070218969 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: specific gaming state selection means for selecting any of a plurality of specific gaming states which are more advantageous for a player than a normal gaming state, different in amount of profit, and different from the normal gaming state; gaming state shifting... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070218974 - Method for configuring celebration activity: Methods for configuring celebration activity are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for configuring celebration activity in association with at least one game. The method comprises defining one or more celebration activities comprising one or more features, and defining one or more triggering events. A particular celebration activity is associated... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070218972 - System and method for administering a progressive jackpot limited to a bonus round: A method and apparatus that can be used by a casino to maintain a bonus round progressive jackpot that can be earned during a bonus round. When a player plays a slot machine and gains entry into a bonus round, the player then has the opportunity to win the bonus... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20070218981 - Casino no-ticket in cashless methods allowing the redemption of large prizes: Methods for reducing reliance on the need to use a physical payment instrument in substitution for cash for wagering on gaming terminals. According to embodiments of the present invention, a player may use a secure cashless payment instrument that does not require presentation of the payment instrument through an automatic... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070218978 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit; a processor; and a printer. The processor is operable with the display to: provide a game using a suit of cards to a player by displaying the cards on the display and by allowing the player to input operations through the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070218976 - Method or apparatus for determining performance data in a gaming system: A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a method comprising the steps of: a) recording the receipt of one or more gaming credit units from a user in a credit record; b) updating the credit record when credit is used; c) recording the cumulative value of any prize awarded to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070218980 - System and method for instant ticket-based entertainment game: The present invention relates to systems and methods for playing an instant ticket-based entertainment game combining elements of chance and player skill. In an embodiment of the present invention, a game player receives an electronic scratch-off instant ticket from a central server over a communications network (e.g., a mobile phone... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070218982 - Gaming device having multiple different types of progressive awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes a plurality of different types of progressive awards adapted to be provided to one or more players of the gaming machines in the gaming system. In one embodiment, one or more progressive... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070218983 - Progressive gaming systems and methods: In a method of game play, if a player places a qualifying wager, the player is permitted the opportunity to play for a progressive jackpot or award. Players placing qualifying wagers are permitted to select from a number of game formats, such as games having different base denomination wagers, different... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20070218984 - A multi game system in a community, and a method thereof: Disclosed is a system and method for a multi-user game in a community such as a cafe, a homepage, a blog, a miniroom, or a mini-homepage and the like, which are established in web sites on the Internet. The method for a multi-user game in a community includes a) a... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070218986 - Celebrity voices in a video game: Virtual environments in which players are able to select synthetic voices for their characters are described. The voices may be celebrity voices or impersonations of celebrity voices. A player may provide a spoken message to the game server, which converts the spoken message into a text message and then outputs... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070218987 - Event-driven alteration of avatars: Virtual environments in which player avatars can be altered based on events that occur in a video game, metaverse or virtual environment. One event is the failure to fulfill an obligation in a virtual contract. Avatars who fail to fulfill such obligations may have their appearance, voice, or smell altered,... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070218985 - Gaming machine, service providing system and server: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: display means capable of displaying an image; reach deciding means for deciding whether or not a reach state is generated based upon the results of a lottery as to whether or not a special gaming state that is advantageous for the player... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070218988 - Portable interactive gamed device with separate console for enhanced features and alternate display capability: The present invention relates to a portable interactive game device with a separate console that provides enhanced game features and an alternate display for playing a game. The portable interactive game device interacts with the console to display the game on an alternate display connected with the console, such as... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070218991 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises: display means for displaying plural types of images; display control means for conducting controls for displaying, on the display means, any types of output information images out of plural types of output information images including different output information associated with the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070218990 - Gaming machine and game system: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: display means for displaying plural types of images including plural types of reach effect images displayed until the execution of special games advantageous to a player; display control means for conducting a control for displaying, on the display means, any types of... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070218989 - Gaming machine, service providing system and server: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: display means capable of displaying images; storage means for storing plural types of reach effect images to be displayed during reach, as image data representing images to be displayed on the display means; and display control means for displaying reach effect images... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070218993 - Game machine, game machine control method, information recording medium, and program: To output sounds generated by multiple objects disposed in a virtual space in as easy a manner as possible while giving live feelings, a storage unit (202) of a game machine (201) stores information on objects of a first type and a second type which move in the virtual space.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070218995 - Video game controller: A video game includes a controller, a processor and display. The controller includes a special quick look button 28 that, when activated, allows a player to causes a looking movement of a character that simulates the lateral rotation of the head or upper body of a person looking sideways while... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070218998 - Download and configuration method for gaming machines: The system allows a casino operator to manage groups of electronic gaming machines (EGMs). Managing new or existing collections (i.e., groups) of gaming devices reduces the effort required to download or configure large numbers of EGMs. For example, new software may be downloaded to groups of EGMs from a central... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070218996 - Passive validation of network devices: A system and method for passively validating network game users is provided. Data indicative of game behavior and actions at one or more nodes interacting with a network game in a network game community are monitored. The data is evaluated to determine whether the one or more nodes are adhering... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070219001 - Method and system for karma accumulation, death and post-death gameplay in a virtual environment: A method and system are provided to allow karma accumulation, death and post-death gameplay in a virtual environment. In post-death gameplay, at least one character attribute is used to determine whether a player character can play an undead character, possess a selected player character, and/or reincarnate into a new player... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20070213108 - Recognizable model: A recognizable model for an online game having multiple character roles, pets, stage artifacts, pieces or equipment is provided. The recognizable model includes a body and an identifiable chip disposed inside the body. The identifiable chip has a specific serial number that corresponds to one of the character roles, pets,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070213107 - Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game: When an action content command and an action target character is received, a control section and a graphics processor identify action executing standby time in accordance with a predetermined time identifying rule. The control section and the graphics processor then identify an action executable range in which a player character... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

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20070213116 - Electronic gaming system and method of house collection: An electronic gaming system has at least one table having a plurality of electronic player interaction areas (EPIA's) spaced preferably about the table so that a gaming player may locate oneself in front of a respective EPIA to play a game. The gaming system preferably has a host console that... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070213125 - Securing gaming transactions: Providing tamper-evident transaction data for transactions relating to a draw or game event such as a lottery or other game of chance or skill. The transactions, individually, as a whole draw or event file, or in batches, are digitally time-stamped using a cryptographic device to create digital signatures. The resulting,... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070213128 - Video game device and storage medium storing video game program: A video game device successively obtains game data, which changes according to the state of the input device and is used in the game process. The video game device stores game data obtained at a point in time when the game process is paused. The video game device successively compares... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070213134 - Casino game system and casino game terminal that can be used therein: In a system according to the present invention, a game based on a game program executed at a server device 50 can be played on each game terminal 1. In the present system, a credit process execution unit 46 that executes a credit adding process and credit storage unit 47... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070213135 - Game system and server device that can be used therein: In a game system in which a game based on a plurality of types of game programs can be played on a plurality of game terminals, the pleasure of choosing a game machine that is provided by a typical conventional game system is similarly provided to a player using the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070213109 - Game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored thereon: Operation information which is output in accordance with a motion of an input device is sequentially obtained. First behavior information representing a state of an object after a first time period, which is a part of a recognition period, is set in accordance with operation information obtained during the first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070213110 - Jump and bob interface for handheld media player devices: A system and method is provided for implementing a portable media player that enables rhythmic exercise games to be performed by the user. In one embodiment a user may bob and/or jump along with a playing musical media file and be awarded points based upon the number, rate, magnitude, frequency... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070213111 - Dvd games: Games are provided to be played in conjunction with a DVD player. Game instructions and commands may be recorded on DVD media with clips that present activities to the players. Clips may be randomly selected and completion of the activities presented may affect the scores of the players or teams.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070213112 - Skill-based games played for prizes: A card game whereby pre-programmed computer players play a discrete number of hands of said card game and then the range of results is recorded. Then, at least one human player is allowed to play the exact same number of hands of said card game that the computer players previously... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070213115 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine has first and second control circuit boards. The first control circuit board has a unit for determining an internal win every unit game based on a signal from a start signal output device; a unit for starting variable display of symbols on a display device, based on... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070213117 - Peripheral device, playing time measuring system and playing time measuring device: A peripheral device installed adjoining a gaming device, includes: a cumulative counting module which cumulatively counts a time for which a game is played by a player; a judging module which judges whether or not an accumulative continuous time has reached an upper limit time; a display capable of displaying... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070213114 - Wagering game providing free game play as a progressive award: A wagering game is comprised of a basic game and a progressive award. The progressive award increases based on wager inputs received from players playing at one or more gaming terminals. The actual value of a progressive award is determined by follow-up game play by a player at the gaming... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070213118 - Method for participating in lottery draw over a cellular network and system thereof: A system and method are provided to allow a user of a cellular device to participate in lottery drawings over a cellular network. The method may include, for example, providing a central lottery computer for providing data related to lottery drawings, providing a cellular drawing center linked to the cellular... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20070213119 - Gaming device having a selectively accessible bonus scheme: A gaming device having a bonus scheme, wherein the player may choose when to play a bonus scheme, so long as the player is qualified to do so. The method of qualifying the player to enter the bonus round connects or links the base game operation of the gaming device... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070213122 - Data converter for gaming machine and credit management system: A data converter for gaming machines includes a read out unit that reads out credit information of a gaming machine recorded on a ticket, a data conversion unit that converts the credit information that has been read out into a data format suitable for an electronic medium, and a writing... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070213123 - 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: Dean P. Alderucci

20070213120 - Method, system and program product for processing transaction data: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for processing transaction data. Specifically, under the present invention, data such as lottery transaction data is received and stored in a transaction master journal file. Upon receipt, A/R data is extracted from the transaction data and fed to a queue.... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070213124 - Methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating cashout options at a gaming device: An embodiment of the invention includes receiving a request for a cashout of a balance from a player. In response to receiving the cashout request, at least one benefit to offer is determined based upon the balance. A value of the benefit is greater than the cashout amount. An offer... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20070213121 - Wager games with bonus play promotions, bonus play game mode, and pay table: A promotion for inducing players to play wager games takes the form of bonus play. The bonus play, in one form, takes the form of “free” turns of play in which a player credit account is not debited by such turns of play. Winnings from bonus play can take the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070213127 - Motion determining apparatus and storage medium having motion determining program stored thereon: Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor is obtained. A rotation motion of an input device around a predetermined direction as a rotation axis is determined by comparing a start point in a two-dimensional coordinate system which is represented by the first acceleration data obtained in a predetermined... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070213129 - Peripheral apparatus, playing time measuring system and playing time measuring apparatus: To provide a sandwiched apparatus which enables an accurate ascertainment of a usage time of a member configuring a gaming machine, without increasing a fear that a dishonest behavior or a use of a magnet will occur. A sandwiched apparatus, which is installed adjoining a gaming machine, continuously or intermittently... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070213126 - Sports training and testing methods, appartaus and system: A sports training and testing apparatus for at least one athlete (50), said apparatus including a control unit (11) adapted to implement a predetermined protocol; a plurality of remote units (12) for providing a series of stimuli for said at least one athlete in accordance with the protocol; at least... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20070213130 - Method and system for directing interactive tv shows: The present invention discloses a method and a system of directing an interactive broadcast with participation of a plurality of viewers at home without having to synchronize the questions that are shown on TV and the questions that appear on the participant's device. This aim is reached by combining on-line... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070213133 - Communication system: The object of the present invention is a communication system comprising: mobile stations (6) and a service centre (1) comprising a memory (3) wherein service profiles specified by users are stored. For flexible and resource-saving transmission of betting data, the service centre (1) is arranged, on the basis of the... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070213132 - Slot machine: The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of playing a large number of games from a game library stored in an associated memory. The gaming machine overcomes prior inefficiencies by allowing the player to enter desired search criterion and thereby filter the number of available games to a... Agent: Shawn Van Asdale

20070213131 - Video flare system for manual lottery games: A video flare system for use with manual lottery games includes a programmable computer system having game information stored therein which includes a list of predetermined winning lottery game combinations with predetermined monetary value corresponding to the manual lottery game. A video display monitor and an information input device are... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs Suite 726

20070207845 - Method of playing an interactive fantasy boxing league game: In the method of playing a professional boxing fantasy league game players select names of real professional boxers from a database to staff their fantasy gyms and manage the fantasy gyms during a season in which real boxing matches take place between the selected boxers to determine which of the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070207848 - Random draw keno game: A keno game method includes initially randomly selecting a predetermined number of keno numbers to be drawn from the total keno number pool after the player has selected one or more keno numbered spots that the player hopes to match. The amount of keno numbers selected to be drawn from... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20070207855 - Customized video poker: Customized templates for the video screen display 20 are provided to allow players to design their own personal video poker machines. A series of display screens can be accessed by the player to select the desired template from which the player will begin to create his customized screen display.... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20070207856 - Recording medium recording game program, and game system: A designated position of a topographic object provided in a virtual game space is detected from a position on a screen designated by an operation device. A shape of topography at the detected designated position of the topographic object and in a vicinity thereof, into a shape whose height is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070207843 - Multi-disc changer for computer gaming device: A disc changer is provided with a game console and stores all of a user's game discs, DVDs, CDs, etc. The system stores disc metadata so that the user can be presented with a screen shot listing the available discs and can select a disc from the screen shot for... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070207846 - Game simulation based on current events: A video game includes: (i) a graphic user interface that presents a user a simulation of real-life events; (ii) a content database containing a collection of actual photos and videos of real-life events; (iii) a simulation engine that, presents a plurality of possible actions to the user, receives a selection... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070207844 - Home city for a real-time strategy video game: A strategy video game may include a persistent home city that gains experience as the player plays in more game sessions. The experience gained may lead to the unlocking of additional game features and options for use in future games. Players may assemble, prior to a game session, a subset... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070207847 - Wagering game with video lottery bonus game: System and method are disclosed for operating a gaming terminal. The system and method of the invention involves using a real-life video of a lottery drawing to conduct a wagering game on the gaming terminal. The wagering game may be a basic game or it may be a bonus game... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070207849 - System and method for wagering-based transferable financial instruments: An apparatus for providing a financial instrument comprises a memory operable to store a plurality of predefined states wherein each of the predefined states corresponds to at least one potential outcome of a probabilistic event. The memory further stores a plurality of predefined termination criteria wherein each predefined state corresponds... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070207850 - Bonus game simulating auctions: A simulated auction bonusing game and method usable with games of chance, where one player terminal triggers a bonus round and is deemed a “seller” in the simulated auction, and all other active player terminals in a bank also participate as simulated “buyers.” The “seller” makes choices of items to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20070207851 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming machine is provided with a plurality of display windows. The display windows include at least one first display window and a plurality of second display windows, A mechanical reel is arranged behind the first display window. The first display window is changeable from a displaying condition to a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070207852 - Game removal with game history: Games may be divided into different portions having differing preservation needs. These different portions may be saved to set locations for set periods of time when a downloaded game that was available on a given gaming terminal must be disabled, removed or otherwise made unavailable on the gaming terminal. The... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070207853 - Game system: The game system comprises a code reading means for reading a code recorded in a card, a computer program executing means for executing a game in which characters compute, and a display screen for displaying an image generated by the computer program. The game system further comprises a character generating... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070207854 - Non-volatile memory management technique implemented in a gaming machine: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to different techniques for managing the storage of accumulated information in selected non-volatile memory sources at a gaming machine. In one implementation of the present invention relates to a technique for automatically and dynamically swapping critical data and/or other game related information... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070207857 - Integrated gaming and services system and method: An integrated gaming and services system is disclosed. The system includes a gaming terminal and a server system. The gaming terminal may include a reader system connected to the gaming terminal, the reader system configured to read identification information of a player. The gaming terminal may further include an input/output... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070207858 - Video game system using bio-feedback devices: A video game system using one or more bio-feedback devices for the monitor and transmission of physiological data of a participant of the video game system to the video game system where the data, along with conventional controller data is incorporated into game play provided by software through the video... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070207860 - Client terminal for executing multiplayer application, group forming method, and group forming program: A terminal that executes a multi-participant online game is advantageous for a user when forming a group in the application. The terminal is any given one of a plurality of terminals in a network system that also includes a server apparatus, the terminals respectively corresponding to characters that exist in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070207859 - Method for providing online game which changes pilot data and unit data in gear and system thereof: Disclosed are an online game providing method including the steps of: maintaining a unit information database recording unit information on at least one unit, in which the unit information includes at least one piece of unit ability information and sync point information; maintaining a pilot information database recording pilot information... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070207861 - Doorframe for gaming machine: A doorframe is provided that uses angled display areas in a single frame to allow more than one display means to be mounted or placed behind the door with the viewing area facing outward. This allows a player to more comfortably view a multiple-display gaming machine from a single location... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070207862 - Video game console pedestal and multi-media hub: A case of a size to match a respective gaming console application (with a main box assembly and removable/replaceable front facade) providing a pedestal base for the gaming system and storage or retention of additional elements and functions. The case itself carries storage in discrete pockets for gaming system accessories... Agent: Dewitts Electric Motors