Amusement devices: games inventions 02/08

20080051167 - Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof: A gaming system includes: slot machines providing a basic game; a second gaming device, which executes a second game; second gaming terminals; and a central controller. The central controller receives a second game start signal from the slot machine. Also, the central controller receives data from the slot machine concerning... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051170 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a unit game in which a base game is being executed, a stop control game is executed when a combination of the symbol “LOBSTER”s has come to a stop. In the stop control game, symbols being scrolled on a reel can be stopped by pressing a stop switch. Then,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051175 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system has a plurality of slot machines, each slot machine having a controller for executing a basic game, and capable of making a transition to the second game from a middle of the basic game when a prescribed condition is realized; a second game device for executing the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051176 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system has a plurality of slot machines, each slot machine having a controller for executing a basic game, and transmitting a signal for making a transition to the roulette game when a prescribed symbol combination is stopped on a payline; a second game device for executing the roulette... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051183 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment with the use of polyhedrons is described. Three reels may be variably displayed. Each of reels may be constructed from polyhedrons. Nine polyhedrons may be stopped and displayed with 3×3 matrix on a display. If predetermined symbols are displayed on the front surface of adjacently polyhedrons, the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080051171 - Secondary game: In various embodiments, secondary players may participate in games originally played by primary players. Secondary players may make bets and receive winnings based on such games. Secondary players may participate in games from the past. Secondary players may participate in games from locations that are remote to the locations in... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080051172 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A scatter object symbol is randomly selected and determined among plural symbols. The symbols are rearranged in a display. A payout is awarded which is determined by a combination of the symbols rearranged on a payline. When predetermined number or more of the scatter object symbols is rearranged, the corresponding... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051173 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a unit game in which a base game is being executed, a stop control game is executed when a combination of the symbol “LOBSTER”s has come to a stop. In the stop control game, symbols being scrolled on a reel can be stopped by pressing a stop switch. Then,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051177 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a BET switch that allows a BET input; an input switch that allows an input of a rank order of the symbols; and a controller, the controller accepting the input of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051178 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are arranged; a BET switch that allows a BET input; an input switch that allows an input of a rank order of the symbols; and a controller, the controller allowing an input of an... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051179 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a display window in which a particular symbol was repositioned in a preceding game, a corresponding reel is set in hold state to keep repositioning of symbols including the particular symbol unchanged without spinning even when a next game begins. On the other hand, in other display window in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051180 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: It is intended to provide a slot machine in which a game is played in such a manner that, even though a combination of three left-to-right-directional arrangement ordered symbols on a pay line L does not coincide with any one of winning symbol combinations, a payout of a winning symbol... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051181 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a display window in which a scatter symbol was repositioned in a preceding game, a corresponding reel is set in hold state to keep repositioning of symbols including the scatter symbol unchanged without spinning even when a next game begins. On the other hand, in other display window in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051182 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a slot machine comprising: a display capable of displaying a plurality of objects moving in a predetermined direction, and an area a contact determination of which with each of the plurality of the objects is executed; and a controller, the controller displaying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051187 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a slot machine comprising: a display having a plurality of partitioned areas arranged in a matrix state in which symbols are to be respectively rearranged in each of the plurality of partitioned areas; and a controller, the controller randomly selecting, for each... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080051190 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A player designates one of symbols repositioned in respective symbol display regions within a first symbol display frame with the aid of a touch panel. The player further designates one of spinning-state symbol display regions within a second symbol display frame with the aid of the touch panel. Consequently, the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051197 - Systems and methods for reducing jitter associated with a control device: An example system and method is provided for filtering input values associated with movement of a hand-held control device. A current input value is compared with an average input value and, based on the comparing, an output value is generated in a range between the current input value and a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080051200 - System and method for transmitting p2p message in multi-access online game: A system and method for transmitting a P2P message in a multi-access online game is disclosed. The system includes a game server for receiving game messages from a first user client, processing the received game messages, and transmitting game messages, needed to be transmitted to a second user client, to... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080051169 - Central determination gaming system with a game outcome generated by a gaming terminal and approved by a central controller: A central determination gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals in communication with a central controller. In one embodiment, upon initiation of a game at one of the gaming terminals, the gaming terminal randomly generates a proposed game outcome. The proposed game outcome is communicated to the central controller.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080051168 - Gaming system having multiple gaming devices that share a multi-outcome display: A gaming device system in which a plurality of gaming devices are linked by a common bonus event is provided. In one embodiment, the linked gaming device system includes a shared symbol generation display that is positioned adjacent to each of a plurality of associated gaming devices and has a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080051186 - Games system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system of the present invention comprises: a second game machine for executing a second game which is different from a basic game executed in a slot machine; a plurality of second game terminals each including: a bet input device to which a bet on a win or loss... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051188 - Gaming machine and method for providing game: A gaming machine provides a game and includes: a display device; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing the game; and a controller. The controller operates to: control the display device to variably display a plurality of symbols in each of a plurality of symbol... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080051189 - Gaming machine which determines award based on combination of symbols at which moving character stops and playing method for gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a display and a game controller. The display displays thereon a symbol display area in which one of kinds of symbols is arranged, and a symbol display frame made up of symbol display areas. The game controller performs: moving a character that moves within the symbol... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080051184 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and which is also capable of displaying a symbol frame for arranging respective symbols therein; and a controller, the controller rearranging a plurality of symbols sequentially over a plurality... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051185 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and which is also capable of displaying an amount of payout based on the symbols; and a controller, the controller rearranging a plurality of symbols sequentially over a plurality... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051174 - Wagering game with two-way cascading reel: A gaming terminal and a method for playing a wagering game utilizing a two-way cascading symbol feature are disclosed. The wagering terminal has first and second displays, with a first game outcome displayed as a plurality of symbols on the first display. The symbols are analyzed to determine if they... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080051191 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged; and a controller, the controller rearranging a plurality of symbols sequentially over a plurality of times within the display, selecting a type of symbol not subject to any winning... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051192 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a display to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and which is also capable of displaying a plurality of types of winnings with the possibility of being established by the symbols; and a controller, the controller rearranging a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051193 - Flexible loyalty points programs: A disclosed a gaming machine includes an input mechanism with a non-physical contact data interface. The non-physical contact data interface may be capable of reading loyalty program data from a loyalty program instrument without contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface. The input mechanism with... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080051194 - Random pay gaming method and system: A method of providing a game for a gaming device using random payout from a prize pool, the game including a plurality of possible game outcomes, is provided. The method comprises: receiving, at the gaming device, a wager amount; receiving an input to initiate game play; and qualifying the wager... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080051195 - Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machine: A disclosed a player tracking unit provides a multimedia interface with a display and an interface to one or more sound projection devices and a multimedia board for processing digitally formatted program files for output on the multimedia interface. The player tracking unit may provide menus of audio and video... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080051196 - Table game: A table game includes a lower level (2) providing a surface on which a plurality of player pieces (21) can move, an upper level (1) providing a surface on which a game is played and including a plurality of slots, a plurality of player pieces extending from the lower level... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20080051198 - Configuration of gaming machines based on gaming machine location: A method and apparatus for tracking and determining a location of a gaming machine or other item within a casino or hotel is disclosed. In one embodiment the method and apparatus utilizes a transmitter or emitter to provide a tracking signal that may be tracked by one or more receivers... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080051199 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system of the present invention comprises: a second game machine for executing a second game which is different from a basic game played in a slot machine; a plurality of second game terminals, having a bet input device with which a bet on a second game player is... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080051201 - Team based fantasy sport contest: A method provides a fantasy sport contest having rules wherein a plurality of participants are permitted to populate respective fantasy rosters with actual athletes for purposes of competing with each other based on corresponding real-life field-of-play performances of the actual athletes. The method includes restricting a population of each of... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080051202 - Console bezels: A gaming console bezel with protrusion to open the gaming console in order to access the internal components. The protrusion is positioned on the bezel for a user to grasp in order to easily open the bezel, including under the circumstance when the bezel is stuck. Bezels for flat panel... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080045283 - Transfer of game characters: A method of translating data relating to a character in a game is described. The method produces amended data relating to the character which may be imported into another game or other application. The method involves identifying the target application and an attribute of the exported character data and then... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080045286 - Games-based learning: A system for games-based learning is disclosed. In one preferred embodiment the system includes a learning application for execution by a player for the assessment of a learning objective, and a learning objective controller for selecting one or more measured objectives; defining outcome conditions for the measured objectives; and selecting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080045285 - Network breeding game system, breeding game server apparatus and breeding game terminal apparatus, character display method, together with program and recording medium: In a network game system, as well as causing a player to appreciate a growth of a character in accordance with an elapsing of time, to cause the player not to feel a strangeness either in a display of a character which another player is breeding. A visible range of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080045284 - System and method for using a mobile telephone network to provide a contest: A method of using a mobile telephone network to provide a contest via handheld communication devices is provided. In one embodiment, information is made accessible via web site, email, print media, and/or television. Participants then register to compete in the contest. Next, for each participant the server or other system... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20080045287 - System and method for providing a table poker wagering game: A system and method for facilitating play of a game of chance by multiple players at multiple locations using a virtual card deck are provided. The system may include a plurality of terminals at the multiple locations, the terminals receiving wagers from the plurality of players, the plurality of terminals... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080045288 - Method and system for indicating a jackpot payout expectancy for a game: A method and system for indicating a jackpot payout expectancy for a game is provided for use with live or online gaming. The system includes a display of jackpot payout information for gaming participants that may allow participants to rapidly assess a status of various jackpot casino games to determine... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080045291 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: It is controlled such that, when scatter symbols are included in symbols rearranged on a display region in a game for randomly rearranging a plurality of symbols arranged on a display, a payout according to a number of the scatter symbols or a payout according to a winning combination formed... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045289 - System and device for conducting a game of chance: A system and device includes a removable data storage that stores one or more games of chance executable by a computer processor. Program instructions at the data storage or memory associated with the computer processor or at a server direct the relationship between the data storage and the computer processor.... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20080045298 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment with the use of polyhedrons is described. Three reels may be variably displayed. Each of reels may be constructed from polyhedrons. Nine polyhedrons may be stopped and displayed with 3×3 matrix on a display. If symbols displayed on the same side surface of vertically or horizontally adjacent... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080045297 - Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof: A gaming system comprises: multiple slot machines each of which provides a basic game of a kind that differs from those of the other slot machines; and a second gaming device which is a separate device from the multiple slot machines, and which provides a roulette game. The gaming system... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045300 - Gaming machine with extended payline and n-sided element: A gaming machine for the playing of a game of chance wherein an outcome of said game of chance is determined by a predefined one of a plurality of payline patterns of indicia displayed on a display means by a game control module; said payline patterns formed of a selection... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080045302 - Gaming device and method providing calculated reel symbol evaluation: A gaming device having at least one target reel having target values, a plurality of value reels each having accumulative values, and a processor programmed to cause a spin of the target reel and value reels, accumulate the accumulative values generated on the value reels to form a cumulative value,... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080045313 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment with the use of polyhedrons is described. Three reels may be variably displayed. Each of reels may be constructed from polyhedrons. Nine polyhedrons may be stopped and displayed with 3×3 matrix on a display. And then, selected polyhedrons may be rotated and reels being only constructed from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080045311 - Gaming method, gaming apparatus for performing the gaming method, and computer program product storing a gaming program of the gaming method: A gaming method is implemented using an electronic gaming apparatus, and includes: a) providing betting targets for user selection, each of the betting targets being associated with a basic award amount and at least one being associated with a special award amount; b) starting a game after the user selects... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080045309 - Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof: A gaming system comprises: one or more slot machines each of which includes a controller for controlling a basic game, and each of which has a function whereby, in the case that a “BONUS” symbol combination has come to a stop along an active pay line in the basic game,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045310 - Gaming system including slot machines and gaming control method thereof: A gaming system comprises: a slot machine having a signal transmitted for switching the game to a roulette game; a second gaming apparatus which has a function of executing the roulette game; second gaming terminals each of which is used as a dedicated terminal for the roulette game; and a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045303 - Method for using three cross-interactive playing boards to play game of chance: An apparatus and method for playing a version of a Cubis video game is provided. Using a computer terminal connected to a network, such as, for example, the Internet, a player places a bet. Three faces of a three-dimensional cube are displayed on the computer terminal. Each face includes N... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080045320 - Slot machine: A slot machine is provided, which includes a display, a memory, and a controller. The display displays an image of a game. The memory stores symbol data on attributes indicating a plurality of types of symbols. The controller is configured with a process including: starting the game, and randomly selecting... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080045304 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a base game for randomly rearranging a plurality of symbols, a prescribed payout is made when a winning combination associated with a payout is stopped on a payline. When the winning combination is not stopped on the payline, a sub game for rearranging symbols according to prescribed rules is... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045305 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When identical symbols are stopped at both ends of a cross line that is set as a payline, and subsequently a winning combination formed by symbols “BELL” or the like is realized on this cross line, a second payout table for generating a greater payout than a first payout table... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045306 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A transition to a second game is made when a prescribed number of scatter symbols such as “CAT” for example are stopped in a plurality of display regions while executing a base game for stopping symbols in display regions of a display. Then, in this second game, a plurality of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045307 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a base game, a first payout is provided when a winning combination of “BELL”, “CHERRY”, or “PLUM” has come to a stop on a payline L. On the other hand, a second payout is provided when the “BELL” symbols in a predetermined number have come to a stop on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045308 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a base game, when a combination of symbols, that would be a winning combination of all “BAR”s if a remaining symbol of the combination of the symbols were the “BAR”, has come to a stop on a payline L and the symbol “BAR” neighbors the symbol other than the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045314 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A part of credits paid by the player is accumulated when a plurality of symbols are displayed by a scrolling display and then rearranged in a prescribed combination, and a stop switch is set active only in a case where a predetermined combination is determined. When a plurality of symbols... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045319 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a slot machine, a plural symbols having been displayed in each of matrix display areas on an LCD are firstly slid longitudinally and transversely when rearranging the plurality of symbols. Then, the symbols are newly rearranged in display areas 28 which have become blanked after the slide of the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045324 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a display and a controller. The display displays a plurality of hexagonal cells arranged such that each side of each cell is in contact with a corresponding side of another adjacent cell. The controller randomly selects a symbol to be displayed in each cell from a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080045327 - Electronic gaming machines with different player or dealer assigned virtual card stacks or other symbol sets: A gaming apparatus and methods which include multiple virtual stacks of symbols, such as cards. In one form each player has an individual virtual stack and the dealer has one stack. In another form each player has one stack and the dealer has individual virtual stacks for each player. Other... Agent: Randy A. Gregory Gregory Ipl

20080045326 - Methods, apparatus and computer program for generating and selecting number combination samples for use in a lottery from a pre-determined population of numbers: A system, computer program and method generate and select lotto number samples from a population to be played in a lottery game. The method uses the time between arrivals for samples having discrete characteristics as prime numbers, deficient even numbers, deficient odd numbers, perfect numbers abundant even numbers, maximum numbers,... Agent: Darcell Walker

20080045328 - System and method for using wavelet analysis of a user interface signal for program control: Advantage is taken of the fact that as a player tires, the high frequency components of the player's movement typically decreases in comparison with the low frequency components of the player's movement. By analyzing the frequency components of the player's motion, as obtained from signals generated by the motion input... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080045329 - Method of using a win enhancer requiring player involvement: A wagering game played on a video gaming machine includes a win enhancer for increasing the amount of winnings to entice players to play the game. A method of playing the game includes the steps of making a wager to begin play of the game which has a win status... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080045334 - Method for progressive card game tournament: A method for playing a game tournament having a progressive prize of an initial value, a minimal required number of players, at least one qualifying criteria, and a predetermined number of consecutive results complying with the at least one qualifying criteria required in order to win the progressive prize or... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20080045335 - Replacing a departing player in a game with a waiting player: In an embodiment, if a departing player requests to leave a game before the game is complete, a waiting player is selected and the waiting player replaces the departing player in the game. Replacing the departing player with the waiting player includes assigning a play state of the departing player... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080045339 - Gaming system having award recognition: The present invention recognizes an award of a game card with a mobile phone, a wireless device or a personal computer while obtaining a concealment and an amusement.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080045340 - Method for providing on-line game which systematically maintains monster's aggro points against player character and system thereof: Disclosed is a method for providing an online game, comprising the steps of: maintaining an event database recording an aggressive point generation function corresponding to each predetermined event; receiving a particular event from a player character; identifying an aggressive point generation function corresponding to the particular event by referring to... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080045347 - Quick change glass mounting arrangement for gaming cabinet: A mounting arrangement for supporting the light-transmitting sheets of material in a gaming cabinet includes an upper retaining structure that secures an upper edge of the sheet, and a lower support surface upon which a lower edge portion of the sheet is disposed. A retaining bracket or the like secures... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080045295 - Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating a payout of a gaming device: In accordance with some embodiments, a method provides for determining, based on a first random number, an outcome for a first game play conducted at a gaming device, thereby determining a first outcome and determining an amount to be output as a result of the first outcome, thereby determining a... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080045293 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a display surface. The display surface can be moved and has indicia mounted on the display surface. A guide track holds the display surface. The guide track guides the shape of the display surface. A display device actuator is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080045294 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a display surface. The display surface can be moved and has indicia mounted on the display surface. A guide track holds the display surface. The guide track guides the shape of the display surface. A display device actuator is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080045290 - Lighted three dimensional display: A game apparatus is adapted to allow a player to play a game and to determine a game outcome. At least one character is mounted in association with the game apparatus. Lights are mounted in association with the character. A controller is in communication with the game apparatus and the... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080045292 - Method and apparatus for playing blackjack with a side wager: A platform for playing blackjack is used to implement a method of playing blackjack with a side wager. Each playing position on the platform has a side bet betting area having a first card betting area and a second card betting area. A player places an optional additional bet in... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20080045296 - System and method for future value wagering: A system and method enabling a casino to issue chips or credits to customers whose redemption and face value is set at some future date. In one embodiment, a controller and disburser is disclosed which receives as inputs financial data, data as to how the amount of money the player... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080045299 - System and method for implementing an additional game to players of a lottery game: A system and method for providing an additional or end-of-game drawing to players of a lottery game is provided. In one embodiment, unique validation codes provided on lottery tickets can be encrypted using an algorithm and used to create a record of such encrypted codes. A player then participates in... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080045301 - Method and system for conducting multiple concurrent bingo games: A method for conducting bingo games includes using a server to collect game play requests from a plurality of electronic player stations. The server determines if a group of the collected game play requests meets one or more predefined conditions for establishing a quorum, and if so conducts a game... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20080045317 - Gaming device with automated player customization: A gaming device includes a game apparatus. The game apparatus allows a player to play a game and has at least one game parameter. A controller is in communication with the game apparatus. The controller is adapted to gather player profile information during game play and to modify the at... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080045322 - Gaming method and apparatus: Systems, methods and apparatuses for use in gaming activities such as slot machines. Multiple display segments are presented, where one or more of the display segments are presented having multiple display subsegments. Display subsegments present subsegment symbols independently of the other display subsegments in its respective display segment. Paylines are... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080045323 - Gaming method and apparatus implementing a hierarchical display grid and dynamically generated paylines: A method and apparatus for use in gaming activities such as slot machines. Multiple display segments are presented, where one or more of the display segments are presented having multiple display subsegments. Display subsegments present subsegment symbols independently of the other display subsegments in its respective display segment. Paylines are... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC Suite 125

20080045315 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a symbol displaying device, a start switch, a display, a memory, and a controller. The controller implements a process including: (a) controlling the symbol displaying device; (b) determining whether or not symbols displayed in the symbol displaying device are entitled to a bonus game; (c) controlling... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080045316 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a symbol displaying device, a start switch, a display, and a controller. The controller is configured to implement a process including: (a) controlling the symbol displaying device; (b) determining whether or not symbols displayed in the symbol displaying device is entitled to a bonus game; (c)... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080045312 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a display having a screen capable of displaying a symbol arrangement image in which a plurality of symbols are arranged and a plurality of valid area images each having a shape capable of including one or more symbols; and a controller in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080045321 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When symbols are arranged on a display, an object is displayed in order to notify the symbols that can be linked based on a relationship among an in-marker, an out-marker, and a direction, and further, a special symbol that can provide a special award independent of the number of links... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045318 - Slot machine playing method thereof: In a slot machine, a plural symbols having been displayed in each of matrix display areas on an LCD are firstly slid longitudinally or transversely when rearranging the plurality of symbols. Then, the symbols are newly rearranged in display areas 28 which have become blanked after the slide of the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045325 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: When a plurality of symbols is rearranged on a display as new symbols, if there exist a prescribed number or more of neighboring symbols having the same attribute, an award is provided and at the same time, the prescribed number or more of neighboring symbols are deleted, and the neighboring... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080045330 - Player reward system: The invention relates to a method of operating a gaming system or network comprising a plurality of linked gaming machines. The method involves monitoring an aspect of player activity of an identified player on one or more of the gaming machines and, dependent on the monitored activity of the player,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080045332 - System and method for future value wagering: A system and method enabling a casino to issue chips or credits to customers whose redemption and face value is set at some future date. In one embodiment, a controller and disburser is disclosed which receives as inputs financial data, data as to how the amount of money the player... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080045333 - System for machine reading and processing information from gaming chips: A fully automatic table game player tracking system for Blackjack and other casino games wherein players have individual betting positions on the table is disclosed. An individual B&W CCD chip reading turret is placed inches in front of each player's betting position to scan wagered chips using ambient casino lighting.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080045331 - Virtual cameras and 3-d gaming enviroments in a gaming machine: A disclosed gaming machine provides method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of game outcome presentations derived from one or more virtual 3-D gaming environments stored on the gaming machine. While a game of chance is being played on the gaming machine, two-dimensional images derived from a three-dimensional object in... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080045336 - Interactive amusement device advertising: An amusement device having interactive advertisements includes a display, an input device, an attract mode, and a game play mode. The amusement device includes a memory that stores a plurality of electronic games. The amusement device also includes a controller operatively coupled to the memory, the input device, and the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080045337 - Method and apparatus for creating and playing soundtracks in a gaming system: A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080045338 - System for remote game access: A system for allowing a user to remotely access a game includes: a game console; a remote console client configured to receive a game control signal; and a remote console server. The remote console server includes an audio and video encoder configured to receive an audio output and a video... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080045341 - Bank wagering game: System and method are disclosed for conducting a group-wagering game in which players at several gaming terminals may play wagering games and win together. The method and system of the invention involves connecting a bank of gaming terminals to a bank server. The bank server automatically plays a group-wagering game... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080045342 - Data integrity and non-repudiation: Disclosed is a system and method that uses digital signature technology to authenticate the contents of one or more manifests located on a storage device. Each manifest contains a list of file records, where each record contains the name of a file stored on the storage device, and a signature... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080045345 - Gaming machine candle system and method: A gaming machine system and associated method are provided for operating a gaming machine candle. Initially, a status of a gaming machine is identified. Such status relates to an aspect of gaming such as a jurisdictional requirement, a cashless gaming mode, and/or an enhanced entertainment experience mode. In use, a... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20080045346 - Remote configuration of gaming terminals: A gaming terminal data repository (GTDR) for storing game software components and transaction information for gaming machine and gaming terminals is disclosed. A system database is partitioned according to different gaming entities allowing game software component configurations of particular gaming terminals to be easily analyzed and modified. Game software components... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080045344 - Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments: A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080045343 - System and method for playing chess with three or more armies over a network: A system and method for playing chess with three or more armies over a network comprising the steps of: generating a graphical user interface, according to a first mode, including: a virtual gameboard including a plurality of substantially square-shaped playing spaces; a first, second and third army; wherein the first... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20080039163 - System for providing a personalized comic strip: An apparatus, method, computer program product, network entity and system are provided for providing a personalized comic strip, or cartoon. In particular, a mobile device collects information relating to an individual operating the mobile device (i.e., user-related information) from various sources associated with the mobile device. The mobile device may... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080039164 - Program, game system, and game process control method: A game system performs processing for playing a time-trial racing game or a ranking racing game while allowing a plurality of players to operate moving objects and changing the moving objects in a relay. A right to participate in a race is relayed from a moving object participating in the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080039165 - Systems and methods for a scouting report in online gaming: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for providing a scouting report in a gaming system including selecting a player, collecting competition data based at least in part on a plurality of competitions, and providing a scouting report based at least in part on the collected competition data.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039166 - Systems and methods for multi-character online gaming: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a game system including a first character set, a character exchange component, and a competition component. The first character set is adapted to include at least one character. At least one character in the first character set is adapted to be alterable by... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039167 - Systems and methods for point value based match-up in online gaming: Certain embodiments provide a method for determining a value for a set of characters in an online game including selecting a set of characters, determining a point value for at least one character in the set of characters, and determining a total point value for the set of characters. The... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039168 - A digital device for displaying a game named kakuro: The present invention provides a digital device for displaying a game named KAKURO. The digital device comprises a LCD panel for digital display, a X×Y matrix structure having X×Y cells on the LCD panel and wherein the X and the Y are the positive integers, and the cell could comprise... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20080039169 - Systems and methods for character development in online gaming: Certain embodiments provide a method for selecting an allocation of character attributes in a gaming system including selecting a set of characters, aggregating outcome data, aggregating allocation data, determining a correlation between outcome data and allocation data, and selecting an allocation based at least in part on the determined correlation.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039172 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: The game system comprises: a slot machine which includes a controller for controlling a basic game, and which has a function whereby, in the case that a combination of “BONUS” symbols has come to a stop along an active pay line, a second game start signal is transmitted; a second... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080039177 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A game system for playing a basic game, includes: slot machines which, when a combination of “BONUS” symbols stop in a winning line, transmit a signal for switching to a roulette game; a second game device, separate from the slot machines, which executes a second game; and a display for... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080039174 - Multiline video game play and apparatus with loss-line payout enhancing: A method and apparatus allows playing a wagering game. After placing a wager, the system provides multiple paylines and symbols appear on various paylines. Predetermined symbol events on paylines determine winning events and losing events. A wager is placed on more than one payline; at least one payline is designated... Agent: York Business Center Suite 205

20080039175 - Multiple independent games within games: A gaming device with multiple independent games. Each independent game has its own pay table independent of other additional games. Combined sets of independent games also have independent pay tables. In one embodiment, one independent game is threes reels on a five reel video slot machine and another independent game... Agent: Mtd Gaming, Inc.

20080039176 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A selection signal is received from an exterior. Among plural types of selection object symbols, it is set at least one of the selection object symbols having a type corresponding to the selection signal, as a scatter symbol. It is set a payout ranking for the scatter symbol, based on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080039187 - Slot machine having re-scrolling function for forming combination of combination symbols, and method of controlling thereof: This invention provides a slot machine having a re-scrolling function for forming a combination of combination symbols, and a method of controlling the slot machine. A CPU 106 is included, which provides functions of: scrolling the symbols displayed on a display 10 in each of mechanical reels 30A through 30E;... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080039191 - Gaming device and method having multiple progressive award levels and a secondary game for advancing through the progressive award levels: 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

20080039190 - Products and processes for cashless gaming: Products and processes are disclosed for receiving a wager for play of a gaming device. An outcome for play of the gaming device is determined, and a payout amount based on the outcome and the wager is determined. An alternate payout is also determined. A request to cash out is... Agent: Carson Fincham Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080039192 - System and method for personal wagering: A method and a system to provide a medium for facilitating personal wagering for sporting or non-sporting events. Users wager against each other for events. Users can make their own odds and handicaps. Users can wager for property, goods, services, or items with non-monetary value. Alerts are automatically distributed to... Agent: Steven Laut

20080039194 - Systems and methods for issuing bonuses in a gaming environment: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for promotional or bonus awards in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments provide, in a gaming system having one or more gaming devices for play by players, a method for awarding promotional awards. The method includes detecting an award at a gaming device in the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039199 - Object detection for an interactive human interface device: The presence and/or movement of objects about a central location is detected, e.g., by sensors that emit and detect radiation within zones about the device.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080039201 - Game program and game apparatus: When there is an instruction for rotation during a game in a first field, a CPU core of a game apparatus obtains central coordinates in a second field after the rotation and coordinates (central coordinates) of a player object and BG object in steps S53 and S55. Then, the CPU... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080039200 - Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus: In an acceleration value obtaining step (S2), an acceleration value which changes in accordance with a state of the input device is sequentially obtained as the input value. In an increase/decrease direction inversion detection step (S3, S17), it is detected that an acceleration value increase/decrease direction has inverted. In an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080039202 - Game apparatus having general-purpose remote control function: A game apparatus is capable of controlling infrared radiation means for radiating infrared light. The game apparatus executes game processing using imaging information on the infrared light obtained from an input device. The input device takes an image of the infrared light radiated by the infrared radiation means, and also... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080039210 - Interactive system: An interactive video platform device which is configured to aggregate any type of content received from one or more sources into a common format, and distributes the aggregate content to a network for interactive communication among one or more remote video devices. The platform has particular applicability to on-line, interactive... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080039213 - Gaming machine having auxiliary lighting feature: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game comprises a pendant lighting assembly coupled to the gaming machine cabinet. The pendant lighting assembly includes a light source mounted to the gaming machine cabinet and at least one light conduit mounted to the gaming machine cabinet. The at least one light... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080039212 - Method and system for data transfer from a hand held device: A method of transferring data from a hand held electronic device to a target electronic device includes establishing a wireless interface between the hand held electronic device and the target electronic device. A transfer motion that includes rotation of the hand held electronic device is detected. Upon detection of the... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080039214 - Portable terminal having game function: Provided is a portable terminal having a game function. The terminal includes a main body housing having a first keypad and a second keypad; a folding housing having a third keypad, a hinge device for rotatably coupling the folding housing to the main body housing about a first hinge axis;... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080039215 - Chair interconnection for a gaming machine: A gaming system a chair having a base and a mechanical connector mounted to the base, and a gaming machine having a rotary locking mechanism to mate with the mechanical connector of the chair to latch the base to the gaming machine. The gaming machine and base can include an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080039171 - Computerized game with cascading strategy and full information: A gaming machine and method for operating the same has gameplay elements provided in a manner that can be visualized, with the gameplay elements having a specific nature which is revealed to the player at a beginning to the game. That is, the player knows the value, or ranking, or... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080039170 - Rewarding player detection of notable nonrandom patterns in games: Tools and techniques are provided for creating nonrandom notable patterns in elements of games of chance which are traditionally random and hence lack such patterns. Players are notified of the existence of such patterns. When a player detects a pattern, the player may act on it to the player's advantage.... Agent: Ogilvie Law Firm

20080039173 - Systems and methods for conducting a sweepstakes in a gaming environment: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for sweepstakes awards in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments provide a method including accumulating sweepstakes entries for a player based on at least one sweepstakes entry criterion and randomly selecting a winner from the pool of sweepstakes entries. The sweepstakes entries are associated with... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039179 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a display surface. The display surface can be moved and has indicia mounted on the display surface. A guide track holds the display surface. The guide track guides the shape of the display surface. A display device actuator is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080039180 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a display surface. The display surface can be moved and has indicia mounted on the display surface. A guide track holds the display surface. The guide track guides the shape of the display surface. A display device actuator is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080039185 - Gaming machine and method for providing game: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing a game; and a processor that is operable with the display and the operation unit to: control the display to display an arrangement of a plurality of symbols for providing the game,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080039186 - Gaming machine and method for providing game: A gaming machine includes: a display; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing a game; and a processor that is operable with the display and the operation unit to: control the display to display an arrangement of a plurality of symbols for providing the game,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080039178 - Progressive gaming device and method of use: A gaming device includes a primary game apparatus having a first random number generator. The primary game apparatus is configured to accept a wager and generate a first random number. A primary game outcome is determined using the first random number. The primary game outcome includes a primary game payout... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080039181 - Simulation of mechanical reels on a gaming machine: A spinning reel slot machine has increased versatility, while having reels that are aesthetically similar to traditional mechanical reels. In one embodiment, the slot machine includes a plurality of optical fibers having first ends optically coupled to a surface of an image display device and seconds ends defining a curved... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080039182 - Simulation of mechanical reels on a gaming machine: A spinning reel slot machine has increased versatility, while having reels that are aesthetically similar to traditional mechanical reels. In one embodiment, the slot machine includes a plurality of optical fibers having first ends optically coupled to a surface of an image display device and seconds ends defining a curved... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080039184 - Slot machine and method for providing slot game: A slot machine includes: a display that displays an arrangement of a plurality of symbols for providing a slot game; an operation unit that allows a player to input commands for playing the slot game; a processor that is operable with the display to: accept a bet made by the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080039183 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: In a slot machine, a plural symbols having been displayed in each of matrix display areas on an LCD are firstly move in the player selected direction according to the number of bets when rearranging the plurality of symbols. Then, the symbols are newly rearranged in display areas 28 which... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080039188 - Slot machine having re-scrolling function for forming combination of combination symbols, and methods of controlling thereof: This invention provides a slot machine having a function of performing a re-scrolling operation, for forming a combination of combination symbols, a plurality of times, and a method of controlling the slot machine. A CPU 106 is included, which provides functions of: scrolling the symbols displayed on a display unit... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080039193 - Cashless reservation system: A gaming system having a server connected to a plurality of gaming machines for playing a game in which a player wagers credits held in a credit meter. The gaming machines having a player tracking apparatus to receive an identifier from a current player of the gaming machine. The gaming... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039189 - Facilitating play of a gaming device in accordance with a contract: According to some embodiments, systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture are associated with determining an identifier associated with a player of a gaming device, determining information indicative of historical game play of the player, and determining, based at least upon the information indicative of the historical game play of the... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080039195 - Universal overlay games in an electronic gaming environment: A new method and system for displaying winning and non-winning game results in a traditional gaming environment is disclosed. The system of the present invention uses an overlay game to present an entertaining display to a player upon the occurrence of a win or trigger event. An overlay game has... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080039196 - Systems and methods for disseminating information in a gaming environment: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for awarding jackpots and disseminating information regarding jackpot awards in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments provide a method for announcing jackpot awards including detecting a jackpot awarded at a gaming terminal in the gaming system, determining satisfaction of an announcement criterion by the jackpot,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039197 - Products and processes for employing video to initiate game play at a gaming device: In an embodiment, a method of operating a gaming device includes the steps of (1) receiving an indication of an occurrence of a game initiation trigger associated with audio/video programming being provided to a player of the gaming device; and (2) in response to the occurrence of the game initiation... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080039198 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device that has a display surface. The display surface can be moved and has indicia mounted on the display surface. A guide track holds the display surface. The guide track guides the shape of the display surface. A display device actuator is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080039206 - Interactive installation for interactive gaming: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems for providing an interactive experience to game participants.... Agent: Berkeley Law And Technology Group, LLP

20080039203 - Location based gaming system: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems for providing an interactive experience to game participants.... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc C/o Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080039204 - Method and/or system for adaptive gaming experience: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems for providing an interactive experience to game participants.... Agent: Berkeley Law And Technology Group, LLP

20080039205 - Method and/or system for mobile interactive gaming: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems for providing an interactive experience to game participants.... Agent: Berkeley Law And Technology Group, LLP

20080039209 - Handling failed client responses to server-side challenges: A condition on a client that is communicating with a server is determined by issuing a challenge to the client, causing the client to produce a response indicative of the condition. The server compares the response to an expected response to determine if the condition is as expected, and if... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080039208 - Information updating management in a gaming system: Updating information in a client-server based gaming system comprising a client gaming machine, a game application server and a central database, by: storing in said central database login information for gaming system units that are logged in to the gaming system; storing updated information in the central database; storing an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039207 - System and method for managing transfer of player rights: A system for managing transfer of game related player rights from a first gaming system to a second gaming system, comprising: data storage means having a data structure adapted for storing a set of parameters representing game related player rights; an interface adapted for communicating said player rights parameters between... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080039211 - Game machine, game machine control method,and information storage medium: To provide a game machine for, while ensuring that a game is carried out by the pair of players or groups of players determined based on the result of the previous game, enabling the imparting of freedom to the players in terms of, for example, the time when to play... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080039216 - Swing device and control method for a swing device: To provide a swing device capable of making a user body sense a rising, lowering, and/or turning feeling more impressively or with higher reality with a simple structure, there is provided a swing device including: a swing member on which a user rides; a fulcrum support mechanism that swingably supports... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080032765 - Electronic bingo game player and method for playing electronic bingo: An electronic game card allows participants to play multiple game faces, and enables simultaneous game play at different locations. A plurality of display faces are displayed on each card, and additional faces are stored for simultaneous play. Most probable winners of the stored faces are displayed along side the display... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080032774 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment with the use of polyhedrons is described. Three reels may be variably displayed. Each of reels may be constructed from polyhedrons. Nine polyhedrons may be stopped and displayed with 3×3 matrix on a display. If a predetermined condition is met, each of the polyhedrons may be rotated... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080032775 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment with the use of polyhedrons is described. Three reels may be variably displayed. Each of reels may be constructed from polyhedrons. Nine polyhedrons may be stopped and displayed with 3×3 matrix on a display. If a predetermined symbol is displayed on any of front surfaces of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080032766 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: If a combination of symbols re-arranged in a unit game during execution of a base game is a predetermined combination, transition to a second game is executed and a winning combination for a second game is displayed by a display device. Subsequently, in the second game, a player pushes a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032767 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the invention includes a display for arranging a plurality of symbols, and a controller for paying out gaming mediums according to the number and positions of scatter symbols displayed on the display when the plurality of symbols arranged on the display are automatically rearranged.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032768 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The slot machine according to the present invention is a slot machine comprising: a display having a rectangular display area to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and a plurality of winning lines are to be set, the winning lines including two cross lines connecting opposite corners... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032769 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: An arrangement area for arranging plural symbols and a selection area for displaying selection object symbols are provided to different parts of a display. The plural selection object symbols are displayed in the selection area. Among the selection object symbols, a scatter symbol is set by a player. The plural... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032770 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: The slot machine according to the present invention is a slot machine comprising: a display having a rectangular display area to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and two cross lines are at least to be set, each of the cross lines connecting opposite corners of the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032771 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: e

20080032772 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention is a slot machine having the following configuration which comprises: a display having a rectangular display area to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged and two cross lines are at least to be set, each of the cross lines connecting... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032773 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: s

20080032776 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention is a slot machine comprising: a display having a display area to which a plurality of symbols and a target specifying any of the symbols are to be arranged; and a controller, the controller rearranging the plurality of symbols within the display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032777 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention is a slot machine comprising: a display having a display area to which a plurality of symbols are to be arranged; and a controller, the controller determining whether or not a predetermined symbol arrangement specification condition is satisfied, specifying a specified symbol... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080032786 - Gaming machine and gaming machine playing method: Symbol column data, in which an order of a plurality of symbols configured of a plurality of kinds of symbol image is fixed, corresponding one to each of display areas disposed in a three row by three column matrix formation on a lower image display panel of a slot machine,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080032787 - Customizable and personal game offerings for use with a gaming machine: Described herein are systems and methods that offer a personalized set of recommended games to an individual. The systems and methods collect personal game selection information for a person, such as demographic information and/or previous gaming experience data. The collected information is then analyzed and used to select a set... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080032791 - Gaming machine: In a gaming machine, in which an execution of a game is possible by means of a game medium being inserted by a player, a disposition aspect 1(A), a disposition aspect 2(B) and a disposition aspect 3(C), as disposition aspects of a plurality of display areas which display symbols, and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080032792 - Slot machine with circular sections and method: A slot machine includes a display device and a controller. The display device dynamically and statically displays a plurality of circular sections aligned in coaxial circles with different radii. Each section displays a plurality of game symbols. The controller is configured with the logic to: (a) control the display device... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080032794 - Partitioned game console system: The game console system includes a user interface module and a graphics processing module that are remotely situated from one another and solely coupled to one another via one or more communication links. The graphics processing module is positioned within a controlled environment chamber that thermally and acoustically isolates the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20080032797 - Combining broadcast sporting events and computer-based gaming: A system and method for extending a broadcast game into a viewer-played game, including a) providing a broadcast game to a viewer, b) receiving an instruction from the viewer during the broadcast to provide a simulation of the broadcast game, and c) providing a viewer-played game to the viewer, where... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080032798 - Live card playing station: A system and method for enabling an individual to remotely participate in an actual casino card game, such as Poker, Blackjack and the like. A card playing station is provided that is integrated or interconnected with a conventional card table that is capable of being operatively interconnected to a remote... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080032803 - Video game disc changer: A video game disc changer includes a box-like housing and an externally loaded video-disc cartridge containing a plurality of horizontal moveable disc-holding trays engageable in a removable manner within the housing. A mechanism within the box-like housing moves a selected disc to where the selected disc interfaces with a device... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080032759 - Game device and game system: A multi-player game system (100) includes a lobby server (3) and a plurality of game devices (A1, A2, . . . and B1, B2, . . . ). When there is a preceding entry game device in a competition waiting state, since the server device has already received an entry... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080032760 - Gaming machine and method for providing baccarat game: A gaming machine provides a player a baccarat game and includes: a display device; a storage device that stores an award odds table that defines an award to be paid out to a player when the player wins the baccarat game; an operation unit that allows the player to input... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080032763 - Centralized gaming system with modifiable femote display terminals: A centralized gaming system comprises a central server system and a plurality of display terminals remote from and linked to the central server system. The central server system includes a master game server, a game execution server, and a database server. The master game server stores a plurality of games... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Nixon Peabody LLP.

20080032761 - Gaming device with transport device and method of use: In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to a gaming device including a game apparatus adapted to allow a player to play a game. The gaming device may include a prize holder adapted to releasably hold a prize object in a controllable manner. The gaming device may also include a... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080032762 - Method and apparatus for conducting a game of chance: A system and method are provided for playing a game of chance. The game of chance may include, for example, a lottery-type game. A result of the game of chance is revealed to a player in another medium. In one example, the result is revealed during multiple game instances of... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20080032764 - Methods and apparatus for a competitive bonus game with variable odds: A bonus controller for generating a competitive bonus game in a gaming system, the bonus controller having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The bonus controller being programmed to: receive wagering data corresponding to a casino game, enter a first player associated with a first gaming apparatus... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080032783 - Electronic amusement device and method for operating a game offering continuous reels: A gaming device and method for controlling operating the gaming device is disclosed. The gaming device initiates a paid play, and determines an outcome of the play. The outcome is visually displayed using at least two graphical displays. The graphical displays comprise a first and second visual continuum, without discrete... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080032779 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device having a display surface. The display surface has several indicia. A display device actuator is in communication with the display surface and is configured to move the display surface. An indicator can indicate at least one of the indicia appearing on the display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080032780 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device having a display surface. The display surface has several indicia. A display device actuator is in communication with the display surface and is configured to move the display surface. An indicator can indicate at least one of the indicia appearing on the display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080032781 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a display device having a display surface. The display surface has several indicia. A display device actuator is in communication with the display surface and is configured to move the display surface. An indicator can indicate at least one of the indicia appearing on the display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080032782 - Progressive jackpot incrementing system: A gaming system and a method of operating a bonus prize awarding system, the system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming console having a console cabinet 10 including a prize display 12, a coin entry slot 13, a pay out tray 14 and internally mounted game control processor circuits. A... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080032778 - System and method for wagering based on financial market indicators: A method for wagering comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. The method continues by determining a first value for a first reel of the slot machine based at least in part upon the value of a digit of a first financial market... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080032784 - Wagering game with background modification feature: A method of playing a wagering game. The method includes conducting the wagering game at a gaming terminal. A plurality of symbols is displayed, each of the plurality of symbols located in a cell of an array. In response to at least one of the plurality of symbols achieving a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080032785 - Shared secondary game station and system: A gaming system having a plurality of primary game devices sharing a secondary bonus station is disclosed. The secondary game station comprises a secondary game which is configured to provide play pursuant to a triggering event originating from any one of the primary game devices in the gaming environment. The... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080032788 - Cryptography and certificate authorities in gaming machines: The casino gaming system includes gaming machines and a gaming server having keys. A network bus interconnects the gaming machines and the gaming server. The network bus provides a communication link to transmit information between the gaming machine and the gaming server. The gaming server transmits keys over the network... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080032789 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating a payout at a gaming device using audio / video content: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method provides for determining a first payout to potentially be provided for a current game play of a gaming device, wherein the gaming device is operable to facilitate a wagering game and providing the first payout only upon the satisfaction of a... Agent: Magdalena M. Fincham Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080032790 - Interactive dvd gaming systems: A toy figure configured to selectively control a DVD player having a DVD game medium, the DVD player having a plurality of different functions and being adapted to receive a plurality of different control signals with each control signal being associated with a different function of the DVD player, and... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080032793 - Slot machine with circular sections and method: A slot machine includes a display device and a controller. The display device dynamically and statically displays circular sections aligned in coaxial circles with different radii. Each section displays game symbols. The controller is configured with the logic to: (a) determine a circular sector coaxial with the coaxial circles as... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080032795 - Control device made of impact resistant material: A manual controller (10) for manipulating images or symbols on a display is made of impact resistant material such as dense foam rubber to resist damage resulting from accidental or intentional impact caused by throwing, dropping, or other insult. Damage resistance entails maintaining the operational integrity of the electronics and... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080032796 - Game apparatus: A game machine comprises a monitor for displaying a screen image for prompting a manipulation input, a control panel unit provided with push buttons and adapted to accept manipulations from a game player so as to make progress on a game, a movement mechanism unit disposed at a bottom of... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080032801 - Game talk service bus: A service-oriented bus for distributed gaming systems allowing gaming machines, servers, workstations, mobile PCs, handheld devices and automatic telling machines to talk together over a network. The game service bus provides a publish-and-subscribe message bus over a private network within a gaming property and/or over the public Internet across several... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080032799 - Network game tournament and broadcasting: A computer networked tournament in a subscription and non-subscription system is presented. There is a multi-round blackjack tournament with elimination hands and periodic hands where players with the lowest chip or point total are eliminated from the game. In a home/portable edition implementation players conduct a card game tournament in... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080032800 - Portable poker gaming system: A device which allows an individual to play poker with other, remotely located individuals over a network, the device comprising two screens and a game console. A top screen on the device is positioned over a bottom screen and is adapted to slide or fold open to allow viewing of... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080032802 - Gaming system and method for providing interaction between a user and one other party: A gaming system and associated method are provided. In use, a user of at least one gaming machine is identified. In addition, at least one other party is identified that is associated with the user utilizing a data structure, for providing interaction between the user and the at least one... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC