Amusement devices: games inventions 08/08

20080207289 - Arm-wrestling robot and the control method: An arm-wrestling robot is disclosed, comprising basically an arm-force generation mechanism 10 and a control system 100 that detects the maximum arm-force of a user in the early stage of the match, generates a different game scenario each time, and executes force feedback control to implement the scenario.... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20080207290 - Environment development system and methods: The system and methods for environment development identifies an environment including a plurality of structures, administers participation of improvements to the structures, and evaluates the improvements to disperse awards. The system and methods is a contest offering an incentive to motivate a community to improve an environment through development.... Agent: Valauskas & Pine Llc

20080207291 - Baccarat wagering method: A Baccarat wagering method in which provision is made for placing a bet for a round of play to end in a tie between a player hand and a banker hand, wherein there are a plurality of different payment ratios for a successful tie bet, with each possible card total... Agent: Michael W. Taylor

20080207292 - Gaming method and machine for playing primary and secondary card games: In a gaming machine, a sidebet game is also executed in parallel to an each execution of baccarat base games. In the sidebet game, it is anticipated for a bet which color of suits (Black or Red) is more among all dealt cards (four or more cards) for the base... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080207293 - Gaming machine, method for controlling a gaming machine, and method for playing a game: A gaming machine includes a display and a controller. The controller controls the display so as to display an image related to a win game. The controller is configured with logic to: (a) distribute cards to a player; (b) replace one or more of the distributed cards selected by the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080207295 - Interactive simulated stud poker apparatus and method: A multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table poker-type games according to rules effected through a processor. Rules may include games similar to Let It Ride® stud poker such as playing a wagering game comprising a player placing a wager comprising at least two distinct... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.a. York Business Center

20080207294 - System and method for playing community hand poker games utilizing dealer qualifying criteria: A system and method for facilitating play of a poker game utilizing dealer qualification criteria that impact the manner in which the game proceeds. The player(s) and dealer ante, and starting hands are dealt to the player(s) and dealer. The player may fold and lose the ante, or place a... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080207297 - Computer-based poker card game: The subject invention comprises a computer generated format means for a computer-based Poker game such as a poker game referred to a Texas Hold or other similar card game involving a single player from any of various dispersed locations participating in a card game, along with a plurality of virtual... Agent: Gregory Zilba

20080207296 - Game at cash register: In various embodiments, a mobile gaming device may interact with a point-of-sale terminal.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080207298 - Slot machine game having a plurality of ways to issue a percentage of a progressive award based upon any wager level (\"percentage progressive\"): A slot machine issues a percentage of one or more progressive awards based upon any wager level (“Percentage Progressive”). In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the Percentage Progressive concept operates as follows: The game displays the total progressive award amount; The player sets the wager; The game displays... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080207299 - Game of chance: The invention provides a card based game of chance which includes a set of standard playing cards; an additional special card; and a random selection device to be operated when the special card is dealt to a player to determine a supplementary payout to that player. Betting participation in a... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080207300 - Method for displaying a draw result as a race: In one embodiment of the present invention a computer-implemented method for displaying a draw result as a race is provided, comprising: generating a draw result, wherein the draw result indicates at least a first place winner; inputting a plurality of animation paths into a computer, wherein each of the plurality... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080207301 - Roulette apparatus and roulette gaming machine: A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions;... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080207302 - Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting results in a bingo-type game: Each bingo card representation matched with a game designation draw in a given bingo game (a “matched bingo card representation”) represents a respective game play record providing a result in the bingo game. The result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in the bingo-type... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.c.

20080207305 - Gaming device having a multiple symbol swapping game: A gaming device and a method for operating a gaming device which increases the possibility of obtaining a winning combination of symbols on reels. In one embodiment, the gaming device rearranges one or more sets of indicated symbols on the reels to potentially generate additional combinations of symbols on a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080207304 - Improved presentation of multi-level mystery bonus awards: In one aspect, a system displays a winning one of multiple mystery bonus awards before identifying a winner of the winning award from among a plurality of players of base games. In another aspect, the system displays a winning one of multiple mystery bonus awards after identifying a winner of... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080207303 - Presenting display objects in a gaming machine: An apparatus for lighting display objects in a gaming machine is described herein. In one embodiment, a gaming machine includes a display object to be viewed and a light source to emit light. The gaming machine also includes a light-guiding panel. The light-guiding panel includes an edge to receive the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080207306 - Gaming cards and method for use and distributed network gaming management: A gaming system allows a game manager to manage and run a multiplayer game and adjudicate all player characters with the ability to control the game and game play for all players from a centralized command facility in real-time. Interactive cards can be used that relate to investigated objects. The... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080207308 - Game system in which a plurality of players participate: A game system provides a game in which a plurality of players participate and includes: at least one camera device that captures facial images of the players; a plurality of display units that are provided for each of the players and display images related to the game; a plurality of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080207309 - Gaming machine and method: A gaming machine of the present invention has: a common station for executing a roulette game; a player terminal 5 connected to the common station via a network 200, the player terminal executing a slot game in parallel with the roulette game; an operating section, which is provided at the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080207310 - Method and system for fixed odds exotic and straight betting with pari-mutuel rules: The system and method disclosed facilitates betting that allows the punter, bettor or wagerer to know the exact current odds and specify the minimum fixed odds and/or payout that will be received on a successful bet if the wager is accepted, while also assuring that the betting pool created is... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.a.

20080207307 - Methods and architecture for cashless system security: Apparatus and method for secure transactions between gaming machines and portable devices are described. The secure transactions may include a transfer of an amount of an indicia of credit with a cash value from the portable device to the gaming machine or a transfer of an amount of an indicia... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080207312 - Gaming system and gaming device with wager dependent payback: A gaming system is disclosed that comprises at least one gaming device that allows a player to place a wager and play a game. The gaming system allows the payback of the gaming device to be varied dependent on the size of a wager placed by a player. Once the... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080207311 - Method for an online pay-to-play game of skill: A method for an online game run by a house proprietor. The method includes logging on by a game player. Then the game player chooses a game arena. Subsequently, the game player and the other game players in said arena pay into the pot. Then the house proprietor takes a... Agent: Naomi Assia Law Offices C/o Landon Ip Inc.

20080207313 - Method and apparatus for indicating win proximity: In one aspect, a system displays a winning one of multiple mystery bonus awards before identifying a winner of the winning award from among a plurality of players of base games. In another aspect, the system displays a winning one of multiple mystery bonus awards after identifying a winner of... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080207314 - Automated locking method: Systems, methods, and gaming machines having an automated locking system are disclosed herein. According to one method, one or more automated locking mechanisms are provided on a plurality of gaming machines. Each locking mechanism is connected to a locking controller such that the locking controller controls the release and locking... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080207316 - Method and system for using online entertainment to promote goods, services, activities and events: The present invention is a method and system for online selection of contestants for online and offline competitions that uses objective selection criteria and allows the participation of members of the general public. It also provides an effective marketing and revenue generating mechanism as part of the contestant selection process.... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20080207315 - System and method for initiating a gaming session using event-based exchange of information between communication devices: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for initiating a multiplayer gaming session by establishing a transaction at a communication device with a data object server, completing the transaction by obtaining one or more rights for multiplayer gaming from the data object server, and receiving... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080207317 - Game controller with tactile feedback: A video game tactile feedback system includes an electronic circuit for receiving tactile feedback signals from a video game, and generating electronic pulses to a conductive pad forming part of or attached to a video game controller. A video game player may grasp the controller in contact with the conductive... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20080207318 - Interactive puzzle game over a portable device: A game which divides an image into multiple parts, sends the multiple parts to multiple users, and allows the users to make “guesses” about what the image represents. The user or user groups who guesses what the image is really showing wins a prize.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20080207320 - Method for displaying a draw result along with customized information: In another embodiment of the present invention a computer-implemented method for displaying a draw result is provided, comprising: generating a draw result, wherein the draw result indicates at least a first place winner; rendering with a computer a first video presentation for display at a first terminal, wherein the first... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080207319 - Peripheral device and method of detecting illegal action: A peripheral device (sandwiched device) to be installed adjacent to a gaming machine, including an imaging unit (CCD camera) configured to image a player who is playing a game with the gaming machine and output face image data for identifying the face of the player obtained by imaging, and a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080207321 - Storage medium storing traveling time calculation program and game apparatus: A traveling time calculation program causes a computer to function as the following: position determination mechanism which determines a position of a movable object using a velocity vector with every update of a game screen, virtual position setting mechanism which sets a virtual position between positions immediately before and after... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080207323 - Game apparatus, character and virtual camera control method, program and recording medium: To apply a certain change to a displayed image while controlling a position and direction of a character and a virtual camera. In changing a direction of a character card without changing its position, when the direction changes slowly a direction of a character changes according to change direction of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080207322 - Method, system and computer-readable code for providing a computer gaming device: A system, method and computer readable code for providing a single player and/or a multi-player gaming environment is provided. Each user is provided with a client device having an input module and display screen. An application server array receives data indicative of game commands from each client device. Residing in... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080207324 - Game apparatus, virtual camera control method, program and recording medium: When a character is changed, a visual point moves from point A to point B parallel to the line connecting a start point and a finish point with maintaining a direction of a visual axis. And then the visual point circular moves from point B to point C at a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080207325 - Control arrangement for operating video game console: In one embodiment a control arrangement for operating a video game console is disclosed. The arrangement includes a mat having foot panels, a matrix scanning circuit, a peripheral warning track, a MCU, a first transceiver module, a foul line crossing sensor module, and a foul line crossing warning module; a... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080207326 - Method for conducting challenges in a fantasy simulation: A fantasy simulation allows participants to challenge each other by comparing the performance of one participant's reality-based selection to another participant's reality-based selection. The simulation also allows participants to wager a limited or unlimited amount of simulated funds on the outcome of the challenge. Participants challenge other, individual participants or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080207330 - Artificial player character for massive multi-player on-line game: An artificial intelligence system for autonomous artificial player characters in an on-line game is provided. The artificial player character (APC) makes use of an adaptive neural net wherein the function of the artificial player character at any given time is determined as a composition of other functions defined by one... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080207331 - Artificial player character for massive multi-player on-line game: An artificial intelligence system for autonomous artificial player characters in an on-line game is provided. The artificial player character (APC) makes use of an adaptive neural net wherein the function of the artificial player character at any given time is determined as a composition of other functions defined by one... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080207328 - Interstitial advertising in a gaming environment: A method of advertising within a game is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. The method comprises identifying a frame of the game, wherein the frame is capable of receiving an advertisement. The identified frame can be presented to a player of the game before, during, or after game... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080207329 - Method and system of enabling communication activities using bridge between real world and proprietary environments: The present invention is directed to a system, apparatus, and method for enabling communications and other forms of interaction between participants in a gaming or other form of virtual environment and the real world, or between a participant in one virtual environment and a participant in a second virtual environment.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080207334 - Method for configuration validation: Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for validating a download assignment or a validation assignment for one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). In one embodiment, the gaming system can schedule downloads and/or configurations for one or more EGMs from a network terminal. Additionally, the network... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080207332 - Multilevel online tournament: A multilevel online tournament is provided. The first tournament round has a single bracket and each subsequent tournament round has a winners bracket and a losers bracket corresponding to a bracket in the previous tournament round. The tournament format allows players to match-up against any other player located within the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20080207333 - Systems and/or methods for stock portfolio based competitive simulations: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to systems and/or methods for competitive simulations and, more particularly, to systems and/or methods in which users build stock portfolios that compete against each other, with the performance of each user's stock portfolio being based on one or more stock market related metrics (e.g.,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080207327 - Virtual environment with alerts: A virtual environment in which players are able to receive alerts intended to indicate the occurrence of a given event within the virtual environment. The alerts may be delivered to the player while he is playing the game via an in-game messaging service or other similar device. Alternatively the alerts... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080207335 - Automated locking system: Systems, methods, and gaming machines having an automated locking system are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a gaming cabinet having a frame and a main gaming machine door, and a locking mechanism is configured to secure the main gaming machine door to the gaming cabinet... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080200223 - Game program, game device, and game method: A control unit mainly includes game condition judging means, moving period determining means for determining a moving period T0 of a ball object, first operation response period determining means for determining a first operation response period T1 of a bat object, which begins at a first operation response start opportunity... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080200224 - Instrument game system and method: A game system and method that uses an instrument as an input encourages a user to play along with the game's soundtrack on an instrument (e.g. guitar, bass, etc.). The game cues the player to play notes and/or chords on the instrument at an appropriate time and then data is... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080200225 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating game play and generating an authenticatable audit-trail: A remote gaming systems whereby a player can gamble against a wagering establishment or state-run lottery from a remote location on a personal computer or portable computer device where it is unnecessary to establish an on-line connection with a host computer associated with the wagering establishment, the gaming computer having... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080200226 - Game device, game advancing method, program, and recording medium: Fun of a game is increased by causing decision when a player selects an attack technique of a player character against an enemy character to influence the progress of the game and a wasted time is not generated when there is a person waiting for a turn of the game.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080200227 - Gaming method and gaming machine accepting side bet: A playing method of a card game according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) dealing a predetermined number of cards to a player as player's cards and dealing a predetermined number of cards to a banker as banker's cards; (b) placing a side BET different from a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080200228 - Gaming method and gaming machine accepting side bet: A playing method of a card game according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) placing a side BET different from a normal BET; (b) executing a basic game following a basic rule in which winning or losing of the game is determined based on strength of hands... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080200229 - Apparatus and method for providing a game of chance at point of sale: An apparatus for providing a game of chance at a point of sale, comprising a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, microcode encoded in the memory, wherein the processor utilizes the microcode to operate the apparatus, instructions written to the memory, wherein the instructions encode a game of... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20080200230 - Gaming machine with player predictable volatility: A gaming machine has a display and a game controller arranged to control images of symbols displayed on the display. The game controller is arranged to play a game wherein at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display. If a predefined winning event occurs, the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080200231 - Method and apparatus for providing multiple levels of participation in a lottery: A process provides a first price category in which a plurality of first price category lottery tickets can be purchased. The first price category indicates a first known distribution that can be won with lottery tickets in the plurality of first price category lottery tickets having a winning lottery number.... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20080200232 - Gaming device having a free spin game: A gaming device including a re-initiation mode wherein the probability of extending the bonus game is increased by fixing the reel or reels displaying a locking symbol on the reel. In the re-initiation mode embodiment, the gaming device re-activates some or all of the reels except the reel displaying the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080200237 - Gaming device having a multi-function free game bonus: An apparatus and method for a free spins game including a plurality of reels, an outcome and a plurality of sections associated with the outcome. The gaming device or player activates the reels to indicate a designated symbol combination including at least two section indicator symbols. When a designated symbol... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080200238 - Gaming system including multiple displays having game symbols with common characteristics: A gaming system and method involving a game having a plurality of symbols. The gaming system displays a play of the game on a first display while displaying a sequence of the symbols on a second display. The gaming system includes one award associated with the play and another award... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080200233 - Gaming system monitoring client terminals with hybrid reel assemblies: In a thin-client gaming system according to the present invention, a server performs computations for the control over a game on a gaming machine, and hardware thereof including hybrid reel assemblies. Each hybrid reel assembly includes a mechanical reel and electric display devices mounted on the circumferential surface of the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080200235 - Slot machine and control method thereof: A slot machine is provided with a CPU and a liquid crystal display having a plurality of display areas. In operation, the CPU performs a slot game on the liquid crystal display to select one symbol from among multiple kinds of symbols and display the selected symbol in each of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080200236 - Slot machine and control method thereof: A slot machine includes a first liquid crystal display, a second liquid crystal display, and a CPU. The CPU performs a slot game in which one selected from among a plurality of symbols is displayed in each of a plurality of display regions of the first liquid crystal display and... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080200234 - Slot machine executing free game according to game outcome of sub game: A slot machine executes a sub game during a base game, and executes a free game in response to a game outcome of the executed sub game. Specifically, the slot machine is configured to execute the sub game different from the base game during the base game when symbols arranged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080200239 - Gaming machine with non-credit based outcomes: A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine comprises providing a representation of a passage of time, receiving a wager to play the wagering game, determining an outcome of the wagering game, the outcome being at least partially dependent upon the passage of time, and presenting an... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080200241 - Gaming apparatus and method relating to linked terminals: Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to awards to players of linked gaming terminals and the distribution of those awards. Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method of making an award including monitoring one or more activity characteristics of a plurality of linked terminals of a gaming system;... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080200242 - Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes: Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial markets and indices, sporting and entertainment events, casino performances, and natural phenomena... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080200240 - Systems and methods for verifying gaming machine cash out tokens: Systems and methods for verifying a cash out token associated with a gaming machine. The systems and methods include a gaming machine receiving a cash out token that contains an encoded data field and an encoded checksum field. A checksum algorithm is then performed on at least a portion of... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080200243 - Gaming machine, gaming server, and gaming system: A gaming machine includes a storage and a processor. The storage stores a plurality of return plan information each related to a return plan defining a condition for a player to receive a return of a gaming value used in a game. The processor returns the gaming value based on... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080200244 - Game collectibles: Some implementations of the invention allow patrons to earn a “collectible” during the course of playing a wagering game. A collectible (and/or a hierarchy of collectibles) may be associated with a particular casino. While playing a game, a player may have options to redeem one or more collectibles. In some... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080200245 - Gaming device with facsimile graphical user interface: Systems and methods for facsimile graphical user interface are disclosed. The systems and methods include displaying on a graphical object on the gaming machine that represents a physical component of the gaming machine. One aspect of the systems and methods includes selecting the graphical object and initiating an action for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080200247 - Game system having main display viewable by a plurality of players: A game system provides a game in which a plurality of players participate and includes: a first display unit that displays an image related to the game; a plurality of stations that are provided for each of the players to play the game and arranged at positions where the image... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080200248 - Game system providing game in which a plurality of players participate: A game system provides a game in which a plurality of players participate and includes: at least one camera device that captures facial images of the players; a plurality of display units that are provided for each of the players and display images related to the game; a plurality of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080200249 - Interactive promotional gaming system and method: A method of participating in an interactive promotional gaming system. A participant obtains access to an image of a game piece, captures an electronic image of the game piece and transmits the electronic image to a predetermined information collector. The information collector decodes the received image of the game piece... Agent: Eley Law Firm Co.

20080200246 - Method and system for changing illumination of gaming machine display to complement game outcome: A gaming device repetitively generating an outcome display, for each play, is positioned relative to a companion complementary display. The symbols dominant to a winning outcome, which are displayed after a play, are used to control the characteristic of the complementary display. Several symbols may be displayed to indicate a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080200250 - Portable game apparatus and game system: A portable game apparatus which gains the acceptance of senior elementary school children is realized. A portable game apparatus includes, for example, a general-purpose interface used to connect a personal computer, and a communication interface used to communicate with another portable game apparatus as an opponent of a fighting game.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080200256 - Content dependency verification for a gaming machine: A system, apparatus and method for dependency verification of content distributed to a gaming machine is described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, over a network and into a gaming machine, data that includes a software component. The method also includes verifying that the gaming machine includes the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080200257 - Electronic value-operated and battery powered portable amusement device: A portable amusement device has a display and is configured to operate at least one electronic game. The portable amusement device is operated by a touchscreen and includes a battery and a currency input. The portable amusement device is operable by a user upon receipt by the currency input of... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080200254 - Fantasy vault system for managing fantasy league competitor entry fees and awards: The invention is a fantasy vault system and method for operating a fantasy league, such as a fantasy sports league. The system is independent from the league participants, namely, a fantasy league commissioner and fantasy competitors. Fantasy data providers provides data whereby the performance of the fantasy competitors can be... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20080200259 - Method for managing an electronic gaming maching group: Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for managing one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The gaming system includes a network management system capable of establishing one or more groups (or collections) of gaming machines. The groups of gaming machines may be defined according to one... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080200255 - Networked gaming environment employing different classes of gaming machines: A computerized management system and methods for use with game devices, systems, and methods enable users to remotely monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities, for gaming machines of different classes, for example Class II and Class III gaming machines.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080200252 - Promotional games architecture: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate promotion of an online service. The architecture can provide for a games platform that can host a variety of games. The hosted games can be designed such that a user's experiences can be enhanced by game cards that can... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080200253 - System and method to levy and collect taxes in a virtual environment: A virtual environment in which players are charged and able to charge taxes for various taxable activities. The tax may be levied by a governmental authority or other entity or by one or more characters in the metaverse. The tax may be imposed at the time of a taxable activity,... Agent: Gonzales Patent Services

20080200258 - System for configuration validation: Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for validating a download assignment or a validation assignment for one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). In one embodiment, the gaming system can schedule downloads and/or configurations for one or more EGMs from a network terminal. Additionally, the network... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080200260 - System for managing an electronic gaming maching group: Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for managing one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The gaming system includes a network management system capable of establishing one or more groups (or collections) of gaming machines. The groups of gaming machines may be defined according to one... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080200251 - Zone dependent payout percentage: Various embodiments include game configurations that are specific to a location.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080200261 - Electronic entertainment device: An electronic entertainment device includes a device for acquiring at least one unique data item, along with a device for deriving from the, or each, data item, a least one attribute of a respective character in a game, and a device for comparing the respective attributes of two or more... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20080200262 - Video game instruction card holder: An instruction card holder system for supporting an instruction card or the like on a video game control device for visual reference during operation of a video game. The instruction card holder system includes a first portion configured to include printed material that provides instructions to a user of a... Agent: Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & Mccarthy

20080194307 - Sports-based game of chance: A sports-based game of chance includes a game board associated with a predetermined sport, where the game board including a plurality of spaces representative of an order of play for players of the game and an area designated for wagers by the players. A first random number generator generates numbers... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080194308 - System and method for playing a card game: A system and method for playing a card game includes dealing first and second hands. The first hand of cards is dealt all face up from at least one deck of cards. The second hand of cards is also dealt all face up from the at least one deck of... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080194309 - System for providing go-stop game service via on-line and method therefor: An online GOSTOP game providing method and system which can support a GOSTOP game using a plurality of decks of cards and improve a user's interests through various types of records is provided. Namely, a GOSTOP game service using a plurality of decks of cards is provided. Through this, point... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080194310 - Game system providing game in which a plurality of players participate: A game system provides a game in which a plurality of players participate and includes: at least one camera device that captures facial images of the players; a plurality of display units that are provided for each of the players and display images related to the game; a plurality of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080194311 - Systems and methods for providing lottery game play through an unmanned terminal: A game play system comprises a banking system that includes at least one terminal configured for financial transactions and an acquirer transaction server coupled with the terminal, the acquirer transaction server configured to provide game plays to a user through the terminal. The game play system further comprises a game... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080194312 - Game and method having a guaranteed progressive award feature: Disclosed are example games, machines, systems and methods for providing a game including a feature that terminates only after a player wins at least one progressive award.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20080194316 - Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases: A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the gaming device.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080194317 - Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases: A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the gaming device.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080194315 - Gaming device with player selectable theme: A gaming system and device is disclosed that allows a player to select one of a plurality of game themes. Each game theme has a set of winning game symbols displayed on one or more reels of the gaming device and an associated pay table. When a player plays the... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080194313 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system comprising: a display; a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display in a display area on the display; a plural special symbol determiner arranged to determine whether a plural special symbol representing a number (N) of special symbols... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080194314 - Slot machine and method for controlling slot machine: During execution of a slot game in which arranged symbols are rearranged, the symbols are displayed in an area used to determine whether or not a winning combination is formed. Moreover, symbols including the symbols displayed in the area used to determine whether or not a winning combination is formed... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080194318 - Method and apparatus for electronic random prize distribution with fixed prize inventory and unknown participant count: Methods and apparatus ale provided for dynamically adjusting a probability of winning at least one of a plurality of prizes for a contest, given a fixed prize inventory and an a priori unknown number of participants. A variable probability is determined by approximately dividing a current number of participants in... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080194320 - Three-dimensional gaming system environments: Methods and apparatus affecting the interaction between events, objects, and three-dimensional wagering game environment are described herein.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080194319 - Wagering game system with independent volume control: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising gaming code which is operable when executed on to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and an audio system operable to play a first type of sounds at a volume regulated by a master volume... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080194321 - Video gaming device and communications system: A video gaming device includes a game computer which is connected to a central computer and a plurality of player stations connected to the game computer. Connection of the player stations may be effected using an interface device which includes at least one serial port which has a transmit line... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.c.

20080194322 - Gaming machine with game modes selectable to different ratio for providing an award pattern by way of a button: A gaming machine is provided, which includes a memory, a plurality of selection switches and a controller. The memory stores a game program that has a plurality of awards and a plurality of game modes differing in patterns of ratios for providing the plurality of awards. The selection switches are... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080194323 - Method of executing an application in a mobile device: For executing an application (13) in a mobile device (1) comprising a camera (14), a visual background (2) is captured through the camera (14). A selected application (13) is associated with the visual background (2). The selected application (13) is executed in the mobile device (1). Determined are orientation parameters... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080194324 - Educational game: An educational game and method of the present invention includes a playing surface drawn to a map scale to enable the use of the playing surface as a map. A path having a plurality of game spaces extends along the playing surface and includes a start space and an end... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.c.

20080194325 - Game device, control method for the game device, and information storage medium: To provide a game device capable of reducing stress felt by a player in a case of determining a moving destination position of a moving instruction object image. A display unit (84) displays a game screen containing the moving instruction object image and a moving target candidate image. A determining... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080194326 - Universal player control for casino game graphic assets: Universal Player Controls for regulated pay computer-controlled video games afford players an efficient, intuitive method for customizing the layout and appearance of their favorite electronic games. A popup control featuring a jog wheel for fast selection and geometric control using the touch screen may be attached to each predetermined group... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.c. Alan W. Young

20080194327 - Processing game scenes in a gaming machine: A method and apparatus for processing game scenes in a gaming machine are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes presenting a first game setting, wherein the first game setting includes a plurality of game elements. The method also includes selecting a game element from the plurality of game... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080194328 - Electronic game machine, data processing method in electronic game machine and its program and storage medium for same: The following processing steps are performed: 1) processing for determining the behavior of a player character and specifying a first coefficient relating to that behavior; 2) processing for determining the current position of the player character in a virtual space and specifying a second coefficient relating to the environment defined... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080194329 - Method and apparatus for gaming machine peripherals: A method and apparatus for gaming machine peripherals are described herein. In one embodiment, the method is performed by a smart component of a multipart gaming machine peripheral. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing communication with a gaming machine master processing unit. The method also includes determining that a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080194330 - Interactive game method and interactive game system with alarm function: The present invention discloses an interactive game system with alarm function, comprising: at least one remote pointing device; and a set-up box which detects the location of the remote pointing device and generating game information according to movement of the remote pointing device, wherein the remote pointing device includes a... Agent: Tung & Associates

20080194331 - Displaying information to a selected player in a multi-player game on a commonly viewed display device: A method and system for presenting specific information to a selected player in a multi-player game on a commonly viewed display device is presented. The method and system comprise receiving a request for information. Typically, this request comes from the selected player. Subsequently, input identifying one of a plurality of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080194332 - Method of interacting with an interactive game program: A software agent interfaces with an interactive game program allowing for dynamic conveyance of objects during runtime for receiving data indicative of at least one parameter relating to a player of the interactive game program and/or to the player station on which the program is run. The data is used... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080194334 - System and method for online games: Disclosed herein are systems and a machine-readable medium embodying instructions for playing a card game from one or more remote locations. The system comprises a host configured to provide online game services and game-play information corresponding to at least one real-time game, the information corresponding to each real-time game includes... Agent: Akin Gump LLP - Silicon Valley

20080194333 - System and method of providing assistance through incentives: A system and method is provided for in-game assistance. In one aspect, gestures of a guide at a second terminal are presented to a player of a game at a first terminal. The guide may receive incentives for assisting the player, and may also provide verbal commands and game commands... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080194335 - System including one or more gaming machines: There is disclosed a system (400) including one or more gaming machines (404 . . . 408) and one or more system control resources (402). The system control resources (402) are configured to dynamically control the provision of services (402A, 402B) to components of the system. Each of the services... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080194336 - Gaming device with resources swapping: Embodiments of the invention include a method for conserving memory storage on a gaming machine. The method includes creating a resource file and caching the resource file in RAM on a gaming machine; determining whether the resource file is accessed more than a preselected number of times within a preselected... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080194337 - Hunting game having human and electromechanical players: A hunting sport game is played in an interactive arena. The game is played by two or more sides of any size, one side having at least one human player in the arena, and the other side(s) having at least one electromechanical player. The players are provided with projection shooting... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080188276 - Game and system for nostalgically replicating baseball and a method for playing a baseball game: An educational game and system for nostalgically replicating a baseball game and a method for playing a baseball board game are provided. Two players alternate between the roles of batting and fielding. A series of cards from one deck are turned to advance players around the bases and to accumulate... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20080188277 - Electronic game device and method of using the same: An electronic question and answer game device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing that has several side walls or surfaces. A display screen is disposed on one of the sides. The display screen is configured to present a question to the user of the electronic device. The... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080188278 - Gaming device having a plurality of interactive player-selectable symbols: A gaming device which includes a plurality of sets of interactive player-selectable symbols which are sequentially offered to a player during a game played upon the gaming device. The player may select one or more of the player-selectable symbols to be added to one or more sets of symbols which... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080188279 - Gaming system secondary game: A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a plurality of gaming devices in communication with a server. Each gaming device is configured to play a primary game as well as a secondary game in the form of a draw game such as bingo or keno. The server advertises a draw... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188288 - Gaming device and method: A gaming device has a display that aids in displaying a game outcome to one or more players. The display includes a conveyor such as a tube for conveying a plurality of moveable display objects such as prize balls. Display segments within the conveyor allow players to view the display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188287 - Gaming device having a related winning symbol selection game: The present invention relates to a gaming device and method having a bonus game, where the bonus game displays a target set including a plurality of player selectable symbols. At least one of the symbols is designated as a target symbol in a target set. The gaming device provides a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080188289 - Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases: A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time, The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the gaming device.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080188284 - Gaming display with moveable indicator and method of use: A gaming apparatus has several primary gaming devices. Each of the primary gaming devices is configured to accept a wager and to generate a bonus qualifying event. A central display device is mounted in association with the primary gaming devices. The central display device has several flexible belt displays having... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188285 - Gaming machine and method: A gaming machine includes a display having a reel section and a grid section. The reel section includes a plurality of cells arranged in one reel row and a plurality of reel columns. The grid section includes a plurality of cells arranged in a plurality of grid rows and a... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080188286 - Gaming machine having positional expanding symbols: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a value input device for receiving a wager and a display for displaying a plurality of symbols arranged in an array of symbol positions. The plurality of symbols include at least one expandable symbol. The plurality of symbol positions include at... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080188280 - Methods of expanding symbols based upon relative location or said symbols to each other in a symbol matrix: The present invention expands a wildcard symbol into one or more symbol positions of the symbol matrix if two or more wildcard symbols appear in the symbol matrix in a predetermined configuration relative to one another. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, two or more wildcard symbols appearing... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080188283 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine comprises a display, a shutter and a controller. The display has slot game areas including a slot game area provided with mechanical reels and slot game areas provided with a liquid crystal display panel and displays a slot game on each of the slot game areas. The... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080188281 - Slot machine including a plurality of slot game areas and controlling method thereof: A slot machine includes a plurality of slot game areas in each of which a slot game can be individually played and allows a plurality of slot games to be simultaneously played in one play by betting medals on at least one of the slot games in the respective slot... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080188282 - Slot machine including a plurality of slot game areas and controlling method thereof: A slot machine includes a plurality of slot game areas in each of which a slot game can be individually played and allows two or more slot games to be simultaneously played in one play session by betting medals on the two or more slot games in the respective slot... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080188290 - Network based webcam wheel of fortune game: A network-based webcam wheel of fortune game is disclosed. Images from the participants webcams are positioned on the circumference of a virtual wheel that is displayed to all players and non-playing viewers via their monitors. This wheel is then spun. The winner is for instance the participant whose image this... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20080188292 - Method and apparatus for providing a bonus to a player: A method, and a device and system for performing the method are described, the method comprising: determining a value of at least one chip at a wagering game, the plurality of chips being associated with a credit balance; determining, based at least in part on the value of the at... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20080188291 - Virtual radio in a wagering game machine: The present invention provides in one embodiment a computerized wagering game system has a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered. A virtual radio audio module is operable to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080188293 - Wagering game machine with transmissive lcd lighting: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered via at least one mechanical reel and a liquid crystal display (LCD). The liquid crystal... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080188294 - Play level gaming system: A gaming system and method is disclosed that comprises a plurality of gaming devices in communication with a server. The server is configured to measure play level and adjust payback percentage based on the play level. The play level may comprise one of several gaming factors related to the number... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188295 - Progressive gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus includes a gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game. A controller is in communication with the gaming device. The controller maintains a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot. When a triggering event occurs, at least... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188296 - Progressive gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus includes a gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game. A controller is in communication with the gaming device. The controller maintains a progressive jackpot and randomly determines a contribution amount from the wager placed on each game... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188297 - Progressive gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus includes a primary gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game. A bonus gaming device is mourned in association with the primary gaming device. The bonus gaming device can award a bonus prize. A controller is in communication... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188298 - Progressive gaming device and method of use: A gaming apparatus has a gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game. A controller is in communication with the gaming device. The controller maintains a first progressive jackpot having a first award value and a second progressive jackpot having a... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188299 - Monitoring and controlling of gaming entertainment: An effective means of promoting and enforcing responsible gaming activity on an individual basis is disclosed. A wide area network of gaming terminals is utilized, and does not require the gaming terminals to be centrally monitored or controlled. Eligible players register with the Gaming Authority using proof of age and... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080188300 - Multiply interconnectable environmentally interactive character simulation module method and system: The present invention relates to a game, including a first module having a housing, a processor, a display operably coupled to the processor and an electrical contact positioned such that access is available to the electrical contact of the first module through the first module housing, and a second module... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080188301 - Display control device and display control program: A game device stores data of news information related to a plurality of news locations on a map. The game device divides the news locations into groups, and sets a determination region for each group. Further, the game device receives an input of designating a position in a display region... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080188302 - Storage medium storing game program, game apparatus, and game control method: A game apparatus includes an LCD, and displayed on the LCD is a game screen including a display portion that displays a planar positional relationship between a player object and enemy objects present in a three-dimensional game space. The player object and enemy objects are flight objects, for example. Each... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080188304 - 3-d text in a gaming machine: Methods and apparatus on a gaming machine for presenting a plurality of game outcome presentations derived from one or more virtual 3-D gaming environments stored on the gaming machine are described. While a game of chance is being played on the gaming machine, two-dimensional images derived from a 3-D object... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080188303 - Transparent objects on a gaming machine: In one embodiment, a gaming apparatus is provided. The gaming apparatus may comprise a display unit, a value input device, and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit and the value input device. The controller may comprise a microprocessor and a memory operatively coupled to the microprocessor. The controller... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080188305 - Game device, game control method, and information storage medium: There is provided a game device capable of provoking a competing mood between players in a music game. In order to show each of a first and a second player the timing when a game operation is to be performed, reference arrow marks (46, 48) and a special timing guide... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080188307 - Display apparatus: Apparatus (1) for entering and displaying data relating to a participatory event and for use by one or more participants. The apparatus (1) includes electronic data entry means (3) for use by each participant to enter data at a time when each participant is to participate in the event and... Agent: James C. Eaves Jr. Greenebaum Doll & Mcdonald PLLC

20080188306 - Game controller device: A video game controller device includes a left hand controller having standard left hand video game controls, and a right hand controller having motion detection means to translate game user input into video game movement. Both the left hand and right hand controllers are operatively connected to a video game... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20080188308 - Virtually tracking un-carded or anonymous patron session data: A system for tracking a player session is provided, having a portable transaction device with an input device for receiving input for player characterization information for the player and a first network interface. A gaming server may have a second network interface configured for communication with the portable transaction device,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080188311 - Casino game download system and method of use: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for multi-tiered gaming data download. The system includes a gaming device for local play of a game. The gaming device includes a communication interface receiving and transmitting data to download a game for play at the gaming device. The system also includes a plurality... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080188309 - Gaming system with wager location: A gaming system (1) comprises a gaming server (2), one or more player stations (3) and a communication network (4) capable of providing communication between the gaming server (2) and each player station (3). Each player station (3) is located remotely from the gaming server (2) and is capable of... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080188310 - Internet sports computer cellular device aka mega machine: A flying saucer shaped device, with a top and bottom pieces, which can close together like a clam. There are six flat iconic images on the button like smooth appendages at top surface, which represent six major sports such as Golf, Chess, Tennis, Basketball, Baseball, and Boxing/Martial Arts. The device... Agent: Wilbert Murdock

20080188312 - Tournament gaming system: A network gaming system and method including a server having plural regular games for selection, and plural tournament games for plural players. The system also has plural gaming devices each in communication with the server to conduct a selected regular game upon receipt of a regular wager, and to enter... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080188313 - Card stack reader, card thereof, card case, method for manufacturing card, game machine using the same, computer-readable storage medium on which game program is recorded: The present invention relates to a card stack reader, a card thereof, a card case, a method for manufacturing the card, a game machine using the same, and a computer-readable storage medium on which a game program is recorded. The card stack reader comprises an imaging unit which reads an... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080188314 - Toy laser gun and laser target system: The present invention relates to a toy gun capable of transmitting a laser beam and/or an infrared (“IR”) beam of light for use in a game. The toy gun also has a detector for detecting a laser and IR signal. A controller within the gun tracks the number of shots... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates