Amusement devices: games inventions 02/09

20090054117 - Independently-defined alteration of output from software executable using later-integrated code: A first executable, such as a computer game, is configured with a second independently operating executable that monitors events on a client operating the first executable. The second executable determines actions to be performed in response to monitored events, as defined by a business logic table. The second executable traps... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090054118 - Gaming apparatus executing race by a plurality of race objects, and game control method thereof: The gaming apparatus of the present invention is provided with a display and a side display. According to the present invention, when a command to play a side game which is different from a racing game is inputted during the time when the racing game is proceeding or during the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054119 - Gaming apparatus executing race by a plurality of race objects, and game control method thereof: A gaming apparatus of the present invention offers game media in an amount with an amount betted at first being an upper limit, when a prescribed condition has been satisfied before the end of a race in which a plurality of race objects contend with each other for winning.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054121 - Gaming apparatus executing race by a plurality of race objects, and game control method thereof: g

20090054120 - Gaming machine and controlling method thereof: Before execution of a current race, paddock images or training images of racehorses participating in the race are set, based on past race outcomes of the racehorses, so as to have positive impressions if past race outcomes are good and to have negative impressions if the past race outcomes are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054122 - Gaming machine with a bonus game installed and method of playing a game: To players who executed BET on a race of a horse racing game that is a main game, a bonus game that starts and ends after the race is randomly generated. If a bonus game is generated, a bonus game image in which a plurality of choices W1 to W6... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090054123 - Information collection during game play: Systems and methods allow an on-line game to extract information relevant to a specific need of a game platform or service platform. The specific need relates to management and use of digital content, and is addressed by designing and playing an on-line collaborative game. The rules of the game intend... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090054124 - System and methods for multi-platform trading card game: A method and system for generating a game component for a trading card game, comprising generating a trading card for playing the trading card game in a physical play platform, generating an electronic version of the trading card for playing on a first electronic platform and a second electronic platform,... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090054126 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: A gaming machine includes a common display, a racing game controller and gaming terminals. The racing game controller determines action patterns of racehorses in a racing game and executes the racing game on the common display based on the determined action patterns. Each gaming terminal includes a designation switch and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054125 - Gaming machine, program and server: A gaming machine for a bingo game or other game using a matrix card is provided, to which is added an element that enables a player to make a selection that can influence the game result. A gaming machine is provided wherein the designs of playing cards, etc., are used... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054127 - Multi-stage future events outcome prediction game: Apparatus and method for the playing of a multi-stage multi-player future event outcome prediction game. The prediction game involves the prediction or forecasting or guessing of the actual outcomes of a series of pre-defined sequentially occurring future events. The objective of the players participating in the prediction game is to... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090054129 - Gaming machine and method for displaying symbols: A gaming machine comprises a display unit that displays video reels using computer graphics. Symbols are moved and stopped on each video reel. A game controller unit selects a type of symbols and an arrangement of symbols at random, and provides a player with an award if a winning combination... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090054128 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to the symbol... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054134 - Dual-usage bonus point method for gaming machines: A method of mechanical, electromechanical or video slot play on networked gaming machines is disclosed. The method comprises a base game, a progressive jackpot opportunity and a dual-usage point system. The point system feature allows the player the flexibility to choose to either redeem the points for benefits (i.e., cash,... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20090054133 - Gaming apparatus executing race by a plurality of race objects, and game control method thereof: A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: an image display; a bet input device with which a bet on a race object that participates in a racing game in which a plurality of race objects contend with one another for winning can be inputted; and a controller, the controller... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054132 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: A gaming machine includes a controller and gaming terminals. The controller accumulates a part of gaming media bet on a race by racehorses as a bonus count value. The controller qualifies one or more gaming terminals which meet a certain condition to participate in a bonus game. The controller assigns... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054135 - Method and apparatus for modifying gaming machines to provide supplemental or modified functionality: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for transferring credits from one gaming device to another via the use of coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a cash-out command in the gaming device, scanning a magnetically manifested code uniquely identifying a scrip stored in the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20090054131 - Method of reserving electronic game machine: A method of reserving an electronic game machine, which allows a user to be identified by the machine and lock it for a period of time. The user may return to the game and resume play within the allotted time period. If the user does not return within the allotted... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20090054136 - Persistent state systems, methods and software: In one example embodiment, a wagering game system includes at least one wagering game computer program operative on the wagering game platform to detect a wager. A persistent state manager software component is operative to read or write persistent state data to and from the wagering game computer program and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090054130 - System, apparatus, and method for calculating bets in casino table games, in particular for poker games: System, in particular for counting bets in a table game utilizing chips each equipped with a radio-frequency identification microcircuit, data in the microcircuit indicating the value of the chip, where the system includes at least one area for reading data written in the radio-frequency identification microcircuits, each reading area including... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20090054137 - Gaming apparatus executing race by a plurality of race objects, and game control method thereof: A gaming apparatus of the present invention accepts a high-amount bet with an upper limit of bets being higher than an upper limit of bets for the normal bet, when game media in a prescribed amount or more have been betted as the normal bet; and offers an award based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054138 - Game apparatus and game execution control method: A game apparatus according to the present invention designed to display a player's character and an opponent character on a monitor 3 in such a manner as to allow the player's character to take an action for a match according to an instruction from the player to thereby obtain a... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090054140 - Independently-defined alteration of output from software executable using distributed alteration engine: A first executable, such as a computer game, operates co-extensively with a second independently operating executable that monitors events on a client operating the first executable. The second executable determines actions to be performed in response to monitored events, as defined by a business logic table. The second executable traps... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090054139 - Method of displaying performance data, a performance manager and a performance management system: A method of displaying performance data in a gaming system, the method comprising: deriving at least one performance measure from at least one performance parameter of each of a plurality of gaming terminals; graphically representing the performance measure on a display; and displaying a representation of the performance of each... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090054141 - System and method for embedding graphics from a graphical application in a browser: The invention provides a client computer system, including at least one storage medium, at least one processor connected to the storage medium, and a set of instructions stored on the storage medium for execution by the processor, the set of instructions including a communications module to receive and transmit signals... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090054142 - Image processing for a game: This image processing device for games is a device whereby a prescribed number of models (characters) are setup in virtual space, these models are controlled such that they move in prescribed directions in the virtual space, and images of this virtual space from a virtual viewpoint are displayed on means... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090054143 - Game device, control method of game device, and information storage medium: To provide a game device that allows a user to relatively easily judge a time at which a length of a gauge becomes a length with which desired processing is executed. A first gauge control unit (72) controls the gauge to expand or contract according to continued of pressing of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090054144 - Force feedback apparatus and system using thereof: A force feedback apparatus and system are provided in the present invention. The force feedback apparatus is capable of balancing the reactive force or torque generated by an actuator of the force feedback apparatus through a balance output generated by a balance controlling unit coupled to the actuator so that... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090054145 - Three-dimensional wireless game controller: A 3-D wireless game controller includes a housing having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a grip for holding by the user's hand; a push control element mounted to the upper surface of the housing; a rotation control element rotatably mounted to the lower surface of the housing and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090054146 - Configurable single handed video game controller: A video game controller that can be configured using a set of video game control switch modules for single hand usage (left or right). The controller is comprised of a controller housing having a base receptacle containing circuitry and a top enclosure which contains several module slots in which removable... Agent: Malin Haley And Dimaggio, Pa

20090054147 - Interactive game system: An interactive game system has a main apparatus and a wireless controller. The main apparatus has three ultrasonic receiving modules. The wireless controller has an ultrasonic sending module. The three ultrasonic receiving modules receive ultrasonic signals sent by the ultrasonic sending module, and the main apparatus calculates the position of... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090054156 - Communication game system, communication game control method, information recording medium, and program: In an online game in which game players are able to communicate with each other by voice utterance, in order that information such as audio information representing a voice uttered by one of the game players in synchronization with video image information may be output in synchronization with video image... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090054150 - Game server, game control method, and game machine: A return is reliably executed to a player who has paid a predetermined amount to a game machine. The timing of this return is determined by lottery, and its result is displayed on the game machine. This thrills the player with expectation of the return, thereby keeping the player long... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090054151 - Game topper: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes monitoring, at a game topper, a signal transmitted between a gaming device and a remote gaming management system, associating at least a portion of the signal with media, and outputting the media to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090054155 - Interactive action figures for gaming systems: An action figure is provided with a serial number that provides an access code which allows owners to engage in enjoyable games or other activities via the Internet or other gaming systems. The interactive action figure system comprises a toy, statue, or other three-dimensional figurine with a serial number, and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090054148 - Method and apparatus for providing player incentives: A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. One aspect relates to accumulating outcomes. Another relates... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090054152 - Method and system for an electronic game as a medium to instigate significant real-world events: An electronic game that enables the player to cause or initiate significant real-world events, and stop or prevent significant real-world events from happening, the player having the explicit, game play intention of causing the significant real-world event or its by-products, by engaging to in-game actions, that is, electronic games do... Agent: White-welker & Welker, LLC

20090054153 - Method of deciding tournament winners: A system and method for conducting a tournament having an unlimited number of participants. The system includes a mechanism for selecting performance criterion against which individual results are judged; a mechanism for fixing a number of winners of the tournament; a mechanism for applying the criterion to each participant, thereby... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090054149 - Multiple monetary type gaming machine with cash conversion functionality: A gaming machine connected in a gaming network or operating as a stand-alone machine, is capable of accepting two or more currencies for wager game play. The machine operates internally using a native monetary type and converts non-monetary bills to native amounts in the form of restricted or cashable credits.... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090054154 - System and method for moving a party from one game to the next: The invention provides a game server computer system, including at least one storage medium, at least one processor connected to the storage medilum, and a set of instructions stored on the storage medium for execution by the processor, the set of instructions including a communications module to transmit signals to... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090054158 - Game system, game system control method, and information storage medium: There is provided a game system capable of appropriately evaluating whether or not a game advertisement has been recognized by a player. An advertisement evaluation information storage unit (80) stores advertisement evaluation information representing an evaluation about outputting an advertisement. An advertisement output unit (72) outputs the advertisement. An output... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090054157 - Intellectual property protection for content created within a virtual universe: An approach that protects intellectual property rights in content created by users of a virtual universe is described. In one embodiment, there is an intellectual property rights protection tool for use in a virtual universe. A receiving component is configured to receive a request to protect intellectual property rights in... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090054159 - Gaming device with modular gaming table components: Provided in embodiments of the present invention is a gaming device having a plurality of dynamically connectable modular gaming table components that provide a variety of configuration options. In one example embodiment, the gaming device includes a first modular gaming table component and a second modular gaming table component, where... Agent: Robert B. Reeser, Iii (igt - 26668) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090054160 - Multiplayer gaming machine: A gaming machine is provided, which includes a main display and a plurality of terminals in a playing area. The plurality of terminals is situated in front of the main display, and arranged along both sides of an aisle. A terminal includes a seat having a backrest, an opening, a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090054161 - Modular dealing shoe for casino table card games: A playing card delivery shoe is used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack is disclosed. The shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack; b) first card... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20090054162 - Indication position calculation mark unit: A mark unit includes a holding section that is disposed at the top of a display section so that a light-emitting section is positioned on a side of a display screen of the display section and a weight section is positioned on a side opposite to the display screen to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048008 - Balancing tool: The invention provides for balancing a computer game, in which players can choose between different options for a plurality of actors within the game. The actors are described by parameter vectors defining characteristics of each actor. The cost of each actor is calculated, wherein the cost of an actor characterizes... Agent: Ipxlaw Group LLP

20090048009 - Sports video game with enhanced control features: A battle volleyball or other sports game having both sports and battle game aspects is played between opposing teams. A game object, having at least one associated characteristic, is used in the game. An associated characteristic of the game object is altered based on properly timed player input, the input... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090048010 - Methods for providing amusement: Certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments are disclosed which teach a method for playing a game comprising initiating a game play, displaying a first plurality of indicia arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns such that there are a plurality of paylines through a contiguous plurality of indicia,... Agent: Tips Group C/o Intellevate LLC

20090048013 - Gaming apparatus with bonus award: Gaming apparatus (100) including (a) a symbol display area (224), which displays a plurality of symbols; (b) a symbol selection component (300), which selects symbols from amongst a predefined set of symbols, and arranges for them to be displayed on the symbol display area; (c) a win-indicating component (302), which... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090048011 - Gaming machine: A gaming environment is described. A gaming machine has plural JACKPOTs. If JP symbols are displayed with a predetermined number or above, one of JACKPOT corresponding to the number of the displayed JP symbols will be provided to the player. Since the number of the displayed JP symbols explicitly corresponds... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090048012 - Networked gaming system and method providing multiple group play awards based on different criteria: Disclosed are systems and methods for group play gaming including multiple variations of awards. Upon a triggering event, gaming machines operate in a group play mode which includes multiple award opportunities for each player which may include a grand prize award, one or more mystery prize awards, and one or... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090048015 - Virtual floating layer for gaming machines, and gaming machines incorporating the same: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to gaming machines and, more particularly, to gaming machines that are configured to display one or more virtual floating layers on one or more displays thereon. In each gaming machine, a main screen is configured to display a first game-related event. A top box... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090048014 - Virtual floating layer for table games, and table games incorporating the same: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to table games and, more particularly, to table games having a plurality of player positions that each include a display device configured to display one or more virtual floating layers thereon. In each table game, a dealer terminal is configured to allow a dealer... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090048016 - Display designed for ps3 gaming machine: A display designed for a PS3 gaming machine includes a display main unit and a base under the display main unit. The base is specially designed to accommodate a curving structure of a PS3 gaming machine and contains the PS3 gaming machine within space under the base. In addition, two... Agent: Hdsl

20090048017 - Display inset for table games, and table game incorporating the same: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to table games and, more particularly, to table games that incorporate an individualized display at each player position and, still more particularly, to inset bezels for supporting such displays. According to certain exemplary embodiments, an inset bezel for insertion into a table game is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090048018 - Programmable movement of an orientation of a game character view of a game environment: A control system comprises a control device comprising a programmable macro button, a memory containing view change settings, a driver program and a microprocessor. The driver program includes a view change output that is produced in response to actuation of the macro button and is based on the view change... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20090048019 - Game program, game apparatus, and game control method: In this game program, a character and a moving object when the game space is viewed from a first direction is displayed on an image display unit in the position of the character and the position of the moving object recognized by a control unit. Then, whether or not the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090048020 - Efficient text input for game controllers and handheld devices: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates entering a character via an input device. An interface can receive a portion of input data from an input device, wherein the input data is at least one of an analog input from an analog directional input associated... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090048021 - Inertia sensing input controller and receiver and interactive system using thereof: An inertial sensing input controller, receiver and interactive system using thereof are provided in the present invention. The inertial sensing input controller functioning to capture motions of a human body comprises an inertial sensing module for sensing a sequence of motions of the human body and generating the corresponding parameters... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090048022 - Dynamic reconfiguration of promotional programs: An apparatus to dynamically reconfigure at least one promotional program played on a gaming device comprises a network interface configured to interface with the gaming device and a plurality of devices, a processor coupled to the network interface configured to receive data from the gaming device and the plurality of... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090048023 - Method and apparatus for recording and replaying network game: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for recording and replaying a network game. The method includes copying all game messages sent by a game server to a game client during a game process; replaying the game process according to the copied game messages. Besides, embodiments of the present... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090048024 - Wireless communication game system: A wireless communication game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, which function as a parent device or a child device and are capable of making a communication with each other, and broadcasts from the parent device a parent device packet including a parent device PID, a user name... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090048025 - Method and apparatus for a rule development process for inducement prizes: A method and apparatus for a rule development process for inducement prizes is presented. The rule development process comprises a number of sub-process threads allowing for the authoring, review, preview, approval and presentation of rules setting parameters for successful claiming of the inducement prize. The process also allows for sub-process... Agent: Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

20090048027 - Player tracking module navigation device, and game machine and/or table game incorporating the same: The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to gaming machines and table games and, more particularly, to gaming machines and table games that include a player tracking module navigation device. A processor is configured to generate a changeable predetermined control signal in dependence on the PTM's status and/or user input received... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090048026 - Smart card holder for automated gaming system and gaming cards: Methods and systems for intelligent tracking and/or play and/or management of card gaming use an intelligent card distribution or holding device with detectors for determine the value and unique identity of individual cards and for recording card play. In specific embodiments, the system utilizes various types of sensors and electronic... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20090042627 - Sports simulator and simulation method: A sports simulator calculates spin of a sports object using image analysis. A velocity vector is also calculated. These are combined to produce a predicted future trajectory of the sports object. In one embodiment, the sports object is a golf ball and the sports simulator simulates golf.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090042628 - Horse position information analyzing and displaying method: The purpose of the present invention is, in a horse race or a motorboat race, to display the progress of the race (trail) of each horse, by obtaining analysis data of a plural number of patrol images provided around the race course, by acquiring position information of each horse at... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090042629 - Gaming device and program: To enable to execute various patterns of battle strategies in a turn-based game by considering which character is advantageous to use depending on the situation of the game, the present invention comprises: a character selecting unit 101 that selects one character from a plurality of characters during a turn of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090042630 - Facilitated gaming system and method with equalizing criteria for facilitator: Systems and methods for playing a dealer-facilitated card game including use of a dealer-equalization criteria and a dealer-favored bias criteria. The game involves dealing a starting hand to at least one player and to the dealer, wherein each starting hand includes one or more cards representing a potential portion of... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090042634 - Methods and apparatus for providing tickets from gaming devices and/or lottery terminals which are not dependent on a player's success on the underlying game: Gaming devices dispense tickets which are unrelated to a player's success on a particular game played on a gaming device or to the player's credits on a credit meter or other “cash out” indicator. The gaming devices provide gaming awards and also provide tickets. Other methods provide tickets during the... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090042632 - Novel global communication network for entertainment, advertising and social gathering: The present invention provides a method for creating a communication network for entertainment, advertising and social gathering services by using mobile devices that communicate automatically with each other via short-range communication means in a system based on peer-to-peer technology. The method enables to operate different applications in a network without... Agent: Ac Technologies, S.a.

20090042635 - Roulette game: The roulette game is based upon a wheel having multiple series of consecutive numbers thereon. Each number is distinguished by a color, with a different quantity of colors repeating to provide a unique color and number combination for each position on the wheel. The colors may be selected to represent... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090042633 - System and method for operating on-line governmental lottery games: A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over an electronic network includes receiving a request for mobile player terminal location information from an agent server, acquiring location information based upon distances between the mobile player terminal and a plurality of transmitters with known locations, transmitting the acquired location information to... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090042631 - Systems and methods for ticket checking services for on-line lotteries and on-line games: A player establishes a player account and may associate tickets with the player account by identifying the player's account when purchasing a ticket. The player may identify the account in various ways. Each ticket purchased by the player is associated with the player's account. The player may then use an... Agent: Lottocheck Corporation

20090042637 - Method of playing a slot machine with connected payline positions: The present invention defines connected pay lines in a symbol matrix by using combinations of connected symbol positions in a symbol matrix. The term “connected symbol positions” refers to symbol positions that are adjacent to each other in the symbol matrix; the term “connected pay lines” refers to a pay... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20090042636 - Power path bonus method: A gaming machine is described wherein one or more moving indicators travel near or amongst slot machine symbols or playing cards granting awards, bonuses, attributes or selection criteria that may affect the game outcome for the current play, subsequent plays or other game segments.... Agent: William Arthur Taylor

20090042638 - Wagering game with multiplier for progressive fund pool: A method for playing wagering games at which players are eligible for a progressive game includes, responsive to receiving wager inputs from players, conducting wagering games in which players are eligible to win a progressive game. The method includes funding the progressive game by a portion of the wager inputs.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090042639 - Card gaming machine and card game playing method: A card gaming machine determines a dealer's hand and a player's hand for each terminal and specifies a remaining card group. The players' hand and the dealer's hand are compared for winning/losing judgment, and a prize based on the judgment result is awarded. If a side bet is made, a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090042640 - Fault tolerant gaming systems: Method and apparatus are provided wherein, in one example embodiment, a gaming machine includes a computing platform and a software program executing on the computing platform to provide a gaming experience to a user of the gaming machine, and there are provided one or more hardware or software components operative... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090042642 - Gaming chips and table game security system: Gaming chips are provided with embedded radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags incorporated into a gaming chip for identifying and tracking the gaming chips within a casino, and even upon a gaming table. The gaming chips have a body in the shape of a disc which has a loss tangent of... Agent: Russo & Duckworth

20090042641 - Wagering game with time-based bonus: A gaming system for playing a wagering game includes a display and a controller. The display displays a base game of the wagering game in response to receiving a wager input from a player. The controller is coupled to the display and, in response to receiving the wager input, is... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090042645 - Gaming system and method for providing different bonus awards based on different types of triggered events: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming devices. The central server tracks the occurrences of one or more suitable events occurring at or in association with one or more gaming devices in the gaming system. Upon the central server determining that the quantity of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090042644 - Gaming system and method providing a group bonus event for linked gaming devices: A gaming system and method provides a competitive group bonus event for a plurality of players playing at linked gaming devices. Upon activation of the group bonus event, a first one of the players playing at one of the gaming devices can challenge one or more other players to participate... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090042643 - Wagering game system with progressive-award denomination selection feature: A gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming terminals and a progressive-game controller. Each gaming terminal has a wagering game with a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome elected from a plurality of outcomes, and the wagering game allows a player to be eligible for a progressive... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090042646 - Method and apparatus for player replacement in an on-line game: Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for replacing players in an online game are described. Replacing players in an online game includes associating a first player with a first online identity and associating a second player with a second online identity. Then replacing the first player and associating the first online identity... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090042647 - Method and device for controlling a motion-sequence within a simulated game or sports event: The control is improved in that for determining the target, in a first step, a predefined target area (18) of a certain scope and shape is made available by the computation unit, and is represented on the display device, that in a second step the prepared target area is positioned... Agent: Ruden, Mcclosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.

20090042648 - System and method for interactive entertainment: The present invention relates to a system and a method for interactive entertainment involving a game. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for playing a game involving interactive generation of a visual image and a lingual definition of a precursor constructed phrase and image portion by a... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090042649 - input control apparatus and an interactive system using the same: An input control apparatus and an interactive system using the same are disclosed. The input control apparatus comprises: a switch unit, for selecting an input mode for the input control apparatus selected from the group consisting of a mouse mode, a joystick mode, a keyboard mode and the combination thereof;... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090042650 - Game input device, game method and game system using the same: The objective of present invention is to provide a game input device which allows a player to enjoy the feeling of actually playing a musical instrument along with a rhythm of music, a game method and a game system using such a game input device. The present invention is a... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20090042654 - Digital imaging method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for electronically creating combined digital images of a person and incorporating them into a series of site-specific background images or film clips making it appear as if the user were actually a part of the original imaging sequence. As to housing, camera, processor, output devices, control... Agent: Pamela Barber

20090042653 - Game device: A roulette-shaped big monopoly unit 12 is disposed at the center of a casing 10, and a triangular pointer 14 for pointing a partition of the annular board 13 is disposed at the summit of the big monopoly unit 12. The players playing in the satellites 20 satisfy prescribed conditions... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090042652 - Gaming system and method providing simultaneous gaming with linked paytable events: The gaming device disclosed herein includes a plurality of simultaneously, substantially simultaneously or sequentially played primary games, wherein a designated triggering event in at least one of the games causes the gaming device to change, modify, supplement, add to, activate or otherwise influence the paytable of at least another game.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090042651 - Mobile wireless entertainment system and network: A mobile wireless multilingual entertainment system that comprises one or more wireless devices, internet/telephone connections, portable computer/monitor/consoles, via a touch tone screen that can be used for multiple applications from airlines to opera theaters. The system also has a payment feature, a security feature, an alarm that prevents removal by... Agent: Julian Prabhu

20090036198 - Gaming machine with common top box substructure: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a game display and a top box display. The game display is for displaying the wagering game. The top box display includes a standard substructure for attaching subassemblies. The substructure contains fixed connection points allowing subassemblies to be developed in a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090036195 - Slot machine systems, methods, and apparatus: Systems, methods and/or apparatus for slot machine eye-strain reduction are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for slot machine back lighting are further provided. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for a slot machine back lighting effect are also disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for reel line lights are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090036196 - Templated three-dimensional wagering game features: Systems and methods render three-dimensional objects for a wagering game component in accordance with graphical assets that may be downloaded. The graphical assets may include meshes, skins, physics characteristics, shader programs or other graphical assets.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090036201 - Game device with cheating prevention function, and method and program for preventing cheating during a game: In a game device that can be played by a plurality of players at the same time, playing of a game by more than the plurality of players assumed to be playing the game device is prevented. A setting for a number of a plurality of players to participate in... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090036199 - Game of skill and method of operating: A system and method for operating a game of skill to provide awards or prizes to players of the game when the player has been successful in completing the game task. The game of skill is operated at a current skill level and the game monitors a rule parameter, such... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090036203 - Systems and methods for server-based gaming: Aspects of the present disclosure present systems, methods, and apparatus for server-based gaming. Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods that include gaming system functionality on a host computer that provides such to individual player-operated electronic gaming machines as thin clients in thin-client architecture. Embodiments of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090036205 - Accuracy and experience of game by activating appropriate light-emitting fibers intertwined in grass related to a game object or player entering or leaving a hot zone area: A method, system and computer program product for improving accuracy and experience of a game. Hot zone areas are determined using game rules. “Hot zone areas” are areas on the playing field where a call may be made based on the rules of the game. Signals are sent from a... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20090036206 - Image generation device, automatic arrangement method, recording medium, and program: A parts model storage unit (203) stores a plurality of parts models. A combination data storage unit (204) stores combination data prescribing a combination part composed by combining the parts models. A contour generation unit (201) generates a contour of each cell for arrangement of parts. The parts arrangement evaluation... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090036207 - Multi-display gaming machine: A multi-display gaming machine includes a housing, a plurality of display devices mounted to the housing, an input device operable for generating control instructions, and a processing device disposed inside the housing, coupled to the display devices and the input device, and loaded with a plurality of gaming programs. The... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20090036208 - Reel and video combination machine: Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for displaying game related information on gaming machines. The gaming machines include two or more game presentation devices such as rotating reels, video display screens, touch screens, etc. One or more of these game presentation devices can be moved into and out of position... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090036209 - Player controls for use with game machines: A player control assembly (1) can be used with a game machine (7) and comprises a control panel (11) of said machine which has player-operable switches and function indicators for said switches. The assembly (1) further comprises a projector (4) which is arranged to project the function indicators onto the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090036210 - Game which recognizes commands by the type and rhythm of operation input: A game control technique with high entertainment value is provided. In a game device, a confirmation sound output unit assigns a sound to each type of an operation input from a player; and upon the reception of the operation input from the player, the confirmation sound output unit outputs the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090036213 - Game system and game information storage medium used for same: A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in an Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090036211 - Guitar game apparatus: A guitar game apparatus includes a neck portion, a printed circuit board mounted to the neck portion, a first set of controlling buttons mounted to the neck portion adjacent an end, and a second set of controlling buttons mounted to the neck portion adjacent an opposite end. The printed circuit... Agent: Eric Chan

20090036212 - Shear tactile display system for communicating direction and other tactile cues: A tactile display comprises a contact pad, operable to engage a target area of a user's skin. A restraining system is operable to restrain a portion of the user's skin distal from the target area of the skin. An actuation system is operably coupled to one of: i) the contact... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090036215 - Go playing system: A go playing system enabling the players to play go over a network. The system comprises player information storage means, dan/kyu grade information storage means, play processing means, point computing means for computing an increase/decrease of the points of each player according to the win or loss of the play... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20090036214 - Ranking system: A method for ranking objects and determining a top ranked object, the method comprising steps of comparing the objects with each other using a non-predictive process and marking objects successful in each round of texts. Periodically objects are removed from a table containing a rank between the objects; however, marked... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090036217 - Service-oriented gaming network environment: A gaming services framework includes web services extensions and comprises a set of services, protocols, XML schemas, and methods for providing gaming system functionality in a distributed, network based architecture. Systems and methods provide a service-oriented framework for gaming and property management based upon internetworking technology and web services concepts.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090036218 - System and method for playing a game: A system and a method for playing a game using the system is provided. The system allows a consumer of retail products to acquire information relevant to playing the game and transmit that information into a computer network, which processes that information and informs the consumer of their status with... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090036216 - Video game for interactive engagement between multiple on-line participants in competition over internet websites: A gaming method for interactive engagement between multiple participants in competition over internet websites is provided. The method provides for selection of an internet website that has a website value associated with it, or assigned to it. The website value is based on the number of times the selected website... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20090036220 - Cooking game program, recording medium with the program recorded thereon, and game device: The present invention relates to a cooking game. The present invention provides, as mini-games, a plurality of preparation processes set up in accordance with a cooking menu and simulates processes for completing the cooking menu. The present invention comprises: providing mini-games to a player; judging and accumulating degrees of achievement... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20090036219 - Interactive, thematically-related entertainment system including universally-interchangeable, attachable, design-bearing ornaments: An interactive entertainment system including numerous thematically-related elements, and particularly including one or more pliant, design-bearing ornaments which are transferrable and/or attachable nearly anywhere. Each ornament includes and defines a character embodied in a design fixed thereupon, and such characters provide a thematic-basis and continuity throughout the numerous features and... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP