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Amusement devices: games May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090137296 - Game apparatus, game system and game progression control method: Disclosed is a game system capable of introducing a distinctive feature into each of a processing of designating offensive and defensive locations and a processing of determining a competition result so as to provide a game having a high level of playability. The game system comprises a plurality of game... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090137297 - Game system and game machine: A present invention provides a game system in which a battle game according to a game skill of a player is realized in a target hitting game. In the game system, the target hitting game is played with a game machine. The game system includes a criterial strength determination device... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090137298 - Collaborative virtual coaching: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide opportunities for non-participants of an event to participate in the event as virtual event participants. According to various embodiments, virtual event participants are provided with available actions for the actual event participants that may be chosen by the virtual event participants. The results are... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090137299 - Method and apparatus for providing advice regarding gaming strategies: Methods for providing gaming advice are provided. For example, regarding a blackjack game, one or more first player cards are identified for a first player and one or more second player cards are identified for a second player. The first and second player cards are displayed to the first player.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090137300 - Methods of playing games of chance and gaming devices with temporally limited or sequentially limited chances for enhanced payouts activated by winning outcomes: A video card game wherein if a player receives one of a preselected plurality of winning hands, a timer is activated which measures a predetermined time period. If the player attains a hand of equal value during the predetermined time period, then the player receives an enhanced payout.... Agent: Daniel P. Burke, Esq.

20090137301 - Video poker system and method with bet allocation: A method includes displaying a first set of card representations at a display device of a player station. This first set of card representations is divided into a number of card representation subsets. The method also includes receiving a subset selection input and a wager allocation input at the player... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090137302 - Client-server network configurations for gaming systems: Method and apparatus are provided wherein a plurality of gaming system clusters are positioned in a casino, wherein each cluster includes a server computing system and a plurality of client computer systems arranged in proximity to one another. A plurality of client computer systems are provided, wherein each client computing... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090137303 - Amusement game using vertical rotating wheel: This invention is directed to an amusement device consisting of a vertically oriented hollow wheel that is rotated at a constant rate and that has a series of cavities provided along the inner surface of the outer wheel rim. The wheel has front and rear enclosures that prevent game pieces,... Agent: Venable LLP

20090137304 - System and method for operating governmental lottery games with television-based user terminals: A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over television includes receiving a lottery ticket purchase request from a player terminal including a television over a television service provider communication network. Personal information pertaining to a player is retrieved from a subscriber database of the television service provider. It is then... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090137305 - Bingo game system and method: Presented is a system and method for generating bingo game bonuses that are non-banked, for use with pooled bingo games. The system generates pools of money for use in bingo games by deducting a percentage of the amount used to purchase bingo cards (in the present invention, virtual bingo cards).... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090137310 - Enhanced mechanical reel gaming system with touch controls: An enhanced mechanical gaming system (10) utilizes a touch panel (40) as a user control device for mechanical assemblies and game play features which provides users with the enhanced flexibility and interactivity of a video gaming device in a mechanical gaming device environment. The enhanced mechanical gaming system (10) includes... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090137306 - Gaming machine: In a gaming machine, when the routine proceeds to a bonus game, display doors D1, D2, and D3 are displayed on a transparent liquid crystal panel 5B. The display doors D1, D2, and D3 mask mechanical reels R1, R2, and R3 when they are displayed in a closed state on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090137307 - Gaming system consisting of a plurality of gaming machines and method for controlling gaming machine: A gaming system comprising plural gaming apparatuses capable of communicating with one another via a communication line, each of the gaming apparatuses comprising an input device which enables an input of a BET and a controller programmed to execute processing of: (a) receiving a BET on the basis of an... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090137311 - Gaming system having dynamically changing image reel symbols: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one system... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090137308 - Method of gaming and a gaming system: A gaming system has a display (54). A player hand selector (623) is arranged to select a plurality of symbols to form a player hand for display on the display (54). A symbol selector (561) is operable by a player to select one or more symbols of the player hand.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090137309 - Wagering game with symbol array defined by multi-symbol objects: A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a display for displaying a plurality of multi-symbol objects having a plurality of sides so that the objects appear as three-dimensional objects. Similar to the reels in a traditional gaming machine, the multi-symbol objects randomly move into locations on the display... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090137312 - Selective reset for gaming device: A gaming device offers the illusion of control to a player by selectively offering the player the opportunity to request that the gaming device reset itself. Criteria may be imposed about which players may make the request and how frequently a player may make such requests. Techniques for making the... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090137313 - Method, apparatus, and program product for presenting game feature information in a gaming machine: A method includes displaying a button graphic on a touch screen video display device associated with a gaming machine. The button graphic defines a button display area on the touch screen video display device which may be touched to cause a touch screen controller associated with the touch screen video... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090137314 - Game sound output device, game sound control method, information recording medium, and program: A first sound volume calculation unit (251) obtains a length of a straight line connecting a sound emitting object and a sound detection object, and calculates a first sound volume attenuated from a predetermined reference sound volume in accordance with the length. A second volume calculation unit (252), in a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090137315 - Game console remote controller integration: A set of components is designed for use with proprietary game console controllers. The proprietary controllers include a first hand-held controller having a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting first control signals corresponding to user-input at the first controller to the game console. It also includes a socket. A second hand-held controller... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090137316 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming controller arranged to conduct a game having an overall return to player (RTP) and including a base game and a feature game. The gaming controller is arranged to conduct a base game and a feature game and includes an RTP controller arranged to operate in response to a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090137317 - Wireless communications device, gaming controller and integrated circuits with millimeter wave transceiver and methods for use therewith: An integrated circuit includes a millimeter wave transceiver section that is coupled to generate a first modulated RF signal from a first outbound symbol stream and to convert a first inbound RF signal into a first inbound symbol stream. A wireless transceiver section is coupled to generate a second modulated... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090137318 - Interface protocol and api for a wireless transceiver: A wireless protocol may be implemented in a smart transceiver device that contains the physical (PHY) and media access control (MAC) layers of the wireless protocol stack. In various embodiments, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) based design may be used. Disclosed is an embodiment of a protocol which may be... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20090137319 - Command distribution method, and multimedia apparatus and system using the same for playing games: A command distribution method, and multimedia apparatus and system using the same for playing games are concerned. The game system includes a game platform, a signal transmission module and an audio/video playing device. The audio/video playing device, coupled to the game platform via the signal transmission module, receives a command... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090137320 - Network game system and program: Disclosed is a network game system that allows a plurality of players to enter a network game without imposing a lot of load on a server apparatus for managing the entire progress of the network game. A game is played in different battle zones, and video game apparatuses which play... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090137321 - Online game system and online game program: In an online game server, an updater updates at least one of a game program and game data for server stored in a storage section in accordance with an update operation for data to be utilized when to execute a sub game other than a main game in an online... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090137322 - Method for storing data associated with a video game: A method for storing data associated with a video game is provided. The method includes receiving position data indicative of a position of a wireless input device over a time interval at a video game controller. The method further includes generating a plurality of digital images associated with the video... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Lotus

20090137323 - Toy with memory and usb ports: A system and method for a toy with memory (flash memory) storage capabilities and a method for the toy to connect to other like toys and to a computer and he internet for online virtual play and simulation. Connection to a computer system allows the user the ability connect to... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20090131132 - System and method for the processing, display and utilization of wagering data concerning parimutuel evens: Described is a system and method for the capture, storage, processing, manipulation, utilization and display of data regarding pari-mutuel events. Wagering information data streams obtained from conventional sources are captured, stored, manipulated and processed to yield derivative data that can be displayed in alphanumeric and/or color-coded graphical representations and/or utilized... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090131133 - Doll catching game set with two game functions: A doll catching game set includes a base and a display portion in which dolls are put and a claw is controlled by the user to catch a doll in the display portion. An electronic roulette is located in the display portion and includes a circuit board which is activated... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090131135 - Game card and card game for two or more players: A game card provided herein does not allow a player to easily predict the strategy of an opponent player. A plurality of identifying indications to be utilized in the course of a game are provided on a front face 3 of a card 1 by using a visually unrecognizable but... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090131134 - Gaming system having user interface with uploading and downloading capability: A game table having a multiplayer interactive display/input device which enables multiple players to simultaneously play primary or base wagering games and/or secondary or bonus games using the display/input device. The display/input device enables multiple players to simultaneously interact with the gaming system, the game table and the various games... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090131136 - Method of playing poker: The invention comprises multiple methods for playing a game of poker over a communication network such as the internet which are simple and easy to learn. In a first method, all participants place bets of equal value into a pot with no additional opportunities to raise or place additional bets.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090131137 - Method of playing poker: The invention comprises multiple methods for playing a game of poker over a communication network such as the internet which are simple and easy to learn. In a first method, all participants place bets of equal value into a pot with no additional opportunities to raise or place additional bets.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090131141 - Content determinative game systems and methods for keno and lottery games: Methods, systems and apparatus are described for producing wagering products and conducting wagering games. In one embodiment, a method for producing a lottery product comprises producing a play slip that includes an indication of at least one event that potentially occurs in a corresponding content (e.g., audio/video content) component of... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090131140 - Management of outcomes of games of chance: A method and system is provided for managing the outcomes of games of chance while maintaining the game's integrity.... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090131139 - Method and apparatus for a lottery prize structure: A process is provided. The process provides a lottery game. Further, the process indicates a first price category and a second price category from which a lottery player can purchase a lottery ticket. In addition, the process indicates a first partial match prize distribution that can be won with a... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20090131138 - System and method for advanced lottery wagering: A system and method of display of data about lottery contests including data about which of such contests may be open, an amount to be won in such contest, a probability of winning such contest and a time remaining before an end of such contest.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090131142 - Player gaming console, gaming machine, networked gaming method: Games, networked gaming systems, gaming machines and methods are disclosed that provide various player-centric games and rewards the casino patrons, as well as systems games, rewards, and tournaments to the casino patrons.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090131143 - Player gaming console, gaming machine, networked gaming system: Games, networked gaming systems, gaming machines and methods are disclosed that provide various player-centric games and rewards the casino patrons, as well as systems games, rewards, and tournaments to the casino patrons.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090131147 - 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: K&l Gates LLP

20090131148 - Gaming machine with superimposed display image: A gaming machine comprises a primary gaming display for presenting the outcome of a wagering or bonus game and a video display. In response to a wager, an outcome is generated and displayed in a display area. The video display provides a video image superimposed upon primary game display. The... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090131150 - Gaming method having dynamically changing image reel symbols: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090131144 - Meta-option: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify different game devices and other related activities. The different game devices may be modified via a meta-option.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090131149 - Slot machine having multiple progressive jackpots: A progressive jackpot slot machine, or group of slot machines, is described herein. A plurality of progressive jackpots are accumulated as the slot machine is played. In the preferred embodiment, a first progressive jackpot is accumulated at a first rate, and a second progressive jackpot is accumulated at a rate... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090131146 - Wagering game funding mechanisms and methods therefor: A system for adding funds to a handheld gaming machine. The system includes a portable digital wallet that wirelessly communicates with a handheld gaming machine (“handheld”). The digital wallet stores an amount of funds or funds associated with a remotely stored player account, and is used by the player to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090131145 - Wagering game with overlying transmissive display for providing enhanced game features: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a game display. A transmissive display is positioned in front of the game display directly in the player's line of sight including game-play regions at which symbols appear and regions above, below, between, and to the sides the game-play regions. The... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090131151 - Automated techniques for table game state tracking: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating game state tracking of gaming activity conducted at a gaming system including a first live casino gaming table. In at least one embodiment, the system may be operable to: control a wager-based game played at the first gaming table; enable a first active game session... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090131152 - Method and system for performance tracking to modify content presented by a set-top box: An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, a game to a user according to a user profile of the first user. Performance of the user is tracked. The performance information is presented to a supervisory user, wherein the set-top box is configured to provide modification of the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090131155 - Discounted wagering game devices and methods: Many implementations of the invention involve discounted wager gaming. Some such implementations involve discounted tickets, which may or may not be “guaranteed play” tickets valid for at least a predetermined number of plays of a wagering game. Some implementations associate a code, sometimes referred to as a Group ID code... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090131153 - Electronic game having an automatic continue feature: An amusement device includes a display having a touchscreen and an input component to receive value in order to establish one or more playable credits. The amusement device also includes a controller configured to select and play at least one electronic game. The at least one electronic game is playable... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090131154 - Gaming system with feature game play: The invention relates to gaming systems and methods of gaming. A game, which may be implemented in a gaming system (100) with a game controller (101), includes a base game and a feature game wherein during play of the base game, if a feature awarding event occurs, a player is... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090131157 - Machine having a card processing assembly: A machine having a card processing assembly. The machine has a plurality of card holders connectable to the card processing assembly. One card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with one condition. At least one other card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with another condition.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090131156 - Method for configuring gaming devices via a network: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for configuring gaming machines in which configuration data packets are associated with a player's record in a player tracking system. The configuration data packets may have machine identification information in a header that may be associated with each data packet.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090131158 - Method and system for time gaming with skill wagering opportunities: A regulated skill-based game includes a plurality of reward generating assets configured such that successful player interactions therewith increase the player's score and give rise to wagers whose outcomes are randomly determined. The amount of the wager may be a function of a time elapsed since the last wager was... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20090131159 - Adjustment of awards in progressive system based on wager: A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a progressive jackpot awarded in response to a jackpot win event. The gaming system includes a first gaming machine linked to the progressive jackpot, the first gaming machine accepting a first wager. The gaming system further includes a second gaming machine... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090131161 - Jackpot system: A method of play on an electronic gaming machine wherein at least one predefined outcome of a base game played on said gaming machine triggers the winning of at least one jackpot prize from a range of potential progressive jackpot prizes; wherein a value of any jackpot prize increases incrementally... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090131162 - Method for tracking system generated winnings: One or more gaming machines include an external attendant paid bonus win meter. More particularly, when the casino gaming system generates a jackpot, and awards the jackpot to a player at a gaming machine, the amount of the winning jackpot is recorded on the external attendant paid bonus win meter.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090131160 - Multi-level progressive jackpot gaming systems and methods: Various embodiments of progressive gaming systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises enabling a player an opportunity to win, at a time corresponding to a game play session, a first progressive award that is based on wagers collected from machines associated with game play, an amount... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090131163 - Assignment template and assignment bundle in a gaming configuration and download system: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. An assignment-creator/modifier is provided for creating and modifying assignment templates for... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090131164 - System and method for toy adoption and marketing: A method, system and toy that provides a product that is represented on a website via a virtual replica of the product. The product has a registration code associated with it. Data associated with the product is electronically stored in the product using an electronic storage medium. A user is... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090131165 - Physical feedback channel for entertainment or gaming environments: A physical feedback system for computer gaming environments including a computing device for executing an application software program, the computing device having an interface for transmitting feedback signals generated by the application software program, and a wearable receiver having means for receiving the feedback signals from the computing device and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090131166 - Allowing an alternative action in a virtual world: A method for allowing an alternative action in a virtual world may include permitting a user to request an original action for an avatar of the user in the virtual world. The method may also include receiving the request for the original action and storing the request in a queue... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20090131167 - Game machine, control method of game machine and information storage medium: To provide a game machine for enabling the game player to direct the virtual camera in their desired direction in a virtual three dimensional space, through a relatively simple operation. The present invention relates to a game machine for showing a picture obtained by viewing a virtual three dimensional space... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090131168 - Systems and methods for improving a button assembly: A button assembly is described. The button assembly includes a light emitting device that emits light. The button assembly further includes a lens cap that protects the light emitting device from being damaged. The lens cap has a top surface, a first cap side, a second cap side, a third... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090131170 - Control button configuration for guitar-shaped video game controllers: A control button configuration for a guitar-shaped electronic video game machine controller situated in a neck portion of the controller. The neck having a center is connected to a headstock at a first end and a body at a second end. One set of control buttons is disposed rectilinearly in... Agent: Raymond Yow

20090131171 - Game system and game controller: A controller includes at least one vibrator and a vibration control unit which converts an operation input signal which is input to a predetermined operation button into a vibration control signal so as to be supplied to a vibrator. A motion sensor in a sensor unit detects vibration caused by... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090131169 - Game system, game system control method and information storage medium: To provide a game system that enables a degree of difficulty of an occurrence of a predetermined game event to be changed depending on a degree of proficiency of a player in a game in which the predetermined event is made to occur when a controller is operated according to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090131172 - Controlling interaction between protected media: A method, gaming system, and computer program storage product are disclosed. At least one unique identifier is received from a remote processing system. The at least one remote unique identifier is associated with a remote software package that is on the remote processing system. The at least one remote unique... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20090131173 - Electronic elimination game system and method: A system and method for an elimination game is disclosed in which game points are stored by means of an “e-clip.” These points may represent, for example, simulated ammunition, “healing” points, charges or uses associated with a game item, and the like. The e-clip may be recharged by various means,... Agent: J. Charles Dougherty

20090131174 - Game session management: A computerized gaming system operates a plurality of gaming machine terminals coupled to a gaming server. A game session is initiated by a player for one gaming machine terminal. The game player thereafter identifies a second gaming machine terminal to be coupled to the same game session.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090131175 - Tournament gaming systems: Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods for presenting tournament games. According to one embodiment, a gaming system for presenting tournament games includes a plurality of gaming devices in communication with a tournament server as well as a plurality of tournament displays positioned throughout a gaming... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090131176 - Game processing device: A game processing device in a displaying apparatus is capable of receiving a game data from an electronic device outside the displaying apparatus. The game processing device comprises: a transmission interface module, for receiving a game data, wherein the game data is used for rendering at least one game image;... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090131177 - System and method for creating, editing, and sharing video content relating to video game events: Systems and methods are provided for at least partially automating generation of video clips chronicling a character's interaction with a video game. The same may combine automatic video clip generation with automatic or user-generated and/or user-edited or created narrative. Multiple video clips may be combined into a video reel prior... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20090124311 - Method for playing a game: The method is for solving a digital crossword puzzle. A first time is allocated to the first player and a second time to the second player. The first player activates a first timer to solve a first question of the crossword puzzle. The first player correctly adds a first word... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20090124310 - Method, apparatus, and program product for conducting a game having a simulated stock market feature: A gaming machine with a simulated stock market feature that provides for player selection of a simulated stock pick from among two or more options. In response to receiving an indication of a player stock pick, the game displays a first-period bonus result showing a first-period simulated stock performance of... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124313 - Gaming system and method for providing multiple blackjack hands: A gaming system having a multiple hand Blackjack game is provided. The Blackjack game includes four cards initial dealt to the player and four cards initially dealt to the dealer. First, the gaming system sets the four dealer cards to form a first two-card dealer hand and a second two-card... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124312 - Three-card baccarat card game: There is disclosed a method of playing a modified baccarat card game involving a dealer and a banker, who may be the same person or may be one or more computing devices, and at least one player. At least one player may make a wager on PLAYER, BANKER, or TIE.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20090124314 - Electronic poker game: A method for playing a series of electronic card games includes, prior to beginning the series of electronic card games, determining a jackpot event and a minimum jackpot for the series of electronic card games, and insuring against the jackpot event for the minimum jackpot. The method also includes determining... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20090124316 - Gaming system, gaming device, and method providing a card game with payouts based on odds of achieving certain events: A gaming device includes a poker game where two cards are dealt face-up to at least one player and to a dealer. The gaming device enables the player to place an optional wager based on the initially dealt two card hand. A pay out for the optional wager is determined... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124317 - Method for multi-player poker-type card game: The invention provides for methods of playing video poker type games in multi-player environments. Some embodiments adapt conventional video poker for use as a live table based community game. Alternate embodiments of the present invention are suitable for implementation through linked video poker machines. The common feature is that the... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20090124318 - Proposition wagering card game and method of play: A new card game and method of play is provided. The card game includes a means for making at least one proposition related to the value of a single card to be revealed from a 36-card deck of cards and a means for representing the deck of thirty-six cards. The... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090124319 - System and method for providing poker player tracking and bonus events: A gaming system having a gaming table and including a progressive jackpot funded by a portion of the house rake of a card game played at the gaming table. The gaming system includes a tracking system capable of identifying and tracking cards dealt and wagers placed in order to identify... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124315 - Ultimate draw poker: Wagering game methods and apparatus for playing a Draw Poker type live casino and/or electronic game against a dealer and/or a pay table. Players place an ante wager to participate in the game. Each player and the dealer are dealt initial hands. Each player may discard any portion including all... Agent: Ken Plochinski Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090124320 - Gaming system and method for providing team play: A gaming system where in one embodiment, as players play the primary games of the gaming devices, players are enabled to join one of a plurality of teams associated with a secondary team game. Each of the teams includes a plurality of players. The gaming system periodically monitors at least... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124321 - System and methods for dealing a video card: A physical device that triggers a deal of a video card is described. The physical device triggers the deal when a subject moves an object of the subject on the physical device.... Agent: Robert B. Reeser, Iii (igt - 26668) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090124322 - Wagering game and method having a multi-progressive feature: Disclosed are games, gaming machines, gaming systems and methods including a multi-progressive feature. During play of a feature game, tallies are kept of the appearance of various symbols. One or more progressive awards may be paid based on the tallies.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124324 - High volume electronic lottery ticket distribution system: A game server communicates game record groups to a site controller associated with a gaming site, and the site controller stores the game record groups in associated data storage. The site controller selects one of the stored game record groups in response to a game availability request associated with a... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124323 - Roulette game using cards as an indication of game outcome: A method and system for providing an electronic wagering game that simulates the game play of roulette. The system comprises a dealer control terminal for managing the wagering game, a display in communication with the dealer control device for presenting a virtual and animated display of a traditional roulette wagering... Agent: Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A.

20090124326 - Gaming device and method for providing a free spin game with payline multipliers: A gaming device provides a free spins game wherein a plurality of modifiers are each associated with one of a plurality of paylines. During the free spins game, each modifier modifies awards won on the particular payline with which it is associated. In one embodiment, the payline multipliers increase in... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124343 - Gaming machine and method having a multi-progressive feature: Disclosed are games, gaming machines, gaming systems and methods including a multi-progressive feature. During play of a feature game, tallies are kept of the appearance of various symbols. One or more progressive awards may be paid based on the tallies.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124333 - Gaming machine and method with a randomly-selected feature game: Wagering games, gaming machines, networked gaming systems and associated methods are disclosed that include a randomly selected feature game. One disclosed aspect provides for a wagering game including a primary game and a plurality of feature games. One or more of the plurality of feature games is selected for play... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124341 - Gaming machine with gamble option: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124331 - Gaming machine with plural gaming styles: The present invention relates to a gaming machine having of a display screen, a plurality of grids displayed on the display screen, one or more pay-lines equipped on the plurality of grids, a symbol equipped in each of the grids, and a payout for paying back awards according to results... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20090124342 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming method and system, the method comprising providing one or more reels in a spinning reel game, the reels being displayed as three dimensional and displayed as provided with game symbols along and around the reels, displaying spinning of the reels and thereby sequentially displaying at least some of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124332 - Gaming system and method having configurable bonus game triggering outcomes: A gaming system and method which provides for one or more gaming device triggered bonus games to be skipped or otherwise not provided to the players at the gaming devices which triggered such bonus games. The average expected payouts of skipped gaming device triggered bonus games are contributed to a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124346 - Gaming system and method having configurable bonus game triggering outcomes: A gaming system and method which provides for one or more gaming device triggered bonus games to be skipped or otherwise not provided to the players at the gaming devices which triggered such bonus games. The average expected payouts of skipped gaming device triggered bonus games are contributed to a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124327 - Gaming system and method providing a multiple-player bonus redemption game: A gaming system and method including a plurality of gaming devices that may participate in a shared secondary or bonus game and a controller operable to communicate with said plurality of gaming devices. At least one of the plurality of gaming devices is programmed to generate and accumulate collectors upon... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124334 - Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing a wagering solitaire game: The present disclosure provides a method of determining suitable paytables for wagering Solitaire games or type games and a gaming system, gaming device and method for providing such wagering games with such paytables. In one embodiment, the paytable includes the outcomes in the form of ranges of the total numbers... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124325 - Gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method for transferring symbols between linked reels in multiple reel sets: The gaming device disclosed herein includes a plurality of matrices of symbol positions. At least a first reel in a first reel set or matrix is associated with or linked to at least a first reel in a second reel set or matrix and at least a second reel in... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124336 - Jackpot display system: A jackpot display system (10) for a gaming system, the jackpot display system comprising a display control device (14) arranged to receive jackpot data indicative of a plurality of current jackpot amounts, each jackpot amount being derived from games played on at least one gaming machine (40, 42), and a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124337 - Method of controlling a gaming system, a player interface for a gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system includes a player interface having a touch screen display. The display includes a bet manipulation area, a bet commitment area and a chip stack area. A player may manipulate tokens by touching a displayed token on the screen and dragging their finger across the screen to carry... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124340 - Method of gaming and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: providing a plurality of games playable by a player; conducting play of one game of the plurality of games; awarding eligibility to a super feature game in response to a trigger condition being met in relation to the one game; conducting element collection play of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124335 - Method, apparatus, and program product for conducting a game having a concurrent bonus indicator: A game, preferably a video-based reel-type game, is provided having a persistent bonus mode. Methods, gaming machines, and program products are provided in various embodiments. One preferred game includes displaying gaming graphics in a first region of a graphic display device. In response to entering a player-chosen participation mode, such... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124338 - Method, apparatus, and program product for conducting a game using both unisymbol and multisymbol reel effects: A novel game is provided that transforms at least a part of the graphic symbol matrix shown on a video-based reel-type gaming machine to change the game operation from multi-symbol reels to single-symbol reels. Methods, apparatus and program products for implementing the game are provided. A preferred game operates in... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124339 - Method, apparatus, and program product for displaying gaming results through a variable prize wheel: Gaming machines, methods, and programs are provided for displaying gaming results through a player interaction process that provides multiple prize enhancements for a player and varies the prize enhancements during the course of play. One preferred game includes conducting multiple instances of a first game to obtain a number of... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124345 - Method, apparatus, and program product for producing and applying a graphic simulation across multiple gaming machines: An apparatus for producing shared image games includes a number of gaming machines, with each gaming machine having a respective video display device. The apparatus also includes a shared image display control arrangement and a shared image prize controller. The shared image display control arrangement controls the respective video display... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124344 - Reconfigurable gaming machine: Disclosed are reconfigurable gaming machines, networked gaming systems and methods for gaming machine reconfiguration.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124328 - Slot machine game with award based on another machine: A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a side wager for a slot machine which allows a player on a first machine to win bonus awards when a player on other (participating) machines wins a jackpot. The side wager activates the ability to win a bonus... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20090124329 - System and/or methods for interpreting and/or re-presenting content in a gaming environment: Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to gaming machines and/or table games having programmed logic circuitry for interpreting existing content in the gaming environment and re-presenting it to a player via a new, though familiar, user interface, while also allowing further content to be displayed to the player. This advantageously... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090124330 - Video wagering machine including a bonus round termination enhancement: A method and system are provided for providing a bonus round responsive to a bonus trigger in a wagering game. The method includes providing at least one bonus spin. The method includes awarding a prize associated with a bonus spin result. The method includes, responsive to a termination trigger occurring,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090124347 - Gaming system, gaming device and gaming method providing stacking symbols and convertible reels: The gaming system, gaming device and method provides a reel game that includes stacks of symbols configured on the reels to provide a large number of winning symbol combinations. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels wherein each reel includes a reel-strip and a plurality of symbols. Each of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124348 - Electronic dice control in gaming: An electronic video gaming system enables play of a dice wagering game. The system has a processor, a video screen, player credit controls or wager input system, and touch functions for player input on the video screen. After at least one player has placed a wager in a wagering game,... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.A. York Business Center

20090124349 - System for personalizing content presented in an avatar wait state: Customized wait state experiences are provided for an avatar in a virtual universe are provided by determining user alternative wait context preferences, selecting alternative wait state content objects accordingly, creating a wait state context in the virtual universe system using the alternative wait state content objects, and transporting the waiting... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20090124356 - Apparatus and method for controlling prize funds won by a user in a gaming system: Apparatus and methods for controlling prize funds won by a user in a gaming system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a credit meter memory (1) for storing data indicative of an amount of credit available to a user to be played on a primary game, a won funds meter (2)... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090124357 - Gaming device configuration based on player value: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a system that rewards identified players with certain benefits by modifying a paytable of a base game. The paytable can be modified based on an identified player's historical record, or based on a perceived or projected value. The player may be required to... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090124353 - Gaming method and system with average bet bonus enhancement: A method and system for facilitating the play of a wagering game with a bonus game. Examples include keeping track of a number, which is increased based on wagers and optionally decreased based on other criteria providing a measure dependent on a player's average wager during play sessions. Examples provide... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090124351 - Gaming system, gaming device, and method having ancillary prizes: A gaming system and method disclosed herein is operated by a casino or other gaming establishment. The gaming system and method disclosed herein enable players to earn entitlement offers for goods or services at gaming machines at a reduced cost to the players and the casino. The gaming system displays... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124354 - Method for attributing gameplay credit to a player: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to properly and accurately attributing gameplay to a player. Identification of a player can be associated with the gameplay either before gameplay begins, during the gameplay itself, or after the gameplay ends. Some embodiments use various gathered data and metrics to accurately determine... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090124350 - Player bonus choice: A bonus management server may have a processor configured to transmit a plurality of bonuses to at least one gaming device for selection by a player and configured to and receive data from a plurality of servers and the plurality of gaming devices. A database may communicate with the processor... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090124358 - Player-based compensation: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a system that rewards identified players with certain benefits that can be used within a base game of a gaming device. Benefits may have a redemption period that differs from the accumulation period, and may have expiration periods. Benefits may expire at different... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090124352 - Slot machine game with side pot: A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a side pot. A main credit meter is maintained as well as a side pot. The main credit meter and the side pot can be awarded based on different paytables (one for the main credit meter and one for... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20090124359 - System and method of data handling for table games: A table game system is provided. The table game system includes a position system that generates position data, such as the positions of one or more players and the value of cards, dice, roulette wheels, or other game table positions. A wager system generates wager data, such as the wager... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20090124355 - System for attributing gameplay credit to a player: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to properly and accurately attributing gameplay to a player. Identification of a player can be associated with the gameplay either before gameplay begins, during the gameplay itself, or after the gameplay ends. Some embodiments use various gathered data and metrics to accurately determine... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090124360 - Theme based promotion cash out ticket for a gaming machine: The present invention provides a method that enables the possibility of adding promotions or themes to a printed cashout ticket without a need to modify the central system controller or modifying the host gaming machine. The present invention also provides a printer with selector means and a memory data bank... Agent: Sean Liam Kelleher KelleherIPPLLC

20090124361 - Method, apparatus, and program product for displaying gaming results through variable prize progressions: A prize progression graphic displayed at a gaming machine includes a number of prize progressions with each respective prize progression including a respective prize and a respective set of progression segments. The respective prize associated with a prize progression represents a prize that may be won if all of the... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124363 - Gaming system and method for providing team progressive awards: A gaming system and method which forms, tracks and maintains one or more groups or teams. The gaming system and method also maintains at least one team progressive award. At any designated point in time, each group or team includes one or more players, wherein as a player plays one... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124364 - Gaming system having multiple progressive awards and a bonus game available in a base game operable upon a wager: A gaming system and method disclosed herein enable a plurality of players to play for and attempt to win at least one progressive award and a bonus game. The gaming system includes a central controller in communication with a plurality of gaming machines. The central controller maintains a plurality of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124362 - Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing multi-level progressive awards: A gaming system and method which provides and tracks bonus sequence eligibility points accumulated by players playing the gaming devices in the gaming system. The gaming system maintains, for one or more players, a plurality of progressive awards, wherein for a specific player, one or more of the progressive awards... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124368 - Jackpot display system: A jackpot display system (10) is disclosed for a gaming system, the jackpot display system comprising a display controller (14) arranged to receive jackpot data indicative of a plurality of current jackpot amounts, each jackpot amount being derived from games played on at least one gaming machine (22, 24), and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090124365 - Method and apparatus for a bonus game having a progressive prize: An apparatus displays a plurality of distinct wager categories corresponding to play in a first game and a second game. Each of the distinct wager categories being associated with a known distinct portion of a jackpot prize associated with the second game. Further, the apparatus receives a selection of one... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20090124371 - Method, apparatus, and program product for conducting a variable prize progression game for one or more players: A game is provided including a prize progression graphic display at one or more gaming machines, each gaming machine being associated with a different player. The prize progression graphic includes a number of prize progressions with each respective prize progression including a respective prize and a respective set of progression... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090124369 - Reconfigurable gaming machine method: Disclosed are reconfigurable gaming machines, networked gaming systems and methods for gaming machine reconfiguration.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124370 - System for tracking system generated winnings: One or more gaming machines include an external attendant paid bonus win meter. More particularly, when the casino gaming system generates a jackpot, and awards the jackpot to a player at a gaming machine, the amount of the winning jackpot is recorded on the external attendant paid bonus win meter.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090124367 - Wagering game and method with a randomly-selected feature game: Wagering games, gaming machines, networked gaming systems and associated methods are disclosed that include a randomly selected feature game. One disclosed aspect provides for a wagering game including a primary game and a plurality of feature games. One or more of the plurality of feature games is selected for play... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124366 - Wagering game with special event shard by adjacent gaming machines: A method of conducting a plurality of wagering games on a group of gaming machines includes receiving wagers from players at the group of gaming machines. In response to a triggering condition associated with a gaming machine of the group of gaming machines, the method further includes presenting a special... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090124372 - Asset management of downloadable gaming components in a gaming system: Systems and methods provide mechanisms for updating software assets on a gaming machine (100.1 and 100.2). The gaming software assets may include banner content, advertising content, denomination data, pay table, language data, video content, audio content, episodic game data, wagering game software, operating system software, device driver software and device... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090124375 - License management method: The license manager provides an automated process that reduces the need for human interaction associated with licensing components, distribution of the same, product distribution, debugging, product building, assembly, installation, configuration and maintenance. In addition, there is an interface for use by regulators that allows the regulators to test and to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090124374 - License management system: The license manager provides an automated process that reduces the need for human interaction associated with licensing components, distribution of the same, product distribution, debugging, product building, assembly, installation, configuration and maintenance. In addition, there is an interface for use by regulators that allows the regulators to test and to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090124376 - Networked gaming system including anonymous biometric identification: Networked gaming systems with anonymous player biometric identification and tracking, and associated methods, are disclosed. Also disclosed are a responsible gaming system and method, an anonymous player Bonusing method and system, a money laundering identification system and method, a distributed casino surveillance system and on electronic gaming machines, and a... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124373 - Player value determination system: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a system that determines a player's value. Valued players may then be rewarded with certain benefits based on their value or expected value. Valuation can be determined based on an identified player's historical record, or calculated based on a perceived or projected value.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090124377 - System and method for providing poker player tracking and bonus events: A gaming system having a gaming table and including a progressive jackpot funded by a portion of the house rake of a card game played at the gaming table. The gaming system includes a tracking system capable of identifying and tracking cards dealt and wagers placed in order to identify... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124378 - Vibration device: A vibration device, which can generate impressing vibrations and is not easily broken even when a large impact of a drop, etc. is exerted, is provided. A gun-shaped controller 30 includes a barrel 32 and a barrel jacket 34 formed integral and a receiver 36 to a grip 38 are... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090124380 - Providing secret information in a multiplayer game: A system and methods for conveying private information to a player in a multiplayer game being viewed by multiple players on a single screen. Each player is provided with a controller, which in one embodiment, includes a first input device and a second input device. The game system displays instructions... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20090124379 - Transparent card display: Interactive gaming tables are provided that include one or more video displays. The interactive gaming tables are operable to detect and distinguish between various types of physical objects placed on the interactive gaming table, associate a function with at least one type of physical object and generate a video display... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090124381 - Ultimate football joystick: The controllers are designed specifically for play with football games on the Playstation and Xbox consoles. The player now has the ability to call plays without the opponent being able to see them. FIG. 1 is in similar form of current controllers on the market, while FIG. 2 is in... Agent: Howard E. Quillen Iii

20090124382 - Interactive image projection system and method: An interactive image projection system and method provides for projection of an interactive image on a projection surface. A copy of the image is broadcast by two projectors onto the projection surface in registration with one another to form a single projection copy on the surface. Sensors on the surface... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Equinox Protection

20090124383 - Apparatus for use with interactive table games and methods of use: Methods and apparatus for use with an interactive gaming table. In one aspect, an administration tool is provided for use with an interactive gaming table. The interactive gaming table includes a playing surface for displaying a game, a signal source, and a signal collector. The administration tool includes a primary... Agent: Robert B. Reeser, Iii (igt - 26668) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090124392 - Download and configuration management engine for gaming system: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. A download and configuration system controller and method is provided for... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090124393 - Game system, game apparatus, storage medium storing game program and game data exchange method: A game system including a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, and a mobile game apparatus that can communicate with another game apparatus that exists within a communicable range by use of a radio communications unit. When a communicated state is established, exchanging conditions for exchanging game data are received and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090124390 - Gaming apparatus with common display device: A gaming system and method is disclosed that utilizes a common display device for providing a display of gaming information for a plurality of gaming devices. The common display includes a plurality of segments, each of which has a gaming symbol and an indication device. In response to a display... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20090124385 - Gaming system and method for providing purchasable bonus opportunities: A gaming system includes a plurality of linked gaming devices, each of the gaming devices including a primary game operable upon a primary game wager. The gaming devices of the gaming system enable a plurality of players to place primary game wagers on plays of the primary games. In one... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124384 - Gaming system and method providing third party promotions: A gaming system and method disclosed herein enable players to earn promotional awards at gaming machines without sacrificing or surrendering player tracking points. The gaming system and method also provide value to players without the casino absorbing the cost of such value. The gaming system and method disclosed herein creates... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090124386 - Method and system for randomly altering information and content within web pages to create a new and unique website and online game: A method, system and software designed to alter information and content, much like shuffling a deck of cards, in web pages creating multiple unique scenarios and information for a website, thus allow participants to interact with the same basic website or play the same basic online game(s) multiple times without... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090124387 - Method for user session transitioning among streaming interactive video servers: A method by which a streaming interactive video user session is handed off from one streaming interactive video server to another without noticeable disruption to the video stream or the user interactivity.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20090124388 - Network game system, game machine, game machine control method, and information storage medium: To provide a network game system for switching a server-client machine without deteriorating the excitement of a game. A network game system (10) causes each of a plurality of game machines (12) to operate as a client and at least one of the plurality of game machines (12) to also... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090124389 - Networked gaming systems and method with a randomly-selected feature game: Wagering games, gaming machines, networked gaming systems and associated methods are disclosed that include a randomly selected feature game. One disclosed aspect provides for a wagering game including a primary game and a plurality of feature games. One or more of the plurality of feature games is selected for play... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124391 - Neworked gaming system and method having a multi-progressive feature: Disclosed are games, gaming machines, gaming systems and methods including a multi-progressive feature. During play of a feature game, tallies are kept of the appearance of various symbols. One or more progressive awards may be paid based on the tallies.... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090124394 - System and method for validating download or configuration assignment for an egm or egm collection: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify different game devices and other related activities. The slot management system includes a validator that validates assignments... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090124395 - Lcd mounting system for a gaming apparatus: A gaming apparatus having a cabinet cooperatively coupled to an LCD mounting system. The LCD mounting system is carried within and mounts to an interior surface of the cabinet. The LCD mounting system is pivotable relative to and independent from the cabinet and a door mounted thereto. In this way,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090124396 - Repositionable handle assemblies for drop-in-bar gaming machines: A “drop-in” style bar top gaming machine that includes a support frame having at least two opposed support walls, and a top panel assembly supporting a display device. The top panel assembly is further configured to cooperate with the support frame for movement between a closed position and an open... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090117958 - Boxing game processing method, display control method, position detection method, cursor control method, energy consumption calculating method and exercise system: Glove type input articles 7L and 7R are imaged by an imaging unit 51 of a cartridge 3 in order to calculate the positions thereof. Virtual screens are prepared respectively for the input articles 7L and 7R. Each virtual screen is divided into an immovable area, a straight area and... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20090117959 - Gaming system and method for providing multiple hand three-card poker game: A gaming system having a multiple hand Three-card Poker game is provided. The Three-card Poker game includes seven cards dealt to the player and the dealer. First the gaming system sets the seven dealer cards to form a high three-card dealer hand, a low three-card dealer hand, and a tie... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090117960 - Playing cards with distinctive suits: A system (e.g., electronic gaming device) for facilitating card games using modified, simulated playing cards. The modified cards have a distinctive color arrangement permitting hearts and diamonds, and spades and clubs, to be more readily distinguished thereby allowing card games to proceed at a faster pace. For example, a first... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20090117963 - Gaming apparatus and method for providing enhanced player participation in lottery games: An electronic player station displays to a player a player choice display that includes a number of representations. The number of representations are displayed to the player simultaneously and each representation is selectable in some fashion by the player; however, the representations preferably do not themselves provide any indication as... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.C.

20090117961 - Slot machine hybrid pin and ball game: An electronic gaming console is illustrated having a console cabinet 10 including a prize display 12, a coin entry slot 13, a payout tray 14 and internally mounted game control processor circuits. A video game is provided for play on the console in which images of and objects (balls) are... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090117962 - Time-based casino gaming using cumulative paytables: Tournament-Style casino games bring players all of the advantages of gaming tournaments such as rapid play, building excitement, and player vs. player competition in a manner that addresses limitations of existing games by: a) generating revenue for tire casino in all featured embodiments; b) being available on-demand; c) paying winners... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20090117967 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine includes a gaming table, antennas and a control unit. The antennas are arranged to placement areas formed on the gaming table. The antennas are employed to determine whether or not at least one gaming medium is placed on any of the placement areas. The control unit drives... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090117965 - Gaming machine reproducing bet pattern and playing method thereof: A gaming machine executes a game in which a player makes a bet in a desired bet pattern having combined a plurality of bet elements; stores the bet pattern used for the game; and allows the player to select one of the bet element and the bet pattern. When the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117966 - Method and system for game show themed dual component lottery game: A method and system for conducting a terminal based lottery game having an instant game component and raffle component includes point of sale terminals where paying players are issued a game ticket having an instant lottery game play. A randomly generated raffle number is assigned to each game ticket, with... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090117964 - Roulette game apparatus and control method thereof: A game apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a circular roulette wheel; a plurality of pockets arranged adjacent to one another in a line in a circumferential direction on the roulette wheel, each of the pockets associated with a number in advance; an arrangement data storage memory for storing... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117968 - Incenting increased wager sizes: Example methods and systems for facilitating the play of a wagering game are provided with one or more progressive jackpots. The example methods and systems may have a better than linear increases in the probability of winning depending on increasing wager price points.... Agent: Ip Patent Docketing K&l Gates LLP

20090117980 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: A gaming system is provided with a plurality of slot machines 13, a central controller 11, and a large-size monitor 14. Each of the plurality of slot machines transmits symbol data related to a stationary symbol of a reel to the central controller 11. The central controller 11 determines whether... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117981 - Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof: In a case where a combination for starting a second game is formed in a basic game, a second game is started. In the second game, a so-called race in which a plurality of moving symbols moves toward a stationary symbol is performed. A player predicts which moving symbol reaches... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117983 - Gaming apparatus and method including oversized symbols: A method of game play, where a gaming machine is arranged to select symbols, and present the symbols on a display. In the method, successive arrays of symbols are displayed in a display area of the display, the symbols being drawn from a set of symbols that includes at least... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090117984 - Gaming apparatus and method of use: A gaming apparatus includes at least one gaming device that is configured to allow a player to place a wager and to play a game. A display device is mounted in association with the gaming device. The display device includes a housing and a housing positioning mechanism that is coupled... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20090117982 - Gaming machine and method: A gaming machine for providing a game in which a plurality of symbols are selected and displayed in an array of symbol positions on a display, each symbol position associated with one or more of a plurality of regions and each region of the plurality of regions associated with a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090117971 - Gaming machine displaying areas corresponding to symbols rearranged and playing method thereof: In a bonus game (when a predetermined condition is fulfilled), a first area 191 corresponding to a first symbol 181 rearranged and a second area 192 corresponding to a second symbol 182 rearranged are displayed and a payout is awarded in accordance with a relation between the first area 191... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117990 - Gaming machine having an enhanced game play scheme: A gaming machine having an enhanced game play scheme is provided where, in response to receipt of a second wager to select an option, a player is provided with enhanced game play. Enhanced game play may include (1) providing more frequent bonus game play, (2) providing a larger bonus game... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090117976 - Gaming machine with locking function and control method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a removable key provided so as to correspond to the gaming machine; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of (A) determining whether or not the key has been removed, and (B) controlling the gaming machine so as to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117975 - Gaming machine with symbol changed according to predetermined conditions after rearrangement and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention has a display on which symbols are rearranged in partitioned regions formed in a matrix shape by a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. Then, in each unit game, when a symbol sandwiched by two “Special” symbols exists among symbols rearranged... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117973 - Gaming machine with various game styles: The present invention relates to a plurality of gaming machines connected to each other, each gaming machine has a display screen and one type or a plurality of types of features provided on the display screen, wherein a play result of at least one or more gaming machines out of... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20090117985 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system comprising: a display; a memory storing reel data defining a plurality of reels, each reel comprising a set of symbols in a symbol sequence; and a game controller arranged to: select symbols from the reel data for display at a plurality of display positions, the selection of... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090117979 - Gaming system and method for providing a bonus based on number of gaming machines being actively played: A gaming system includes a controller linked to a plurality of gaming devices. The central server tracks: (i) a quantity of gaming devices being actively played by players, or (ii) a quantity of players actively playing at the gaming devices. The controller determines the players' eligibility for different awards based... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090117970 - Gaming system and method providing a collection game: A gaming system and method providing a collection game independent from the primary games of a gaming system. In one embodiment, the collection game includes a plurality of elements and a winning element combination. During play of the collection game, randomly or upon an occurrence of a triggering event, the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090117978 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: In a gaming system, an initial set of symbols comprise symbols of a plurality of groups and are displayed in respective ones of display positions. A revised set of symbols is formed by modifying the display position of symbols of at least one of the groups that are formed. In... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090117987 - Multi-line and multi-reel hold and play with restructured pays method: A reel spinning gaming device comprises a plurality of selectable reels, where a subset of the multiple reels and pay lines are held to create skill play. The prize controller determines whether a prize is to be awarded based upon an outcome symbol combination. Weighted reel strips are employed to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090117986 - Multi-line and multi-reel hold and play with restructured pays system: A reel spinning gaming device comprises a plurality of selectable reels, where a subset of the multiple reels and pay lines are held to create skill play. The prize controller determines whether a prize is to be awarded based upon an outcome symbol combination. Weighted reel strips are employed to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090117977 - Multigame gaming machine with transmissive display: Gaming machine is disclosed having a primary display and a secondary display mounted over the primary display. In one implementation, the primary display is a mechanical display and the secondary display is a transmissive display. This arrangement allows a wagering game to be displayed on the mechanical display alone, the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090117988 - Skill game playable on a casino spinning reel display with an awards table having a variable payout line and a method of calculating awards provided without operator hold subtracted from player buy-in: A skill game that is playable on a casino type display is provided that employs methods to hold a player's interest by dynamically changing an awards table as well as providing payout without subtraction from player buy-in to provide an operator hold. The awards table can include a variable pay... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090117972 - Systems and/or methods for distributing bonus rewards based on accumulated gaming device wins: Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to gaming machines and/or table games being configured to provide random rewards in dependence on accumulated gaming device wins. According to certain exemplary embodiments, in connection with a gaming network comprising a plurality of gaming devices, a method of providing a random reward to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090117969 - Wagering game system with networked gaming devices: A method of operating a plurality of wagering game tournaments on a plurality of gaming machines includes receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game on a gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines. The method further includes providing an option, at the gaming machine, to... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090117989 - Wagering game system with player rewards: According to one aspect of the present invention, a gaming system includes a method of conducting a wagering game. The method includes identifying a player as a member of certain group, and offering the player options related to the wagering game. The options are unavailable to players who are not... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090117974 - Wagering game with progressive game triggered by multiple players: A method of conducting a group wagering game that includes a special award that is attainable by players at a plurality of gaming machines. The method includes receiving wagers from players at the plurality of machines for playing machine-level wagering games. In response to achieving a triggering condition within one... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090117991 - Slot machine characterized by displayed symbols and control method thereof: A slot machine includes a display, and a controller. The controller is operable to execute a unit game for rearranging symbols arranged on the display, and in a case where symbols rearranged on a payline on the display is a combination formed by numerical symbols and a currency unit symbol,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090117992 - Dice game and method therefor: A dice game is disclosed. The dice game involves at least three dice, each side of each die bearing a different indicia and a display having single-indicium and multiple-indicia betting positions. A player may place a wager on a single indicium that may be rolled by any one of the... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090117993 - Gaming system having multi-player wheel bonus game and characteristic selection: In an embodiment, a gaming system includes a multi-player wheel game. The game includes a wheel having a plurality of sections. Each of the sections is associated with an award symbol. Each of the sections is also associated with a characteristic independent of the award symbol, such as a color.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090117997 - Authentication of lottery tickets, game machine credit vouchers, and other items: Credit vouchers from a wagering game machine can be authenticated. This may be accomplished by receiving credit information at a server, the credit information including information indicating a player's balance at the wagering game machine. A security key may be created for the credit voucher. A secured document token may... Agent: Ip Patent Docketing K&l Gates LLP

20090117994 - Game related systems, methods, and articles that combine virtual and physical elements: Physical objects may be employed with a virtual game layout to enhance wager and non-wagered based gaming. Displays subsystems may provide a changeable or selectable virtual game layout with demarcations appropriate to a selected game. A sensor subsystem may detect physical aspects of game related pieces (e.g., playing cards, chips,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090117995 - Method of credit input and a gaming system: A gaming system for multiple players using horizontal touch screen displays. A credit input/output mechanism receives currency or a trading device, and may include an input amount. A credit record is generated as well as an associated unique credit identifier. Credits specified by the credit record may be allocated relative... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090117998 - Methods and apparatus for a promotional coupon system: A system for communicating with many host systems in use at a gaming establishment and/or associated gaming establishments for the creation, issuance, distribution and redemption of coupons based on data gathered from one or more host systems, games, player activity or anonymous activity, and coupon data, among others where data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090117996 - Virtual asset equivalency method and system: A system is provided for creating an offer to a player to participate in a virtual world based on the value the player's virtual assets in a different virtual world having a host processor; a first data repository for virtual world offers and a second data repository for player avatar... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20090117999 - Systems and/or methods for player-controlled participation in random rewards: Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to gaming machines and/or table games having interfaces provided thereto so as to allow players to control their participation in base games and random rewards scenarios. More particularly, an interface provided to the gaming machines and/or table games enables separate and/or separable credit meters... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090118000 - Gaming machine and gaming system: Gaming machines constituting a gaming system share a progressive jackpot. The progressive jackpot award amount increases by incrementing a certain portion of bets betted on the game being conducted in each of the gaming machine. The progressive jackpot award amount increasing in such manner is displayed on a liquid crystal... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090118002 - Anonymous player tracking: An enhanced method of Casino and hotel probable customer and customer demographic identification, game selection, advertising and customer service based on the identification.... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090118001 - Game related systems, methods, and articles that combine virtual and physical elements: Physical objects may be employed with a virtual game layout to enhance wager and non-wagered based gaming. Displays subsystems may provide a changeable or selectable virtual game layout with demarcations appropriate to a selected game. A sensor subsystem may detect physical aspects of game related pieces (e.g., playing cards, chips,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090118008 - Game device, image processing method, and information recording medium: To enable images of game screens concerning a plurality of game programs to be systematically stored in a storage unit and a desired image to be swiftly displayed on a display unit in a later time, a game device of the present invention includes: a program executing unit for executing... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090118005 - Game related systems, methods, and articles that combine virtual and physical elements: Physical objects may be employed with a virtual game layout to enhance wager and non-wagered based gaming. Displays subsystems may provide a changeable or selectable virtual game layout with demarcations appropriate to a selected game. A sensor subsystem may detect physical aspects of game related pieces (e.g., playing cards, chips,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090118006 - Game related systems, methods, and articles that combine virtual and physical elements: Physical objects may be employed with a virtual game layout to enhance wager and non-wagered based gaming. Displays subsystems may provide a changeable or selectable virtual game layout with demarcations appropriate to a selected game. A sensor subsystem may detect physical aspects of game related pieces (e.g., playing cards, chips,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090118004 - Gaming system, gaming device and gaming method providing stacking symbols: The gaming system, gaming device and method provides a reel game that includes stacks of symbols configured on the reels to minimize the effects of blocking often associated with stacks of symbols. The gaming device includes a plurality of reels wherein each reel includes a reel-strip and a plurality of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090118003 - Image creating device, load display method, recording medium, and program: An operation input reception unit (201) receives an operation input for a virtual vehicle to be run on the running path. Further, a running condition managing unit (203) manages a running condition of the virtual vehicle based on the received operation input. Meanwhile, a load calculation unit (205) calculates a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090118007 - Image display apparatus and game machine: An image display apparatus includes an image display unit having an unshielded area and a shielded area, an instruction display section provided in the shielded area, and a display detector that detects the display on the instruction display section.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090118009 - System and method for toy adoption and marketing: A method provides a virtual presentation includes providing a toy that is represented on a website via a virtual replica of the toy, wherein the toy is associated with a registration code; validating the registration code; responsive to said validating, displaying said virtual replica of the toy representing said toy... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090118011 - Game machine, game machine control method, and information storage medium: Provided is a game machine which can support a user to change a trajectory of a moving object to a desired trajectory in a game in which the moving object located in a game space moves along a trajectory determined according to content of an operation performed on a controller.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090118010 - Network game system, network game system control method, game machine, game machine control method, and information storage medium: To provide a network game system for sharing, among a plurality of game machines, the positions and postures of objects associated with the game machines, while suppressing an increase in traffic in the communication network. Each of the game machines comprises a first base position selection unit for selecting one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090118012 - Configurable manual controller: A configurable manual controller (10, 140) for manipulating images or symbols on a display is adapted for construction with matable building elements (122) arranged by a user. The user forms the manual controller to exhibit a customized shape and ornamental appearance reflecting the user's game-inspired, ergonomic, or style preferences.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20090118022 - Enhanced method of presenting multiple casino video games: A system and method for use with a gaming system operating in a casino environment utilizes a plurality of player terminals networked to a game optimisation server. The game optimisation server provides or allows a player to access multiple games on each player terminal and stores in memory a record... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090118017 - Hosting and broadcasting virtual events using streaming interactive video: A method comprising broadcasting a live game tournament in the form of a multicasted streaming interactive video stream from a hosting service to a plurality of viewers over the Internet. Audio from an announcer is overlaid by the hosting service onto the multicasted video stream.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20090118020 - Method and device for sending and receiving game content including download thereof: The present invention generally relates to methods and devices as well as handheld stations and computer program products for sending video game content to handheld mobile terminals, comprising broadcasting common video game content to handheld mobile communication terminals via a digital video broadcast handheld channel, to enable said handheld mobile... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090118014 - Method for managing gaming devices: A method for managing a casino gaming system is disclosed. One embodiment provides a web server embedded in at least one gaming component of a gaming machine, wherein the web server is configured to deliver a management user interface to a web browser. A management user interface is delivered to... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090118021 - Network game system, game machine, game machine control method, and information storage medium: To provide a network game system capable of switching a server-client machine, while avoiding deterioration in the excitement of a game. A network game system (10) causes each of a plurality of game machines (12) to operate as a client and at least one of the plurality of game machines... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090118015 - Solution for enhancing the user experience of an electronic game by making user-created game data available in context during gameplay: The present invention discloses a system for enhancing a user's experience in an electronic game by dynamically incorporating user-created tag data. Such a system can include an electronic game application running on a network-capable computing device, a game tag monitor, and a game tag information coordinator. The game tag monitor... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090118016 - System and method for mobile games: A method for seamlessly transitioning communication and control between a user and a real-time online activity from a first user device to a second user device is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communication link via a network between the first user device and the activity for controlling the user's... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090118013 - System for managing gaming devices: An embedded web server is disclosed. In one embodiment, a casino gaming system comprises a back end system having one or more servers. One or more gaming machines are operatively connected to the back end system via a network connection and one or more gaming devices operatively connected to at... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090118018 - System for reporting recorded video preceding system failures: A method comprising running a game or application on a server of a hosting service system and constantly recording video/audio output of the game or application in a delay buffer. On periodic intervals reports are made to the hosting service system by a watchdog process whether the game or application... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20090118019 - System for streaming databases serving real-time applications used through streaming interactive video: An apparatus comprising one or more servers of a hosting service server center and a RAID that stores geometry for objects of a complex scene. The RAID being coupled to the one or more application or game servers and being operable to interactively stream the geometry on-the-fly during real-time animation... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak