Amusement devices: games inventions 09/09

20090239597 - Gaming system and game control method enabling to bet on a payout amount of a player who won an award aside from a bet to a plurality of characters: In a racing game, a main control unit 112 of a main controller 20 accepts a first bet on characters and a side bet. A payout for the side bet is provided in a case where the greatest payout amount among the terminals for the first bet reaches a threshold... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239598 - Gaming system enabling to bet on any team formed with a predetermined number of characters appeared in a racing game in which a predetermined number of races are played as a set, gaming machine, and game control method: A racing game is provided in which a main controller 20 accepts bets on teams in addition to bets on characters participating in each race, from a plurality of terminal devices 30, for a predetermined plurality of racing games. After the predetermined plurality of races, the main controller 20 computes... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239600 - Gaming system, gaming machine and game control method with compensation processing based on lower limit of odds: In a racing game, a main controller 20 accepts bet from each of a plurality of terminal devices 30, during a bet accepting period. In a case where final odds, calculated after the expiration of the bet accepting period, is not greater than a predetermined threshold, the main controller 20... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239599 - Horse race gaming machine: In the horse race gaming machine 60001, orders of arrival in racing games are stored for each of the player's racehorses. If the player's racehorses, in consecutive racing games equal to or more than a predetermined number of times including a result of this racing game, have finished consecutively in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239601 - Skill-based redemption game: A skill-based redemption gaming machine in which a plurality of game symbols are arranged on a plurality of slot machine-type reels is configured to ensure that player awards comply with statutory guidelines. A player deposits consideration into the gaming machine and receives a corresponding number of plays and points, representing... Agent: Cadillac Jack, Inc

20090239602 - Gaming machine executing card game and gaming method: The gaming machine of the present invention places player's cards face down when a bonus game is determined to be executed in a normal game that uses the player's cards and dealer's cards; and offers a special payout in the case where a card selected by an input device out... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239603 - Gaming machine which displays effect according to execution timing of special game and playing method thereof: In the gaming machine 1, concurrently run are a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination and a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a JP chance which qualifies a player to join a JP game offering a chance of winning a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239604 - Method and apparatus for generating a virtual win: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for operating a gaming device having at least one winning event and at least one related award that is generated according to a set of rules associated with the game. The game is driven to present a predefined... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090239605 - Method and system for playing a lottery game with enhanced multiplier factor: A system and methodology for conducting a lottery wagering game include receiving a first wager fee from players for entry in a primary game. The players are offered the option to pay a second wager fee for a chance at a first multiplier fact that may increase the prize award... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090239632 - method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: generating game outcomes for game rounds by selecting symbols for display at a plurality of display positions on a display, the display positions being divided into a plurality of subsets of display positions and the selection of symbols for each subset of display positions being... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090239646 - Gaming machine and control method of gaming machine: A gaming machine includes: a plurality of first video reels 31, 31, . . . on which partial pictures of one entire sheet are arranged, respectively; and a plurality of second video reels 32, 32, . . . on which plural types of symbols are arranged, respectively. Operating a start... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239611 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: A gaming machine is provided with a plurality of balls B, B . . . , on which plural kinds of symbols are arranged, respectively. Each of the balls B is rotatably supported by a ball receptacle 12. Where a player operates a start button, each of the balls B... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239612 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: In a gaming machine, platy members 7, 7, each of which has described thereon an advertisement such as a shop name of amusement place or amusement place event information, are detachably mounted to both of the right and left of a cabinet 10. Further, a first liquid crystal display panel... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239620 - Gaming machine and playing method thereof, which qualifies player to join special game through chance game run at the same time base game is run: A gaming terminal comprises: a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination; a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a chance flag which qualifies a player to join a special game offering a chance of winning a higher payout than the base... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239639 - Gaming machine capable of multiplying award by rearranging specific symbols consecutively in a free game: A gaming machine 10 starts a game, advances the game to a free game under a predetermined condition, and in a case where a specific symbol is consecutively displayed in a symbol display area for providing an award during the free game, increases (by addition or multiplication) an award based... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239641 - Gaming machine capable of selecting a feature game to be executed when accepting an additional bet, and control method thereof: A CPU of a gaming machine can accept a side bet, in addition to a bet for a basic game. In a case where the side bet is accepted, a selection screen is displayed on a liquid crystal display, which allows a selection of a feature game that is executed... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239607 - Gaming machine executing a bonus game and control method thereof: According to the above gaming machine of the present invention, a plurality of kinds of rearrangement pattern data showing symbols rearranged during a bonus game or combination patterns of those symbols, and a plurality of kinds of effect pattern data for use in executing an effect are previously stored in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239608 - Gaming machine executing a bonus game and control method thereof: According to the gaming machine of the present invention, a total payout amount in a bonus game is determined by determining a rearrangement pattern showing symbols to be rearranged in each of unit games constituting the bonus game or a combination of the symbols, and then calculating the payout amount... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239609 - Gaming machine executing a bonus game and control method thereof: According to the gaming machine of the present invention, a total payout amount is determined in a bonus game in which a unit game is played over a plurality of times, the unit game determining a payout based on symbols or a combination of the symbols that have been rearranged... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239638 - Gaming machine executing feature game corresponding to arrangement of trigger symbol thereof: A gaming machine includes a basic game and a plurality of feature games that are executed in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied in the basic game. A CPU determines whether at least a predetermined number of trigger symbols are included among symbols rearranged in a symbol display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239613 - Gaming machine having effect corresponding to award to be provided for special game and playing method thereof: In a gaming machine, a unit game causing arranged symbols to be rearranged is displayed on a display. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, a special game including a predetermined number of the unit games is displayed on the display. Additionally, a total amount of payout to be provided to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090239619 - Gaming machine performing new game by using contents and prize of game of plural game terminals and playing method thereof: A gaming machine 1 of the present invention includes: a common display 201; terminal devices 3A, 3B, and 3C; a mother board 40 and a central control board 210. The common display 201 arranges symbols in a matrix 236. Each of the terminal devices 3A, 3B, and 3C has a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239621 - Gaming machine performing new game by using contents and prize of game of plural game terminals and playing method thereof: A gaming machine includes a common display; terminal devices; a mother board and a central control board. The common display arranges symbols in a matrix. Each of the terminal devices has a lower image display panel which arranges symbols in a matrix, and a side-bet button which selects to participate... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239623 - Gaming machine performing new game by using contents of game of plural game terminals and playing method thereof: A gaming machine 1 of the present invention has a common display 201, terminal devices 3A to 3J, and a mother board 40 and a central control board 210. The common display 201 arranges symbols 180 in a matrix 236. Each of the terminal devices 3A to 3J has each... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239627 - Gaming machine performing new game by using contents of game of plural game terminals and playing method thereof: A gaming machine includes a common display, terminal devices and a controller. The common display arranges symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas. The terminal devices arrange symbols in a matrix of arrangement areas and rearrange symbols in arrangement areas on the terminal displays and run games to award base... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239629 - Gaming machine which awards payout of rank according to execution result of special game and playing method thereof: In the gaming machine 1, concurrently run are a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination and a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a JP chance which qualifies a player to join a JP game offering a chance of winning a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239625 - Gaming machine which displays a start timing of a special game and playing method thereof: The gaming machine 1 includes: a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination; a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a JP chance which qualifies a player to join a JP game offering a chance of winning a higher payout than the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239630 - Gaming machine which displays effect that responded to the number of rights of a lottery of a special game and playing method thereof: In the gaming machine 1, concurrently run are a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination and a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a JP chance which qualifies a player to join a JP game offering a chance of winning a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239649 - Gaming machine which is likely to increase player's expectation for bonus game and playing method thereof: When a game-number addition symbol is rearranged in arrangement areas, a value determined based on the number of game-number addition symbols rearranged is added to a bonus game-number. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, executed is a bonus game of which scale depends on the bonus game-number.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239624 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A method of gaming comprising: (a) selecting a plurality of symbols from a source symbol set to form a selected symbol set for display at a plurality of display positions, the source symbol set comprising at least one removable symbol and at least one designated symbol different to each removable... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

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20090239635 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: Gaming system(s) and/or method(s) are provided to implement a game including a first game and a second game. A gaming system includes a game controller arranged to control operation of a first game and a second game, and a display arranged to display representations of play of the second game.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090239645 - Gaming system for playing common game in groups and control method thereof: A gaming system includes a plurality of gaming machines and a control device connected to the gaming machines. Each of the gaming machines has: a display device, which displays a plurality of symbols; a controller, which performs a process of rearranging symbols arranged on the display devices after gaming mediums... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239622 - Gaming system with common display and control method of gaming system: A gaming system of the present invention includes: a plurality of gaming machines; and a common display device connected to the gaming machines; wherein each of the gaming machines has: a display device, which displays a plurality of symbols; a controller, which executes a process of rearranging symbols arranged on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239628 - Gaming system with common display and control method of gaming system: A gaming system of the present invention includes: a plurality of gaming machines; and a common display device connected to the gaming machines, each of the gaming machines, comprising: a display device for displaying a plurality of symbols; a controller, which performs processes of: (a) executing a base game in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239610 - Interactive feature game: A gaming machine comprises a display, a game player input means and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display. The game controller controls play of a game in which a winning game result causes a prize to be awarded to a game player. The game comprises... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090239648 - Method and apparatus for altering gaming device configuration responsive to information related to a player of the gaming device: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for operating a gaming device having at least one winning event and at least one related award that is generated according to a set of rules associated with the game. The game is driven to present a predefined... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090239636 - Method and system for operating a secondary game in conjunction with a primary game: The present invention discloses a computerized gaming system configured to support operating at least one secondary game in conjunction with a primary game and a method of operating thereof. The method of operating comprises activating a primary game based on simulating rotation of reels; activating a secondary game based on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090239634 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: selecting in at least one game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions; modifying the displayed symbols copying each symbol in an original subset of the display positions to at least one clone subset of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090239637 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: selecting a set of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels; determining a game round outcome based on the selected symbols; determining that a feature game round should occur; and determining... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090239617 - Slot machine: A slot machine of the present invention has a controller for controlling a display device, an input device, and a display unit. The controller is operable to: (a) store in the memory a predetermined combination of the input numbers via the input device; (b) execute a process of displaying the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239618 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a display device having a symbol display region for displaying plural types of symbols; a memory for storing data relating to a plurality of display images for displaying a remaining number of frames to arrange symbols displayed on the display region, in a predetermined combination on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239647 - Slot machine: A slot machine according to the present invention includes a display device having a first display region for displaying a symbol, a second display region for displaying a payout symbol, and a third display region for displaying a magnification symbol; a memory for memorizing two tables, one for storing identification... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239643 - Slot machine and control method thereof: A slot machine executes a slot game in a following manner. First, the slot machine receives an external input, then rearranges symbols arranged in a display region, and awards a winning if a predetermined number of symbols of a predetermined type are displayed. In the rearrangement of the symbols, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090239616 - Slot machine capable of changing odds and control method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises a symbol display capable of stop-displaying an odds-change symbol. An amount of payout is determined, when the odds-change symbol has been stop-displayed, based on special odds different from normal odds, in a game subsequent to the game in which the odds-change symbol... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239640 - Slot machine capable of displaying special picture consisting of a plurality of picture pieces and control method thereof: According to a slot machine of the present invention, special symbols may be stop-displayed to a symbol display. Each of the special symbols shows a picture piece for forming a predetermined picture. In a case where the picture pieces shown in the special symbols stop-displayed in a predetermined display area... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239626 - Slot machine capable of keeping constant order or constant tempo of stopping rotation reels: A slot machine of the present invention comprises a plurality of rotation reels rotatably installed in a casing; an input device operable by a player; a memory for storing stop positions of the plurality of the rotation reels in a previous game; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239644 - Slot machine executing free game and control method thereof: According to the slot machine of the present invention, a free game is executed as triggered by establishment of a predetermined condition in a normal game. A bonus is executed when a specific condition is established before competing execution of the free game. At this time, state data indicating a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239614 - Slot machine having special symbol and control method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a display for arranging thereto a normal symbol and a special symbol having a plurality of payout patterns each with a payout number indicative of a payout value or with an odds number indicative of payout odds; and a controller programmed to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239615 - Slot machine having special symbol and control method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a display for arranging thereto a normal symbol and a special symbol having a plurality of payout patterns each associated with a payout value; and a controller programmed to execute processing of (B) stop-displaying the payout patterns having been variably displayed, in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239642 - Slot machine offering special award and control method thereof: According to a slot machine of the present invention, the first special award is offered in the case that the specific symbol is not stop-displayed in a game, is stop-displayed in the next game, and is not stop-displayed again in the following game, that is, in the case that the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239606 - Slot machine with wild symbol feature and control method thereof: In a slot machine, symbols are scrolled in plural display areas provided on a display at an execution of a slot game and then stopped in the display areas respectively. Furthermore, if a “JOKER” symbol has come to a stop in a central display area, a “WILD” symbol(s) displayed in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090239631 - Wagering game with symbols forming an altered array or secondary array: A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. The gaming system further includes a primary display (14) for displaying a first array of symbols (173) that indicates a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. The gaming... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090239652 - Apparatus and method of impact emulation for video games: An impact emulator that provides impact effects to a player of a video game system is provided. The video game system has a magnetic field generator that is able to produce magnetic field to generate a force on a magnet on a remote controller. The amount of magnetic field to... Agent: Shyh-jye Wang

20090239651 - Blackjack variation with additional player options: A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to provide a blackjack variation to be played in a casino. After each player has reviewed his or her initial two cards, each player then has the option to double their wager and receive an unlimited number of cards, or triple their... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20090239650 - Game with chance element and tax indicator: In various embodiments a player of a gaming device or mobile gaming device is presented with an indication of a payout amount less any taxes that would be owed for the payout.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090239658 - Gaming machine accepting side bet and control method thereof: A gaming machine of the present invention is configured to count the number of side BETs, which is the number of placement of a side BET, every time a side BET is placed. Further, the gaming machine of the present invention is configured to offer a special payout in an... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239659 - Gaming machine accepting side bet and gaming method: A gaming machine of the present invention offers a special payout when a specific card is included in the player's cards, in a case where a side BET has been placed in a card game using player's cards and dealer's cards.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239653 - Gaming machine and playing method thereof, which qualifies player to join special game through chance game run at the same time base game is run: A gaming terminal includes: a base game; a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a chance flag which qualifies a player to join a special game; an ID data input device through which ID data specifying a player is inputted; a terminal storage unit that associates the number of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239654 - Gaming machine and playing method thereof, which qualifies player to join special game through chance game run at the same time base game is run: A gaming terminal runs a base game and a special game simultaneously; awards a payout according to a result of the base game; awards the number of chance flags according to a result of the chance game; accumulatively stores, in a terminal storage unit, the number of chance flags in... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239655 - Gaming machine which displays effect according to result of special game and playing method thereof: In the gaming machine 1, concurrently run are a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination and a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a JP chance which qualifies a player to join a JP game offering a chance of winning a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239660 - Method for providing incentives for a player to play a gaming device: An incentive offering system can be used to enhance player enjoyment by making targeted suggestions to the player. Specifically, this system can evaluate player preferences, as evidenced by prior playing styles or by other methods, and suggest other games that have similar qualities that the player seems to prefer. Non-game... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090239661 - Method for surveying a player of a gaming device: An incentive survey system can be used to enhance player enjoyment by presenting the player with a survey at a time when the gameplay experience is fresh in the player's mind, or at other times when the player is willing to provide feedback information. Changes may be made to the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090239656 - Secured gaming table device: A secured gaming table device that uses TITO and RFID to use and exchange vouchers, winnings from slot machines, promotions, and coupons; provide cashless payout from a gaming table; provide transaction receipts; link gaming tables; and connect and use systems in use, such as the TITO System and Player Tracking... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090239657 - Sharing wagering game machine resources: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to determine that a second resource is available to be shared in place of a first resource located in a first wagering game machine operable to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The second resource may be located apart from the first... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090239662 - Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: conducting a game requiring a player to make a choice between at least one optimal action and at least one sub-optimal action having a lower return to player than the optimal action such that the difference between the sub-optimal action and the optimal action represents... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090239663 - Game-based advertising system and method: A game-based system and method are provided which employ a central system controller and a plurality of interactive display terminals geographically dispersed from the system controller. Players interact with the display terminals via respective, anonymous recognition codes (ARCs). The display terminals are configured to record a session data set on... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090239664 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: A gaming machine is provided with: a plurality of first video reels 31, 31, . . . , on which partial patterns of respective ones of plural kinds of patterns are arranged, respectively; and a plurality of second video reels 32, 32, . . . , on which plural kinds... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090239665 - Brandable thumbstick cover for game controllers: A brandable thumbstick cover for video game controllers includes a thumbstick cap and an adapter ring meant to cover the thumbstick on the game controller. The thumbstick cap is the primary location for branding or inclusion of video game related images and text, which may appear on any surface of... Agent: Michael Minuto

20090239666 - Method for viral invites as game and discovery mechanic: A method and system are disclosed for methods of providing a gaming experience including an in-game viral invite mechanic. In accordance with the present system, inviting others to join in the playing of a game is an objective of the game itself. Thus, a user is encouraged by the game... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20090239668 - Method of matching game users, and electronic device using the same: A method of matching game users for a game in an electronic device, the method including: displaying a user interface screen to receive, from a user, a selection of an option for starting the game; and creating a match by searching a network and/or a subnet for one or more... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090239667 - Networked gaming system including a location monitor and dispatcher using personal data keys: A networked gaming system is disclosed that includes location detection and dispatcher servers operative together with one or more wireless personal digital (PDK) devices communicating with receiver/decoders (RDCs) for tracking and communicating with casino employees and patrons throughout the casino. An employee and patron tracking system in a casino is... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20090233671 - Gaming machine for racing game and playing method thereof: A gaming machine displays on a display a horse racing game in which racehorses race against each other, and receives, via a gaming terminal, a bet made by a player regarding an order of arrival of the racehorses in the horse racing game. Thereafter, the gaming machine periodically calculates odds... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090233665 - Horse race gaming machine: In a horse race gaming machine 1, when a regular denomination process of S201 is executed, a regular BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “1”, is displayed on a sub monitor 113 of a station 101. In the meantime, when a high denomination process... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233666 - Horse race gaming machine: In a horse race gaming machine 1, a performance point is calculated on each of the player's racehorses, based on the results of respective racing games (S501). The number of wins, the number of races, a winning percentage, best time, etc. by the racehorses are taken into consideration when calculating... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233667 - Horse race gaming machine: In a horse race gaming machine 1, when a regular denomination process of S201 is executed, a regular BET image for a player to perform BET operations to a racing game is displayed on a sub monitor 113 of a station 101. In the meantime, when a high denomination process... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233668 - Horse race gaming machine: In a horse race gaming machine 1, when a regular denomination process of S201 is executed, a regular BET image, wherein the minimum bet amount a player can specify is “1”, is displayed on a sub monitor 113 of a station 101. In the meantime, when a high denomination process... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233669 - Horse race gaming machine: In a horse race gaming machine 1, a performance point is calculated on each of the player's racehorses, based on the results of respective racing games (S501). The number of wins, the number of races, a winning percentage, best time, etc. by the racehorses are taken into consideration when calculating... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233670 - Non-pari-mutuel race game with individual finish lines: A method to play a betting race game determined by multiple rounds of random numbers. It allows a player to start anytime an individually set up race by submitting a bet slip on which, besides bet type and amount, a race course is printed. The player marks one finish line... Agent: Yi Chen

20090233672 - Playing method of card game and game machine: A game machine of the present invention has: a plurality of display devices provided corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of players; and a controller for controlling the display device. The controller is programmed to: execute a basic game; display a predetermined number of player's cards on a first... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233673 - Playing method of card game and game machine: A card game playing method, for performing a basic game and a side game, is provided, and includes the steps of: (a) dealing player's cards to a player having accepted participation entry, and dealing banker's cards to a banker, from a first card set consisting of plural kinds of cards,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233674 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of game portions, a plurality of game panels, each game portion being associated with at least one game panel, and a selector arranged to select at least one game portion and at least one game panel. The gaming system is arranged... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233675 - System for computerized multiplayer tournament gaming and a method thereof: There are provided a computerized tournament game system and a method of operating thereof. The method comprises a) obtaining via the registration interface requests from a plurality of users for registration to a commenced tournament characterized by certain parameters thus giving rise to a plurality of registration requests to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090233677 - Game system and controlling method thereof: A game system of the present invention has a plurality of gaming machines capable of communicating with each other via a communication line. The plurality of gaming machines each have an input device operable to input an insurance BET. The plurality of gaming machines carry out the following processing. The... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233682 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine determines a plurality of symbols that will be stopped on the display by a first lottery. If the plurality of symbols that determined satisfy a predetermined condition, the gaming machine determines by a second lottery whether to change a first symbol to be stopped on the display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233690 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine executes a second game based on game result of a first game. The second game is composed of a plurality of unit free games. In the second game, the gaming machine presents a plurality of options to the player, when the unit free game is executed predetermined... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233693 - Gaming machine with composite symbols: A gaming machine for providing a game based on a wager, the gaming machine comprising a user interface in communication with a game controller. The game controller is adapted to select and display a plurality of game symbols on a display, the plurality of game symbols selected from a set... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233688 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which includes a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions, a win criterion selector arranged to facilitate selection by a player of at least one win criterion from a plurality of win criteria, and an... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233683 - Gaming system and method of gaming: A method of gaming comprises a first step of selecting symbols appearing in a game event. The selected symbols are stored in a symbol store arranged to store a plurality of symbols. The symbol store is arranged such that, once a maximum number of symbols is reached, storage of a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233678 - Gaming system having a plurality of slot machines linked by network and control method thereof: A gaming system of the present invention comprises: plural slot machines each including a symbol display, and a controller; a control device having a processor; and a network, the controller programmed to execute the processing of executing repeatedly processing of stop-displaying the plurality of symbols after variably displaying to the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233684 - Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions; displaying a modifying symbol as moving relative to a plurality of the display positions; determining a stop display position at which the modifying symbol is to stop;... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233686 - Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols and displaying the symbols at a plurality of display positions on a display; determining whether there is a match between a first subset of symbols at a first subset of the display positions and a second subset of symbols at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233676 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming includes: receiving an initiate play instruction from a player selected from a plurality of initiate play instructions; generating a game outcome in response to receipt of the initiate play instruction, generation of the game outcome including selecting a plurality of symbols for display in a set... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233685 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: selecting in each game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions; superimposing a distorting element over one or more of the display positions so that one or more of the symbols can be modified, in response... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233694 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming including: displaying to a player a potential award and an indicator having an indicator state when active during play of a game; changing the indicator state in response to play of the game; changing the potential award in response to play of the game; and awarding... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233681 - Slant top gaming cabinet with adjustable angle display: A slant type gaming cabinet includes a housing having an operating member, a display tiltably supported in the housing and a linking device which links tilting movement of the display with an operation of the operating member. On the display, games such as roulette, keno, poker, bingo and lotto can... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090233687 - Slot machine: A slot machine according to the present invention includes a display device for displaying a symbol display region having a first display region and a second display region; an input device for accepting input of a side-BET; a memory for storing image data concerning plural types of symbols; and a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233689 - Slot machine: When a game mode is shifted from a base game to a free game, if a symbol of “APPLE” is rearranged in a symbol display frame 111 for the first time in one unit game which composes the free game, the payout amount which is awarded to a player is... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233691 - Slot machine: When a free game is finished, a chance game that determines whether or not the free game is executed again is executed. In the chance game, if the number of re-trigger symbols in a symbol display frame 111 of a liquid crystal panel 5B is a predetermined number or more,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233692 - Slot machine: Each payout amount display frame Q1, Q2 and Q3 is superimposed in each symbol display frame W1, W2 and W3 of a liquid crystal panel 5B. When a payout trigger symbol is rearranged in each of the symbol display frames W1, W2 and W3 in a slot game, an image... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233679 - Slot machine providing return and control method thereof: A slot machine according to the present invention comprises: a symbol display; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of shifting a mode to an insurance mode on condition that a game medium is inserted, stop-displaying plural symbols sequentially after variable display thereof, determining, in a state that only... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233680 - Slot machine providing return and control method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention comprises a controller programmed to execute processing of storing a specific stopping state inputted from an input device, shifting a mode to an insurance mode on condition that a game medium has been inserted, counting a number of a specific game, in which... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233695 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention includes: a display device on which plural types of symbols are arranged; at least one memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to: store at least one item of predetermined numeric range information in the memory; randomly determine a specific numeric value... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233701 - gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a first game region comprising a plurality of game portions, and a second game region contiguous with each of the game portions. The second game region comprises a plurality of directing devices, with each directing device being selectively individually controllable so that a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233698 - Betting apparatus for game: A betting apparatus for game includes a betting board, antennas and a control unit. The antennas are arranged to regions on the betting board and detect a gaming chip placed on the betting board. The control unit turns on or off an electric current to each of the antennas. When... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090233703 - Game controller, system and method of gaming: A gaming system is arranged to implement a game which is based on credit received. A portion of the credit received is allocated to a credit accumulator. The gaming system is arranged to play one or more feature games for the portion of credit accumulated.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233699 - Game judgment system: A server device uses cameras to capture the images of cards dealt to players and a dealer. The server device automatically judges the game win/lose result of the players and the dealer and the dividends of the players through image recognition based on the card images from the cameras. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090233704 - Gaming machine and playing method thereof, which qualifies player to join special game through chance game run at the same time base game is run: A gaming terminal of the present invention a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination; a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a chance flag which qualifies a player to join a special game offering a chance of winning a higher payout... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233702 - Gaming system, a method of gaming and a game controller: A gaming system comprising: a game play mechanism operable by a player to input an initiate base game instruction or to input an initiate feature game instruction; and a game controller arranged to: implement a base game in response to receipt of an initiate base game instruction and to implement... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233700 - Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming comprising: receiving an input indicative that a player accepts deferred payment in respect of at least one award awardable during play of a game; conducting the play to determine whether the at least one award is made; and providing an entitlement to the player to enable... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233697 - Method of gaming, a gaming system, and a gaming apparatus: A method of gaming comprising: providing a table game of the type where a player seeks to sink one or more balls of a set of balls in one or more pockets of the table by striking the balls with a cue ball in accordance with the rules of the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090233696 - Offline payout system and method: A method and computer program product for a method includes defining a first data set and a second data set on a handheld device. The first data set defines at least an identity of a winner at an electronic gaming device, The second data set defines at least an amount... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090233705 - Presentation of remotely-hosted and locally rendered content for gaming systems: A gaming system including a number of host devices each coupled to one or more gaming machines, wherein content provided by the host device is output on the gaming machine. To output the content provided by the remote host, a host-controlled process that is authenticated by the gaming machine and... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090233706 - Gaming machine and playing method thereof, which qualifies player to join special game through chance game run at the same time base game is run: A gaming terminal includes a base game offering a chance of winning a payout according to a predetermined combination; a chance game offering a chance of obtaining a chance flag which qualifies a player to join a special game offering a chance of winning a higher payout than the base... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233708 - Gaming system for competing for prize of progressive bonus at plural terminals: In a gaming system, a part of a bet is accumulated in a progressive bonus counter in a case of executing a slot game in each of slot machines. Then, in a case where an accumulated count value of the progressive bonus counter has reached a predetermined value, an event... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090233707 - Method and system of distributing progressive gaming: A system for distributing progressive gaming related information comprises a combiner and a communications medium. The combiner is for inserting data indicative of progressive gaming related information into a video signal as closed caption data to produce a combined video signal. The communications medium is for distributing the combined video... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090233709 - Software security for gaming devices: A secure smart card or other secure modular memory device is plugged into (or otherwise connected to) a port of a game controller board internal to a gaming machine, where it is not accessible to a player. The smart card is programmed to detect an encrypted “challenge” message from the... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20090233710 - Feedback gaming peripheral: Systems and methods for providing various forms of feedback are provided and can be implemented in a system, for example, between a gamer and a gaming system. One or more embodiments might be included and directed toward providing feedback between a gamer and the gaming system by way of one... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090233711 - Gaming apparatus changing sound according to image and control method thereof: A gaming apparatus of the present invention comprises: a display; a speaker; a memory; and a controller programmed to execute the processing of reading the dealer image data and the game image data from the memory according to the progress of the game, reading the background image data from the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233712 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine executes a second game based on game result of a first game. The second game is a game that awards a prize corresponding to an option a player selects from a plurality of options. In the second game, based on speech input by the player, the gaming... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090233713 - 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

20090233714 - Three dimensional infrared movement sensing matrix: A method and apparatus for detecting position and movement of a subject within a volume of space is described. The apparatus may comprise an upper frame having a first plurality of infrared transmitters configured to emit infrared light through the volume; and a lower frame positioned below the upper frame,... Agent: Law Office Of Michael D. Eisenberg Intellectual Property Law

20090233715 - Apparatus and methods for authenticating a user of an entertainment device using a mobile communication device: Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for remotely controlling an entertainment device using a mobile communication device. A user utilizes a mobile communication device to input information that requests manipulation of playback of content outputted for presentation by an entertainment device. The mobile communication device transmits the user... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20090233718 - Electronic investment and trading game with entertainment and educational purpose: A computer-implemented financial investment and trading game comprising a Game Economy, a Player Interface and a Master Game Control Program which comprises computer-readable instructions on a computer-readable medium for defining, operating and managing play iterations, the Game Economy and the Player Interface, wherein the Game Economy comprises a plurality of... Agent: Vesna N. Rafaty C/o Rafaty Law Group, PLLC

20090233717 - Methods, systems and apparatus for virtual event initiated electronic communications: Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for electronically communicating a change in the state of an object (“object information”) or player (“player information”) in an interactive, networked virtual game (“game”) to a participant who is not then currently interacting with the game (“remote player”). The remote player may also actively... Agent: Graybeal Jackson LLP

20090233719 - Secondary game system, a gaming system and a method of providing at least one secondary game in a gaming system: A secondary game system for a gaming terminal network, including at least one secondary game controller for providing at least one secondary game; a communications device for receiving secondary game registration request messages and secondary game deregistration request messages from a gaming terminal; the system being responsive to a received... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090233716 - System and method for investing in poker players: A system and method of allowing poker players to receive funding from one or more interested investors. An online website provides a location for investors to find players interested in seeking investor backing. The website includes player information, tournament information and similar information needed by an investor to determine which... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20090227303 - Gaming machine enabling to arbitrarily select and output a plurality of sound data for playing in a race in which a plurality of character race, and a gaming system: In a racing game, a controller 202 selects a predetermined sound data from a plurality of sound data, in accordance with the bet amount made before executing a race, and then outputs the sound data from speakers 50. Different sound data are provided for different bet amounts. The sound data... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227302 - Gaming system enabling to bet on any team formed with a predetermined number of characters, gaming machine and game control method: A main controller 20 of a gaming system 1 determines characters to participate in a racing game and selects, as a bet target, a plurality of teams constituted of a plurality of characters. Then, a score is assigned to each character according to the finishing order thereof in the race,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227304 - Gaming system enabling to bet on any team formed with a predetermined number of characters, gaming machine and game control method: In a racing game, a main control unit 112 of a main controller accepts bets on teams of a predetermined number of characters, in addition to bets on characters participating in each race, from a plurality of terminal devices 30. The main control unit 112 determines ranges of a finishing... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227305 - Terminology data-mining method, in particular for assistance in advertising creation: The invention implements an on-line game in which a population of players is connected to an on-line game site. From a starting word submitted by the site, the players search for additional words that, when combined with the starting word, maximize the number of occurrences of the combination of words... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090227307 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to the present embodiment, a plurality of lucky numbers are set in a one game unit or a plurality of games unit. Then, if it is judged that the total value of the numbers on the two cards that were initially dealt to the player equals... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227306 - One card wild: This invention permits an alternative use of a wild card in casino games using a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards in which a set number of cards are dealt to a participant of the game. In existing games in which a wild card is used, the cards which may... Agent: William R. Nunnally

20090227308 - Gaming machine: A gaming machine according to the present embodiment, one or a plurality of lucky numbers are set in a one game unit or a plurality of games unit based on a player's operation prior to the start of the game. Then, if it is judged that the total value of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227312 - Higher or lower poker game: Embodiments described herein include variations of an electronic video poker game that feature allowing a player to make a wager and view one of three dealt cards. The other two dealt cards are face down. Before the bet is made, the player is presented with the payout tables. When the... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090227309 - Playing method of card game and game machine: A method of playing card games, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: (a) dealing a predetermined number of cards as player's cards and dealing a predetermined number of cards as banker's cards from among plural types of cards; (b) varying a predetermined card included in the player's... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227310 - Playing method of card game and game machine: A game machine of the present invention includes: a plurality of first display devices provided corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of players; a second display device provided in common by the plurality of players; and a controller for controlling the first display devices and the second display device,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227311 - Poker gaming machine and poker game playing method: A poker gaming machine executes a poker game employing cards including trump cards and a special card. The special card functions as a wild card with respect to a specific type trump card. The specific type trump card is a trump card constituting one portion of card types from all... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227313 - Determining relative skills of players: There is a desire to provide a way to determine relative skills of players of games such as computer games, chess, tennis and any other suitable type of game. Our earlier Bayesian Scoring system is implemented in Xbox Live (trade mark) and is currently commercially available under the trade name... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090227314 - Gaming apparatus with a wheel game: A gaming apparatus and a game controller for a gaming apparatus is provided. A game provided on the gaming apparatus under the control of the game controller is arranged to play a first game in the form of a wheel game having a number of outcome indicating parts. It is... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090227315 - System and method for playing a game based on a coin toss: System and method for playing game based on coin toss, may utilize a system and method for graphically displaying coin toss using sensors to detect physical movement of coin or instrumented coin, communicate sensor-derived data to remote graphical display system, display virtual coin that represents movement and orientation of tossed... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090227317 - method and a system for a multidimensional game: A method, a system and a computer program for a feature game of a multidimensional grid to be used together with a base game. A player may play an initial base game and elect to play the feature game. The player may be provided with a ticket that becomes a... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20090227316 - Electronic roulette-type betting device: An electronic roulette-type betting device and method is disclosed. The device comprises a display unit and an associated display control unit for the graphic reproduction of a roulette bowl device together with a rotating ball, at least one input unit for inputting symbols on which to bet, a time control... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090227319 - Gaming machine: A roulette game machine has a plurality of stations. The roulette game machine accepts a side bet operation carried out by players at the plurality of stations. The roulette game machine accumulatively adds one portion of the gaming values on which a side bet was placed, as a progressive payout.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227318 - Method and apparatus for providing an instant lottery game with an ordered assortment: A process provides a first price category and a second price category in which a scratch-off lottery ticket can be purchased for a instant lottery game. The first price category is distinct from the second price category. The first price category corresponds to a first known portion of a linear... Agent: Patent Ingenuity, PC

20090227320 - Method for lottery corporations to run online gaming: A method that allows lottery corporations the ability to easily allow players to participate in online games played over the Internet, TV, or mobile phone by allowing players the ability to purchase entry into online games, such as a Texas Holdem poker tournament, from any Point Of Sale (POS), or... Agent: Scott Mcbride

20090227355 - Game system: A game system according to the present invention includes a plurality of slot machines and a common game machine. The plurality of slot machines each includes: a display having a symbol display region for displaying plural types of symbols in a matrix form; a memory for cumulatively storing bonus points... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227336 - Gaming machine: A game environment will be described. A specific area is selectable and if a specific symbol (for example, COFFIN symbol) is stopped on the selected specific area in a free game, image effect is made and additional payout amount is provided based on the number of stopped specific symbols and... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227335 - Gaming machine arranging symbol based on rearranged symbol and playing method thereof: A gaming machine comprises: a plurality of gaming terminals capable of running a game independently from each other, each of which terminals includes a terminal display having a matrix of arrangement areas, and each of which terminals arranges a plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas; and a shared display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227350 - Gaming machine arranging symbols based on rearragned symbols and playing method thereof: A gaming machine comprises: a plurality of gaming terminals capable of running a game independently from each other, each of which terminals includes a terminal display having a matrix of arrangement areas, and each of which terminals arranges a plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas; and a shared display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227334 - Gaming machine arranging symbols based on rearranged symbols and playing method thereof: A gaming machine includes: a plurality of gaming terminals capable of running a game independently from each other, each of which terminals includes a terminal display having a matrix of arrangement areas and which arranges a plurality of symbols in the arrangement areas; and a shared display for arranging therein... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227346 - Gaming machine determining payout symbol in second game: The present invention provides a gaming machine which: displays a moving symbol on a main display in a case where a plurality of specific symbols are displayed; displays a plurality of score symbols associated with scores on a second display from one side edge to another side edge of the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227347 - Gaming machine determining payout symbol in second game requiring more player's involvement: The present invention provides a gaming machine which: displays a moving symbol on a main display in a case where a plurality of specific symbols are displayed; displays a plurality of score symbols associated with scores on a second display from a first side edge to a second side edge... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227345 - Gaming machine having a secondary game with a restricted display area: A gaming machine 10 is provided with a liquid crystal display 30 including a symbol display area divided into a plurality of symbol display regions 301 to 315 for displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols dynamically and statically for each game. The gaming machine 10 has a mode for... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227330 - Gaming machine in which symbols in a line are rearranged so that all are indentical: A gaming machine 13 determines a plurality of symbols to be rearranged on a liquid crystal display 30 in a unit game, corresponding to a random number generated. When each of the plurality of symbol groups determined is sequentially arranged, in a case in which a symbol identical with a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227344 - Gaming machine including a reel with a new configuration for variably displaying a plurality of symbols: The gamine machine 10 executes the following processing of: starting a basic game; starting scrolling of symbols displayed on the liquid crystal display 30; determining symbols to display stationarily; rearranging the stationary symbols thus determined on the liquid crystal display 30; in a case where the symbol combination rearranged on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227331 - Gaming machine performing another action to further determine an award if a specified symbol is displayed in a predetermined area: A gaming machine 10 executes following operations: starting a basic game; starting scrolling of symbols; determining a symbol to stationarily display; rearranging the determined symbol; in a case where a combination of the symbols matches a predetermined condition, providing a first award to a player; in a case where a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227348 - Gaming machine permitting player to select reels: Herein disclosed is a gaming machine, comprising: a memory for storing image data of a plurality of reels each having a plurality of symbols arranged thereon; a display for displaying the image data of a plurality of reels stored in the memory; an instruction input device for causing the outside... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227349 - Gaming machine providing awards corresponding to ranking in the order of the cumulative numbers of specific symbols rearranged on a scroll line selected during a free game: A gaming machine 13 starts a game, causes the game to switch to a free game based on a predetermined condition, determines a single scroll line among the plurality of scroll lines, and rearranges the symbols. Then, the gaming machine 13 counts the number of specific symbols rearranged in each... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227329 - Gaming machine rearranging peripheral symbols again around predetermined display position: A gaming machine 13 rearranges symbols on a liquid crystal display 30, determines whether a first game was switched to a second game based on whether a specific symbol is arranged in any one of display positions among a predetermined display position and a plurality of peripheral display positions therearound,... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227332 - Gaming machine that performs rearranging of identical symbols consecutively in predetermined direction from display position of special symbol: A gaming machine 13 rearranges symbols on a liquid crystal display 30, determines whether a symbol to which a predetermined image is added is rearranged, upon determining that the symbol is not rearranged, providing an award corresponding to the number of the same type of symbols aligned in consecutive blocks... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227333 - Gaming machine that rearranges symbols based on rearrangement pattern data: A gaming machine 13 that determines symbols to be rearranged on a liquid crystal display 30 corresponding to a random number generated, extracts from ROM 108 rearrangement pattern data corresponding to the number of identical symbols when at least a predetermined number of the identical symbols are rearranged, rearranges symbols... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227356 - Gaming machine with fixed wild symbols and multiplier: A method for use with a gaming machine arranged to provide a spinning reel game in which symbols are spun up on a plurality of reels to form at least one outcome and, if a winning outcome occurs, the gaming machine awards an award. The method includes (a) if at... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227352 - Gaming machine with mechanical reel rotatable through player's operation and confirmation method of symbol: A gaming machine includes: a game requiring a player's bet, a reel used in the game and mechanically driven to rotate, a plurality of symbols on the reel, an input device which receives an input by the player, and a controller which is programmed to carry out the steps of:... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227353 - Gaming machine with mechanical reel rotatable through player's operation and confirmation method of symbol: The gaming machine includes: a game requiring a player's bet; a reel used in the game and mechanically driven to rotate; a plurality of symbols on the reel; a display capable of generating a video image; an input device which receives an input by the player; and a controller which... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227337 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions in a game display array to define game winning or losing symbol arrangements, and a symbol position modifier arranged to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090227341 - Gaming system and method of gaming: The present disclosure provides a gaming system which comprises a player symbol selector arranged to select player symbols from a plurality of player symbols. The plurality of player symbols includes at least one special player symbol. The gaming system also comprises a display having a plurality of individual display positions... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227343 - Method of gaming, a game controller and a gaming system: A method of gaming includes selecting a plurality of symbols for display at respective ones of a plurality of sets of display positions on a display; selecting a position for at least one set of display positions relative to an evaluation area of the display adapted to display fewer symbols... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227339 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: selecting, in each whole reel symbol game round, symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions, subsets of the display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels set side by side, by: selecting a whole reel symbol from... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090227342 - Method of gaming, a gaming system, and a game controller: A method of gaming including: selecting in each game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, subsets of the display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels, each reel comprising... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227354 - Playing a spinning reel game: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for playing a spinning reel game on a gaming device. A selection is received from a player of one or more paylines among several paylines that the player thinks will contain a winning reel symbol combination at the end... Agent: Mollborn Patents, Inc.

20090227321 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes: a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed; a memory for storing positional information of the symbol display regions in which predetermined symbols are arranged; and a processor for controlling the display and the memory, the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227322 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes: a display device having a plurality of symbol display regions in which plural types of symbols are displayed; a memory for storing identification data of the symbols determined to be rearranged in the individual symbol display regions of a symbol matrix; and a processor for controlling... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227323 - Slot machine: A slot machine of the present invention includes a symbol matrix display area, first reels, second reels that are provided in an outer peripheral side of the first reels so as to enclose a plurality of the first reels, and a processor. The processor is configured to (a) rearrange first... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227324 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes: a display device for displaying plural types of symbols in symbol matrix element display regions; and a processor for controlling the display device, the processor being programmed to: (a) rearrange the plural types of symbols arranged in the symbol matrix display regions, in a condition that... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227326 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a display device for displaying a symbol matrix display region in which plural types of symbols are displayed; a memory for storing data concerning a number of predetermined symbols arranged in the symbol matrix display region; and a processor for controlling the display device and the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227327 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a display device having a controller for controlling the display device, the input device, the first memory, and the second memory. The controller is programmed to add the bonus point to a cumulative value of the first memory during the basic game; add the credit to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227328 - Slot machine: A slot machine according to the present invention includes a symbol matrix display area, second reels having second symbols arranged in a superimposed manner on first symbols of first reels, and a processor for controlling rotation of the first and second reels. The plurality of first reels each has an... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227338 - Slot machine: A slot machine according to the present invention includes a display device having a symbol display region for displaying plural types of symbols; a memory for storing image data concerning the plural types of symbols; and a processor for controlling the display device and the memory. The plural types of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227340 - Slot machine: A slot machine includes a display device displaying a symbol matrix display region in which plural types of symbols are displayed; a control panel for receiving operation by a player; a memory for storing data concerning a number of predetermined symbols arranged in the symbol matrix display region; and a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227325 - Slot machine having variety of awards with point-allocated symbols and control method thereof: In a slot machine, symbols are scrolled in plural display areas provided on a display at an execution of a slot game and then stopped in the display areas respectively. Furthermore, points are displayed nearby each of the symbols. If total points allocated to all identical symbols are equal-to or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090227351 - Slot machine which provides player with easy understanding of getting advantage in payout and playing method thereof: When a predetermined number of scatter symbols of a same kind are rearranged in any row in a row direction, these scatter symbols of the same kind are replaced to WILD symbols. Each of the WILD symbols is increased in a column direction and then fixed. In this situation, scatter... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227358 - Slot machine: A slot machine which: reads, from among the symbol image data stored in the memory, two symbol image data including symbol image data that may be combined with each other on condition that the side-BET is input; reduces the read symbol image data so that the two symbol images are... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227357 - Slot machine with alterable reel symbols: A mechanical reel system with alterable reel symbols. Pivoting reel symbol members are provided at predetermined locations about a reel, each member having two, three, or six sides, for example. On each surface, a different symbol (or a blank symbol) is disposed thereon. A transmissive LCD is positioned over the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090227359 - Playing method of card game and game machine: A method of playing card games, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: (a) accepting participation of players; (b) determining banker's cards and players' cards, the players' cards being dealt to the players having accepted participation, from a first card set consisting of plural types of cards; (c)... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227360 - Resequencing and validation of playing instruments: Methods and systems relating to virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments are provided. In one embodiment, a child deck may be created using one or more rules to resequence a parent virtual deck created from physical playing instruments, such as cards. In one embodiment, a player may be... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090227361 - Apparatus and method for providing a game: An apparatus (1) for providing a game is disclosed, including memory (2) for storing data indicative of a game credit value (3), an input device (4) responsive to an input message from one of a plurality of input terminals (7) for providing a game credit value adjustment message, a controller... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090227362 - Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods: A system, method and apparatus for a gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a rewards server and a separate gaming or slot accounting server. The system may further include a separate player tracking server. The system further includes one or more game machines. The game machines may include... Agent: Tips/bally C/o Intellevate LLC

20090227363 - Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods: A system, method and apparatus for a gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a rewards server and a separate gaming or slot accounting server. The system may further include a separate player tracking server. The system further includes one or more game machines. The game machines may include... Agent: Tips/bally C/o Intellevate LLC

20090227364 - Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods: A system, method and apparatus for a gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a rewards server and a separate gaming or slot accounting server. The system may further include a separate player tracking server. The system further includes one or more game machines. The game machines may include... Agent: Tips/bally C/o Intellevate LLC

20090227365 - Gaming system and method of gaming: A gaming system is provided including a game controller arranged to control play of a game, and a display arranged to display a representation of play of the game. The game controller is arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols for play of the game,... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227366 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A bonus game controller is disclosed for use with a plurality of gaming machines in networked relationship with the bonus game controller. The bonus game controller comprises a trigger determiner arranged to determine whether a bonus trigger signal has occurred at a gaming device. The bonus game controller is arranged... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090227367 - System and method for securing electronic games: According to some embodiments, a method, apparatus and computer readable medium are provided for facilitating play of a game utilizing an encoded player number and a decoding key for decoding the encoded player number.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090227369 - Amusement device having a configurable display for presenting games having different aspect ratios: An amusement device includes a display screen having a first aspect ratio and a currency input. The amusement device is operable by a user upon receipt by the currency input of at least one of coins, currency, and a credit card/debit card. A controller is configured to select and execute... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090227368 - Display of notational object in an interactive online environment: A method of displaying notes in an interactive game environment includes receiving information indicative of the note content, and displaying the note as a three-dimensional object in the game environment. The displayed note can be configured so that it is only visible in designated contexts, or to designated players or... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090227370 - Gaming machine and display device therefor: The present invention relates to a gaming machine having mechanical spinning reels and display units mounted inside the reels that are driven between a retracted position and a forward position. The display unit is displaced inwardly toward a central axis of the reel when located in the retracted position, and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090227371 - Method of gaming, a gaming system, and a game controller: A method of gaming includes generating a game outcome. The method also includes determining whether the game outcome includes a win outcome. The method further includes providing a three-dimensional representation of an object having a plurality of win outcome modifiers thereon. Additionally, the method includes controlling display of the object... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090227372 - Aim assisting apparatus: An aim assisting apparatus includes an image capturing device adapted to secure under a barrel of a handgun held by one hand, a front laser guiding unit, a camera and image storage unit, and a wireless transmitting unit; and a video playing device worn on the other hand and comprising... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090227373 - Game program, game device, and game control method: The present invention is related to reducing difference between a period of time elapsing until a first moving object moving in conjunction with a motion of a first character passes through a plane and a period of time elapsing until a second moving object released by a second character passes... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090227374 - Seamless mobility of location-based gaming across virtual and physical worlds: A method (200, 300) of hosting a geocaching game. The method can include interfacing with a geocaching game host (106) to retrieve geocaching game data (108) associated with a physical world geocaching game (122). The method also can include managing association data (114) that forms a nexus between a virtual... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090227376 - Game system and controlling method thereof: A game system of the present invention has a plurality of gaming machines capable of communicating with each other via a communication line. The plurality of gaming machines each have an input device operable to input an insurance BET. The plurality of gaming machines carry out the following processing. The... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227375 - Method and apparatus for employing cell phones as video game controllers: A method and apparatus are provided for using cell phones as controllers in a console video game, thereby allowing a large party of players to play simultaneously and to use an interface with which they are familiar. Best suited for question-and-answer style games, the cell phone interface is more adept... Agent: William G. Redmann

20090227377 - Advertising funded gaming system: A gaming where a hosts search for and select particular events they desire to manage; where players can wager on specific events with potentially no financial loss; and where vendors can engage in interactive advertising to increase sales. The host manages the game by setting up the odds and establishing... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20090227378 - Dynamic advertising system for interactive games: The invention is a system for displaying objects within an interactive game program, in which, the objects can be added during the game program creation and afterwards. Additionally, a component within the game program itself updates these objects and communicates with a centralized server that manages and controls the objects... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090227379 - Link system and playing method of card game: A link system of the present invention is provided with: a plurality of game machines and a link controller. The plurality of game machines includes: a controller, which causes a display device to display player's cards and banker's cards for a player having accepted participation entry, based upon participation entry... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090227380 - Gaming device base and method of use: A gaming device base having a storage area configured to store at least one non-currency gaming item is disclosed. The gaming device base further includes a horizontal support member having a substantially flat surface to support at least one gaming device. The gaming device base further has at least one... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20090227381 - Tether for game controller: A tether for securing a game controller to a user's wrist includes a retaining band or strap that encircles a portion of the game controller, a wristband, and a link that extends from the elastic band or strap to the wristband. In this way, a motion sensing game controller that... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090221337 - Physical activity-promoting game utilizing networked modules: A system and method are provided for a physically active game whose underlying purpose is to increase the level of physical activity in adolescents, and to have the game and associated activity be enjoyable and engaging such that physical activity becomes engrained as a habit that counters obesity. The game... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090221338 - Physical exercise video game method and apparatus: Described herein is a game and game system including one or more user motion tracking devices. In some embodiments, a heart rate sensor is also used to monitor the user.... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090221339 - Computer-implemented method and gaming apparatus for playing a card game: A computer-implemented method for playing a card game includes the steps of: allowing a player to place a first bet for a first outcome and an optional second bet for a second outcome; dealing player and dealer cards from a plurality of simulated playing cards; dealing another player card in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090221340 - Method and device for conducting a multiple-hand wagering game: A method of conducting a multiple-hand wagering game. A wager is placed on one of a plurality of hands. Each of the plurality of hands is dealt a number of game pieces. The player will win if the hand he bets has the highest ranking of the plurality of hands.... Agent: Robert Ryan Morishita Morishita Law Firm, LLC

20090221341 - Gaming system with interactive feature and control method thereof: In a gaming system, a player's language is specified by a conversation with the player participating in a roulette game at a gaming terminal. Then, a game can be played interactively by using a conversation engine. In addition, in case where a message is transmitted from one gaming terminal to... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221343 - Method and system for conducting a lottery game as a function of a player's purchase at a retail establishment: A system and method for conducting a lottery game at a retail establishment wherein players purchase goods or services involve a player placing a wager that is a function of the purchase price of the goods or services purchased at the retail establishment. A lottery draw is conducted at the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090221342 - Methods and apparatus for awarding prizes: A system for electronic interaction in a multi-player lottery system preferably displays information to players regarding various variable duration game rooms. The game rooms may be for durations such as 5 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour, and hour, a week or a month. The player may optionally be provided... Agent: O''melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-13-a7

20090221344 - gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a plurality of reels, each reel comprising a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols, a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from each reel for display, a reel selector arranged to select at least one reel, a function... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090221356 - Game apparatus, gaming method, and game program: A game apparatus is provided that determines an operation result based on a player's input operation with respect to an operation instruction and comprises: an operating unit that is divided into a plurality of subregions and that has at least one input region formed from some or all of the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090221351 - Gaming machine: A game environment will be described. A change symbol is determined by lottery, if a winning combination including the chance symbol is realized, a free game is shifted. Also, in the free game, a symbol display portion on which the chance symbol is displayed is held and reels are variably... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221352 - Gaming machine: A game environment will be described. In a base game, if specific symbols are adjacently displayed longitudinally or laterally, the adjacently display symbols are combined. And, a free game is shifted. In the free game, reels are variably displayed in a condition the symbol display portions on which the combined... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221349 - Gaming machine providing chance of payout for loss game and playing method thereof: A slot machine 1 includes a central liquid crystal panel 5B that has an arrangement area consisting of 5 columns and 3 rows (display windows 151 to 155) of a matrix type and arranges symbols 180 in the arrangement area, a coin insertion slot 12 that inserts a coin, a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221354 - Gaming machine that changes a displayed view of symbols: A method is described for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to provide a spinning reel game in which symbols are spun up on a plurality of reels, each reel having an associated sequence of symbols, and an award is awarded if a winning combination occurs. The method... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090221350 - Gaming machine using special symbol to be variably displayed and playing method thereof: A slot machine 1 of the invention includes a display area 150 in which a plurality of symbols 180 are arranged; a game that awards a payout in accordance with a relation among the symbols 180 arranged; and a controller 100. The controller rearranges the symbols 180 on the display... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221353 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: selecting a plurality of symbols for display in a set of display positions on a display in each game round; initiating a series of one or more bonus game rounds conferring a special benefit on the player in response to a trigger condition being met;... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090221345 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention is provided with: a display device on which plural types of symbols are arranged and a plurality of paylines can be set; at least one input device; and a controller. The controller is operable to: determine one payline from among the plurality of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221346 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention is provided with: a display device on which plural types of symbols are arranged and a plurality of paylines can be set; and a controller. The controller is operable to: randomly determine “n” paylines (n≧1) from among the plurality of paylines; set on... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221347 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine of the present invention is provided with: a display device on which plural types of symbols are arranged and a plurality of paylines can be set; at least one input device; and a controller. The controller is operable to: determine “n” paylines (n=1) from among the plurality... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221348 - Slot machine providing return which increases player's expectation and playing method thereof: A countdown is performed, on condition that all kinds of animal symbols are rearranged without a payout. Then, a return is provided in the form of awarding a bonus payout, when the count-value reaches “0”.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221357 - System and method for wagering based on multiple financial market indicators: A method for wagering, comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. The method continues by determining a first symbol for a first reel of the slot machine based at least in part upon a first value and a second value. The first value... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090221355 - Systems and methods of conducting a game of chance: h) selecting a round winner based on a comparison of the first and second award, such that the first player is selected as the round winner if the first award exceeds the second award, and the second player is selected as the round winner if the second award exceeds the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090221359 - Authenticating files in wagering game machines: Methods and apparatus for authenticating content in wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes authenticating a first set of wagering game files stored on a storage device of a wagering game machine. The method can also include starting a wagering game on the wagering... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090221360 - Electronic gaming network: An electronic gaming network (1) having a server (2) and a plurality of remote gaming terminals (6). Each terminal (6) includes a credit receiver (14) and a payment generator (16). On the basis of play requests received in the server, the network is arranged to interlink two or more of... Agent: William J. Mcnichol, Jr. Esq. Reed Smith LLP

20090221361 - Gaming machine accepting side bet and control method thereof: A gaming machine according to the present invention includes: a gaming portion in which a plurality of main dice roll and stop; a timer capable of measuring time; a station having an input device with which a player can place a normal BET and a side BET different from the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090221362 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which includes at least one game section having a plurality of game portions, and a selector arranged to select at least one game portion, the at least one selected game portion being used to determine a game outcome. The gaming system is arranged to move... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090221358 - Method of no-loss casino gambling: A gambler engaged in casino gambling wagers on a game of chance, either winning or losing. Regardless of outcome, the casino invests the wager for a limited time period in a financial arrangement suited to return a profit. At the end of the limited time, the casino returns the wager... Agent: Kyle W. Rost

20090221363 - Regulated gaming trusted energy saving: Trusted Energy Saving (TES) methods applied to server based distributed downloadable gaming for allowing casino operators to significantly reduce their energy bills by placing the main controller of selected unused gaining machines into low-power mode while retaining total control and trust. Trusted Energy Saving is accomplished by: (1) establishing a... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C.

20090221364 - Method and apparatus for the identification and position measurement of chips on a gaming surface: The present invention is directed to a method for determining a position of each of a plurality of gaming chips on a gaming surface. Each of the plurality of gaming chips includes an inductively coupled RFID tag disposed therein. The gaming surface includes a first area and at least one... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090221365 - Verification system for on-line gamers performing automatic verification of game results: An automatic verification system for automatically verifying a winner of an on-line game is disclosed. The verification system (a server/memory connected to the Internet) contains information about subscriber players and contains accounts that are used for betting on outcomes of skill games. The subscribers access the system via the Internet... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20090221366 - Configuration of a gaming device: Methods and apparatus for configuration of a gaming device are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving configuration information associated with a specific gaming machine. The method can also include, based at least in part on the configuration information, determining configuration settings and obtaining values for the configuration... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090221368 - Method and system for creating a shared game space for a networked game: Techniques for creating a shared virtual space based on one or more real-world spaces are disclosed. Representations of the real-world spaces are combined in different ways to create a shared virtual game space within which each person's real-world movements are interpreted to create a shared feeling of physical proximity and... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Agency

20090221367 - On-line gaming: There is described a player terminal for use with a gaming server over a distributed communications network for facilitating the playing of a distributed multi-player on-line game involving interactions between different players in a virtual playing environment. The player terminal comprises: receiving means for receiving from the server, information specifying... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090221369 - Video game controller: A controller configured to interactively control images, such as visual images including video images in interactive-multi-media including video games and the like. In one preferred embodiment, a controller is configured to generate a plurality of electromagnetic beams, whereby the user may selectively interrupt one or more of the electromagnetic beams... Agent: Law Office Of Robert C. Klinger

20090221372 - Footpad-based game and gaming system: Described herein are games and game systems including a text messaging phone keypad foot mat. The phone keypad foot mat typically includes regions similar to the buttons of an enlarged telephone keypad. A user can step on these input regions (“buttons” or “keys”) to type a text. Thus, a player... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090221370 - Force feedback device: A force feedback device includes a platform, an elastic apparatus, a drive apparatus, a sensor, a control card, and a software system. The software system is configured to process data of a game and transmit data to the control card. The control card is configured to control the drive apparatus... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090221371 - Moovdisk: Described herein is a game system that includes a game control unit that communicates with a plurality of play units. Each play unit typically has a user input functionality (e.g., a button) and a visual indicator (e.g., lights). The play units can communicate and receive instructions from the game control... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090221374 - Method and system for controlling movements of objects in a videogame: Techniques for controlling movements of an object in a videogame are disclosed. At least one video camera is used at a location where at least a player plays the videogame, the video camera captures various movements of the player. A designated device (e.g., a game console or computer) is configured... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Agency

20090221373 - Network game system, network game program, network game apparatus, and network game control method: A player can be prevented from successively using an object that affects the outcome of a match in a network competition game executed among a plurality of clients via a network. An object is selected at the end of a match event of competition game by a client on the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090221375 - Wide-screen bar top gaming machine and method: A bar top gaming machine cabinet is disclosed. The gaming machine cabinet includes a wide-screen display mounted in a top of the cabinet. Peripherals such as a currency acceptor and/or printer are installed in the interior of the cabinet beneath the display. Paper chutes extend from the peripherals to the... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.