Amusement devices: games inventions

20080167103 - Gaming apparatus and method for providing game: A gaming apparatus includes: a first memory that stores dealer images of a plurality of dealer characters; a display device that displays the dealer image of one of the dealer characters; a betting unit that receives a bet operation input by a player; a second memory that stores a total... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080167102 - Video game for tagging photos: A multi-player solitaire or multi-player video game that generates tags for digital images. A tabletop or computer screen video game provides an enjoyable way for collocated players to view, share, talk about and, in the process tag photos. The video games can generate valuable text labels for photos with multiple... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080167104 - Gaming system and method of operation thereof: The successful wager pays an amount of at least 2 times the side wager if the first card dealt is a seven, 10 times the wager if the first two cards dealt are sevens but of different suites, 20 times the side wager if the first 2 cards dealt are... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080167105 - Gaming device and method for activating multiple poker hands upon the wager of a single credit: The present invention includes an apparatus and method for operating a gaming device that enables or activates one or more poker hands upon the receipt or wager of a single credit from the player. 3 The gaming device of the present invention maintains and displays a plurality of poker hands... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080167107 - Apparatus and method for generating a graphical transformation of a lottery input number: One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus comprising an input for receiving a lottery number, K, and an output for presenting a graphical selector comprising N options. The graphical selector steps in sequence through said N options in accordance with the received lottery number K to select an option. The... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080167109 - Gaming device and method of use: A gaming device including a game apparatus configured to allow a player to play a game including moveable prize objects is disclosed. The gaming device may also include a prize object holder configured to hold the prize objects where the prize objects are allowed to move within the prize object... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080167108 - Gaming device having high-low game: A gaming device that randomly generates and displays a set of different amounts on a display device. In one embodiment, the game generates three amounts. The game asks the player to pick one of the amounts for which the player thinks that the game will generate a comparison amount having... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080167106 - System for managing promotions: In various embodiments, promotions are featured on mobile gaming devices.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080167111 - Gaming machine allowing a player to select a winning combination of a basic game: A gaming machine includes a display device, a memory and a controller. The display device displays an image related to a game. The controller is configured with logic to: (a) cause the display device to display winning combinations so as to provide a player with a chance to select in... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080167110 - Multi-media system for lottery draws: A system for conducting a lottery draw, the system including: (a) a database of pre-recorded video files of one or more humans, (b) a lottery number drawing means for randomly selecting one or more lottery numbers to determine one or more winning numbers for a game draw, and (c) display... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080167114 - 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 in a display area, an outcome generator arranged to determine a game outcome based on the displayed symbols and to provide a player reward when the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080167113 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: conducting an initial play round comprising: selecting and displaying a first set of normal symbols at a plurality of display positions; displaying at least one special symbol at a display position; determining a game outcome based on each at least one special symbol and the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080167115 - Method of replicating a symbol in a game matrix: The present invention replicates a symbol into one or more other symbol positions of the symbol matrix in accordance with the replication properties of the location in which said symbol appears in the symbol matrix. A preferred embodiment of the present invention (“Replicating Wilds”) uses a symbol matrix formed by... Agent: Ptt LLC (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080167112 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A plurality of slot game areas is provided on a liquid crystal display and an area to be activated among the slot game areas is determined according to the number of bet credits or the number of inserted medals. Then, a slot game is executed in the activated slot game... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080167116 - Slot machine bonus round with color picking game: A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a color (or other attribute) guessing game, wherein a player can guess colors associated with each a plurality of elements (e.g., doors, boxes, etc.) After each guess, the player is then presented with the individual colors that the player... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080167118 - Apparatus for providing amusement: Certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments are taught which include a game comprising, a digital processor, digital storage coupled to the digital processor for storing instructions, a display coupled to the digital processor displaying a first plurality of indicia arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns such that... Agent: Tips/bally

20080167119 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a game controller arranged to selectively implement one of a plurality of games in response to player input, and a denomination selector arranged to facilitate selection by a player of a bet denomination, each game being associated with at least one bet denomination,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080167120 - Interactive entertainment: An on line entertainment system is provided which involves one or more servers and client stations for the provision of games whereby the interaction between the player and the game server results in the production of various screen shots on the players display which provide the ability for the player... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080167117 - Method and system for providing electronic multiplayer tournaments with real-money prizes during tournament play: An electronic multiplayer tournament is provided in which participating players can win real-money prizes during tournament play, that is, prizes that can be redeemed for value outside of the context of the tournament prize, in addition to overall tournament prizes at the close of tournament play. The real-money prizes may... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080167121 - Game device, game process control method, and information storage medium: When a player Pa plays a ghost match against a player Pb, a player's car PC is controlled based on the operation of the player Pa, and a ghost car GC is computer-controlled based on ghost data Gb which is the previous play data of the player Pb. When the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080167122 - Game device, server device, game process control method, and information storage medium: In a car racing game, one player is given a crown in racecourse units which indicates that the player is the fastest player (champion) of the racecourse. A player can play a crown competition with the player possessing the crown aiming to acquire the crown. For example, when a player... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080167123 - Gaming machine with virtual user interface: Gaming machines having a virtual user interface are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a game display for presenting a game. The gaming machine also includes a virtual interface controller for generating and presenting a virtual user interface on a surface of the gaming machine where... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080167125 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a display, a symbol selector arranged to select at least a first set of normal symbols to be displayed by the display at a plurality of display positions and to cause a special symbol to be displayed at a display position, a special... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080167124 - System and method for adding in-game functionality: A system and method for adding, accessing and/or using software modules within the context of an active computer game are provided. The system and method include overlaying graphics/video on top of the game.... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080167126 - Portable screen used in game machine: A portable screen is used in a game machine and integrated therewith. The users can enjoy the audio-visual amusement supplying by the game machine at any time and any position. The portable screen is also easy to be received and schlepped. Furthermore, the present invention preferably includes a game machine... Agent: Hdsl

20080167127 - Integration of media on gaming consoles: Various mechanisms are disclosed herein for integrating media on a gaming console. For instance, a dashboard having a plurality of media selections can be displayed, where such a dashboard is native to a gaming console and where at least one of the media selections is a television selection. Moreover, users... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080167128 - Television viewing on gaming consoles: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including television viewing on a gaming console. A client component is installed via a bootstrap process that uses authentication information to accomplish this task. Once installed, it integrates itself into a typical gaming display. Various console hardware details are used to enable... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080167132 - Dynamic configuration of a gaming system: A method to enable dynamic configuration of gaming terminals installed in one or a plurality of gaming premises whereby certified games, certified data files and certified support software components are activated in accordance with a predetermined schedule or automatically in response to the observed gaming activity. The method may include... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080167129 - Geocaching games having virtual prizes awarded in an associated video game and related methods and computer program products: Methods of implementing geocaching games are provided in which information is provided regarding a location of a waypoint. Thereafter, it is confirmed that a player of the game physically arrived at the waypoint. After such confirmation has been obtained, the player may be awarded a virtual prize. Related geocaching games... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080167131 - Interactive entertainment electronic system: The present invention relates to a remote play device for an interactive entertainment system and may include a class D amplifier and at least one motion detection device. The remote play device may also include a processor to adapt sound effects played through the class D amplifier based upon the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080167130 - Systems for providing amusement: Certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments disclosed herein teach a game system comprising a wide area network, a game unit coupled to the wide area network and capable of uploading game data concerning game play, and a server coupled to the wide area network and capable of receiving the game data and... Agent: Tips/bally

20080167133 - Recording media on gaming consoles: An integrated gaming and media experience is disclosed, including recording of content on a gaming console. A digital video recorder (DVR) application running alongside a television client component allows users to record media content on the gaming console. The DVR application also integrates itself with the console menu. Once integrated,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080161078 - Game result evaluating method and device: Further interest after completion of a game and motivation to participate in the next game are given to players of any skill. Using the results (for example, skill points, maximum combo number) of players evaluated for each predetermined parameter in for example a music game, and players again compete against... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080161079 - Method and apparatus for playing block-stacking game: A method for playing a block-stacking game is executed in an apparatus showing an array and blocks of different types and allowing at least one player to stack the blocks in the array. The blocks are displayed in the array in sequence, and only one block is moved from a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080161082 - Products and processes for controlling access to vending machine products: m

20080161081 - Sudoku-type gaming activity: Providing a Sudoku-type gaming experience to a player involves presenting a playing field having a plurality of geometrically linked cells. The playing field has one or more pay regions each including a predefined number of cells of the plurality of cells. Within each of the cells a symbol selected from... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, Llc

20080161080 - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products providing a brain-exercising game: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are provided for exercising the user's brain, and in particular the user's short-term memory. More particularly, a gaming application is provided that may be executed by the processor of an electronic device, such as a mobile terminal. The gaming application provides a game... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080161083 - Utilizing a gaming environment for evaluating security policies: An approach for utilizing a gaming environment for evaluating security policies is presented. An administrator uses a mapping system to map policy tags corresponding to a policy manager with game tags corresponding to a game manager. In addition, the mapping system configures a participant's game based upon gaming attributes and... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080161084 - Gaming machine, control method thereof and playing method of card game: A gaming machine comprises a controller, a first display and a second display. The controller is operable to (a) execute a poker game as a base game, (b) execute the base game to be played subsequently as a high-probability game with a raised winning probability if the predetermined combination is... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161085 - Ace up poker game: A poker game with physical cards or on an electronic gaming device may be played in which the aces are promoted up a payout schedule so as to provide greater payout than aces normally are accorded based upon pure statistical likelihood of the ace hand occurring. Multiple rounds of poker... Agent: Barber Legal

20080161086 - Pawn with triggerable sub parts: A pawn (10) for use on a board (21) is provided. The pawn (10) is arranged to provide a trigger signal upon a touch of a triggerable part of the pawn (10) by a user, and comprises communication means for communicating the trigger signal to a board (21). The pawn... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080161087 - Slot machine and playing method of slot machine: A slot machine comprises a display, an input device and a CPU. The display is provided with slot game areas each in which a slot game is executed to rearrange symbols arranged thereon. The input device reads the number of credits bet by a player. The CPU activates one or... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161088 - Gaming method, gaming apparatus for performing the gaming method, and computer program product storing a gaming program of the gaming method: A gaming method is implemented using an electronic gaming apparatus, and includes: upon initiating a game, displaying a betting cell group including a plurality of betting cells, each displaying a randomly selected indicium; after bets are placed on selected ones of the betting cells, displaying a game-result cell group including... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.c.

20080161098 - Embedded reel games with progressives: A method and gaming machine are disclosed for operating a game with a primary and embedded game. An embedded game is disclosed as a bonus game with one embodiment animating miniature reels inside the primary game symbol. Each embedded slot game may have its own progressive, or may be tied... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20080161097 - Gaming device and method having independent reels and multiple ways of winning: A gaming device including a plurality of unisymbol reels which are each selectively activated to generate a symbol at an active symbol position. After a plurality of symbols are generated by the unisymbol reels (wherein the number of generated symbols is based on a wagered on number of ways to... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080161094 - Gaming device, system, and method having concurrent gaming features: A gaming device having a primary game and at least one concurrent game that is played on the primary game playfield using the outcome of the primary game. The concurrent game or games are separate from the primary game and may pay awards regardless of the outcome of the primary... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20080161096 - Horseshoe payline system and games using that system: A pay line system has a novel type of pay line that can be provided in a variety of different display systems, including at least 3×3 reel-type displays, 3×4, 4×3, 3×5, 5×3, 4×5 and 5×4 displays. The pay lines are preferably displayed on 3×5 or 5×3 window formats and comprise... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080161100 - Method and apparatus for player stimulation: A gaming apparatus includes a value input device, a display unit that is capable of generating video images, a light array, an audio output device, and a controller operatively coupled to said value input device, said display unit, said light array and said audio output device, said controller including a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080161095 - Method of rearranging objects in a game matrix: The present invention includes a variety of methods for rearranging symbols in a symbol matrix by displaying the rotation of symbols around a common point. In a preferred embodiment, each symbol rotates along its own path around a common point located in the center of the matrix. In another preferred... Agent: Ptt Llc (d/b/a High 5 Games)

20080161090 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of: (A) executing a game in which the plurality of symbols are variably displayed and then stop-displayed to the symbol... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161093 - Slot machine and playing method of slot machine: A slot machine comprises a display, an input device and a CPU. The display is provided with slot game areas each in which a slot game is executed to rearrange symbols arranged thereon. The input device reads the number of credits bet by a player. The CPU activates one or... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161091 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine comprises a display, a selecting device and a controller. The display has slot game areas and displays slot games on the slot game areas. One or more slot game areas to be activated are selected by the selecting device. The controller is operable to (a) activate the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161092 - Slot machine including multiple slot game areas and playing method thereof: Multiple slot game areas are provided on a liquid crystal display. Among the respective slot game areas, the slot games areas to be activated are determined in accordance with a number of bet credits or with a number of inserted medals. Then, slot games are executed in the respective slot... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080161089 - Surface conduction electron emitter display in a wagering game system: A computerized wagering game system has a surface conduction electron emitter display. In various further embodiments, the display is a main system display, a top box display, or a side panel display.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080161099 - System for playing a slot machine game: Systems and methods for playing live casino games. The systems have changeable displays which portray virtual playing cards or symbols to live participants. Shuffling, cutting, dealing and return of playing cards are accomplished using data processing functions within an electronic game processor or processors which enable these functions to be... Agent: Gregory Ipl, P.c.

20080161104 - Game management system: A game management system includes: a resonant tag which records card identification information and is provided with each of a plurality of cards; a wireless ID tag which records chip identification information and is provided with each of a plurality of chips; a first identification information detector which is provided... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080161103 - Multiplayer interactive video gaming device: An improved multiplayer interactive video gaming device includes a plurality of independent player stations, each including at least one data input device configured to output a player input signal responsive to player activation. A computer game assembly executes a video card gaming program responsively to player game instructions. An interface... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.c.

20080161102 - Non-risk gaming: A method for providing a wagering system regarding at least a partial result in at least one broadcast event. The method includes determining a prize payout amount for a winning wager based, at least partially, upon an audience rating of the broadcast event; and crediting the prize payout amount to... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080161101 - Top performers: In various embodiments, a player may participate in a game of a top performing player.... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080161105 - Progressive jackpot gaming systems and methods: Various embodiments of progressive gaming systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises providing a progressive jackpot, and biasing a chance of winning the progressive jackpot based on a wager amount.... Agent: Cadillac Jack, Inc

20080161107 - Enhanced video gaming machine: The present invention provides a closed-loop system that allows the operator of video gaming machines or other systems to define promotional events for the particular machines or systems, monitor the activity of the particular machines or systems, and grant awards. More specifically, the promotional events may include scheduling information, winning... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, Llc

20080161106 - Method of and apparatus for solving sudoku puzzles: A display, either on a sheet or an electronic device, for use in solving a Sudoku puzzle includes a 9×9 matrix of cells arranged in nine columns and nine rows. Each cell includes nine different characters representing trial solution numerals from one to nine inclusive. A user selectively causes deletion... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080161108 - Wagering game machine digital audio amplifier: A computerized wagering game system has a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and an audio module comprising a digital audio amplifier, the audio module operable to receive... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080161109 - Entertainment system using bio-response: An entertainment system using bio-response includes a narrative, which includes a plurality of narrative segments assembled into at least one of a plurality of sequences, depending on at least one of a user profile and user bio-response, to create a plurality of cogent narratives.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080161110 - In-room gaming: An interactive system allows gambling in hotel rooms (or other remote locations that are part of a cable TV system) using a Video On Demand (VOD) system interfaced with circuit boards used to operated a corresponding plurality video gaming machines, including video slots and video card games. Player checking in... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080161111 - Method and system for interactive game playing with cellular phones: Interactive games such as role playing games are played on a cellular phone. The games are played by transmitting portions of the game to the player and obtaining a response from the player. The game portions are typically transmitted from an internet server and the player's cellular phone, such as... Agent: Randall B. Bateman Bateman Ip Law Group

20080161114 - Method, system and apparatus for game data transmission: The present invention provides a method for game data transmission, including: acquiring, by a client upon logging into a server, a session key assigned by the server; encrypting game data with the session key, and submitting the encrypted game data to the server; decrypting and verifying the received game data... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080161112 - Multiplayer interactive video gaming device: A multiplayer interactive video gaming device is provided. The device includes a computer workstation assembly, at least one player station, and an interface assembly in operative communication with at least one data port of the computer workstation assembly and configured to receive player input messages from a plurality of the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.c.

20080161113 - Video games including real-life attributes and/or fantasy team settings: A video gaming system and related network interfaces with an online fantasy sports game. The video game play is enhanced using various features of a fantasy sports game. Similarly, the fantasy sports game can be enhanced using various features of the video game play. In one aspect of the invention... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080161115 - Motion detector for electronic devices: A motion detector (10) includes a chamber (102), a resilient suspension arm (104), an air bearing slider (110), at least one piezoresistive sensor (106), and an infrared sensor module (112). The chamber has a front plate (1024) and a back plate (1026) located on the opposite side of the chamber,... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080153559 - System of bodies which, by mutual communication, detect and then jointly signalize a predetermined concatenation, storage box for such a system and memory suitable for use in such a storage box: A system of bodies each having their own electronic identity representation visualized on respective corresponding outer faces of these bodies. The bodies comprise communication means for having the identity representations queried externally. The system comprises means for selectively detecting respective predetermined physical concatenations of such identities as representations of corresponding... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.c.

20080153561 - Gaming machine, gaming machine control method, and playing method: A gaming machine is provided, which includes a display and a controller. The controller controls the display so as to display an image related to a high-probability win game. The controller is configured with logic to: (a) distribute cards to a player; (b) exchange one or more of the distributed... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080153560 - Video poker game with special payout: A particular winning hand combination is converted into a different winning hand combination with a higher payout amount. In the preferred embodiment, whenever the player achieves a poker hand of Three-of-a-Kind and two Aces, the hand converts to a Four-of-a-Kind and the player receives the payout amount associated with Four-of-a-Kind.... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20080153566 - Configurable user interface for a gaming apparatus: A gaming machine is disclosed. The gaming machine includes a controller that controls play of a game and selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation a user interface includes a combination of a touch screen on the display and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080153562 - Gaming machine, game system, its program, and recording medium: The game machine controls the progress of a game based on data read out from the play items, and issues a new play item for each game played. The game machine includes means for setting a game fee at a discount rate in accordance with the number of previous consecutive... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080153564 - Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards: A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines, gaming tables, hand held gaming devices and/or community gaming displays. The central server monitors wagers placed on any games played. Based at least in part on the wagers placed, the central server determines when one or... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080153565 - Method and apparatus for enhanced play of a gaming device: An electronic amusement device and a method for operating the device are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a slot machine identifies a tracked symbol and initializes a running count representing active occurrences of the tracked symbol generated during a play session. During the session, the slot machine generates at... Agent: Walker Digital Management, Llc

20080153567 - Vending machine having a game of chance: A machine for vending snacks, product samples, customer appreciation prizes, or time-metered services which offers a patron a game of chance. A patron receives a free fractional vend with a previously purchased product for use in a vending machine having products produced by the same manufacturer, wherein the token activates... Agent: Diller, Ramik & Wight

20080153563 - Wagering game with enhancement feature for bonus-triggering event: A gaming terminal (10) is utilized for playing a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game. The gaming (10) terminal has a wager-input device (16a, 16b). A display (26) displays a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the basic game. The symbols indicate a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080153568 - Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class: Game play requests in a bingo gaming system are associated with different play characteristic classes and collected into different game play groups simultaneously according to play characteristic class. Once a sufficient number of game play requests are collected in a respective game play group, a bingo game is conducted with... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.c.

20080153569 - Gaming device: A gaming machine including a cabinet 3 having under lamps 25, and an operation table 10 which, as well as being disposed on a front surface 3a of the cabinet 3, protrudes on a side of a player P positioned in front of the cabinet 3, the under lamps 25,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080153576 - Gaming device and method featuring an award occuring on non-winning outcomes: A gaming device having a primary game and paying awards under certain conditions if the outcome of the primary game is not on a winning outcome.... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20080153577 - Gaming device with transparent organic light emitting display and methods of use: A gaming apparatus includes a moveable display surface and an actuator that is coupled to the display surface for moving the display surface. A transparent organic light emitting display is positioned adjacent to the display surface. The transparent organic light emitting display is configured to display a presentation and to... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080153571 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises a symbol display device capable of rearranging a plurality of symbols; and a controller, the controller programmed to conduct processing of (A) executing a game in which, after game media in number equal to or less than a predetermined maximum number of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080153573 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine comprises a display and a controller. The display has slot game areas including a specific slot game area and displays slot games on the slot game areas. The controller is operable to (a) execute the slot games on one or more of the slot game areas except... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080153574 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine comprises a display, an input device and a controller. The display has slot game areas including at least one slot game area constituted by mechanical reels and at least one slot game area constituted by a liquid crystal display panel and displays slot games on the slot... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080153575 - Slot machine and playing method thereof: A slot machine comprises a display, an input device and a controller. The display has slot game areas including a specific slot game area and displays slot games on the slot game areas. A bet amount is input into the input device. Some of the bet amount is accumulated for... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080153570 - Slot machine bonus round with skill level choice: A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to allow a player to select a skill level (e.g., easy, medium, hard) for a bonus round. The player is then presented with a task in the bonus round, and if the player successfully completes the task, then the player is... Agent: Muskin & Cusick Llc

20080153572 - Slot machine including multiple slot game areas and playing method thereof: Multiple slot game areas are provided on a liquid crystal display. Among the respective slot game areas, the areas to be activated are determined in accordance either with a number of bet credits or with a number of inserted medals. Slot games are executed in the activated slot game areas.... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080153578 - Chip-based gaming: Chip-Based Gaming includes methods for playing electronic games of chance or skill that provide players with a greater number of options and greater wagering flexibility than previous methods have afforded them. In the present Chip-Based gaming model, players may select virtual betting chips from an onscreen palette and apply those... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.c. Alan W. Young

20080153580 - Bezel interface for a card loading system: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, for transferring data cards between a card loading device and a data card unit of a gaming device. The gaming device includes a cabinet, a bezel, an associated display, and an associated data interface. The bezel is attached to the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080153581 - Card loading system for a data card unit: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, for transferring data cards between a card loading device and a data card unit of a gaming device. The gaming device has a card mouth adapted to receive and dispense data cards. The card loading device includes a housing, a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080153586 - Chip-based gaming: Chip-Based Gaming includes methods for playing electronic games of chance or skill that provide players with a greater number of options and greater wagering flexibility than previous methods have afforded them. In the present Chip-Based gaming model, players may select virtual betting chips from an onscreen palette and apply those... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.c. Alan W. Young

20080153585 - Device and method for providing payouts based on activity and ranks of other gaming sessions: One embodiment of the present invention provides for determining a first gaming session; determining a rank of the first gaming session; determining at least one gaming session, each at least one gaming session of the first set having a respective rank that is not higher than the rank of the... Agent: Walker Digital Management, Llc

20080153582 - Gaming device and method of controlling the same: A memory of a gaming device stores therein a string of numbers that gradually increase by a predetermined increment, and a history of a bet amount in every game. A processor of the gaming machine operates to: control an operation of the gaming unit in such a manner that a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080153584 - Gaming device having match game with award determined by prediction of correct matches: A gaming device having a game which includes a predicted number of matches, and an actual number of matches. An award is provided to the player that is based on the absolute value of the difference between the predicted number of matches and the actual number of matches.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080153579 - Interactive wagering systems and processes: Systems and processes for interactive off-track wagering are provided. A user reviews racing information and places bets using an off-track terminal. The user interactively selects a desired racetrack and race. Odds, pools, and payoff amounts may be viewed for a variety of complex wager types. To place a wager, the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080153583 - System and method for gaming terminal with account funding: A system and method for providing a terminal with account funding is described. In one exemplary aspect of the invention, a system is provided having an interface whereby a player can interact with the gaming system. The interface allows the player to request a transfer of funds from the player's... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080153587 - Progressive jackpot system accelerating increment rate of jackpot value: A progressive jackpot (PJP) system of the invention increments two types of jackpot values. A PJP controller increments a first jackpot value by a percentage of each bet placed on gaming machines. The increment rate of the first jackpot value is predetermined from a payout percentage of the PJP system.... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080153588 - Secure media distribution in a wager gaming system: Novel wager gaming systems, machines, and methods for ensuring that wager game code on a game disc executes on an authorized wager gaming machine are described. To prevent an unauthorized copy of a wager game disc or other storage medium is not able to execute on a gaming machine, the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080153589 - Rotisserie fantasy league visualization tools: A computer-based method for generating graphical representations of statistics such as player rankings in a fantasy sports game is disclosed. A statistic for a particular team or player is displayed on a graph in a position based on the value of the statistic at a particular time. The graph displays... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080153590 - Tactile wearable gaming device: A tactile garment, such as a gaming vest (420) or other garment or body-enveloping device. A pneumatic force-generating device (425) is embedded in the vest in multiple cell zones for selectively applying a modulated force to a user wearing the multi-layered vest. A compressed air source comprising a compressor (612)... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080153591 - Teleportation systems and methods in a virtual environment: Provided are systems and methods for teleportation in a virtual environment. One embodiment of such a system can be implemented as a head mounted display configured to provide an immersive virtual environment and a teleportation device configured to provide navigation in the virtual environment; at least one feedback device configured... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080153592 - Computer game controllers: A controller means (10) for controlling a computer game defines a support means (54) which may include a seat (56) or the like on which a player may sit, stand or be supported. The support means (54) is disposed on a bearing means (106) incorporating or associated with a control... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP Ip Group, Columbia Square

20080153593 - Game operating device: A game operating device (controller) includes a longitudinal housing, and a holding portion held by hand to be wrapped by its palm it is formed in the housing. A direction switch is provided on an upper surface at a position where it can be operated by thumb of the hand... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080153594 - Interactive toy system and methods: An entertainment system, methods and computer software product are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an entertainment system comprises at least one hand held controller with a plurality of accelerometers and a touch screen interface. The system further includes a base station and an accessory box. The base station routs signals... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20080153597 - Gaming system and method featuring dynamic graphical wagering: A system featuring the dynamic graphical display of a wager comprises: A computer; A player console comprising responsive displaying means; said computer being capable of responding to the activation of said responsive displaying means; And common displaying means being capable of responding to said computer; Wherein said computer is capable... Agent: R. Martin Oliveras

20080153599 - Reporting function in gaming system environment: A gaming related system employs a front end application that allows access to various reports from various, disparate databases. Such may avoid reviewing reports in SQL Reporting services. Identification of reports and/or categories of reports, as well as access to reports and categories of reports may be limited based on... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080153595 - Social rewards for online game playing: Useful information is acquired from a community of individuals by way of a game that rewards participants with social information about other participants. Points can be awarded to participants simply for participation and/or as a function of game performance. Such points can subsequently be exchanged to reveal information about game... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080153598 - System of doing business comprising an electronic game, a computer and a corresponding website: A system of promoting and/or doing business while a potential customer plays an electronic game. The system involves the use of a website, a specially designed web page or pages, and an electronic game that is connected through wired or wireless mechanism to a computer.... Agent: Butzel Long

20080153601 - Game system for varying parameter of a character: A game apparatus generates a game image for display on a display screen. A size and a shape of an attack input supplied to the game apparatus is determined and one or more characteristics of an attacked game character is changed based on one or both of the size and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080153600 - Gaming system configuration change reporting: Gaming machines may be remotely reconfigured and/or reprogrammed, data remotely collected, and a comparison performed between at least two different configurations. Such may be done to determine optimal configurations of gaming machines for various periods (e.g., days, times, months, Holidays). The reconfiguration and/or reprogramming may, for example, change a minimum... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080153602 - Hand wielded weapon: A hand wielded weapon including a flexible elongated lanyard with connector means for receiving an innocuous container and keys and/or other objects, the container configured for releasably dispensing upon sufficient impact a selected substance capable of marking for identification of, distracting, and/or temporarily incapacitating, an assailant. The lanyard provides increased... Agent: Edward E. Roberts

20080153596 - System, method and apparatus for connecting video game players and associated virtual avatars to communicate, buy, sell, trade, search for companions, search for help, and exchange content about/of/in multiplayer online worlds: A website consisting of code to enable all gamers to input data for system to match players according to play time, guild, interest, and many other factor relating to Massive Multiplayer Online Game world. Prior Art such as forums, bulletin boards, shout channel inside a particular region within the game... Agent: Long Nguyen

20080146301 - System and method of using sudden motion sensor data for percussive game input: A system and method influence game play in a computer game based on percussive input. The percussive input is measured by a sudden motion sensor used to park a hard disk drive head during sudden movement.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20080146303 - Game for moving an object on a screen in response to movement of an operation article: Since a cursor displayed on a screen of a television monitor moves in conjunction with a motion of an operation article operated by a player, intuitive operation can be possible so that the player can play a game easily. A mermaid displayed on the screen follows the cursor when the... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20080146302 - Massive multiplayer event using physical skills: The invention disclosed is a massive multiplayer online game or event. An online server is connected to the world wide web. A first sensor to detect movement and orientation of a first user, wherein first data signals are communicated from said sensor to the online server; and a second sensor... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080146304 - Financial trading game: A game, and more particularly to an electronic game that simulates trading securities on an exchange. The game is preferably played as a video gaming machine for gambling purposes. A computing device is provided having, among other things, a video screen display on which a line chart is displayed. The... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080146305 - Casino game with next round multipliers: A player plays a first round of a casino game. If the player achieves a winning outcome on the first round of play, the payouts for the next round of play of the casino game will be increased. The amount of the increase is based on the category of the... Agent: John Edward Roethel

20080146307 - Electronic gaming machines with different player or dealer assigned virtual card stacks or other symbol sets: A gaming apparatus and methods which include multiple virtual stacks of symbols, such as cards, numbers, picture symbols or other symbols. In one form each player has an individual virtual stack and the dealer has one stack. In another form each player has one stack and the dealer has individual... Agent: Gregory Ipl, P.c.

20080146306 - Gaming machine, gaming machine control method, and playing method: A gaming machine is provided, which includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured with logic to: a) distribute an initial set of cards to a player; b) exchange one or more cards among the initial set of cards with different cards in accordance with selection by the... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080146308 - Gaming apparatus and playing method thereof: For a number of execution times of roulette game in a roulette game machine (1), if the number of land-in times at a prescribed numbered pocket (23) has become equal to or greater than a reference time number, then from among a plurality of control data sets such a control... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080146309 - Gaming console and system having dynamic feature game: A gaming console or system including a video display, and a game control processor arranged to control images displayed on the video display. The game control processor is arranged to play a first game displayed on the video display and, if a winning combination results, the console or system pays... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080146318 - Dynamic generation of a profile for a spinning reel of a gaming system: A gaming machine having spinning reels and methods for operating the gaming machine use a reel controller that controls motion of the spinning reels according to spin profiles for each reel. Each spin profile may be provided by the game play design and may be realized using curve fitting techniques,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20080146312 - Game machine, game control method, and information storage medium: A game machine for giving more enjoyment to a player by using a timing instruction image for guiding the player to an evaluated timing. In the game machine for allowing the player to perform a game operation using a controller in time with game music, in order to give guidance... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080146313 - Gaming machine and gaming method thereof: A gaming environment is described. In a base game, one or more paylines to be activated and a bet number for the activated paylines are set. If a combination of displayed symbols on the activated payline is a winning combination, an outcome amount is calculated by multiplying a payout number... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080146315 - Gaming machine with bonus game: In a free game, a number of times of a unit games in which a symbol of “ORANGE” is rearranged through display window W2 is displayed on the display portion 202 for stop number of times of the liquid crystal panel 5B, by using the symbol of “ORANGE”. On the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080146316 - Gaming machine with bonus game: A gaming environment, in which a payout corresponding to a selection selected by a player is provide, is described. Especially a gaming environment, in which in the selection game which is used to determine the predetermined magnifications of the free game, the first selection image in which two selection buttons... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080146311 - Incremental revelation of results in a game of chance: The game of roulette is improved by extending the suspense induced in players. The heightened suspense is effectuated by providing partial information regarding game outcomes to the players. The partial information is information from which the player may better guess the actual result without being informed explicitly of the actual... Agent: Walker Digital Management, Llc

20080146317 - Method for manufacturing an enhanced reel strip and gaming machine: An enhanced reel strip includes a base reel strip and an overlay strip, wherein the base reel strip has symbols applied thereto and the overlay strip has designated portions thereof removed to create cut-outs. The base reel strip and overlay strip are affixed in such a manner that the symbols... Agent: Bally Gaming Inc.

20080146314 - Slot machine: The present invention provides a slot machine which awards a prize based on a unified symbol to be displayed across a plurality of displays, formed by divided symbols arranged on reels of the respective displays. A first upper reel 41 and a first lower reel 42 arranged on an upper... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080146310 - Slot machine and control method of game: A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols; an input device configured so as to output a detection signal when operated by a player; an output device for an image or a sound; and a controller programmed to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080146319 - Slot machine: The present invention provides a slot machine in which, when symbols of the same kind are stopped and displayed on a plurality of reels adjacent to each other, a new reel is formed by combining the plurality of reels, and symbols are arranged by rotating the formed reel. When a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080146320 - Handheld wheel spelling game device: A game device has a series of annular wheels with exposed game indicia carrying facets around perimetrical edges and rotatively mounted in stacked, face-to-face relation on an axle rod extending from a handle housing part mounting an LCD display and mode operating buttons. An actuating and locking ring button is... Agent: Robert W. J. Usher Patent Agent

20080146321 - Configurable gaming device with player selectable award profile: An apparatus and method for configuring a gaming device that provides a player selectable award profile. The award profile is further selectable by the player with respect to a payout scheme, a bonusing option or both. A player may select a preferred bonusing option form a group of available bonusing... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080146325 - Method and apparatus for facilitating a secondary wager at a slot machine: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for receiving a wager for a secondary game at a gaming device that offers a primary game, in which the wager indicates at least one parameter corresponding to a potential outcome of the secondary game; determining an outcome... Agent: Walker Digital Management, Llc

20080146322 - Method and apparatus for providing player incentives: A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. In one embodiment, the qualified person may be... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080146323 - Method and apparatus for providing player incentives: A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. In one embodiment, the qualified person may be... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080146324 - Method and system for changing gaming machine display elements to complement game outcome: A gaming device and method that can determine and display at least one or more complementary colors or images in non-game symbol areas of the display of the gaming device such as in borders, as a background, or “wallpaper” color or image, based on the characteristics of the game symbols... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080146326 - Reconfigurable gaming machine: A gaming machine has at least one video screen, but preferably three. One screen displays a primary game and the other two screens preferably display pay tables, a secondary game, or artwork related to the primary and/or secondary game. The content of the video screens is reconfigurable. The content may... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080146327 - Gaming machine with prize building feature: A gaming machine and a method of operating a gaming machine is disclosed. A game controller of the gaming machine includes a bonus feature in which meters having a plurality of number positions are selected and displayed on the display. By a selection process, a number from a set of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080146328 - Game device, game implementation method, program and recording medium: A game is carried out on a game apparatus in which a touch panel is disposed on a front surface of a display device on which a game screen is displayed. All player characters 100 displayed in a range enclosed by means of an operation carried out on the touch... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080146331 - Gaming device having multiple transverse rotating displays: A gaming device including a mechanical display device including a main housing and a plurality of movable symbol displays mounted in the main housing, wherein each of the symbol displays includes at least one symbol. The main housing includes a substantially horizontal first axis which extends from the rear of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080146332 - Gaming machine and control method thereof: A gaming machine provides a first game and a second game different from the first game. The gaming machine has a first display that displays a plurality of symbols and a plurality of pins; a second display that displays a plurality of pins; and a processor. The processor operates: to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080146330 - Gaming machine with bonus game: The present invention provides a new gaming machine configured with a non-traditional bonus game by improving entertainments in the bonus game. In a liquid crystal panel (5B) after moving to a free game, a title image of the free game is firstly displayed. Then a preset number of times performance... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080146329 - Movement information processing system: The movement information processing system of the present invention includes a screen 5 which displays via a projector 6 guide images GG which induces stepping movements of the feet of players on mats 30 and mats for players where each of the mats 30 detects the stepping position and the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080146333 - Video game processing apparatus, video game processing method, and video game processing program: To increase a variety in playing a game, while achieving an effective utilization of a communication function, by actively using, in a video game, various kinds of information communicated between game apparatus when exchanging information relating to the game by means of wireless communication. Referring to various kinds of information,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080146334 - Multi-player role-playing lifestyle-rewarded health game: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses, computer media, and methods for supporting lifestyle-reward health games, in which execution is altered based on health behavior of the participant. Input data indicative of the health behavior is obtained and converted into a gaming parameter. The gaming parameter is applied to the lifestyle-reward... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 005222

20080146336 - Exercise gaming device and method of facilitating user exercise during video game play: The present invention embodiments promote performance of exercise by users during a video or computer game by enabling a user to perform exercises to interact with the game. An embodiment of the present invention includes an exercise gaming device with a plurality of effector or gripping members in the form... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080146335 - Video game processing apparatus, video game processing method and video game processing program: A game program recognizes a graphic drawn by a player with an input device such as a touch pen (30). An icon corresponding to the graphic is matched and displayed on a display section (20). With such a configuration, the player is able to create a desired icon at a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080146344 - Dynamic side wagering system for use with electronic gaming devices: A technique is disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network and a plurality of gaming machines. In at least one embodiment, a casino side wagering system may be utilized to enable casinos operators to provide side wagering opportunities to non-primary players... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080146347 - Game apparatus: A game apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a server that controls progress of a game, and at least one station which is connected to the server via a signal line, has an operation section for a player to perform operations to execute the game... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080146341 - Inter-game communications in multi-machine gaming system and method: The disclosed system and method provide a dynamic and scalable gaming system in which a plurality of gaming machines are connected to a network switch to form a hybrid peer-to-peer gaming network. The gaming switch has two sets of data ports configured into two virtual local area networks (VLANs). The... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20080146342 - Live hosted online multiplayer game: A live-hosted multiplayer online gaming system includes a plurality of game clients, a game controller, and a live-operator input. The game controller includes logic to operate a live-hosted multiplayer online game, logic to couple the game controller to the plurality of game clients via a network, and logic to receive... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/ea

20080146339 - Massive multiplayer online sports teams and events: The invention disclosed is a massive multiplayer online game or event. An online server is connected to the world wide web. A first remote having a first sensor to detect movement and orientation of a first user, wherein first data signals are communicated from said sensor to the online server;... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080146345 - Method and apparatus for providing player incentives: A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. In one embodiment, the qualified person may be... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080146346 - Method and apparatus for providing player incentives: A system and method is provided for incentivizing players to visit a gambling location. In one aspect, a qualified person is invited to play an electronic game which has a plurality of outcomes, at least one of which is a winning outcome. In one embodiment, the qualified person may be... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080146337 - Method for gaming and gaming system: The present invention relates to a method for gaming and for a gaming system. More particularly the present invention relates to mobile or networked gaming with a terminal, such as a mobile terminal. In the method the player is recognized by an existing identifier without specific registration to the gaming... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080146340 - Multiplayer online trivia games and tournaments played for prizes: The present invention discloses a method for an online trivia game having a price per round, between a plurality of players as organized by the “house”. The method comprises presenting of questions to each other by the participants for a cash prize. The invention additionally discloses a system for an... Agent: Naomi Assia Landopn Ip, Inc

20080146338 - System and method for managing virtual worlds mapped to real locations in a mobile-enabled massively multiplayer online role playing game (mmorpg): Apparatus and methods provide a player of a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) to participate in at least one aspect of the MMORPG while using a wireless device. The wireless device executes a mobile MMORPG client, which interfaces with the game server(s) of the MMORPG via a mobile... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080146348 - Systems and methods for flexible approvals in a gaming environment: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for flexible approvals a gaming environment. Certain embodiments of a method include receiving an approval request and locating an appropriate supervisor for the approval request. The method includes obtaining approval or denial of the approval request from the appropriate supervisor. The method includes authorizing... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080146343 - Wireless video game system and method: A method and system for operating a multi-player wireless video-game session is disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless device is configured to establish a wireless ad-hoc connection with another wireless device capable of serving a video game over the ad-hoc network. The wireless device is capable of communicating with the... Agent: C. Bart Sullivan

20080146349 - Artificial intelligence system and method: The system for controlling an action of a character in a gaming environment, comprising, a receiver module arranged to receive input information, an update module arranged to apply the input information to modify at least one value pertaining to at least one state associated with the character, and an action... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080146350 - Program, and mobile communication terminal: A branching tree program replays audio data, and thereafter, when the user performs a selection of alternatives, the branching tree program replays audio data in the branching tree which is the target of selection. The branching tree program progresses a game by repeating this type of selection and replaying. If... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080146351 - Poker tournament management system: A Poker Tournament Management System (TMS) is disclosed for providing an audiovisual presentation to tournament administrators and participants, wherein a plurality of tournament parameters are displayed and incremented according to a predetermined or user-defined schedule. Various chapters of the presentation that correspond to a level of play are preferably of... Agent: Charles A. Rattner