Amusement devices: games inventions

20090264172 - Game system: A game system includes a plurality of pedometers. The plurality of step count data respectively counted by the plurality of pedometers are acquired in the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, by utilizing the plurality of step count data, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed, and the result of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090264171 - Generating a score related to play on gaming devices: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to generating and displaying a score related to the results of wagering by a player on an electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, a method for generating a score related to play on at least one electronic gaming device includes tracking the amount... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090264173 - Video game and method of play: Systems and methods provide for a player to determine the feelings and state of mind of a virtual patient via the types of defensive answers, or defenses, the patient provides to the player. On the basis of the defenses given by the patient, the player further challenges the patient by... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090264174 - Poker game with shared common card: A method of playing a variation of Texas Hold'em poker in which each player is dealt three hole cards instead of the usual two. A player sets his three cards into two Texas Hold'em type hands, each having two cards, by selecting from among the three cards one card that... Agent: E Mark Gross Tablebrain Corp.

20090264175 - Drawing machine and game apparatus using the same: A drawing machine for determining a winning-object from a plurality of drawing-objects includes: a winning-probability data storage unit for storing winning-probability data showing respective winning-probabilities of the plurality of drawing-objects; a drawing unit for carrying out drawings in accordance with the winning-probabilities of the respective drawing-objects determined by the winning-probability... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090264177 - Lottery systems, methods and apparatus providing a limited prize eligibility option: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate lottery ticket transactions. According to some embodiments, a lottery ticket may be requested that is eligible for only a subset of prizes or payouts otherwise available in a lottery game.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090264176 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating multi-round lottery play: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating play of multi-round lottery games. In one embodiment, a player may be allowed to change one or more of various aspects of a wager in a multi-round lottery game.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090264181 - gaming system, a sound controller, and a method of gaming: A method of gaming comprising: outputting a plurality of different game accompanying sounds individually during at least part of play of one or more games; and outputting two or more sounds together in response to at least one game event occurring.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264180 - Gaming controller, a gaming system, and a method of gaming: A method of gaming comprising: a) displaying a plurality of display positions to a player, at least one of the display positions corresponding to a hidden object to be sought by the player; b) determining a selection of a display position; c) revealing whether or not the selected display position... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264179 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A method of gaming comprising: generating a game outcome by selecting a plurality of symbols, and displaying the selected symbols on a display at respective ones of a plurality of display positions arranged in a three-dimensional array; and determining whether the game outcome includes one or more winning outcomes.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264182 - Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof: A gaming system of the present invention comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a control device including a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to execute processing of (A) counting a part of a number of betted game media as a cumulative value based on number-of-game-media information received from... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090264185 - Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof: A gaming system of the present invention comprising a plurality of gaming machines each including a controller and a control device including a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to execute the processing of (A) cumulatively counting a part of a number of betted game media as a cumulative value... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090264183 - Slot machine displaying count of symbols determining prize and control method thereof: g

20090264184 - Slot machine displaying count of symbols determining prize and control method thereof:

20090264178 - Slot machine providing payout which increases player's expectation and playing method thereof: When three or more symbol-scrolling cells 181 are rearranged, the symbol-scrolling cells 181 rearranged stop scrolling. Then, when numerical values respectively presented by the symbol-scrolling cells 181 are all the same, a bonus payout is awarded according to the total of the numerical values presented by the symbol-scrolling cells 181.... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090264186 - Apparatus for recognizing dice dots: An apparatus for recognizing dice dots includes a dice cup to hold at least one dice, and a light source module and a capturing module located in the dice cup. The light source module generates a plurality of light sources to project to the dice. The capturing module captures images... Agent: Frenkel & Associates

20090264187 - Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof: A gaming system of the present invention comprises a plurality of gaming machines and a control device including a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to execute processing of (A) cumulatively counting a part of a number of betted game media as a cumulative value based on number-of-game-media information received... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090264189 - Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for determining an outcome of a game without placing any bets on the game: Methods, apparatus and article of manufacture for receiving from a client an amount of money and instructions to place a type of bet in a game. The outcome of the game is determined without placing any bets on the game. Based on the outcome of the game, a portion of... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090264188 - System and method for tracking patrons non-gaming casino spend: A system and method for tracking patron events at a plurality of devices is provided. The plurality of devices include electronic gaming machines and non-gaming machines. Each game device has a value associated therewith. The system includes a plurality of player tracking devices and a server or computer. Each player... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090264190 - Customized player alerts: Some implementations of the invention allow a player to specify type(s) of wagering conditions about which the player would like to receive notification. The player may also be able to specify the mode of notification desired, e.g., text message, email, voice message, etc. Wager gaming notification parameters may, for example,... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090264191 - Gaming machine, system and method with progressive game feature: A gaming machine (100) including a display (106) and a user interface (107) in communication with a game controller (101), which cooperate to provide a game (16), the gaming machine (100) offering at least one jackpot prize and awarding at least one feature game on the occurrence of a predetermined... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264192 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A method of conducting a linked gaming event comprises determining that a first gaming device participating in the gaming event is to be awarded the primary prize. A determination is further made as to whether at least one second gaming device is to be awarded a secondary prize, the determination... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090264193 - Apportionment of pay out of casino game with escrow: A method of a house apportionment of a bonus value is used to pay during play of a bonus game. Entry of the bonus game is achieved during play of an underlying game of chance. The method of house apportionment includes steps of awarding the player a portion of the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090264194 - Adjustable gaming display: Various embodiments are directed to gaming machines having one or more adjustable displays. According to one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a first display and an adjustable display mounted in a gaming cabinet where the adjustable display is rotatable about a horizontal axis of the adjustable display. The gaming machine... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090264195 - Adjustable gaming display and related methods: Methods for tailoring a gaming machine to a player are disclosed herein. According to one method, a first gaming machine receives a player input via a player interface to tilt a display. The display pivots about a horizontal axis of the display in response to the player input from the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090264196 - Gaming device: A gaming device according to the present invention has: a plurality of stations which can be played by respective ones of a plurality of players; a detection section which detects a motion of the player at the respective one of the stations; and a controller which can be communicated with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090264197 - Gaming machine and gaming management system: A gaming machine includes a housing, which is playable by a plurality of players, that has a station provided for each individual player; an operation detection unit that detects an operation of a player present at each of the stations performing a bet operation through a bet image displayed on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090264198 - 3d game display system, display method, and display program: A 3D game display system includes a 3D configuration unit for virtually configuring a 3D space and controlling an object coordinate, a window control unit for controlling displayed windows, a 2D configuration unit for causing a window to two-dimensionally display a 3D space according to the field-of-view range based on... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090264199 - Using a musical instrument as a video game controller: The use of musical instruments as methods for controlling video games is disclosed. By translating the notes, beats, chords, note changes and other musical elements into input that can be recognized by a video game or video game system, the person playing the instrument will have the ability to play... Agent: Alexander C. Meske

20090264200 - Electronic card game: An electronic game platform is described. The electronic game platform includes a master, multiple bases and multiple cards. The cards are electrically connectable to the bases, which are electrically connectable with the master. The bases transmit identification data that is encoded in the cards and user input to the master,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090264204 - Apparatus and method for providing a game service using a game card in a mobile terminal: An apparatus and method for providing a game service using a game card in a mobile terminal are provided. A card recognizer recognizes card information from each game card of one or more corresponding users. A memory stores card information recognized from each game card of the one or more... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090264203 - Configurable wagering game manager: Methods and systems for monitoring and/or servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to configure wagering game manager content, wherein the request is associated with a user identifier. The method can also include transmitting another request and the user identifier, and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090264205 - Interactive toys: A plurality of individual toys, at least a first one of which generates acoustic signals and at least a second one of which receives acoustic signals. When the second toy receives acoustic signals from the first toy, it responds, for example, by generating a sound and/or controlling its motion. In... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090264201 - Multi-user game: A method of controlling a multi-user game, comprising: receiving non-game information concerning the technical capabilities of a first device; and providing game play at the first device, in dependence upon the received non-game information, that compensates for the technical capabilities of the first device. A method of initiating a multi-user... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090264202 - Sharing of console and web-based games and gaming profiles: A method and system are disclosed for allowing the sharing of games and gaming profiles between console and web-based gaming platforms. The present system includes a console service through which console games may be played, and a gaming website through which web-based games may be played. Players may play games... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20090258685 - Method for merging live sports game data with internet based computer games: The present invention describes the method of making sporting computer games “live”, by merging physical data of the real-life sporting event into the simulated sport game.... Agent: Dr. Gabriel Gaidos Apt. 13

20090258686 - System and method for playing a music video game with a drum system game controller: A system and method for playing a multi-player music video game with a drum system video game controller is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for providing a drum solo with a music based multi-player video game. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a system... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090258687 - Method and system for providing a digital jigsaw puzzle and using the puzzle as an online advertising vehicle: A system and method of providing a digital jigsaw puzzle game is disclosed. The puzzle pieces exhibit game-play characteristics of physical jigsaw puzzle pieces, such as friction, inertia, and angular momentum. The digital jigsaw puzzle may be implemented on a variety of multiple electronic formats including, but not limited to,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090258688 - Gaming machine and card game machine: A gaming machine lets a player who has satisfied a predetermined condition select one dealer image among six dealer images. The gaming machine subsequently displays the selected image in a front display and executes a game. As a bet-accepting period started, the gaming machine accepts the player's operation of giving... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090258689 - No dealer hand \"21\": A process for playing “no dealer hand” Twenty-one is established where the uses of, or display of, at least one common deck of fifty-two cards is being applied for play action. This process is inclusive to either an encompassing video gaming apparatus or a live action table gaming environment, as... Agent: J. Richard Hedge, Jr.

20090258690 - Method of presenting and playing a game where a winning outcome triggers an enhanced award opportunity in a subsequent game: In a method of presenting or playing a wagering game, if a winning outcome is received in the play of a first game, a first award is awarded and one or more awards associated with one or more winnings outcomes for the game are then enhanced for potential award in... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20090258691 - Mobile gaming system: A system and method for providing lottery like games over a wireless network. The system and method permit a user of a mobile wireless device to play a lottery game electronically with the feel of a real game. Once a user is registered onto the system they can utilize an... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090258692 - Method for playing a game of chance with a wireless electronic gaming unit: A portable gaming unit for playing an associated game comprises a housing and a base. The housing includes a display. An electronics assembly is mounted in the housing for controlling input/output functions of the gaming unit. A pivot joint pivotably mounts the housing to the base. An easel is pivotably... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090258697 - Gaming machine having a curved display with a video switcher and touch router system: Gaming machines projecting video images onto a curved display are disclosed herein. A Display Manager receives one or more video signals from a Master Gaming Controller and one or more video signals from the system device and displays one or multiple video signals on the curved display. The Display Manager... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090258694 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: Certain example embodiments relate to a gaming system which includes a symbol selector which is arranged to select a plurality of symbols from an available set of symbols. The set of symbols may include one or more predetermined symbols. The predetermined symbols form a predetermined symbol arrangement, such as a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090258696 - Gaming system and method of gaming: A gaming system comprises a game controller arranged to control play of a game having a player skill aspect, and a display arranged to display a representation of the game, the game controller being arranged to control the display to display a set of symbols for selection, the game controller... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090258693 - Method for using random numbers across multiple gaming consoles: The instant invention provides a method for determining by a first game (which may or may not be displayed to the player) a game outcome which is displayed to the player at least via a different second game representation, across a number of gaming machines where preferably all games being... Agent: Stephen Sanville

20090258695 - Method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller: A method of gaming comprising: providing at least one modifier, each modifier adapted to modify a prize to be awarded to a player for a game outcome in a manner known in advance by the player; offering the player an option to select a modifier; and applying any selected modifier... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090258698 - Gaming machine capable of executing a game consuming credits and control method thereof: A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: a memory; an output device; and a controller programmed so as to execute the processing of: (a) executing a game; (b) determining a payout to be offered based upon a result of the game in each execution of the game; (c) storing... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090258699 - System and method for determining that a game is more favorable to a player: A system and method for determining based on a first information and based on a second information that a first game is more favorable to a player than a second game. The system places a bet on the first game using funds received from a client and determines a payout... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20090258700 - Music video game with configurable instruments and recording functions: Music video games provide configurable instruments and/or recording functions. In some embodiments users may select an instrument or play, and also select desired characteristics of the instrument. The desired characteristics may include selection of a chord or selection of effects associated with the type of musical instrument. In some embodiments... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090258701 - Gaming machine having a molded curved display: Gaming machines having video depictions of one or more mechanical reels projected onto a curved display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the gaming machine includes a curved transparent material having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a radius of curvature similar to a mechanical reel. The curved transparent... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson, LLP

20090258702 - Music video game with open note: A music video game provides an open note executable on a guitar shaped video game controller. In some embodiments, an open note may be performed on an existing guitar shaped video game controller by activating a strum input on the video game controller without activating any of a plurality of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090258704 - Game device, notification method, information recording medium, and program: A process control unit (306) controls a music reproduction unit (309) to output a music sound, while controlling a request content creation unit (305) to present content of a motion requested to the player. At the same time, the process control unit (306) compares content of the motion acquired from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090258703 - Motion assessment using a game controller: A technique is disclosed for motion assessment of an individual using a game controller in connection with interactive media, e.g. a multiplayer game, such as Simon says, where game play is based, at least in part, upon coordinated or directed physical interaction of multiple players.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090258705 - Music video game with guitar controller having auxiliary palm input: A music based video game provides an auxiliary palm input on an associated guitar shaped video game controller. In some embodiments, the auxiliary palm input is positioned near a strum input on a body of the guitar shaped video game controller, allowing for simultaneous operation of both the strum input... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090258706 - Game device with wireless position measurement and methods for use therewith: A game device includes a first transceiver that receives gaming position data from at least one gaming object. A wireless measurement module generates device position data corresponding to the game device. A processor executes a game application that generates display signals for display on a display device, wherein the game... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090258707 - Gaming management system and gaming management method: A gaming management system including: a plurality of gaming management clients each associated with at least one of a plurality of venues; and a gaming management server adapted to store gaming management data for each venue and including a data access module arranged to control access to the data by... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090258709 - Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program: A player character appearing in a virtual game world is caused to perform actions in accordance with operation data. Based on the actions performed by the player character, operation tendency data, which indicates a tendency in operations performed by a player operating the player character, is generated, and a group... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090258712 - Game device: Game data that can be conveniently used by a game program is provided: a save API processing module is configured as an application processor calls a save data utility function for data saving; a status acquisition unit acquires status information indicating the status of environment for executing the game program;... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090258708 - Game movie maker: Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for recording a user's game play experience. The player's game play can be recorded by recording a player's commands as the player navigates a game level as well as game data that can include a state of the game and variables, such as random numbers, generated... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090258711 - Method and system of displaying technical information on a gaming system: A gaming system is operable by a player to play a game. The gaming system comprises a first display, and storage arranged to store technical information related to operation of at least part of the gaming system. The first display is arranged to show at least a portion of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090258710 - System and method for athletic performance race: Systems and techniques for the collection and display of athletic information. Athletic data relating to a single person or group of people is collected at a central location, and subsequently displayed at a desired remote location so that the person or people can review and critique their performance. In addition,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090258713 - Automatic fail-over for gaming controllers: A set of controllers can be communicatively linked to a gaming console. One of the controllers can be programmatically designed as an active controller and another can be programmatically designed as a fail-over controller. A failure of an active controller can be determined. Responsive to this determination, the fail-over controller... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090253475 - System and method for providing real world value in a virtual world environment: A system and a method is provided wherein real world monetary or cash values are placed on virtual world avatars, avatar possessed or avatar purchasable virtual world items, environmental virtual world items and virtual world computer generated non-player characters (NPCs), such as slayable beasts, monsters, creatures, or humanoids. These NPCs... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090253477 - Gaming machine having questionnaire function and control method thereof: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: a controller which executes a process of starting a game while it is triggered that a predetermined condition has been met, a process of counting the number of times of executing the game, and a process of judging whether or not the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253476 - Trivia game and system: An embodiment of the invention is a trivia entertainment system providing for free association of recordings and trivia through a free form hosted selection process.... Agent: Dardi & Associates, PLLC

20090253478 - Group session play: Session blackjack is modified by providing group sessions of blackjack in which each player may purchase a separate session of blackjack and cooperatively or competitively play towards group awards based on game play within the respective sessions of the group players.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090253479 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: The present invention relates to a gaming system and to a method of gaming that includes a wheel game. A base game, implemented as a reel game, is arranged to generate as one of its outcomes a feature game in the form of a wheel game. The wheel game has... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253480 - 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.

20090253481 - Lottery ticket game with multiple sequential predetermined outcomes: A LOTTERY ticket game providing the player multiple sequential predetermined outcomes in which the player may choose to continue or terminate game play at a plurality of continuation points whereas the redemption value of the ticket at each continuation point is determined at the time in which the ticket is... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20090253482 - System and method for management of multiple independent lottery tickets: A system and methodology for using electronic computer systems for the management of electronically generated lottery tickets having a plurality of statuses whereas the lottery ticket is created as an electronic lottery ticket record, allowing one or more lottery tickets to be linked to a printed lottery ticket in a... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20090253490 - Gaming machine having questionnaire function and control method thereof: A gaming machine of the present invention includes: a controller which executes a process of starting a game, as triggered by establishment of a predetermined condition, a process of counting the number of times of executing the game, and a process of judging whether or not the counted number of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253487 - Gaming system having alternate wagering game configurations: A method of playing a wagering game comprises permitting a first configuration of the wagering game to be played via a gaming terminal, detecting a loss of communication between the gaming terminal and a server, and in response to detecting the loss of communication, permitting a second configuration of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090253485 - Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines: The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a plurality of gaming machines; a single pedestal having an installation surface for installing the gaming machines; a supporting member provided such that a first end thereof is supported by the pedestal and the second end thereof is oriented upwardly; a common... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253486 - Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines: The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a common image display having a common-image-display cabinet provided with an opening over substantially the entire front surface thereof, and a common flat display panel portion that is provided in the opening, and allowing the common flat display panel portion to rotate... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253491 - Gaming system with patterened enhancement features: A gaming system and method for conducting a wagering game wherein a play enhancement image is displayed on a randomly selected outcome. The randomly selected outcome is enhanced by the changing of symbols in the outcome to predefined enhance symbols in a pattern in response to the play enhancement image.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090253492 - Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing player selection of modifiers to game components: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090253488 - Slot machine having feature in linking display contents of symbols with one another and variable display operations of symbols with one another and control method of the slot machine: A slot machine scrolls symbols on a plurality of defined areas provided on a display at a time of executing a slot game, and thereafter rearranges the symbols on the respective defied areas. In a case where a trigger symbol is rearranged on a defined area, the slot machine links... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253489 - Slot machine having feature in which sequence of rearranging symbols on respective defined areas becomes random, and control method of the slot machine: A slot machine scrolls symbols on a plurality of defined areas provided on a display at a time of executing a slot game, and thereafter stops the symbols on the respective defined areas. A lottery of the symbols is performed not for each of the respective defined areas but for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253484 - Slot machine with replicating 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 directing symbol containing a base symbol and an arrow has come to a stop in the display... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090253483 - Wagering game system with community gaming system: A gaming system for playing a wagering game and a community-event includes a plurality of gaming machines configured to participate in a community-event game. A controller is configured to determine eligibility of each of the plurality of gaming machines to play a community-event. At least one of the plurality of... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090253493 - Gaming machine accepting side bet and control method thereof: A gaming machine a controller programmed to execute the processing of accepting from an input device an input indicating placement of a normal BET, accepting from the input device an input indicating placement of a side BET, rolling and stopping a plurality of dice in a gaming portion, offering a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253494 - Exchanging assets between on-line virtual worlds: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that facilitates exchanging assets between online virtual worlds. During operation, the system receives a first asset from a representative of a first player who controls the first asset in a first virtual world, and receives a second asset from a representative... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090253495 - Gaming machines with normalized power consumption: An exemplary power manager is adapted to supply power from a power supply to a first component of a gaming machine. The first component consumes a larger amount of current during a second time interval than during a first time interval, where the first component alternates between the first and... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090253496 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a game implementer arranged to implement a game and to produce a game outcome, an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether the game outcome corresponds to a winning outcome, and a win modification selector. The win modification selector is arranged to select a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253498 - Flat rate wager-based game play techniques for casino table game environments: Various techniques are disclosed for operating, at a live casino gaming table, a table game having a flat rate play session costing a flat rate price. In one embodiment, the flat rate play session may span multiple plays on the gaming table over a pre-established duration. In at least one... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090253497 - Gaming system and a method of gaming: A method of triggering a multi-player game, comprising: determining a current number of eligible gaming machines; communicating current hit rate data based on the current number of eligible gaming machines to at least each eligible gaming machine; determining at each eligible gaming machine whether to trigger the multi-player game at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253499 - Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines: The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a plurality of gaming machines; a control device; a single pedestal having an installation surface for installing the gaming machines, and having a hollow space communicated with external air; a supporting member provided such that a first end thereof is supported by... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253500 - Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines: The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a plurality of gaming machines; a single pedestal having an installation surface for installing the plurality of gaming machines; a common image display supported by a supporting member provided such that a first end thereof is supported by the pedestal and the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253501 - System and method for secondary promotion gaming in a gaming system: A system for playing a secondary game in a network of play devices having at least one display, and a processor for controlling a display to display at least one primary device feature. Each device receives serial inputs to operate discrete operational functions. The system includes a system server and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253503 - Electronic game system with player-controllable security for display images: Electronic game systems with player-controllable security for display images are described. In one implementation, an exemplary multiplayer system hides the identity of virtual game artifacts, such as playing cards, being displayed as images, but allows the player to whom the virtual game artifacts are assigned to view the identities of... Agent: Mark Farrell Patent Law, Inc., PC

20090253502 - Game device, game control method, information recording medium, and program: In a game device (301) for showing to a player the directions in which movement may be possible in a game where a character is moved between objects in a virtual world, an input receiving unit (305) receives an instruction input for moving a character within the object where the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090253506 - Game movie distribution method and system: A game movie distribution system acquires key input information input by a player using a game device when the player plays a game. The game movie distribution system reproduces the game played using the game device based on the key input information to generate movie data that indicates the game.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090253505 - Method for controlling selection of multiple objects displayed on a display device: Operations such as those relating to selecting and moving multiple objects displayed in a game device can be provided to a player, using an ordinary pointing input device. The operations are performed by a method including the steps of displaying objects on a display unit; detecting a pointing status to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090253504 - Point managing device: A point managing device for increasing/decreasing the point possessed by a player based on the result of a competition in which toys actually compete against each other, and for encouraging games using the competing toys, is provided. A main body of the device is provided with a setting unit for... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090253507 - Game movie distribution method and system: A game movie distribution system acquires key input information input by a player using a game device when the player plays a game. The game movie distribution system controls the movement of a character based on the key input information to reproduce the game. The game movie distribution system photographs... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090253510 - Damage resistant manual controller: A damage resistant manual controller for manipulating images or symbols on a display is made of impact resistant material such as dense foam rubber to resist damage resulting from accidental or intentional impact caused by throwing, dropping, or other insult. Damage resistance entails maintaining the operational integrity of the electronics... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Pdx

20090253509 - Illuminated game controller: An electronic game controller which includes a body having a transparent outer surface, a front face and a rear surface, controls disposed on the front face of the body, a graphic panel disposed under the transparent outer surface of the front face, the graphic panel comprising first, second and third... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20090253508 - Two-sided electronic game and remote controller: A remote control device, including: a housing having first and second elongated sides opposite each other, the first side including a plurality of user-operable switches for controlling a display device, and the second side including a plurality of user-operable switches for enabling a user to play a video game on... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090253518 - Communication game system, game apparatus, server, storage medium storing a program, and game control method: A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090253514 - Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines: The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a plurality of gaming machines; a control device; a single pedestal having an installation surface for installing the gaming machines; a supporting member provided such that a first end thereof is supported by the pedestal and the second end thereof is oriented... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090253519 - Method and system for implementing online broadcasting in a network game: The present invention discloses a method for implementing online broadcasting in a network game, including: setting at network side an online broadcasting server adapted to broadcast an audio program online via Internet; by a game client, logging in a game server at network side, detecting that a playing butten/identity configured... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090253516 - Networked gaming system: A networked gaining system wherein a game client application connects a player to at least one game server having at least one game table. The game server provides game operations and displays for transmission to the game client application and a display including at least one screen display designating a... Agent: Beem Patent Law Firm

20090253517 - Open game engine and marketplace with associated game editing and creation tools: The present invention provides a video game development platform. More specifically, aspects of the invention relate to components of applications such as video games including the source code, graphics, sounds, and animations as well as a market place where any of the above are traded for currency, tokens, credits, or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090253515 - Session monitoring on gaming machines: A method, gaming machine and gaming system is described that provides for session information monitoring. Session information is formed by monitoring play of a game by a player on a gaming machine. At the option of the player of the gaming machine the session information is either combined with session... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090253513 - System and method for managing a multiplicity of text messages in an online game: A system and method for providing text of interest to a player from text messages in an online game is provided. A player profile for a player participating in an online game is maintained. Text messages from sources in the online game are received substantially simultaneously within a buffer for... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090253512 - System and method for providing adjustable attenuation of location-based communication in an online game: A system and method for presenting location-based communication in an online game relative to a player from a communication source is provided. A communication to a recipient from within a simulated three-dimensional environment of an online game is accepted. A source co-located with the recipient of the communication is determined.... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090253520 - Protective restraint system for hand-held remote control devices: A protective restraint system is disclosed for a hand-held remote control device. While providing protection, the protective restraint system simultaneously allows smooth and accurate interaction with the hand-held remote control device, and protection against accidental launching of the hand-held remote control device as a projectile during use. The protective restraint... Agent: Sydney Lewis-picard

20090253511 - Method and system for using multi-channel communications to enhance gaming security: A method and system for using multi-channel communications to enhance security is described herein. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving in a first gaming device a set of gaming data stream portions over a plurality of data channels, wherein the gaming data stream portions are received from a second... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming