http://www.freshpatents.com/Amusement-devices--games-dtnewntc463.php USPTO Class 463 - Amusement devices: games en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-gaming-and-a-gaming-system-dt20080717ptan20080171583.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A gaming system comprising a plurality of player terminals, each comprising a player display and a player instruction input mechanism, and a game controller coupled to the player terminals and arranged to cause each player display to display at least a starting portion of a task for completion by a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cognitive-fitness-dt20080717ptan20080171584.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A game is presented for playing, the game being correlated to one or more cognitive attributes. A score is obtained for the game, and based on the score, a cognitive profile is updated. The cognitive profile includes an assessment associated with cognitive attributes, including the cognitive attributes to which the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Casino-player-loyalty-system-offering-random-player-bonus-opportunity-dt20080717ptan20080171586.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A casino player loyalty system is configured to offer patrons with bonus opportunities. Patrons identified in a player database are selected, at random or in accordance with particular criteria. Each patron is contacted via a communication link, such as by a phone call. The patron is offered the opportunity to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Wagering-games-utilizing-a-play-or-pass-methodology-related-application-data-dt20080717ptan20080171585.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A monitor screen is provided on which symbols may be provided for use in video wagering games, including poker games, card games, slot games, bingo and keno. The player makes a wager to purchase a block of sequentially-playable games. The wager is the aggregate total of the wagers placed on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Download-and-configuration-server-based-system-and-method-with-structured-data-dt20080717ptan20080171588.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method for use with game devices, systems, and methods. The slot machine management system is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Embedded-reel-games-with-progressives-dt20080717ptan20080171589.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 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... http://www.freshpatents.com/Embedded-reel-games-with-progressives-dt20080717ptan20080171590.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 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... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-employing-automatic-optimum-expected-value-play-function-in-wagered-games-dt20080717ptan20080171587.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A monitor screen is provided on which symbols may be provided for use in a slot-type wagering game or a video poker game. A predetermined set of available symbols or cards is provided for use in the symbol game. At any point in the game after a wager is placed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Card-game-with-common-card-removal-dt20080717ptan20080171591.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit, according to which a hand of cards is dealt to each of a plurality of players. Each hand includes one or more cards, and each card bears a designated value and suit. A plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/Game-apparatus-having-fault-restoration-function-dt20080717ptan20080171593.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A game apparatus is provided with: determination unit for determining, in a stage of a game, whether or not a kind and order of deal to players of game media are fixed; storage unit for storing restoration data required to restore a game status at time points in a storage... http://www.freshpatents.com/Gaming-machine-peripheral-control-method-dt20080717ptan20080171592.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A request for authorization for use of one or more peripheral devices of a wager gaming machine may be transmitted to another device (e.g., a central server) via a network. The request may, for example, include a machine-specific identifier and a peripheral identifier. The request may be sent from the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Coin-operated-game-terminal-dt20080717ptan20080171594.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 Portable coin-operated video game systems and methods are provided. Portable interactive entertainment devices are removably secured to stands. The portable interactive entertainment devices may be unsecured in response to a user providing currency or a credit card or in response to a remote control signal. The portable interactive entertainment devices... http://www.freshpatents.com/Game-program-game-device-and-game-method-dt20080717ptan20080171595.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 In a present invention, a display position of a second circular mark is set by a CPU based on the character property data K of a game character, and the second circular mark is displayed on the display position of the second circular mark on the touch panel monitor. Then,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Wireless-controller-for-a-video-game-console-capable-of-measuring-vital-signs-of-a-user-playing-a-game-on-the-console-dt20080717ptan20080171596.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A wireless controller for a video game console is disclosed and includes a main body including a measurement unit including a control circuit including a first amplification circuit, a control IC, a second amplification circuit, an ADC, a display circuit, and pins for setting, a top recess, a display, two... http://www.freshpatents.com/Secure-communications-in-gaming-system-dt20080717ptan20080171598.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 Secure communications are provided in a gaming system environment using a hash manager to hash information, store the hashed information to a database, and to retrieve and unhash the information when needed. Information may include a user identifier, pass phrase and/or package of executable gaming machine instructions. This approach may... http://www.freshpatents.com/Transporting-and-processing-foreign-data-dt20080717ptan20080171597.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A set of importers accept a variety of formats of 2D and 3D content (source asset) for computer games in the format created by the artists' authoring tool. The source asset is standardized and normalized and is stored as a strongly typed object in a content object model. An object... http://www.freshpatents.com/Gaming-device-a-system-for-gaming-and-a-method-of-controlling-a-game-dt20080717ptan20080171599.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A gaming device for playing a game comprising: including detection means for detecting the occurrence of a specified event within a game while it is being played; and control means for changing the state of the gaming device from a first non-penalty state to a second, penalty state in response... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-delivery-of-game-content-to-a-game-console-dt20080717ptan20080171600.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 Automatic downloading of game content to a game console is provided. A user enables automatic downloading, and thereafter, game content available from a game server is periodically checked to determine if any content matches criteria specified for downloading. If a match is found, and the user has not previously downloaded... http://www.freshpatents.com/Game-server-for-use-in-connection-with-a-messenger-server-dt20080717ptan20080171601.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A game and messenger client-server system is provided that includes a plurality of game clients, a game server, a plurality of messenger clients, and a messenger server. The game server includes logic to operate a multiplayer game using inputs from and outputs to an active game set of game clients,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Gaming-browser-manager-client-system-and-method-dt20080717ptan20080171602.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0700 A browser manager server is able to initialize and configure one or more browser windows on a gaming device display screen. The browser manager has the ability to configure specific URLs for each browser window, configure and Z-order depth for each window, set window size and position, and call functions...