Patents Assigned to MP Software
  • Poker-type card game method
    Patent number: 6959928
    Abstract: A poker-type game capable of providing a dealer with an initial advantage and a player with a subsequent advantage. From a predetermined number of cards, a dealer is assigned an initial hand having a greater poker value than an initial hand assigned to a player. Subsequently, a dealer receives a number of cards to complete the dealer's hand, and the player receives a number of cards to complete the player's hand, wherein a predetermined poker advantage is conveyed to the predetermined number of cards to complete the player's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: MP Software Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip C. Schultz
  • Video poker
    Patent number: 5294120
    Abstract: An improved video poker variation in which the player must make an initial commitment as to the number of draw cards. The player then uses draw cards to replace unwanted cards one at a time. Payoff tables are varied depending on the number of draw cards selected. The game also provides the player with an option to end the game prior to drawing the committee number of cards with a reduced final payoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: MP Software
    Inventor: Phillip C. Schultz