Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Golden
Andrew P. Golden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20120150612Abstract: A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one embodiment, a subscription may be established after receiving information that identifies a product. Terms of a subscription for the product are established, such as a frequency and a duration of the subscription.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: WALKER DIGITAL, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, James A. Jorasch, Andrew S. Van Luchene, Michiko Kobayashi, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Adam Stevenson
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Patent number: 8167705Abstract: A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devices are arranged to interact with the gambling chips to read and write data from and into the chips. A central controller is connected to the slot machines and other devices that interact with the chips. The chips carry a display and/or an audio device to apprise players of the value currently associated with the chip.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: James A. Jorasch, Magdalena Mik, Scott Wolinsky, William B. Van Vooren, Nathaniel Levin, Andrew P. Golden
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Patent number: 8150735Abstract: According to one described embodiment, a method is provided in which transaction information is determined. The transaction information is associated with (i) a buyer who has arranged to purchase a product from a central controller at a first price established between the buyer and the central controller and (ii) a merchant that offers the product for sale at a second price, different from the first price, without offering the product for sale to buyers at the first price. Information is transmitted that facilitates the acquisition of the product by the buyer, in exchange for payment provided by the buyer to the central controller. An amount based on the second price is provided to the merchant.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Peter Kim, James A. Jorasch, Magdalena Mik, Daniel E. Tedesco, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Raymod J. Mueller, Keith Bemer, Kathleen Van Luchene
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Publication number: 20120071235Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting a promotion and for distributing promotions to potential users provide a merchant or promotion organizer flexibility in the way they conduct the promotion as well as an ability to change one or more aspects of the promotion during the operation of the promotion. In accordance with one embodiment, such a promotion may provide for a game on a mobile device, wherein a locked outcome of the game may be unlocked using an unlock code. In one embodiment, a result of the locked outcome may correspond to an intra-game benefit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: WALKER DIGITAL, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Geoffrey M. Gelman, James A. Jorasch, Peter Kim, Timothy A. Palmer, Keith Bemer, Andrew P. Golden, Scott B. Allison
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Patent number: 8131588Abstract: Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transaction from a merchant, and transmitting an offer for a benefit to be applied to the transaction in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer and a security deposit. The task is associated with a subsidy provider other than the merchant. The method also includes providing the offer to the customer, receiving the security deposit, applying the benefit to the transaction before performance of the task, and returning at least a portion of the security deposit to the customer based on the performance of the task. For example, a subsidy provider may offer to apply a subsidy amount to a transaction involving the purchase of a lawn mower in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer such as test driving a new car.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Daniel E. Tedesco, Michiko Kobayashi, Andrew P. Golden, Scott B. Allison, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Timothy A. Palmer, James A. Jorasch, Elizabeth Delamater
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Patent number: 8121899Abstract: A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one embodiment, a subscription may be established after receiving information that identifies a product. Terms of a subscription for the product are established, such as a frequency and a duration of the subscription.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, James A. Jorasch, Andrew S. Van Luchene, Michiko Kobayashi, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Adam Stevenson
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Patent number: 8109438Abstract: According to one embodiment, a game presentation such as a virtual slot machine may be displayed by a display device associated with a point of sale (POS) terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Norman C. Gilman, Magdalena M. Fincham, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Keith Bemer, Andrew P. Golden, Dean P. Alderucci
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Publication number: 20120010934Abstract: A billing statement according to one aspect of the invention includes a description of a transaction and an offer pointer associated with the transaction, wherein the offer pointer includes information that may be used to review an offer. In one example of this aspect, a telephone number or a hyperlink is provided adjacent to a total amount owed listed on a statement (e.g., an electronically-displayed billing statement). The offers reviewed may be customized, for example, based on details of the transaction such as the product purchased or the amount of the purchase, the identity of the consumer, and/or on other data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: WALKER DIGITAL, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Daniel E. Tedesco, Stephen C. Tulley, Timothy A. Palmer, Russell Pratt Sammon, John M. Packes, JR., Geoffrey M. Gelman, Kurt M. Maschoff, Andrew P. Golden, Michiko Koabayashi
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Patent number: 8069056Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and wirelessly communicating a signal between the first container and a second container adapted to store a second medicine. In a second embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining if a first container for storing a first medicine is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. The method further includes generating data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, Michiko Kobayashi, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Terry E. Mayfield
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Publication number: 20110275430Abstract: A game to be modified in accordance with the invention involves a first random outcome and a second random outcome that are combined according to game rules to produce a game outcome. The game is administered by receiving a player request for a specific entry, the specific entry replacing one of the random outcomes and being selected from a finite set of possibilities not determined by chance. The requested specific entry affects the probable outcome of the game. The specific entry is combined with the remaining one of the random outcomes according to the game rules to determine the game outcome. According to one embodiment, the specific entry may be a score such as 18 which replaces the player's hand in the game of blackjack.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: IGTInventors: Jay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Peter Kim, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Andrew P. Golden, Russell Pratt Sammon, Norman C. Gilman
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Patent number: 8055509Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and wirelessly communicating a signal between the first container and a second container adapted to store a second medicine. In a second embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining if a first container for storing a first medicine is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. The method further includes generating data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, Michiko Kobayashi, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Terry E. Mayfield
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Patent number: 8036943Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to associate a transferable item price with a first consumer and to determine that a second consumer is entitled to purchase an item in exchange for payment of an amount based on the transferable item price. In one embodiment, the first consumer arranges to purchase an item at a first price. The merchant transmits a transferable item price code to the first consumer. The first consumer sends the transferable item price code to the second consumer, such as by including the transferable item price code in an e-mail message. The second consumer transmits the transferable item price code to the merchant to establish that he or she is entitled to purchase the item at the first price.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, John M. Packes, Jr., Andrew P. Golden, Russell Pratt Sammon, Timothy A. Palmer, Terry E. Mayfield, Peter Kim
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Patent number: 8029357Abstract: A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devices are arranged to interact with the gambling chips to read and write data from and into the chips. A central controller is connected to the slot machines and other devices that interact with the chips. The chips carry a display and/or an audio device to apprise players of the value currently associated with the chip.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: James A. Jorasch, Magdalena Mik, Scott Wolinsky, William B. Van Vooren, Nathaniel Levin, Andrew P. Golden
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Patent number: 8020866Abstract: A game to be modified in accordance with the invention involves a first random outcome and a second random outcome that are combined according to game rules to produce a game outcome. The game is administered by receiving a player request for a specific entry, the specific entry replacing one of the random outcomes and being selected from a finite set of possibilities not determined by chance. The requested specific entry affects the probable outcome of the game. The specific entry is combined with the remaining one of the random outcomes according to the game rules to determine the game outcome. According to one embodiment, the specific entry may be a score such as 18 which replaces the player's hand in the game of blackjack.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: Jay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Peter Kim, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Andrew P. Golden, Russell Pratt Sammon, Norman C. Gilman
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Publication number: 20110166919Abstract: Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transaction from a merchant, and transmitting an offer for a benefit to be applied to the transaction in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer and a security deposit. The task is associated with a subsidy provider other than the merchant. The method also includes providing the offer to the customer, receiving the security deposit, applying the benefit to the transaction before performance of the task, and returning at least a portion of the security deposit to the customer based on the performance of the task. For example, a subsidy provider may offer to apply a subsidy amount to a transaction involving the purchase of a lawn mower in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer such as test driving a new car.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: WALKER DIGITAL, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Daniel E. Tedesco, Michiko Kobayashi, Andrew P. Golden, Scott B. Allison, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Timothy A. Palmer, James A. Jorasch, Elizabeth Delamater
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Publication number: 20110073646Abstract: According to one embodiment, a game presentation such as a virtual slot machine may be displayed by a display device associated with a point of sale (POS) terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: WALKER DIGITAL, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Norman C. Gilman, Magdalena M. Fincham, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Keith Bemer, Andrew P. Golden, Dean P. Alderucci
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Patent number: 7908168Abstract: Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transaction from a merchant, and transmitting an offer for a benefit to be applied to the transaction in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer and a security deposit. The task is associated with a subsidy provider other than the merchant. The method also includes providing the offer to the customer, receiving the security deposit, applying the benefit to the transaction before performance of the task, and returning at least a portion of the security deposit to the customer based on the performance of the task. For example, a subsidy provider may offer to apply a subsidy amount to a transaction involving the purchase of a lawn mower in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer such as test driving a new car.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Daniel E. Tedesco, Michiko Kobayashi, Andrew P. Golden, Scott B. Allison, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Timothy A. Palmer, James A. Jorasch, Elizabeth Delamater
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Publication number: 20110031208Abstract: Systems, methods, and means for providing a novelty item are provided. In some embodiments, a stopper comprises a body, having an inner chamber and a top portion, a novelty item disposed within the inner chamber, and a disk placed on an outer surface of the body removably holding the novelty item within the inner chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventor: Andrew P. Golden
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Patent number: 7878896Abstract: A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a value currently associated with the chip. Slot machines and other devices are arranged to interact with the gambling chips to read and write data from and into the chips. A central controller is connected to the slot machines and other devices that interact with the chips. The chips carry a display and/or an audio device to apprise players of the value currently associated with the chip.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: James A. Jorasch, Magdalena Mik, Scott Wolinsky, William B. Van Vooren, Nathaniel Levin, Andrew P. Golden
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Patent number: 7845555Abstract: According to one embodiment, a game presentation such as a virtual slot machine is displayed by a display device associated with a point of sale (POS) terminal. The game presentation includes images of products for which product identifying codes are entered at the POS terminal. The game presentation indicates to a customer an outcome of a random process pursuant to which the customer may be awarded a benefit such as a free product, a discount on a product selected for purchase, a coupon or an upsell offer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Walker Digital, LLCInventors: Jay S. Walker, Norman C. Gilman, Magdalena M. Fincham, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Keith Bemer, Andrew P. Golden, Dean P. Alderucci