Patents by Inventor Jonathan Lester

Jonathan Lester 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).

  • Publication number: 20120041793
    Abstract: Systems and methods for defining, booking and managing activities or services by a user of digital computer implemented applications and interactive displays based on time, location and theme as related to the user's local environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Farina, Jonathan Lester Simon, Alexander L. Voltz, David Ngo
  • Publication number: 20070072682
    Abstract: An electronic poker game assembly preferably provides a head-to-head poker game for two players. The assembly has a housing that is preferably a table and contains at least a portion of a computer system that generates and shuffles a virtual poker card deck, deals the cards and performs other tasks typically associated with a dealer. The housing supports an electronic player interaction area (EPIA) for each player and a common display area. Dealt virtual hole cards are displayed on screens of each EPIA and virtual common cards are preferably displayed on a screen of the common display area. Mechanical actuators for each EPIA are operated by the players when playing poker, sending electric signals to the computer system for play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: James Crawford, Gehrig White, Lyle Berman, Daniel Byrd, Jonathan Lester, Michael Stanford
  • Publication number: 20060287103
    Abstract: A host console and method for use with an electronic card table is disclosed. The electronic card table has plurality of electronic player interaction areas located around a periphery of the table and a game computer. The game computer administers the electronic card table and is coupled to the plurality of electronic player interaction areas. The host console is connected to the game computer. The host console includes a host display, a host interface, and a host controller. The host controller is coupled to the host display and the host interface and allows the host to display information related to the card game and reset the connection between the game computer and one or more of the electronic player interaction areas and/or restart software on one or more of the electronic player interaction areas and/or reboot one or more of the electronic player interaction areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: James Crawford, Gehrig White, Jonathan Lester
  • Publication number: 20060068870
    Abstract: An electronic card game is provided to a plurality of players using an electronic card table. The electronic card table has a table top with a playing surface, a plurality of electronic player interaction areas located around a periphery of the table top and a central display area located in a central location of the table top. Each electronic player interaction area provides a player interface for interaction with one of the players. A game computer is coupled to the plurality of electronic player interaction areas and the central display area for administering the electronic card game using virtual cards and chips. A host console is coupled to the game computer for configuring the electronic player interaction areas and the central display area and for establishing parameters of the electronic card game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: PokerTek, Inc.
    Inventors: James Crawford, Gehrig White, Jonathan Lester
  • Patent number: 6187963
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the conversion of propylene to an acrolein derivative by converting propylene to acrolein and converting acrolein to the acrolein derivative. The processes utilize oxygen and recycle propane to the acrolein reactor. Process feeds can comprise, propane, propylene or mixtures thereof. The presence of propane in the propylene-to-acrolein reaction can enhance the efficiency of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William George Etzkorn, Richard A. Galley, Thomas E. Snead, Jonathan Lester Brockwell, Mark Anderson Young, John Michael Maher, Barbara Knight Warren
  • Patent number: 6166263
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for the conversion of propylene to acrolein in the presence of propane. The processes utilize oxygen and recycle propane to the acrolein reactor. Process feeds can comprise, propane, propylene or mixtures thereof. The presence of propane in the propylene-to-acrolein reaction can enhance the efficiency of the processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William George Etzkorn, Jonathan Lester Brockwell, Mark Anderson Young, John Michael Maher, Barbara Knight Warren