Patents by Inventor Leslie Whiteford

Leslie Whiteford 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).

  • Online gaming systems and methods
    Patent number: 8556693
    Abstract: Computer implemented gaming methods are provided that include the identifying a plurality of securities to participate in a race; computing odds at an open of the race for at least one type of bet for each of the plurality of the identified securities; publishing using at least one computing device details of the race; generating a visualization of the race, the visualization comprising a plurality of participants each representing an identified security; determining a price of each of the plurality of securities at a start of the race and at least once during a running of the race; and updating the visualization of the race to reflect a change in the price of at least one of the securities in the race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Alan Berman, Stephen Ferrando, Richard Taylor, Leslie Whiteford, Jarrett Lilien
  • ONLINE GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120034961
    Abstract: Computer implemented gaming methods are provided that include the identifying a plurality of securities to participate in a race; computing odds at an open of the race for at least one type of bet for each of the plurality of the identified securities; publishing using at least one computing device details of the race; generating a visualization of the race, the visualization comprising a plurality of participants each representing an identified security; determining a price of each of the plurality of securities at a start of the race and at least once during a running of the race; and updating the visualization of the race to reflect a change in the price of at least one of the securities in the race.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Alan Berman, Stephen Ferrando, Richard Taylor, Leslie Whiteford, Jarrett Lilien