Patents by Inventor Mario V. Muniz

Mario V. Muniz 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: 20020037766
    Abstract: A new lottery game provides players with an expanded opportunity to win a prize based on a play. The new lottery game increases official lottery revenues by encouraging increased play of local lotteries. The new lottery game includes a system and a method for monitoring lottery results in jurisdictions other than that of the player. A player in one jurisdiction may play a local lottery game and not match the draw in that jurisdiction. However, the numbers chosen by the player may match a draw conducted in another jurisdiction. In this event, the player may win a consolation prize that may be smaller in amount that the jackpot awarded in the player's own jurisdiction. Whereas before the player would have won nothing from the player's own local lottery, the player playing the new lottery game at least wins some money. The lottery game may be twined, or coupled to a local lottery game. Plays and payments in the lottery may be received via an Internet website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventor: Mario V. Muniz