Patents by Inventor Raul Tammesoo

Raul Tammesoo 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).

  • Patent number: 9251661
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a player Io participate in a live online card game. After a card is drawn, and before all players can see it, it is optionally squeezed, i.e. slowly revealed to one or more players, such as the players who placed the highest bet for a particular side. The gradual revealing of the cards is performed by capturing and broadcasting a representative of the particular side showing the cards to a capturing device, by broadcasting pre-recorded image streams, or by broadcasting an image stream generated by a computing platform after a card was scanned by a scanning device. The player can choose the part of the card being revealed, and its orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: PLAYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Raul Tammesoo
  • Publication number: 20100102511
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a player Io participate in a live online card game. After a card is drawn, and before all players can see it, it is optionally squeezed, i.e. slowly revealed to one or more players, such as the players who placed the highest bet for a particular side. The gradual revealing of the cards is performed by capturing and broadcasting a representative of the particular side showing the cards to a capturing device, by broadcasting pre-recorded image streams, or by broadcasting an image stream generated by a computing platform after a card was scanned by a scanning device. The player can choose the part of the card being revealed, and its orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: PLAYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Raul Tammesoo