Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Harris

Stephen M. Harris 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: 9680781
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface receives, from a first device associated with a requesting user, a request. The requesting user is associated with an enterprise group. The enterprise group comprises a plurality of users. The memory is operable to store e-mail information for each of the plurality of users in the enterprise group. A processor is communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and is operable to determine, based on the request and the e-mail information, one or more expert users in the enterprise group to provide a response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Wilson Ferreira, Samuel Howgego, Stephen M. Harris
  • Patent number: 9305431
    Abstract: A method of playing a video poker game comprising: inviting a plurality of players to play a video poker game, wherein each participating player plays an individual hand dealt from a separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player; placing a wager to begin play by each participating player, wherein there is at least two participating players; dealing five cards to each participating player face up from the separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player, wherein each participating player may one of: hold, fold, or replace any of the five cards; dealing replacement cards to each participating player from the separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player for each participating player who selects to replace any of the five card dealt to that participating player; determining if any of the participating players has a winning wager by verifying if remaining five cards of each participating player matches a poker hand stated on a pay table; and paying each participating play
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Clownfish Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Harris, Lawrence Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20160065508
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface receives, from a first device associated with a requesting user, a request. The requesting user is associated with an enterprise group. The enterprise group comprises a plurality of users. The memory is operable to store e-mail information for each of the plurality of users in the enterprise group. A processor is communicatively coupled to the interface and the memory and is operable to determine, based on the request and the e-mail information, one or more expert users in the enterprise group to provide a response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wilson Ferreira, Samuel Howgego, Stephen M. Harris
  • Publication number: 20150080080
    Abstract: A method of playing a video poker game comprising: inviting a plurality of players to play a video poker game, wherein each participating player plays an individual hand dealt from a separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player; placing a wager to begin play by each participating player, wherein there is at least two participating players; dealing five cards to each participating player face up from the separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player, wherein each participating player may one of hold, fold, or replace any of the five cards; dealing replacement cards to each participating player from the separate standard 52 card deck for that participating player for each participating player who selects to replace any of the five card dealt to that participating player; determining if any of the participating players has a winning wager by verifying if remaining five cards of each participating player matches a poker hand stated on a pay table; and paying each participating playe
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen M. HARRIS, Lawrence Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20150080079
    Abstract: A method for playing a video poker game comprising: placing a wager to begin play by a participating player; dealing five cards to the participating player face up from a standard 52 card deck for the participating player, wherein the participating player may one of: hold, fold, or replace any of the five cards; and returning a portion of the wager if the participating player decides to fold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: STEPHEN M. HARRIS
  • Patent number: 7472908
    Abstract: A playing card wagering game which involves each player placing an ante bet. Cards are dealt, one face down to the player and one face down to the dealer. After looking at his card, each player makes two additional wagers. The dealer will then turn over his card. Each player then withdraws one of his wagers, leaving the ante bet and one wager. The dealer then draws three additional cards face up. The four dealer cards are added up with the player card to determine a winning number for each player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen M. Harris
  • Patent number: 5513851
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus and method are provided which relate to a dice table game having at least two levels of wagering in cooperation with an optional jackpot wager. During operation, a player places an optional jackpot wager and a first level wager upon one of the possible dice combinations. If the player loses at the first level, both wagers are taken by the house. If the player wins at the first level, the player's jackpot wager remains and the player is paid for the first level wager based upon the odds associated with the selected dice combination. When the player wins at the first level, the player is required to place a wager upon a second level by selecting one of the possible combinations of dice offered at the second level. If the player loses at the second level, the second level wager and the jackpot wager are taken by the house. When the player wins at the second level, a payout is effected based upon the odds associated with the dice combination selected by the player and the jackpot wager is held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Inventor: Stephen M. Harris