Patents Assigned to Generation Z, LLC
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Patent number: 12327456Abstract: Described is an electronic gaming system using common physical cards having a scanner that identifies cards dealt by a dealer, a gaming table where the cards are dealt and scanned, player computing equipment that provide individualized gaming interfaces for players, and a gaming computing system connected to the scanner and player computing equipment that, based on candidate card sets being successively dealt and scanned, continuously identifies the candidate sets, receives a first request for cards from a first player computing device and a second request for cards from a second player computing device, identifies, among the candidate sets, first and second sets of the cards for the first and second requests, respectively, and transmits data representative of the first and second sets to the first and second player computing devices, respectively. The first and second requests are received at different times and the first and second sets include different cards.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Stephen Deckoff, Tom W. Bowling
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Patent number: 12159506Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system can include one or more physical gaming pieces that are used to determine gaming outcomes; a scanner to identify the one or more physical gaming pieces; a plurality of player computing equipment to provide gaming interfaces with electronic gaming action for a corresponding player based, at least in part, on the identified one or more physical gaming pieces, and a gaming computer system connected to (i) the scanner, (ii) the plurality of player computing equipment, (iii) player accounts, and (iv) third-party providers of proposition player (TPPP) accounts. The gaming computer system can identify a TPPP that is assigned to cover gaming action on the game and players who are playing the game; determine gaming outcomes for each of the players; and reconcile player accounts and the TPPP account based on the determined gaming outcomes for each of the players.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Taro Ito, Stephen Deckoff
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Patent number: 11810433Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system includes: a plurality of physical playing cards that are dealt by an automated or human dealer; a scanner that is configured to identify each physical playing card of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing devices that are configured to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing device that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing devices. The gaming computing device may select different sets of dealt cards to provide different types of games to players at different ones of the gaming computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Tom W. Bowling, Jr., Taro Ito
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Publication number: 20230351862Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system can include one or more physical gaming pieces that are used to determine gaming outcomes; a scanner to identify the one or more physical gaming pieces; a plurality of player computing equipment to provide gaming interfaces with electronic gaming action for a corresponding player based, at least in part, on the identified one or more physical gaming pieces, and a gaming computer system connected to (i) the scanner, (ii) the plurality of player computing equipment, (iii) player accounts, and (iv) third-party providers of proposition player (TPPP) accounts. The gaming computer system can identify a TPPP that is assigned to cover gaming action on the game and players who are playing the game; determine gaming outcomes for each of the players; and reconcile player accounts and the TPPP account based on the determined gaming outcomes for each of the players.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Taro Ito, Stephen Deckoff
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Patent number: 11462078Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system includes: a plurality of physical playing cards that are dealt by an automated or human dealer; a scanner that is configured to identify each physical playing card of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing devices that are configured to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing device that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing devices. The gaming computing device may select different sets of dealt cards to provide different types of games to players at different ones of the gaming computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Tom W. Bowling, Jr., Taro Ito
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Patent number: 10970973Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic five-card draw poker gaming system using common physical cards includes a plurality of physical playing cards; a scanner that is configured to identify each of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing equipment with graphical displays that are programmed to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing system that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing equipment to determine five-card draw poker gaming outcomes for each of the plurality of players based on commonly dealt cards and player actions.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Stephen Deckoff, Tom W. Bowling, Jr.
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Patent number: 10930120Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system can include one or more physical gaming pieces that are used to determine gaming outcomes; a scanner to identify the one or more physical gaming pieces; a plurality of player computing equipment to provide gaming interfaces with electronic gaming action for a corresponding player based, at least in part, on the identified one or more physical gaming pieces, and a gaming computer system connected to (i) the scanner, (ii) the plurality of player computing equipment, (iii) player accounts, and (iv) third-party providers of proposition player (TPPP) accounts. The gaming computer system can identify a TPPP that is assigned to cover gaming action on the game and players who are playing the game; determine gaming outcomes for each of the players; and reconcile player accounts and the TPPP account based on the determined gaming outcomes for each of the players.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Taro Ito, Stephen Deckoff
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Patent number: 10861291Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic gaming system includes: a plurality of physical playing cards that are dealt by an automated or human dealer; a scanner that is configured to identify each physical playing card of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing devices that are configured to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing device that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing devices. The gaming computing device may select different sets of dealt cards to provide different types of games to players at different ones of the gaming computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Tom W. Bowling, Jr., Taro Ito
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Patent number: 10198913Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic five-card draw poker gaming system using common physical cards includes a plurality of physical playing cards; a scanner that is configured to identify each of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing equipment with graphical displays that are programmed to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing system that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing equipment to determine five-card draw poker gaming outcomes for each of the plurality of players based on commonly dealt cards and player actions.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Generation Z, LLCInventors: Stephen Deckoff, Thomas W. Bowling, Jr.