Patents Assigned to Think Tek, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9818259
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Patent number: 9454873
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Publication number: 20150317873
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. ROWE
  • Patent number: 9111412
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Rowe
  • Patent number: 9092946
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game. The electronic gaming device can comprise a multi-player game engine that does not distinguish between virtual players and live players. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Patent number: 8998694
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Rowe
  • Publication number: 20140335927
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Rowe
  • Patent number: 8485893
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game. The electronic gaming device can comprise a multi-player game engine that does not distinguish between virtual players and live players. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Publication number: 20120165091
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game. The electronic gaming device can comprise a multi-player game engine that does not distinguish between virtual players and live players. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: THINK TEK, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Publication number: 20120115590
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game using playing cards derived from the insertion of a physical denomination of currency. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. ROWE
  • Patent number: 8167695
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game. The electronic gaming device can comprise a multi-player game engine that does not distinguish between virtual players and live players. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Publication number: 20110143779
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related providing city services, such as parking, are described. A mobile device can be configured to receive information from local sensor nodes, such as parking sensor nodes, in the vicinity of the mobile device. In a parking application, the mobile device located in a moving vehicle can be configured to locate available parking based upon the information received from the parking sensor nodes. In other embodiments, the mobile device can be utilized in a retail establishment in conjunction with a remote server to display eye-level image data taken at various locations throughout the retail establishment. The eye-level image data can include products displayed throughout the retail establishment and can be augmented with one or more indicators that indicate product placement locations associated with the products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: THINK TEK, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Rowe, Jean-Louis Fiorucci
  • Publication number: 20110105206
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to multi-player casino games are described. An electronic gaming device is provided that allows a live player to compete against a virtual player in a multi-player wager-based game. The electronic gaming device can comprise a multi-player game engine that does not distinguish between virtual players and live players. The electronic gaming device can be configured to simulate the decision making of a virtual player and associated behaviors of the virtual player during game play. In some instances, the simulated behaviors of the virtual player output at the electronic gaming device can be learned by a live player so that the live player can make better or more advantageous game play decisions. The simulated behaviors of the virtual player can be conveyed to the live player via visual images, such as simulated facial expressions of the virtual player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: THINK TEK, INC.
    Inventor: Richard Rowe
  • Patent number: 7861856
    Abstract: A portable or disposable package of tissues includes a reflective surface. The surface may be directly associated with the package. In another embodiment, the reflective surface is associated with another body which is connected to the package. That body may be removable from the package, so that it may be used with successive packages after the tissues in prior packages have been exhausted and the package disposed of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Rick Rowe
  • Patent number: 7347761
    Abstract: A toy is comprised of a propulsion system, such as a frame rollably supported by one or more driven wheels. The toy may be configured generically to include one or more platforms and a mounting bracket for connecting or supporting a variety of elements for transport and the remote control is used to control the toy, such as to cause the toy to move forward, in reverse, to stop, and to turn. In one embodiment the toy is utilized to entertain a pet, the toy having an animal likeness connected thereto. The animal likeness maybe animated and controlled remotely as well. The animal likeness is enticing to a pet in engaging in hunting and tracking of the toy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Rowe, John Rowe
  • Patent number: D440525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Robinson
  • Patent number: D453804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Robinson
  • Patent number: D456094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Robinson
  • Patent number: D474343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventors: John Cammarano, Jeannye Sir
  • Patent number: D474867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Think Tek, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Robinson