Patents Examined by Milap Shah
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Patent number: 12208335Abstract: Method and system for training a virtual character of a telematics-based game. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: initiating a virtual trip including virtual occurrences to be encountered by the virtual character; receiving, in real-time, telematics data associated with the real trip; determining, based on the telematics data, one or more real obstacles encountered by the user during the real trip; determining, based on the telematics data, one or more performances indicative of how proficient the user operated the real vehicle upon encountering the one or more real obstacles; determining, based on the one or more performances, one or more skill points associated with a plurality of real skills; training the virtual character by at least updating, based on the plurality of skill points, the plurality of virtual ratings; updating, based on the updated plurality of virtual ratings, the one or more outcomes.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: QUANATA, LLCInventors: Micah Wind Russo, Kenneth Jason Sanchez
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Patent number: 12211338Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display device, at least one input mechanism, a processor, and a memory storing a plurality of reel strips, and instructions which cause the processor to: select symbols from the reel strips for display at a plurality of symbol positions; display the symbols selected at the symbol positions; in response to a trigger condition being met, initiate an icon selection instance from which one prize of a set of prizes may be awarded, wherein each prize has an associated prize symbol; determine whether to remove one or more prizes from the set of prizes; display a plurality of selectable icons, each of the icons representing a prize; visually remove the one or more prizes; receive selections of the icons until an end condition of a plurality of end conditions is met; and provide an award.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Alessandro Sidoti, Dinh Tran, Hanson Santoso, Upinder Dhaliwal, Saurabh Kalra, Gaurav Goel, Sunil Singh, Romit Aggarwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Emily Chew
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Patent number: 12205439Abstract: A gaming device may perform various electronic games, such as a keno game, and may include a game controller configured to control operations of the performed electronic games. During the course of a game performed on the gaming device, the game controller may control various winning scenarios, including alternate winning scenarios. At certain stages in a keno game, a number of markers may be selected. Before, after, or while these markers are selected, the game controller may determine how many bonus markers will be selected. Based on the number of selected bonus markers, the game controller may initiate a bonus draw phase where an additional number of markers may be selected. After all markers have been selected, any selected bonus markers may be added together and the calculated sum may be added to a credit balance associated with a player of the gaming device.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Daley, Allon Englman, Daniel Mirjavadi, Christopher Brune
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Patent number: 12201896Abstract: The application provides a game controller and a game console. The game controller comprises a first button electrically connected with a first main board, when the first button is triggered, the first main board can generate specific feedback information, so that a game character can perform specific operations. By arranging the first button at a position at the rear shell of the controller, a user can press the first button through a middle finger or a ring finger, which is convenient for the user to operate with multiple fingers at the same time. Furthermore, by rotating the pressing structure at the junction of the rotating structure and the pressing structure as a pivot to press the first button, the shape of the pressing structure can be adapted to the actual needs of the user, and the user has a better operational experience.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Shenzhen Jinyang Huichuang Technology Company, Ltd.Inventor: Jiarui Zhu
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Patent number: 12194365Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a skill level difference detection unit that detects a skill level difference between a first user and a second user on the basis of sensing data regarding the first user and sensing data regarding the second user having a skill level lower than a skill level of the first user, and a presentation unit that dynamically changes and presents, during performance, skill level difference suppression information that reduces the skill level difference to at least one of the first and second users on the basis of the skill level difference detected. The sensing data is acquired through at least performance and the like performed by moving at least a part of a body of the users and other performance performed in the past with respect to the performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Yohei Fukuma, Ikuo Yamano, Ryo Yokoyama
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Patent number: 12198493Abstract: A method comprises initiating a gaming session for a grid-based game, tracking a number of consecutive losing plays of the grid-based game during the gaming session, and providing a player of the grid-based game with an option to reuse a wild symbol that appears in one play of the number of consecutive losing plays in a next play when the number of consecutive losing plays exceeds a threshold. The method further comprises receiving first input from the player to reuse the wild symbol in the next play, generating, in response to the first input, a sequence of symbols comprising the wild symbol, and causing a display to display the sequence of symbols populated in the array of cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: IGTInventors: Nathan Ajhar, Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong
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Patent number: 12190681Abstract: Disclosed are gaming methods and a system that utilize a presentation assembly configured to present a series of spins of a plurality of reels arranged in an array, the plurality of reels including value-bearing symbols and a plurality of types of aggregation symbols. When one of the plurality of types of aggregation symbols lands in the array, values borne by one or more value-bearing symbols in the array are aggregated into a value borne by the aggregation symbols according to rules based on its type. At a conclusion of the series of spins, a payout based on the values of the aggregation symbols and any other value-bearing symbols in the array is awarded.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Sarah Leggett, Jeremy Hornik
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Patent number: 12186671Abstract: A competitive game in which a user and an opponent participate is executed, and a rating based on a match record of the competitive game is stored. When an update condition that, after last update, the user wins the competitive game a predetermined number of times that is two or more or the user loses the competitive game a predetermined number of times that is two or more, is satisfied, a temporary change amount of a rating parameter is calculated on the basis of a match record of each competitive game until the update condition is satisfied this time after the last update. If the temporary change amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the temporary change amount is determined as a change amount of the rating parameter, and if the temporary change amount is less than the predetermined threshold, the threshold is determined as a change amount of the rating parameter, and the rating is updated.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventor: Shintaro Sato
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Patent number: 12183153Abstract: A promotional game is conducted over participants' cell phones. During a play period, a participant advances on a virtual game board using cell phone commands. During the player period drawing entries are generated proportional to play on electronic gaming devices, play of the promotional game, or retail purchases. Some players receive a multiplier for their drawing entries to enhance chances of winning the promotional game. In one embodiment, the multiplier is removed for a player after a cutoff threshold for prizes awarded to that player is reached.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Acres TechnologyInventor: John F. Acres
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Patent number: 12183167Abstract: A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: PAOKAI ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Shan Wei
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Patent number: 12172077Abstract: When a first condition related to a change in a position of a virtual microphone in a virtual space is satisfied, a residual virtual microphone is placed at a position of the virtual microphone before the change in the position, and residual virtual microphone acquisition sound data whose volume is set on the basis of a distance between the residual virtual microphone and a virtual sound source and current virtual microphone acquisition sound data whose volume is set on the basis of a distance between the virtual microphone after the change in the position and the virtual sound source are outputted to a speaker such that an output level of the residual virtual microphone acquisition sound data is gradually decreased and an output level of the current virtual microphone acquisition sound data is gradually increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jyunya Osada
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Patent number: 12175841Abstract: A bonus round of a video keno game may consist of a series of bonus game instances. During a bonus game instance, a game controller may identify a set of bonus game pieces and select a set of bonus outcome identifiers from a bonus outcome pool. A win amount may be determined based on the number of matches between the set of bonus outcome identifiers and the set of bonus game pieces. The bonus outcome identifiers may include persistent identifiers and non-persistent identifiers. Persistent identifiers may be removed from the bonus outcome pool for subsequent bonus game instances in the series. Additionally or alternatively, the bonus game pieces corresponding to the persistent identifiers may continue to be matches for the subsequent bonus game instances in the series.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Mirjavadi, John Daley, Christopher Brune, David Kaminkow
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Patent number: 12165466Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and/or methods that are configured to concurrently utilize presented game components in multiple games or game features within the same or different game. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to enable randomly-presented game components, such as slot game symbols, to be concurrently useable in one or more other games, and/or one or more other game features within the same overall game. Hence, one or more symbols presented in a first game segment are also available in a second game segment, where the game segments may be interrelated or alternatively independent from one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2024Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Inventor: Brett Hawkins
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Patent number: 12159511Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller configured to select a first plurality of card symbols to form a player hand for a player, wherein the first plurality of card symbols include a plurality of hole cards dealt only to the player and at least one community card. The game controller is also configured to select a second plurality of card symbols to form a jackpot hand, and determine whether at least one card symbol of the first plurality of card symbols matches at least one card symbol of the second plurality of card symbols. The game controller is also configured to adjust, based on the determining, a credit balance of the player by a value associated with a jackpot award based upon a number of hole cards in the player hand that match card symbols in the jackpot hand.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventor: Chi We Chim
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Patent number: 12151172Abstract: Information may be provided to smartphones to allow users to display video game characters of other individuals in a social or other setting, outside of and/or independent of game play of the video game. The smartphones may read information, for example of a badge or a face, and use the information to obtain information of a visual representation of a virtual game character of another person. The information of the game character may also be used for displays in a virtual reality game, results of which may be used to update game character status in a video game.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.Inventors: Josiah Eatedali, Rob Schonfeld
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Patent number: 12145071Abstract: The present invention provides a method to establish cloned game accounts, when an auction information is posted on the game account trading platform, the game account trading platform will establish a testing game interface according to the game interface under the relevant game account, and generate a cloned game account based on the game objects, so that the buyer user primary account can enter this testing game interface to test the cloned game account.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: GAMANIA DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Chih-hao Chien, Cheng-yu Wang, Wan-chen Wu
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Patent number: 12136312Abstract: Techniques and systems for providing games of chance with multiple levels of persistent features are disclosed. Some example systems include scatter prize indicators that are each associated with different symbol positions of a game of chance. When a scatter symbol is selected for a given symbol position, the scatter prize indicator associated therewith may be upgraded; selection of a sufficient number of symbol positions may result in a feature game mode being activated. During feature game mode play, scatter symbols are retained after each play of the game until either sufficient consecutive plays occur without any scatter symbols being obtained or until all symbol positions have scatter symbols. In the latter case, the scatter prize indicators are upgraded and play continues. In the former case, the feature game mode concludes. Various enhancements may be triggered based on the number of times that the feature game mode has been activated.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Warms, Jennifer Mizzi, Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Zachary Smith, Erick Ching, Jeffrey Uss, Hanna Sanborn
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Patent number: 12128320Abstract: A ranking list display method in a game system, which can easily execute ranking confirmation of a user, who is a ranking confirmation target, such as the user himself/herself, a friend or a rival, is provided. The ranking list display method in a game system includes determining a position in a ranking list of a game of a user who is a ranking confirmation target in relation to a display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on a terminal, and displaying a pointer, which corresponds to the determined position in the ranking list of the user who is the ranking confirmation target in relation to the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal, within the display range of the ranking list which is currently displayed on the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: GREE, Inc.Inventors: Maya Sawamura, Takuya Kai, Kenji Iguchi, Yushi Takagi, Toshiharu Yabe
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Patent number: 12128319Abstract: Disclosed are new and innovative methods and systems for coordinating a game having a plurality of players. One of the methods comprises: enabling each of the plurality of players to create a team of champions; and creating a one or more real-time battles between a plurality of human players.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.Inventor: David Abecassis
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Patent number: 12121805Abstract: Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Mythical, Inc.Inventors: Stephan Cunningham, Cameron Thacker, John Linden