Patents Examined by Pierre E. Elisca
  • Patent number: 11798378
    Abstract: Gaming systems that provide an award in association with a play of a card game wherein a playing card is determined via a first determination of a suit of that playing card and a separate second determination of a rank of that playing card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11779809
    Abstract: A method and system for providing shot tracking data to a client device is disclosed herein. The system includes multiple golf ball tracking sensors positioned at multiple golf driving ranges, multiple shot application programming interfaces (API), and a shot API proxy. Each of the shot APIs is configured to receive shot data from each of the golf ball tracking sensors at a corresponding golf driving range venue such as a TOPGOLF® entertainment venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf International, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan D. Stroud
  • Patent number: 11783663
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing hybrid draw poker games to online players, poker hands comprise both physical card values dealt by a dealer and electronically-generated card values from the gaming server. The gaming server receives an indication from each of the remote players of how many hands each player would like to play, and a wager amount for each hand. Electronic indications of an initial set of physical cards dealt by the dealer are then provided to the online players. In response, each player provides an indication of card values that each player would like to retain and/or an indication of card values that each player would like to discard. The gaming server assigns the retained card values selected by each player to each player's respective hands, and then generates electronic replacement card values for each hand of each player. The gaming server then performs a win/lose analysis for each hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Uplay1
    Inventor: Bruce Merati
  • Patent number: 11779833
    Abstract: One embodiment of a puzzle device comprising a current puzzle state represented by a modulo-M number of N digits, a set of N indicators each capable of indicating one digit of the current puzzle state, an array of N arithmetic and/or logical operations with each operation in the array corresponding to one of said set of indicators, and a control means of selecting one of said set of N indicators. When one of said set of N indicators is selected, its corresponding operation in the array of arithmetic and/or logical operations is selected, applied to the current puzzle state's modulo-M number of N digits, and the new current puzzle state indicated by said set of N indicators. The puzzle game may be played on a dedicated device or as part of a video game on a computer, mobile phone, or game console. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Ellis Teel
  • Patent number: 11779834
    Abstract: In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Masaho Morita, Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Toshimasa Aoki
  • Patent number: 11783637
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Kwamina Crankson, Jason Nims, Michael L. Orenstein, Kristen Laina White
  • Patent number: 11779286
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods directed to evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a display, a screen display including: a visual representation of a pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel and the first instrument remains stationary within the vessel; and a visual representation of the vessel; receiving a user input to modify one of the visual representations of the pressure ratio and the vessel to simulate a therapeutic procedure; and updating the screen display, in response to the user input, including: modifying the selected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel based on the received user input; and correspondingly modifying the unselected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Anderson, Andrew Tochterman
  • Patent number: 11783667
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system including a casino management server and an electronic casino device is described. The electronic casino device includes a beacon configured to wirelessly communicate with end user devices (EUDs) of players and a processor. The processor executes instructions which cause the processor to transmit a request for a custom beacon ID, receive the custom beacon ID, and cause the beacon to wirelessly transmit the custom beacon ID to the EUD. The casino management server is configured to receive a connection request and validate that the received beacon ID matches the custom beacon ID. The casino management server is further configured to receive instructions from the EUD such that the player plays a game operated on the electronic casino device by physically interacting with the EUD, wherein the instructions received from the EUD include a low-bandwidth instruction including no more than two bytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Taylor, Steven Santisi, Angelo Palmisano, John Dawson, III, Damian Tarnawsky, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Bruce Urban, Joseph Kaminkow, Craig Paulsen
  • Patent number: 11783638
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Kwamina Crankson, Jason Nims, Michael L. Orenstein, Kristen Laina White
  • Patent number: 11771981
    Abstract: A controller for interfacing with a computing device is provided, including: a main body; a first extension extending from a first end of the main body; a second extension extending from a second end of the main body; and, wherein the first extension and the second extension are configured as handles; a button positioned on a surface of the main body, the button being configured to enable capture of a previous portion of gameplay video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Gary
  • Patent number: 11776363
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing opportunities to enhance gaming results over a plurality of gaming events. In one embodiment, award enhancements such as wild cards and/or payout modifiers migrate through a multi-hand poker array over multiple poker games, thereby changing the award enhancement opportunities as the award enhancements migrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Bradley Berman
  • Patent number: 11776321
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Kwamina Crankson, Jason Nims, Michael Levi Orenstein, Kristen Laina White
  • Patent number: 11766616
    Abstract: A processing device includes a communication interface configured to be communicably connected via a network with one or a plurality of terminal devices, a memory configured to store a program and music piece information that being associated with one or a plurality of users including a first user holding a first terminal device, and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor is configure to cause a game application to progress in the first terminal device in accordance with operation information input at the first terminal device, select first music piece information from the stored music piece information in accordance with a progress result of the game application, and transmit the selected first music piece information to the first terminal device via the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuki Morishita
  • Patent number: 11763636
    Abstract: A system for peer-to-peer wagering on outcomes of a live sporting event. Users can select from a set of available wagers and set their own odds and terms, other users can then accept those odds and terms. The system may hold all involved user's money or credit in an escrow account until the actual outcome of the subject of the wager has been determined. Then the system handles the settlement of the wager, either directly or by communicating with a third party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AdrenalineIP
    Inventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph W. Beyers, Michael D'Andrea, Harrison Grant
  • Patent number: 11759698
    Abstract: Disclosed are a smart cube including a core housing having an accommodation space therein, a plurality of blocks having a surface formed therein to correspond to an outer circumference of the core housing and coupled to each other to be rotatable in a group around the core housing, and a controller configured to recognize a position of at least one of the blocks and to calculate a solution to place blocks having the same outer surface on at least one surface of the cube, wherein the block includes types of shaft blocks coupled to a center of each of top, bottom, front, rear, left, and right surfaces of the core housing, edge blocks in contact with each side surface of the shaft block, and corner blocks interposed between the adjacent edge blocks, the controller recognizes a position of at least one of the blocks based on a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the shaft block, and the plurality of blocks visually outputs a next step of a current step of the solution including a plurality of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GENIEWOOS INC.
    Inventor: Tae Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11763637
    Abstract: A method and system for using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess and adjust the betting odds for live game wagers before they are presented to users based correlations between various parameters and user betting behavior, and to adjust the betting odds while the betting window is open based on how users are currently betting compared to expected user betting behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AdrenalineIP
    Inventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph Bodkin, Harrison Grant
  • Patent number: 11752417
    Abstract: Electronic tracking systems are disclosed for assisting users with locating objects in a sporting environment. One such system includes a ball tracking component that tracks a game ball while moving in the sporting environment, and a heads up display that is worn by the user. This heads up display has an electronic display screen with a transparent display area that dynamically displays images within the user's field of view. A processor, which communicates with the ball tracking component and heads up display, is programmed to detect movement of the game ball, and responsively determine launch characteristics and/or flight characteristics of the moving game ball. The heads up display displays the launch/flight characteristics contemporaneous with an object indication adjacent to or superimposed over the moving game ball as the game ball is visible through the transparent display area of the display screen within the user's field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Leech
  • Patent number: 11756382
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a consumer in association with the consumer utilizing an instrument associated with a qualifying financial account to purchase goods and/or services, wherein an amount of any benefits may be disproportionate to the value of the purchased goods and/or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Dwayne A. Davis, Andrew Fisher
  • Patent number: 11749068
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that facilitates a virtual casino floor having different risk limits for live players and remote players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Charles Cohen
  • Patent number: 11749058
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine is provided, including a player interface, a meter, a game display, and a game controller. The player interface is configured to receive a wager for a round of the wagering game. The meter is configured to record a wager amount for the round. The game display is configured to display a matrix of symbols. The game controller is coupled to the meter and the game display. The game controller is configured to conduct the round of the wagering game, including selecting the matrix of symbols. The game controller is further configured to detect a trigger symbol among the matrix of symbols. The trigger symbol corresponds to a multiplier feature. The game controller is further configured to award a multiple of the wager amount according to the multiplier feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Hawkins, Robert Honeycutt, Stephanie Johns