Abstract: A screen generating unit 287 generates a home screen for allowing a user to select a desired item of content from among multiple items of content, and the home screen includes a list in which multiple icons representing the multiple items of content are arranged. A display control unit displays the home screen on a television monitor 204. The screen generating unit 287 further arranges, in the list on the home screen, a search icon used to search for an item of content.

Abstract: Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection.

Abstract: An improved controller with fingerprint sensors for interfacing with a game console. The controller is intended to be hand held by a user in the same manner as a conventional controller. A child safety cover is provided to removably attach to the portion of the game console that houses the operational controls. A pause/resume system is integrated with the fingerprinting sensors.

Abstract: A bingo game system provides for new features and functionality for a bingo game platform, including a bingo game server configured to provide a temporary daub function for one or more bingo games.

Abstract: Technologies related to intermediary graphics rendition are generally described. In some examples, an intermediary computing device may store graphics models in a model store. A server computing device may generate and send a compositing flow to the intermediary computing device. The compositing flow may comprise model identifiers and model rendering information. The intermediary computing device may retrieve models identified in the compositing flow from the model store, and provide the identified models and model rendering information to a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for rendering. The GPU may render graphics for delivery via a network to a client device.

Abstract: The game machine comprising a display device and a controller is provided. The display device is configured to display a game. The controller is configured to display a plurality of reels, the reels reach displaying a plurality of symbols. Each reel includes at least one activation zone with each activation zone have at least one symbol. The controller is configured to determine the number of symbols within the activation zone, randomly determine an outcome of the game, and display the outcome of the game including the activation zone. The activation zone includes a determined number of symbols.

Abstract: An interactive treasure-hunting game system includes a treasure-hunting game machine, a control module, a portable device and a server. The treasure-hunting game machine contains objects. The control module is inserted in and operatively connected to the treasure-hunting game machine. The control module, the portable device and the server are connected to one another via the internet.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first storage portion, a second storage portion, a board-written data obtaining portion, a storage processing portion, and a first data processing portion. The first storage portion stores one or more pieces of board-written data which each includes lesson information that was input to a board surface. The second storage portion stores one or more pieces of exercise data. The board-written data obtaining portion obtains a piece of board-written data. The storage processing portion stores, in the first storage portion, the piece of board-written data obtained by the board-written data obtaining portion. The first data processing portion associates the piece of board-written data stored in the first storage portion by the storage processing portion, with a piece of exercise data whose learning theme is common to a learning theme of lesson information included in the piece of board-written data.

Abstract: Shared electronic resources can be allocated for a gaming application on a dynamic basis. A package of game content and configuration can be used to allocate an appropriate amount of resource capacity. Task-based instances can be launched as needed and terminated once a gaming session has completed. In order to account for relatively long load times, a number of pre-warmed task-based instances can be allocated that can load the game server functionality up to a determined state. The number of pre-warmed instances can be based on a number of different factors, such as an amount of unused capacity across a shared resource environment. When a request for a session is received, a pre-warmed instance is selected to be upgraded to a game server instance to serve the game session for the request. Pre-warmed instances can be reclaimed if capacity is needed for other purposes.

Abstract: A method for assisting game play. The method includes monitoring game play of the user playing a gaming application, wherein the user has a defined task to accomplish, wherein the task is associated with a task type. The method includes determining a task type proficiency rule for the task type based on results of a plurality of players taking on a plurality of tasks having the task type. The method includes determining a player proficiency score for accomplishing the task based on the task type proficiency rule. The method includes determining a user predictive rate of success in accomplishing the task based on the player proficiency score, the task type proficiency rule, and the task. The method includes determining a recommendation for the user based on the user predictive rate of success.

Abstract: The present invention provides a roulette game, including: a roulette wheel having a series of numbers, each number additionally having an assigned color characteristic; a betting layout having marked areas whereby one or more players may place a bet on a result of the roulette wheel, the betting layout further including first and second side bet areas for placing first and second side bets; spinning the roulette wheel to produce a game result comprising one of the roulette wheel numbers and its assigned color characteristic; a random number generator producing, for each spin of the roulette wheel, first and second random numbers selected from the same series of numbers with assigned color characteristics as represented on the roulette wheel; a display of first and second random numbers; settling roulette bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result; settling the first side bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result numerically matching one or both of the first and second random numbers; an

Abstract: Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed at gamification. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for tracking actions taken by a user at predetermined gaming levels in a gaming application, the gaming application also facilitating users to interact with the gaming application in the form of questions and answers relating to topics in the military and armed forces. If the user is unable to provide a minimum number of correct responses to the questions presented, the gaming application displays actions that are to be performed by the user to continue playing the game. In some embodiments, a game is paused temporarily by a pause signal sent to the gaming application. The game resumes when a resume signal is sent to activate the gaming application.

Abstract: A gaming system which displays a play of a multiple level selection game. For each level, the gaming system displays a plurality of selections associated with that level. A player picks a quantity of the selections as player picks. The player designates one or more of the player picks as designated picks. One or more modifiers are applied to each of the designated picks. The gaming system modifies the awards associated with the designated picks based on the one or more modifiers associated with each of the designated picks. The gaming system provides the value of the awards associated with the player picks. If the total value of the awards is greater than a threshold value for the currently played level, the gaming system provides the play of the next level and repeats the selection game.

Abstract: An example system includes: a display processing unit performing processing of displaying, on a display, an image concerning a processing result of an application and an operation receiving image for receiving an operation related to the application; a first operation reception unit receiving an operation associated with the operation receiving image by detecting contact with the operation receiving image through the touch panel; a second operation reception unit receiving an operation equivalent to operation associated with the operation receiving image through the operation for the hardware key; and an information processing unit performing information processing concerning the application in response to operation received by the first operation reception unit or the second operation reception unit. The display processing unit makes the operation receiving image non-display in the case where the second operation reception unit receives an operation.

Abstract: A method and system for using a low resolution image of a golfer's swing for analysis is disclosed. Cameras obtain images of various portions of a golfer's swing. A computer calculates parameters associated with a golfer and a golf club from the images. Parameters include body angles, head position, shoulder positions, arm positions, hand positions, leg positions, foot positions, club shaft angles, and club head position. Different portions of the swing are captured using the cameras, including a static initial address, a backswing, a downswing, a forward swing, and a follow-through. A computer uses measured parameters from two or more portions of the swing to determine comparative parameters during different portions of the swing. The computer uses the parameters to generate swing analysis outputs, including swing characteristic information and/or swing profile information. A correlation table relates identified swing analysis outputs to recommendations to the golfer to improve the swing.

Abstract: A skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive controller connected to an application controller, and configured to: communicate application telemetry; communicate an indication to purchase a ticket; display ticket information; communicate an indication to use the ticket; provide the multi-user tournament application; communicate secondary telemetry; receive and display award information; a wager controller connected to the application controller, and constructed to: receive wager request instructions; determine and communicate the wager outcome; and the application controller connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, connected to a session controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry and the wager outcome; receive indication to purchase the ticket; communicate ticket purchase; receive ticket; receive indication to use the ticket; communicate ticket consumption; receive the secondary telemetry; determine whether an award shou

Abstract: It is made possible to detect abnormality caused on a gaming machine. An analysis system includes: a storage device for storing a bet amount and a payout amount which are transmitted from a gaming machine; and an information processing device being operable to calculate a winning ratio based on the bet amount and the payout amount which are stored in the storage device, and the information processing device detects that abnormality has been caused on the gaming machine, when a winning ratio after increasing the bet amount is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a multi-player wagering game in which at least one of the players may win the occurrence of the wagering game by matching a game-winning pattern of game indicia on one or more game arrays having unique combinations of game indicia based on matching the game indicia on the game arrays to game indicia randomly selected for the occurrence of the wagering game. Each player matching a game-winning pattern may receive game-winning award, and may receive a game-winning award for each game array on which a game-winning pattern is matched. The method and gaming unit may further include an alternate outcome display wherein an outcome of a second wagering game may be displayed that corresponds to the outcome for the player on the one or more game arrays for the occurrence of the multi-player wagering game.

Abstract: A wagering game system configured to perform operations to transmit to a mobile device, via a wireless communication device of the gaming system, an offer for presentation via the mobile device in response to detecting that the mobile device is located at a casino. The offer is associated with a wagering game machine within the casino. The operations can further include detecting, via an electronic tracking device associated with the wagering game machine, an electronic identifier provided from the mobile device. For instance, the mobile device can provide the electronic identifier to the wagering game machine. The operations can further include associating, via an electronic processing unit of the gaming system, the offer with the wagering game machine in response to detecting the electronic identifier.

Abstract: An electronic device may receive a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during play of a game. The electronic device may detect one or more sounds on one or more of the audio channels during the monitoring of the plurality of audio channels. The electronic device may control, based on the detected one or more sounds, operation of a game controller that interacts with the game during play. The controlling of the operation of the game controller may comprise adjusting sensitivity of the game controller. The electronic device may determine directionality of the detected one or more sounds and adjust the sensitivity of the game controller based on the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds. The electronic device may increase and/or decrease the sensitivity of the game controller in response to changes in the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds.