Patents Examined by Ronald Laneau
  • Patent number: 11928936
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a server computing device configured to receive an input from a first user computing device including a request to initiate an electronic game and assign a plurality of user devices to the electronic game. The server is further configured to identify a second player account as an initial play player account, wherein the initial play player account is designated to initiate a first play of the electronic game. The server is further configured to transmit content to a second user computing device that causes a gameplay user interface at the second user computing device to include a first display area including video images from a video stream from the second user computing device and a second display area including video images received by the server from a video stream received from the first user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, Alfred Thomas, Hua Xu, Scott Burns, Joseph Masinter, II, Jehoshua Josue
  • Patent number: 11918880
    Abstract: A method of and system for conducting multiple competitions of skill for a single performance are described herein. User generated competition groups and system generated competition groups allow users to participate in multiple competitions at once based on answering the same questions or making the same selections related to a single event. The users are informed of each competition either via email, text message or when logging into the network via a website. The users select which competitions groups to join. After joining the desired groups, the users then make their selections related to the event which are transmitted to the network where results are tabulated and transmitted back to the users. The results are separated based on each competition group, so that users can continually know where they stand in each separate competition. With multiple competition groups, users are able to have varying success from the same performance in multiple competitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Winview IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: David B. Lockton
  • Patent number: 11922773
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a game of chance. A gaming system includes one or more game displays, a user interface, at least one processor running executable instructions related to a game of chance and memory in communication with said at least one processor. The game of chance including a two-part game wherein at least one part of the two-part games includes a video reel game and includes the generation of random sub-events wherein two or more of said random sub-events are required to trigger another game part including a bonus game, a secondary game, a free game round, a “hold and spin” round, or other game event. The plurality of sub-events required to trigger another game part serve to reduce the frequency of significant player “cold streaks” during game play. The game of chance including a plurality of user-selectable or switchable random number generators in communication with the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Gaming Arts, LLC
    Inventors: David Colvin, Eric Colvin
  • Patent number: 11918892
    Abstract: A gaming system and an operation method of a gaming server thereof are provided. The gaming system includes multiple player devices and the gaming server. The gaming server establishes a network connection with the player devices. In response to one of the player devices initiating a game, the gaming server sends a game notification to the player devices according to a player list. The gaming server determines a common throughput between the player devices based on a response of each of the player devices to the game notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuan-Ju Chen, Hung-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 11918896
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing an online game. The apparatus including a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to identify a set of client devices engaged in an online game; identify game parameters associated with client devices in the set; define group of client devices from the set of client devices, wherein the at least one group of client devices includes client devices with similar game parameter; determine communication latency between each of the client devices in the group of client devices and a server; define subgroup of client devices from each of the group of client devices, wherein the subgroup of client devices includes client devices with a similar communication latency; and enable the client devices in the subgroup of client devices to engage in a game session of the online game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Supercell Oy
    Inventors: Robert Kamphuis, Jonne Loikkanen, Jon Franzas
  • Patent number: 11923066
    Abstract: An athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions. The system includes a mobile tracking device wearable around a portion of the athlete, and a training log server for maintaining an athlete profile that includes a training record updatable by the athlete device and a training plan supplied by a coach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Todd Martin
  • Patent number: 11915542
    Abstract: Systems and method for providing a slot-type game in which an award outcome is determined based on the amount and position of each of a randomly generated first and second symbols in the game outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Aimin Cong
  • Patent number: 11911684
    Abstract: Systems and methods for resolving discrepancies between recordings made by multiple scorekeepers for a game comprising discrete events. In an example, a discrepancy resolving system include at least two personal computing devices and a remote server connected thereto, wherein each of the personal computing devices and the server is equipped with software which enables the personal computing devices to receive recordings of game events from a different scorekeeper, sending such recordings to the server, where the recordings from different scorekeepers are compared and discrepancies detected. The discrepancies are sent back to the computing devices for further responses from the scorekeepers. When the responses from different scorekeepers agree with each other, the discrepancies are resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DESIGNATED HITTER, INC
    Inventors: Joseph Fisher Golton, John David McLellan, II
  • Patent number: 11908284
    Abstract: A system, computer-implemented method and gaming device are provided. A method includes receiving, by a synchronization server, broadcast event data that is displayed on an electronic display and that is generated by a television broadcasting system, receiving, by the synchronization server, sports wagering system data that is generated by a sports wagering system and that corresponds to a broadcast event, generating synchronized wager data that includes broadcast event data and the sports wagering system data and causing the sports wagering system data to be displayed on the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Dwayne Nelson, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 11908273
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a playing card system configured to authenticate a playing card for playing a card game. The playing card system comprising a playing card, a playing card authentication device, and a playing card authentication server. The playing card comprises an electronic memory storing authentication data, and a counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Seal Network B.V.
    Inventors: Joris Bastiaan Verschoor, Bart Boris Verschoor
  • Patent number: 11893856
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11893855
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11887253
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein provide a terrain generation and population system that can determine terrain population rules for terrain population objects and features when placing objects and features in a three dimensional virtual space. As such, the terrain generation and population system can generate realistic terrain for use in game. The terrain generation and population system can receive an image, such as a satellite image, and utilize artificial intelligence to perform image segmentation at the pixel level to segment features and/or objects in the image. The game terrain system can automatically detect and apply feature and object masks based on the identified features and/or objects from the image segmentation. The game terrain system can place the features and/or objects in corresponding masks in the three dimensional space according to the application of terrain population rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Han Liu, Mohsen Sardari, Harold Henry Chaput, Navid Aghdaie, Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman
  • Patent number: 11887437
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Patent number: 11883731
    Abstract: A martial arts training device with scoring system, device comprising a padded device designed to be struck by a participant; and a scoring system attached to padded device, scoring system comprising: an impedance-based impact sensing mechanism that detects a source of impact comprising at least one impedance changing mechanism that changes impedance as each of conductive material is moved towards and away from impedance changing mechanism as the first participant delivers the impact; an impact sensing mechanism for which mechanically detects the force of impact creating electrical charges; at least one impedance-based impact measuring scoring system determining the source of the impact that occurred based on a change in impedance electromagnetically in said impedance changing mechanism; and at least one impedance changing rate determination engine configured to determine a rate at which the impedance changes in impedance changing mechanism; and at least one impact force determination engine configured to det
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Delarosa, Jin Song
  • Patent number: 11881078
    Abstract: A presentation assembly for a gaming machine, the presentation assembly comprising a display device, at least one light-emitting device positioned adjacent the display device, and a reflective surface facing the at least one light-emitting device. The reflective surface includes at least one convex surface element extending towards the at least one light-emitting device. The convex surface elements are configured to reflect at least a portion of light emitted by the light-emitting devices towards a predetermined area associated with the gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Coon, Christian Kulujian
  • Patent number: 11878237
    Abstract: This application discloses a server and a data processing method, apparatus, and system. In the method, a first server receives control stream information from a terminal, parses the control stream information, starts a game based on a game ID in the control stream information, and intercepts instruction stream information. An Android stimulator is deployed on the first server. The first server sends the instruction stream information to a second server. The second server is in a graphics processing unit GPU resource pool. The second server selects a target GPU from the GPU resource pool to process the instruction stream information, complete image rendering and encoding, and generate video stream information, and finally the second server sends the video stream information to the terminal. The terminal displays the video stream information to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Lu, Shiping Deng, Sicong Li, Minjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11875423
    Abstract: A platform for wagering on sporting events that includes two novel features that may be implemented separately or in combination. First, by selecting the outcome of a number of sporting events, the participant is in effect wagering on the outcome of each selected sporting event individually and each combination of the selected sporting events. Secondly, point spreads may be listed as whole integers (or even a range), creating the possibility that the outcome of the sporting event will match the point spread exactly. Participants are therefore given the option to select that the outcome of the sporting event will match the point spread exactly (sometimes referred to as a “push”), increasing the odds of a correct prediction and increasing the potential payout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GAMEDAYMATCH LLC
    Inventor: William E. Hogwood
  • Patent number: 11875649
    Abstract: Some embodiments may relate to a game in which a house takes a rake as a fee for playing a game. A game may include a multiplayer baccarat game that may add a skill element. For example, a baccarat game may add the ability for player's to bluff, choose whether to request cards, raise, fold, and so on. Other example methods and apparatus are described. Some embodiments may include a rake version of Chinese poker. Some embodiments include an open face version of a card game. Some embodiments include a card game with a virtual player position that allows users to play in the virtual player position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11872464
    Abstract: An golf tournament simulation method may include generating predicted hole scores for each hole of each round of a golf tournament. Historical shot data corresponding to a historical occurrence of one or more hole events may be utilized as weight to generate predicted outcomes of hole events for each hole. A score probability distribution may be assigned to the predicted outcomes to generate predicted hole scores. Simulations may be analyzed for predicted outcome probabilities such as win probability, cutline, or Top-10 finish probability. The simulations may be updated during actual play by replacing predicted scores with actual scores. Predicted outcome probabilities may be updated based on the updated simulations updated to include the actual scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Vitti, Jacqueline Shelly, Joshua Oskwarek