Abstract: A medical/veterinary procedure simulation apparatus includes a simulated mammalian body part. The simulated mammalian body part further includes one or more anatomical replications of mammalian tissue. The apparatus also includes an attaching substrate for fixedly attaching the simulated body part to a mammal or a model of the mammal. The apparatus further includes one or more sensors configured to provide a quantified measurement of one or more actions, pertaining to at least one medical procedure. The apparatus further includes a virtual reality system configured to receive one or more input signals from the one or more sensors. The virtual reality system is further configured to display at least one visual representation of at least one clinical procedure being performed on the one or more anatomical replications based on the one or more input signals from the one or more sensors.

Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine for providing an in game object offer in a gambling hybrid game. The in game object offer may be used to generate a convertible intermediate value holder in an entertainment game provided the gambling hybrid game. The in game object offer may be obtained as the result of a gambling event or by the expenditure of a form of credit by the player.

Abstract: A system and method for peer-to-peer gaming is described. One embodiment includes a system for peer-to-peer gaming, the system comprising an at least one gaming client, wherein the at least one gaming client is configured to accept a selection of an at least one gaming option from a player, and allow the player to play a game based on the selection of the at least one gaming option; an administration server, wherein the administration server is configured to receive the selection of the at least one gaming option from the at least one gaming client, and initiate the game for the player based on the selection of the at least one gaming option; and an at least one gaming server, wherein the at least one gaming sever is configured to run the game and transmit data about the game to the administration server.

Abstract: A token dispensing system is adapted suitable for installing a token dispenser in a game device. A mounting bracket for the token dispenser provides a simple and inexpensive way to install the token dispenser as part of the token dispensing system inside the housing of a game device. The dispensing system includes an electronic control circuit that controls an alarm device to provide a low level warning signal when the level of tokens in the token dispenser is low and an empty warning signal when the token dispenser is empty. The electronic control circuit controls dispensing tokens from the token dispenser such that a user receives the correct number of tokens even if the dispenser runs out of tokens in the middle of dispensing a selected number of tokens during a transaction.

Abstract: One variation of a method for addressing psychological conditions of a patient through guided meditation includes: serving a first psychological test to the patient through a virtual patient portal; transforming results of the first psychological test into a set of psychological conditions of the patient; matching a first predefined meditation path to the patient based on a severity of each psychological condition in the set of psychological conditions; serving a first guided meditation track in the first meditation path to the patient through the virtual patient portal; serving a second psychological test to the patient through the virtual patient portal; calculating new intensities of each psychological condition in the set of psychological conditions of the patient based on results of the second psychological test; and matching a second predefined meditation path to the patient based on the new intensities of each psychological condition in the set of psychological conditions.

Abstract: A gaming machine includes at least one sound-generating display device. The sound-generating display device is configured to not only display information such as game information, but to generate sound. In one embodiment one or more transducers are mounted to a back or rear portion of a video display and cause one or more portions of the video display, such as a front panel thereof, to move, thus generating sound. The one or more transducers are controlled to generate sound, including to generate sound which has sound which is perceived to emanate from particular areas of the video display.

Abstract: The technology described herein splits the control focus of a user interface during a sustained user interaction. A sustained user interaction is an interaction action lasting more than a threshold period of time. The sustained interaction is initiated when the user directs the control focus of an interface onto an interface object and begins an interaction with the object. Upon determining that a sustained interaction has begun, a control focus lock is executed at the point of control focus where the sustained interaction began, for example, the point where the cursor was located when the sustained interaction began. Upon termination of the sustained interaction, the primary control focus is snapped to the location of the secondary control focus and a secondary control focus is terminated until a subsequent sustained interaction is detected.

Abstract: An education support system provides information that helps educators and students to achieve effective and efficient learning. The system includes a plurality of terminal devices and a server. The terminal devices include a terminal display unit, voice output unit, reproduction log data memory unit, and transmission unit. The server includes a digital content memory unit that stores digital content received from the terminal devices, a receiver unit that receives the reproduction log data transmitted from the respective terminal devices, a data conversion unit, a server display unit; and a display control unit that arranges strings of phrases in the reproduction log data in a vertical direction, displays times spent on reproduction of the strings of the phrases to be displayed with the lateral length of the squares on a right side of the respective strings, and displays number of times of reproduction by phrase on the same screen.

Abstract: On a participation member screen image of a chat room, user information is displayed such that a host user and a guest user who perform share play can be specified. In a member information area, an information displaying field for the host user and an information displaying field for the guest user are disposed in a juxtaposed relationship from the uppermost stage, and a share play mark is added to the host user. Further, in a share play item, a check mark is displayed to indicate that share play is proceeding, and time information is displayed to indicate an implementation time period of the share play.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a controller which receives an operation input of a user and an information processing unit which performs an information process based on the operation input received by the controller. The information processing unit includes a game progress unit which controls an own character in the virtual space based on the operation input of the user to draw the virtual space with the corresponding color of the own character and a battle determination unit which performs a battle determination based on a drawing state of a corresponding color of an enemy character, which is different from the corresponding color of the own character, to a virtual space and a drawing state of the corresponding color of the own character to the virtual space.

Abstract: A recording medium storing a game program processing progress of a game using a game content, the game program executes instructions including receiving, displaying, and determining. During determining, an action of the game content for the progress of the game is determined according to a combination of predetermined symbols displayed during displaying.

Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a housing and a display frame which is connected to the housing, the display frame having a display opening. An electronic video display is mounted to the housing and is located in the display opening of the display frame, the electronic video display having a front screen having a peripheral edge which extends around a display area, a peripheral border extending over the front screen between the peripheral edge thereof and the display area, and an insulating strip positioned between the electronic video display and the display frame at the peripheral edge of the front screen.

Abstract: Techniques are described for automatically reducing cheating in an interactive execution environment, such as to perform automated operations to detect and stop use of cheat software in an online game environment, and to restrict subsequent access to the online game environment for users who are identified as using cheat software. The techniques may include using deep learning techniques to train one or more models to classify particular types of gameplay actions as being unauthorized if cheat software use is detected, including to determine a likelihood of whether a separate cheat detection decision system would decide that particular gameplay actions are authorized or not authorized if the additional cheat detection decision system assesses those gameplay actions, and then using the trained model(s) and in some cases the additional cheat detection decision system for the cheat software detection and prevention.

Abstract: Embodiments can use virtual reality (VR) for sports training according to embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, a VR model can be created from actual video of players. The VR model can be a spherical video. In this manner, players can be immersed in real situations, and thus the player can get more experience than the player otherwise would have had. Various technical features can be provided for enhancing such a system, e.g., synchronization of pointers on two screens, camera rigs with extended view to allow the camera rig to be placed further from a location of the players, analytics for rating players and controlling playback of a next play (action interval), and for allowing a user to feel translation while in a spherical video.

Abstract: A variable skill proposition interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive processing device constructed to detect a user selection of a payable having an associated skill proposition, communicate the selection of the paytable to a process controller, receive the skill proposition from the process controller, determine a skill outcome for the skill proposition presented to a user, and communicate to the process controller the skill outcome. A wager controller is constructed to generate a wager outcome using the selected paytable, and communicate the wager outcome to the process controller. The process controller constructed to receive the selection of the paytable, determine the skill proposition from the selection of the paytable, communicate the skill proposition to the interactive processing device, receive the skill outcome from the interactive processing device, and update one or more credit meters using the skill outcome and the wager outcome.

Abstract: A communication system may include a server having a memory and processor, mobile wireless communications devices in communication with the server, a given mobile wireless communications device, and a given activity tracker device carried by a respective user of the given mobile wireless communications device. The given mobile wireless communications device may be configured to execute an online card game with other mobile wireless communications devices via the server, wirelessly communicate with the given activity tracker device for monitoring an athletic activity of the respective user of the given mobile wireless communications device, and communicate with the server and cause the online card game to deal a card when the respective user exceeds an athletic activity threshold.

Abstract: A software application for teaching literacy through customized stories with gamification elements. Existing or new stories are created and customized for particular audiences and include text, animations, images, and sounds to produce an interactive multimedia story for presentation on a computing device with a display and audio output. Reading comprehension questions and games are provided to accompany the stories and the reader of the stories can earn rewards based on performance. The reader's performance is analyzed and reported to track progress.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to develop driving simulations. An example apparatus includes a vehicle configuration engine to retrieve first tier environment parameters associated with a simulation type, and generate second tier environment parameters associated with the simulation type, a simulation modifier (SM) source engine to identify a source of SMs, and distinguish respective ones of the source of SMs that are compatible with the simulation type and the second tier environment parameters, and a development environment configuration engine to improve simulation design efficiency by associating simulation events with only the respective ones of the SMs that are compatible with the simulation type.

Abstract: Methods and systems in which a plurality of plays is offered on a plurality of games, wherein the math model of a first game differs from the math model of a second game and wherein the player may specify at least one of the first and second games to receive additional plays and/or additional wagering.

Abstract: A method for participating in a lottery is proposed. The following steps are applied by a mobile terminal having an input interface and a secured element. The steps include sending to a lottery server system a subscriber number specific to an identification card of a subscriber of the mobile terminal, receiving a command for configuring the secured element having as addressee the subscriber number, allocating, in the secured element, a memory space from the received configuration command, acquiring via the interface bet data, sending the acquired bet data to the lottery server system, receiving a virtual lottery ticket with a unique identifier generated by the lottery server system in response to the sending of the bet data, and storing the virtual lottery ticket in the secured element.