Patents by Inventor Aaron Michael Hightower

Aaron Michael Hightower has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Arcade game with keypad input
    Patent number: 6572477
    Abstract: An arcade game that has a numeric keypad for entering telephone numbers is disclosed. After a telephone number, or other unique number is entered into the keypad, default settings for the player are retrieved from a database. The default settings can relate to the type of car driven, type of track to use or whether automatic or manual shifting is preferred. Once the play of a game has been completed, the database is updated with any new preferences selected by the player. In addition, game statistics, such as the number of miles completed, number of laps completed and best lap time are stored to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Matway Games West Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Michael Hightower
  • System for remotely activating a sound in a game unit
    Patent number: 6416412
    Abstract: A wide area vehicle driving video game is discussed that includes remote activation of sounds that are communicated to other players across the wide area network. Also discussed is a naming feature that presents the names of players next to the car that they are driving. The name is presented in a font that can be read no matter how far away the car appears in the video game display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Atari Games Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Hightower, John Ray, Stephen R. Riesenberger
  • System and method for sending information across a video game network
    Publication number: 20020019261
    Abstract: A wide area vehicle driving video game is discussed that includes remote activation of sounds that are communicated to other players across the wide area network. Also discussed is a naming feature that presents the names of players next to the car that they are driving. The name is presented in a font that can be read no matter how far away the car appears in the video game display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Hightower, John Ray, Stephen R. Riesenberger
  • Arcade game with keypad input
    Publication number: 20010055991
    Abstract: An arcade game that has a numeric keypad for entering telephone numbers is disclosed. After a telephone number, or other unique number is entered into the keypad, default settings for the player are retrieved from a database. The default settings can relate to the type of car driven, type of track to use or whether automatic or manual shifting is preferred. Once the play of a game has been completed, the database is updated with any new preferences selected by the player. In addition, game statistics, such as the number of miles completed, number of laps completed and best lap time are stored to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventor: Aaron Michael Hightower
  • Arcade game with keypad input
    Patent number: 6287201
    Abstract: An arcade game that has a numeric keypad for entering telephone numbers is disclosed. After a telephone number, or other unique number is entered into the keypad, default settings for the player are retrieved from a database. The default settings can relate to the type of car driven, type of track to use or whether automatic or manual shifting is preferred. Once the play of a game has been completed, the database is updated with any new preferences selected by the player. In addition, game statistics, such as the number of miles completed, number of laps completed and best lap time are stored to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Midway Games West
    Inventor: Aaron Michael Hightower