Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thomas Spangler

Benjamin Thomas Spangler 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).

  • Method and a System for a Multidimensional Game
    Publication number: 20140329576
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program for a feature game of a multidimensional grid to be used together with a base game. A player may play an initial base game and elect to play the feature game. The player may be provided with a ticket that becomes a winning ticket if some or all of the characters in the multidimensional grid adjoin so as to produce a winning line of horizontal, vertical or diagonal matching characters with a winning set of characters. More than one winning line is possible on each game ticket, producing multiple ways of winning on a single game ticket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Spangler
  • Method and a System for a Multidimensional Game
    Publication number: 20120329547
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program for a feature game of a multidimensional grid to be used together with a base game. A player may play an initial base game and elect to play the feature game. The player may be provided with a ticket that becomes a winning ticket if some or all of the characters in the multidimensional grid adjoin so as to produce a winning line of horizontal, vertical or diagonal matching characters with a winning set of characters. More than one winning line is possible on each game ticket, producing multiple ways of winning on a single game ticket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Spangler