Patents by Inventor Christopher Russell Byrne

Christopher Russell Byrne 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).

  • Patent number: 11547927
    Abstract: A table game, includes a game surface having a plurality of holes therein, a plurality of balls for contacting the game surface and being of a diameter allowing each ball of the plurality of balls to be passed or thrown into each hole of the plurality of holes of the game surface, along with a manner for players to thrown balls onto the game surface and scoring players, preferably depending upon the location of the ball thrown onto the game surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20210106903
    Abstract: A table game, includes a game surface having a plurality of holes therein, a plurality of balls for contacting the game surface and being of a diameter allowing each ball of the plurality of balls to be passed or thrown into each hole of the plurality of holes of the game surface, along with a manner for players to thrown balls onto the game surface and scoring players, preferably depending upon the location of the ball thrown onto the game surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20100022296
    Abstract: A slot gaming system in which a number of slot machines are interconnected by a network and each slot machine is able to be used in a conventional manner for such a machine, and which has the possibility of a second, collateral bet, which is live for a particular time, the result of the bet being determined on any one of the players on the network having a predetermined success on the first bet. In one embodiment, the slot gaming system can only be triggered by a player who is entitled to share in the result of the second bet. The payout on the second bet to the players entitled thereto is dependent on the degree of success of the player who has won the first bet. The particular time during which the second bet is live can be selected to be of the order of the play cycle of the machine, for example, three to four seconds. Thus, the live second bets, which cause the players to share in the prize associated therewith can have been placed over a time period which overlaps the selected time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Patent number: 7316611
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event. The game gives a possibility for a large number of players to share in the success of a single player who has successfully won the main game. It may be used with various types of games including those using electronic gaming machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Patent number: 7217188
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event. The game gives a possibility for a large number of players to share in the success of a single player who has successfully won the main game. It may be used with various types of games including those using electronic gaming machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20040192428
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20040169331
    Abstract: A gambling game in which the result is obtained by a player selecting from a number of separate results each of which can have two states, the correct states of some or all of the results. The game may be played in association with another game, such as Keno or lotto or can be played in its own right. The states may be whether or not a number is odd or even, whether a binary number is one or zero or whether a coin shows a head or a tail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Patent number: 6758748
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event. The game gives a possibility for a large number of players to share in the success of a single player who has successfully won the main game. It may be used with various types of games including those using electronic gaming machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20040106447
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20040087358
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20040053664
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Walker Digital, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030190941
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Walker Digital, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030189144
    Abstract: A clamp (50) to enable the location of an article, such as a hanging basket, relative to a member, such as a brick, having a pair of spaced surfaces, the clamp having a pair of arms (51, 52) which may be generally parallel and which have a spacing which can very from a spacing which is greater than the distance between the surfaces to a spacing less than this, means (58) to cause the spacing to be reduced when the arms (51, 52) are adjacent each of the surfaces, to firmly locate the clamp (50) relative thereto, and means (61) on the clamp (50) to permit connection of the article thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030186735
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030078090
    Abstract: In a gambling game a gambling game Which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet op the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030069058
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Walker Digital, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030064776
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030045337
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: BET Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20030027618
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet op the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne
  • Publication number: 20020155874
    Abstract: In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Christopher Russell Byrne