Patents by Inventor Claudio Tibaldi

Claudio Tibaldi 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: 9076300
    Abstract: A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players that includes performing an auction phase by a computer. The auction phase can be applied to any kind of poker and includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to the player having the second best bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed by a computer (connected with the input terminal of the manager when the manager is not a computer). Each user utilizes a keypad and/or touch screen display to input and increase bids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventors: Bruno Sarzotti, Claudio Tibaldi, Santo Antonio Micciché
  • Publication number: 20140162766
    Abstract: A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players that includes performing an auction phase by a computer. The auction phase can be applied to any kind of poker and includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to the player having the second best bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed by a computer (connected with the input terminal of the manager when the manager is not a computer). Each user utilizes a keypad and/or touch screen display to input and increase bids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Bruno Sarzotti, Claudio Tibaldi, Santo Antonio Micciché
  • Publication number: 20100308539
    Abstract: A method of playing a card game by a number of players competing for a jackpot contributed by the players includes performing an auction phase. The auction phase includes the steps of revealing a face value of an auction card; auctioning the auction card; and (i) eliminating the auction card when none of the players makes a bid for the auction card, (ii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a sole bid and requiring the player to pay the amount of the sole bid into the jackpot, or (iii) awarding the auction card to a player who makes a winning bid among a plurality of bids and requiring the player to pay the amount of the winning bid to a player having a second-most preferred bid. The step of auctioning the auction card includes a bidding period that is timed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Bruno Sarzotti, Claudio Tibaldi, Antonio Micciché, Angelo Santoro