Patents by Inventor Craig Kinzer

Craig Kinzer 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).

  • Publication number: 20070155459
    Abstract: A media game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips stored on readable media using a media player, such as a DVD player, is disclosed. In addition to the readable media, the game also includes a game board, moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random name cards, a numbered die, and a challenge die. The game board can be converted from long play to short play by lifting the endmost sections of the game board and placing them next to each other on top of intermediate sections of the game board. A path circumnavigates the game board and appears to be continuous in both long and short play modes. The begin and end regions reside at least partially on the endmost sections and appear as unbroken shapes when configured for both long and short play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Screenlife, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Kinzer, David Long, William Kuper, Trevor Steinthal, Mathew Griesse, John Hendricks, William Patterson, Michael Ausich
  • Publication number: 20070087803
    Abstract: A media game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips stored on readable media using a media player, such as a DVD player, is disclosed. In addition to the readable media, the game also includes a game board, moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random name cards, a numbered die, and a challenge die. The game board can be converted from long play to short play by lifting the endmost sections of the game board and placing them next to each other on top of intermediate sections of the game board. A path circumnavigates the game board and appears to be continuous in both long and short play modes. The begin and end regions reside at least partially on the endmost sections and appear as unbroken shapes when configured for both long and short play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SCREENLIFE, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Kinzer, David Long, William Kuper, Trevor Steinthal, Mathew Griesse, John Hendricks, William Patterson, Michael Ausich
  • Publication number: 20050054407
    Abstract: A media game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips stored on readable media using a media player, such as a DVD player, is disclosed. In addition to the readable media, the game also includes a game board, moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random name cards, a numbered die, and a challenge die. The game board can be converted from long play to short play by lifting the endmost sections of the game board and placing them next to each other on top of intermediate sections of the game board. A path circumnavigates the game board and appears to be continuous in both long and short play modes. The begin and end regions reside at least partially on the endmost sections and appear as unbroken shapes when configured for both long and short play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: Screenlife, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Kinzer, David Long, William Kuper, Trevor Steinthal, Mathew Griesse, John Hendricks, William Patterson, Michael Ausich
  • Publication number: 20050026699
    Abstract: A DVD game that employs a method for randomly shuffling through a large set of video and/or audio clips using a DVD player is disclosed. The DVD game may be used as a parlor-type game including a game board plus moveable play pieces, trivia question cards, random name cards, a numbered die, and a challenge die. Alternatively, the DVD game may be used in a party-play environment, i.e., where a DVD player repeatedly displays clips (including various puzzles and questions) stored on a DVD disc on a display device. The selection of clips from the DVD disc is performed in a random shuffling manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Craig Kinzer, William Kuper, John Hendricks