Patents by Inventor Eric E. Vaughn

Eric E. Vaughn 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).

  • Game of skill or chance playable by remote participants in conjunction with a common game event including inserted interactive advertising
    Patent number: 5643088
    Abstract: A game of skill or chance played simultaneously by several participants remote from each other also provides for interleaved interactive advertising. Each participant has a control unit or a personal computer or processor which can handle the interleaved advertising as a separate computer task which means that the other game task can always continue to operate in the background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Interactive Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric E. Vaughn, Mark K. Berner