Patents by Inventor Howard W. Lutnick

Howard W. Lutnick 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: 11875648
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gaming table with detectors for tracking a game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Dean P. Alderucci
  • Patent number: 11875643
    Abstract: A wagering system is associated with a first wagering facility, communicably coupled with a network and includes a memory operable to store betting odds on a plurality of wagering events hosted by the first wagering facility. The system includes a processor coupled to the memory and operable to receive via the network a first bet on a particular event comprising at least one of the wagering events hosted by the first wagering facility. If a second bet is received within a predetermined period of time after the first bet is received, the processor recalculates the betting odds on the particular event based upon the first bet and the second bet. If a second bet is not received within a predetermined period of time after the first bet is received, then the processor recalculates the betting odds on the particular event based upon the first bet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Asher, Howard W. Lutnick
  • Patent number: 11869084
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods that provide a user interface for use with an electronic trading system. The interface notifies the user that the price at which he or she may have attempted to trade has changed and presents the user with the opportunity to submit, modify or cancel the trade command. The user may configure the trading system to enable such a notification based on the time span for the price change, the number of increments of the price change, a combination thereof or any other appropriate consideration for protecting against the occurrence of erroneous price entries. Subsequent trade commands, such as those entered by third parties, may be used to validate prices and execute trades at these prices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Kevin M. Foley, Joseph C. Noviello, Lon Steger, Matthew Claus, Michael Sweeting
  • Patent number: 11869307
    Abstract: Various examples of managing electronic accounts across various devices are described. Tokens may be used to transfer funds from one device to another device as the funds are desired for various activities such as gaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventor: Howard W. Lutnick
  • Publication number: 20230419773
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a player may view a list of popular games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman
  • Publication number: 20230419191
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of: receiving a request to reserve a service that is provided by a restaurant. The request to reserve is for a particular time and a particular date and the service comprises at least one of: (i) preparing a consumable good that is consumed at the restaurant's location; (ii) preparing a consumable good that is received at the restaurant's location; or (iii) preparing a consumable good that is delivered to a location external to the restaurant's location. The methods and system also include comparing the particular time requested with a schedule associated with the restaurant. The schedule comprises a list of times that are available for reservation. The methods and system also include determining an availability of the request to reserve; and outputting an indicia that the request to reserve the service has been accepted or denied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. LUTNICK, Dean P. Alderucci
  • Patent number: 11847699
    Abstract: Receiving a request to reveal a bid or an offer, transmitting a price and a size that corresponds to the bid or the offer; waiting a pre-determined period of time, and executing the bid or the offer at a default price and a default size, in the event that no command is submitted to trade within the pre-determined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Peter Bartko
  • Patent number: 11847701
    Abstract: Systems and methods of trading items on an electronic trading system according to the invention are provided. The embodiments of the invention are based at least in part on a new order type. The new order type is a modification of a conventional good-until-bettered order type. A good-until-bettered bid/offer is received along with instructions that specify a good-until-bettered increment value and/or duration. The good-until-bettered order is maintained in the electronic trading system until a bid/offer that is better by the specified plurality of standard trading increments is received by the electronic trading system and/or remains in the system for the good-until-bettered duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Kevin M. Foley, Joseph Noviello, Michael Sweeting
  • Publication number: 20230401928
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include an apparatus operable to determine a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stephen Merkel
  • Patent number: 11842396
    Abstract: Various embodiments of exchanges are described. Methods and other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BGC PARTNERS, INC.
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Bijoy Paul, Michael Sweeting
  • Publication number: 20230394918
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. The gaming system may incorporate a user profile feature according to which certain information regarding users of the system may be maintained. Such information can include, without limitation, information relating to preferences, finances, activities participated in by the users, and trends and habits of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Lee M. Amaitis, Joseph M. Asher, Robert E. Bahrampour, Darrin M. Mylet, Alan B. Wilkins, Howard W. Lutnick
  • Publication number: 20230394566
    Abstract: Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include communication using a payment processing device. Various other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Howard W. Lutnick
  • Patent number: 11837048
    Abstract: In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Lee Amaitis, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman
  • Publication number: 20230377082
    Abstract: Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include billing merchants for delivery services in a consolidated fashion, some embodiments may include interactions with point of sale systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Jed Kleckner, Colin Sims, Jason White
  • Patent number: 11824846
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating online storage of files (e.g., audio tracks, video, etc.) for playback/access or sale/exchange by the owners of the files without violating copyrights that copyright holders have in the files. For example, by providing a playback service that does not store additional versions of an audio file when the file is transmitted to, and immediately played on, a user device without buffering, the present invention avoids violating copyright laws by not making copies of the file. Numerous other aspects are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci
  • Publication number: 20230368619
    Abstract: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. The system may include an alerts feature operable to generate alert to users based on any or a combination of time information, location information, financial information, user profile information, and other types of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Lee M. Amaitis, Joseph M. Asher, Robert F. Bahrampour, Darrin M. Mylet, Alan B. Wilkins, Howard W. Lutnick
  • Patent number: 11816961
    Abstract: In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventor: Howard W. Lutnick
  • Patent number: 11816956
    Abstract: Various embodiments may include an apparatus operable to determine a value of a statistic describing cards that have been dealt from a deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stephen Merkel
  • Publication number: 20230360130
    Abstract: A method and system for order management that allows access to additional pools of liquidity is described. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci, Andrew Fishkind, Brian L. Gay, Kevin Foley, Mark Miller, Charles Plott
  • Publication number: 20230351448
    Abstract: In various embodiments, promotions are featured on mobile gaming devices. Data based on which a first promotion associated with a first advertiser may be displayed on a mobile gaming device. The data may include a first set of criteria identifying when the first promotion should be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Kevin Burman, Dean P. Alderucci, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Antonio Papageorgiou, Mark Miller