Patents by Inventor Jize Yang

Jize Yang 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: 9811979
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for dealing cards includes: selecting a respective card distribution configuration from a plurality card distribution configurations stored in a card distribution configuration table, each card distribution configuration being defined by a respective set of meld types and a respective number of occurrences for each of the set of meld types, the respective number of occurrences specifying a total number of times that card combinations matching the meld type occur in a game round; according to the respective number of occurrences for each meld type in the selected card distribution configuration, randomly selecting from a deck of cards a corresponding number of card combinations matching the meld type; distributing the selected card combinations for all of the meld types in the respective card distribution configuration to a plurality of game roles; and distributing a remainder of cards in the deck to the plurality of game roles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liang Ma, Zhiqiang He, Chunhua Luo, Jize Yang
  • Publication number: 20140235307
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for dealing cards includes: selecting a respective card distribution configuration from a plurality card distribution configurations stored in a card distribution configuration table, each card distribution configuration being defined by a respective set of meld types and a respective number of occurrences for each of the set of meld types, the respective number of occurrences specifying a total number of times that card combinations matching the meld type occur in a game round; according to the respective number of occurrences for each meld type in the selected card distribution configuration, randomly selecting from a deck of cards a corresponding number of card combinations matching the meld type; distributing the selected card combinations for all of the meld types in the respective card distribution configuration to a plurality of game roles; and distributing a remainder of cards in the deck to the plurality of game roles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Liang MA, Zhiqiang He, Chunhua Luo, Jize Yang