Patents by Inventor José Maria de Veiga Fernandes

José Maria de Veiga Fernandes 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).

  • Method and apparatus for interactive real time distributed gaming
    Patent number: 6840861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the remote terminal, and scoring the play prediction based on the actual play outcome and a predetermined offensive scoring ruleset. In one embodiment, the sporting event is a football game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventors: Kent Wilcoxson Jordan, José Maria de Veiga Fernandes
  • Method and apparatus for interactive real time distributed gaming
    Publication number: 20020115489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the remote terminal, and scoring the play prediction based on the actual play outcome and a predetermined offensive scoring ruleset. In one embodiment, the sporting event is a football game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Kent Wilcoxson Jordan, Jose Maria de Veiga Fernandes