Patents by Inventor Matt Dickson

Matt Dickson 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: 20200074798
    Abstract: Systems and methods for provably fair gaming for multiple player games are described. In various embodiments, a method for provably fair gaming comprises shuffling a virtual deck of cards, where the virtual deck comprises a plurality of virtual cards, and where each virtual card comprises a card value. The method further comprises salting each of the card values with a randomly selected first salt value, hashing each of the salted card values to form a first hashed deck, and broadcasting the first hashed deck to at least a first game player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: SPUR TRAIL INVESTMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Robinson, Chris Guida, Matt Dickson
  • Patent number: 10373426
    Abstract: Systems and methods for provably fair gaming for multiple player games are described. In various embodiments, a method for provably fair gaming comprises shuffling a virtual deck of cards, where the virtual deck comprises a plurality of virtual cards, and where each virtual card comprises a card value. The method further comprises salting each of the card values with a randomly selected first salt value, hashing each of the salted card values to form a first hashed deck, and broadcasting the first hashed deck to at least a first game player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SPUR TRAIL INVESTMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Robinson, Chris Guida, Matt Dickson
  • Publication number: 20170084118
    Abstract: Systems and methods for provably fair gaming for multiple player games are described. In various embodiments, a method for provably fair gaming comprises shuffling a virtual deck of cards, where the virtual deck comprises a plurality of virtual cards, and where each virtual card comprises a card value. The method further comprises salting each of the card values with a randomly selected first salt value, hashing each of the salted card values to form a first hashed deck, and broadcasting the first hashed deck to at least a first game player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Spur Trail Investments, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Robinson, Chris Guida, Matt Dickson