Patents by Inventor Nathan Weyer

Nathan Weyer 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: 8353758
    Abstract: An amusement device has a display, an audio output, and an input component. The display includes a touchscreen. The input component receives at least one of currency, coins, and credit cards/debit cards. The amusement device also includes a common controller. The common controller is configured to select and play at least one electronic game and to select and retrieve for playing a music data set from a plurality of music data sets. The electronic game and the music data set may optionally be played simultaneously. In certain embodiments, a reward based on one of either the electronic game or selection of the music data set is applied to the respective other of the electronic game and the selection of the music data. In further embodiments, a content of the electronic game is based on the music data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: AMI Entertainment Network, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Stelzer, Colin Higbie, Nathan Weyer, William L. Layne, IV
  • Publication number: 20090075726
    Abstract: An amusement device has a display, an audio output, and an input component. The display includes a touchscreen. The input component receives at least one of currency, coins, and credit cards/debit cards. The amusement device also includes a common controller. The common controller is configured to select and play at least one electronic game and to select and retrieve for playing a music data set from a plurality of music data sets. The electronic game and the music data set may optionally be played simultaneously. In certain embodiments, a reward based on one of either the electronic game or selection of the music data set is applied to the respective other of the electronic game and the selection of the music data. In further embodiments, a content of the electronic game is based on the music data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: MERIT INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: James R. Stelzer, Colin Higbie, Nathan Weyer, William L. Layne, IV
  • Publication number: 20060252473
    Abstract: An amusement device that awards prizes has a display and an input device. The amusement device includes a memory that stores at least one electronic game and a system control program. The at least one electronic game has a plurality of play scenarios and is at least partially skill-based. The amusement device also includes a controller operatively coupled to the memory, the input device and the display. The controller controls the display based upon the system control program retrieved from the memory and based upon inputs from the input device. The controller is configured to permit the user to selectively retrieve from the memory and play the at least one electronic game and determine at least one of an optimum series of requisite moves that will result in an optimal achievable score for a particular play scenario selected from a plurality of play scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: Merit Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Stelzer, Nathan Weyer, Malcolm Harwood