Patents by Inventor Nicolas Hammond

Nicolas Hammond 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).

  • DETECTING CHEATING AND CHANGES IN PLAYING ABILITY IN PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRICK-TAKING GAMES
    Publication number: 20230084016
    Abstract: Examples herein include systems for detecting cheating and changes in mental performance in card games, including bridge. The system can acquire board data for multiple events, the events including bridge games. For each event, determining performance values for a player based on the board and play data, wherein the performance values may additionally be based in part on timing data. The system can detect a deviation of by comparing the performance values against a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on past performance of known cheating players or the individual player. Then the system can alert a user when the likelihood of cheating or other changes exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Nicolas Hammond
  • Detecting cheating and changes in playing ability in partial knowledge and trick-taking games
    Patent number: 11439912
    Abstract: Examples herein include systems for detecting cheating and changes in mental performance in card games, including bridge. The system can acquire board data for multiple events, the events including bridge games. For each event, determining performance values for a player based on the board and play data, wherein the performance values may additionally be based in part on timing data. The system can detect a deviation of by comparing the performance values against a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on past performance of known cheating players or the individual player. Then the system can alert a user when the likelihood of cheating or other changes exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hammond Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicolas Hammond
  • DETECTING CHEATING AND CHANGES IN PLAYING ABILITY IN PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRICK-TAKING GAMES
    Publication number: 20210275926
    Abstract: Examples herein include systems for detecting cheating and changes in mental performance in card games, including bridge. The system can acquire board data for multiple events, the events including bridge games. For each event, determining performance values for a player based on the board and play data, wherein the performance values may additionally be based in part on timing data. The system can detect a deviation of by comparing the performance values against a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on past performance of known cheating players or the individual player. Then the system can alert a user when the likelihood of cheating or other changes exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Nicolas Hammond
  • Detecting cheating and changes in playing ability in partial knowledge and trick-taking games
    Patent number: 11014005
    Abstract: Examples herein include systems for detecting cheating in card games, including bridge. The system can acquire board data for multiple events, the events including bridge games. For each event, determining performance values for a player based on the board data, wherein the performance values may additionally be based in part on timing data. The system can detect a deviation of by comparing the performance values against a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on past performance of known cheating players. Then the system can alert a user when the likelihood of cheating exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Nicolas Hammond
  • DETECTING CHEATING AND CHANGES IN PLAYING ABILITY IN PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRICK-TAKING GAMES
    Publication number: 20190336865
    Abstract: Examples herein include systems for detecting cheating in card games, including bridge. The system can acquire board data for multiple events, the events including bridge games. For each event, determining performance values for a player based on the board data, wherein the performance values may additionally be based in part on timing data. The system can detect a deviation of by comparing the performance values against a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on past performance of known cheating players. Then the system can alert a user when the likelihood of cheating exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Nicolas Hammond