Patents by Inventor Paul D Mathews

Paul D Mathews 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: 8834265
    Abstract: A method of configuring a verification system for determining a player's eligibility to participate in online gaming on an online gaming system in a gaming server is described. The method includes adding a new data source provider for performing a verification check, wherein the data source provider provides data to the gaming server to confirm a personal information of the player. The method further includes adjusting a minimum result score needed for the player to pass the verification check based on the new data service provider. The method includes enabling the verification check and the new data source provider for a country where online gaming is allowed. The method further includes receiving, at the gaming server, identification information provided by the player. The method includes determining the player is located in the country. The method further includes performing the verification check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Paul D. Mathews, Theodore Y. Cheng, Ajit Kumar Sinha
  • Publication number: 20130303275
    Abstract: A method of configuring a verification system for determining a player's eligibility to participate in online gaming on an online gaming system in a gaming server is described. The method includes adding a new data source provider for performing a verification check, wherein the data source provider provides data to the gaming server to confirm a personal information of the player. The method further includes adjusting a minimum result score needed for the player to pass the verification check based on the new data service provider. The method includes enabling the verification check and the new data source provider for a country where online gaming is allowed. The method further includes receiving, at the gaming server, identification information provided by the player. The method includes determining the player is located in the country. The method further includes performing the verification check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Paul D. Mathews, Theodore Y. Cheng, Ajit Kumar Sinha
  • Patent number: 8485896
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for verifying a player's eligibility for participation in on-line gaming. A method for verifying a player's eligibility to participate in on-line gaming includes performing one or more verification checks for the player. The method includes, for each verification check, requesting data about the player from one or more data source providers. The method includes receiving the data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes, for each verification check, calculating a check score based on received data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes calculating a verification score that is based on the check scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Paul D Mathews, Theodore Y. Cheng, Ajit Kumar Sinha
  • Patent number: 8443474
    Abstract: Example dock levelers installed at a vehicle loading dock include pivotal or otherwise vertically adjustable deck plates with special coatings on the deck's upper surface. In some examples, the coating improves traction and addresses various thermal issues, such as condensation and thermal strain between a polymeric coating and a steel deck plate. In some examples, when indoor and outdoor air create a temperature differential across opposite faces of the deck, the coating is designed such that a median temperature of the temperature differential occurs near an interface where the coating bonds to the steel plate's upper surface. In some examples, the coating includes particles of different sizes and colors embedded within and covered by a polymeric base material. As traffic abrades the coating, the different colored particles become exposed at different levels of wear, thereby providing a visual signal indicating when the coating needs to be touched up or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Sveum, Norbert Hahn, Paul D. Mathews, Robert Maxey
  • Publication number: 20130097787
    Abstract: Example dock levelers installed at a vehicle loading dock include pivotal or otherwise vertically adjustable deck plates with special coatings on the deck's upper surface. In some examples, the coating improves traction and addresses various thermal issues, such as condensation and thermal strain between a polymeric coating and a steel deck plate. In some examples, when indoor and outdoor air create a temperature differential across opposite faces of the deck, the coating is designed such that a median temperature of the temperature differential occurs near an interface where the coating bonds to the steel plate's upper surface. In some examples, the coating includes particles of different sizes and colors embedded within and covered by a polymeric base material. As traffic abrades the coating, the different colored particles become exposed at different levels of wear, thereby providing a visual signal indicating when the coating needs to be touched up or replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Sveum, Norbert Hahn, Paul D. Mathews, Robert Maxey
  • Patent number: 6853973
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for verifying a player's eligibility for participation in on-line gaming. A method for verifying a player's eligibility to participate in on-line gaming includes performing one or more verification checks for the player. The method includes, for each verification check, requesting data about the player from one or more data source providers. The method includes receiving the data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes, for each verification check, calculating a check score based on received data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes calculating a verification score that is based on the check scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: WagerWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D Mathews, Theodore Y. Cheng, Ajit Kumar Sinha
  • Publication number: 20030125973
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for verifying a player's eligibility for participation in on-line gaming. A method for verifying a player's eligibility to participate in on-line gaming includes performing one or more verification checks for the player. The method includes, for each verification check, requesting data about the player from one or more data source providers. The method includes receiving the data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes, for each verification check, calculating a check score based on received data from the one or more data source providers. The method includes calculating a verification score that is based on the check scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Paul D. Mathews, Theodore Y. Cheng, Ajit Kumar Sinha