Patents by Inventor Ray Smith

Ray Smith 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: 20240227656
    Abstract: A vehicle with a carpet cleaning system comprises a plurality of operational units mounted within the vehicle, including a blower pump unit, a vacuum recovery tank unit, a reel and tank unit, and an auxiliary tank unit. The operational units are mounted on a stainless steel mounting frame that defines zones for mounting each of the operational units. The mounting frame having attachment points that align each of the respective operational units which facilitates the initial assembly of the unit. The mounting frame is secured to the floor through a minimal number of opening extending through the floor. The operational units are secured with a multiplicity of threaded connectors to the frame. The separation of the individual operational units from direct attachment to the floor dramatically reduces corrosion of the vehicle and equipment, facilitates the initial assembly and minimizes maintenance and repairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Aaron Zills
  • Patent number: 11992750
    Abstract: A method of conducting a wagering game is practiced comprising: a) providing at least one deck of i) physical playing cards or ii) virtual playing cards provided by a processor to a video display screen; b) accepting at least one first wager; c) dealing only two cards to each designated player and two cards to the dealer; d) determining in any hand has a Natural 0 count; e) resolving any player versus dealer wagers between each individual player hand that has a Natural 0 count; f) the dealer allowing each player electing to take a maximum of one additional card or standing pat; g) the dealer remaining pat within a first certain predetermined total counts; h) after all possible additional cards have been dealt, resolving the wagers based on whether the designated player's hand or the dealer's hand is nearest to a value of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20220161706
    Abstract: A vehicle with a carpet cleaning system comprises a plurality of operational units mounted within the vehicle, including a blower pump unit, a vacuum recovery tank unit, a reel and tank unit, and an auxiliary tank unit. The operational units are mounted on a stainless steel mounting frame that defines zones for mounting each of the operational units. The mounting frame having attachment points that align each of the respective operational units which facilitates the initial assembly of the unit. The mounting frame is secured to the floor through a minimal number of opening extending through the floor. The operational units are secured with a multiplicity of threaded connectors to the frame. The separation of the individual operational units from direct attachment to the floor dramatically reduces corrosion of the vehicle and equipment, facilitates the initial assembly and minimizes maintenance and repairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Aaron Zills
  • Patent number: 10778629
    Abstract: A method of modeling relationships between e-mail users. The method includes extracting a record of e-mail exchanges between the users. The record is extracted from at least one of an e-mail server and an e-mail transfer agent. The data is extracted through a direct internet access protocol. The method includes filtering the record to produce relevant interaction data based on the e-mail exchanges between two users. Relevant interaction data includes a number of e-mail exchanges between the users and includes a ratio of source to target and target to source interactions. The method includes loading the relevant interaction data into a relationship modeling program, which assigns a weight to each of a plurality of characteristics of the relevant interaction data and provides a model of relationships between the e-mail users based at least in part on the weight of each characteristic. The plurality of characteristics comprises interaction volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Connor Murphy
  • Publication number: 20200262330
    Abstract: A vehicle with a carpet cleaning system comprises a plurality of operational units mounted within the vehicle, including a blower pump unit, a vacuum recovery tank unit, a reel and tank unit, and an auxiliary tank unit. The operational units are mounted on a stainless steel mounting frame that defines zones for mounting each of the operational units. The mounting frame having attachment points that align each of the respective operational units which facilitates the initial assembly of the unit. The mounting frame is secured to the floor through a minimal number of opening extending through the floor. The operational units are secured with a multiplicity of threaded connectors to the frame. The separation of the individual operational units from direct attachment to the floor dramatically reduces corrosion of the vehicle and equipment, facilitates the initial assembly and minimizes maintenance and repairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Aaron Zills
  • Publication number: 20190236911
    Abstract: A blackjack competitive event is implemented between two playing card positions. A set of playing cards is used including 49 to 56 playing cards, wherein at least one 10 value-card is specifically marked with an indicator that the 10 value-card may have a value of 0 or 10 points. Two random playing cards are dealt to a player position and a dealer position. The player position and dealer position take additional random playing cards from the unique set of playing cards, counting specifically marked 10 value-cards as either 0 or 10, and electing to cease taking additional random playing cards when a total player position point count of 21 or lower is achieved. Winning is determined on the basis of which of i) the dealer position hand point count total and ii) the player position hand point count total being closest to a count of 21 without exceeding 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20180276938
    Abstract: A process of executing a keno-type wagering event wherein a processor recognizes. Provides two adjacent regions for display of two distinct distributional arrays. A first distributional array has 80 selectable alphanumerics in columns and rows, and a second distributional array has eight columns of 10 frames each forming four distinct pairs of linear arrays of frames for collecting ball drop outcomes. The processor recognizes degrees or numbers of correspondence along linear relationships between lines or columns in the first and second distributional arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20180212911
    Abstract: A method of modeling relationships between e-mail users. The method includes extracting a record of e-mail exchanges between the users. The record is extracted from at least one of an e-mail server and an e-mail transfer agent. The data is extracted through a direct internet access protocol. The method includes filtering the record to produce relevant interaction data based on the e-mail exchanges between two users. Relevant interaction data includes a number of e-mail exchanges between the users and includes a ratio of source to target and target to source interactions. The method includes loading the relevant interaction data into a relationship modeling program, which assigns a weight to each of a plurality of characteristics of the relevant interaction data and provides a model of relationships between the e-mail users based at least in part on the weight of each characteristic. The plurality of characteristics comprises interaction volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ray SMITH, Connor MURPHY
  • Patent number: 9923852
    Abstract: A computer readable medium containing executable instructions that when executed perform a method of generating relationship data, the method comprising: accessing an interaction database, wherein the interaction database comprises a record of exchanges between two or more users of a digital communication system, and wherein the exchanges occurred on the digital communication system; obtaining one or more characteristics of one or more exchanges of the two or more users, wherein the one or more characteristics are stored in the interaction database and wherein the data is obtained through a direct internet access protocol; and generating relationship data by analyzing the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Datahug Limited
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Connor Murphy
  • Patent number: 9697691
    Abstract: A game play on an electronically based system utilizes symbol collection outcomes along paylines to determine winning events in a virtual game. Even when the symbols used in the virtual game comprise or consist of playing cards displaying conventional ranks, suits and symbols, winning outcomes are determined only by accumulation of sets of symbols, without regard to linear order (straights and straight flushes) and random symbols within a suit (flushes). Accumulated symbols in an at least five symbols display game event as pairs, trips (three-of-a-kind), two pairs, full houses (three of one symbol plus two of a different symbol), four-of-a-kind and five-of-a-kind are determined to be winning events, while a flush, straight and even straight flushes may be or are required to be ignored. Optional and even preferred additional events are used in a draw poker variant (with playing card symbols or non-playing card symbols are used in an accumulated symbol gaming event).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Patent number: 9530279
    Abstract: A wagering playing card game is played by: a dealer providing a set of playing cards; the dealer accepting at least one wager at a player position on an underlying playing card game; the dealer providing a first subset of exactly three random playing cards from the set of playing cards to a player position and dealer position; the dealer evaluates each player hand against the dealer hand as follows: a) a player position hand having all three cards with a rank below a predetermined rank automatically loses; b) a highest rank card from each player hand and the dealer hand play a game of war as a first sub-game, with the highest rank winning; c) a second highest rank card from each player hand and the dealer hand play a game of war as a second sub-game, with the highest rank winning; d) any ties void a sub-game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Patent number: 9478106
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a casino wagering game using a processor to determine random event outcomes by: the processor recognizing selection of individual player selections of individual sub-outcomes collectively forming a total player selection set; the processor providing a total selection outcome of a final set of symbols randomly selected by the processor from a total symbol set of individual outcomes; the individual total player selection set totaling fewer symbols than the total symbol set of individual outcomes; a player input system enabling player wagers to be selected from among multiple total selection outcomes to be selected by the processor from among multiple available sets of total selection outcomes; the processor providing differing paytables dependent upon numbers of symbols provided by the processor with respect to each total selection outcome provided by the processor from among the multiple available sets of total outcome selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20160175699
    Abstract: A roulette gaming system and method has: A) a random outcome generator capable of providing an outcome in a single round of play; B) the random outcome generator configured to determine a single outcome from 73, 74, 75 or 76 potential outcomes consisting of at least one set of 36 numbers, the at least one set having different numbers from 1 to 36 providing an initial, non-color determining outcome, the outcome generator enabling one or two additional potential outcomes to those provided by the one set; C) a second random outcome provider which randomly determines one of two approximately 50/50 outcomes, and each of the two 50/50 outcomes determines a single color outcome from two different color outcomes; D) a wager defining system in which available wager positions are visually provided; and E) a marking component able to identify a player wager on one or more available wager positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20150235506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a casino wagering game using a processor to determine random event outcomes by: the processor recognizing selection of individual player selections of individual sub-outcomes collectively forming a total player selection set; the processor providing a total selection outcome of a final set of symbols randomly selected by the processor from a total symbol set of individual outcomes; the individual total player selection set totaling fewer symbols than the total symbol set of individual outcomes; a player input system enabling player wagers to be selected from among multiple total selection outcomes to be selected by the processor from among multiple available sets of total selection outcomes; the processor providing differing paytables dependent upon numbers of symbols provided by the processor with respect to each total selection outcome provided by the processor from among the multiple available sets of total outcome selections
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Publication number: 20150142904
    Abstract: A computer readable medium containing executable instructions that when executed perform a method of generating relationship data, the method comprising: accessing an interaction database, wherein the interaction database comprises a record of exchanges between two or more users of a digital communication system, and wherein the exchanges occurred on the digital communication system; obtaining one or more characteristics of one or more exchanges of the two or more users, wherein the one or more characteristics are stored in the interaction database and wherein the data is obtained through a direct internet access protocol; and generating relationship data by analyzing the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ray SMITH, Connor MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20150045102
    Abstract: A method of playing a side bet wagering game on a gaming system comprising a video display system, a processor and a data entry input system at a defined location. Separate wagers are placed on an underlying keno game or bingo game and a separate roulette game using alphanumerics selected in the keno game to resolve roulette wagers. A Keno game with 40 (plus two additional alphanumerics) or 80 alphanumerics (with 2 or four additional alphanumerics, such as 0, 00, X, XX) may be used. The processor randomly selects at least 10 or 20 alphanumerics to resolve the 40 keno wager. A predetermined one of the at least 10 or alphanumerics is used to resolve the roulette game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Patent number: 8943151
    Abstract: A computer readable medium containing executable instructions that when executed perform a method of generating relationship data, the method comprising: accessing an interaction database, wherein the interaction database comprises a record of exchanges between two or more users of a digital communication system, and wherein the exchanges occurred on the digital communication system; obtaining one or more characteristics of one or more exchanges of the two or more users, wherein the one or more characteristics are stored in the interaction database and wherein the data is obtained through a direct internet access protocol; and generating relationship data by analyzing the one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Datahug
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Connor Murphy
  • Patent number: 8777718
    Abstract: A method of playing a wagering game on an electronic gaming system provides: i) an image of a virtual playing card having frames within m columns and n rows wherein each of m and n are at least 3; ii) providing a random distribution of individual numbers within the frames, the individual numbers selected from within a complete defined set of numbers; iii) recognizing a wager; iv) selecting a second set of numbers smaller than the complete defined set; v) identifying on the monitor selected numbers matching individual random numbers within the frames; vi) identifying when consecutive frames have at least p matched individual random numbers within frames in a column, row or diagonal; vii) resolving the at least wager such that a) when matched individual random numbers do or do not form at least p adjacent frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith
  • Patent number: D983122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Triarc Incorporated
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Aaron Zills
  • Patent number: D1020604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TriArc Incorporated
    Inventors: Ray Smith, Aaron Zills