Patents by Inventor Robert Kostenzer

Robert Kostenzer 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).

  • Electronic gaming device and associated identification unit
    Patent number: 8870664
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic gaming machine comprising at least one identification unit for a player, having a housing, a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a unique identifier of the identification unit, and at least one touch sensor, which causes the transmitter to transmit the identifier when the housing is touched; and an electronic gaming device for a multi-player game, comprising a touchscreen for controlling the game and a receiver for wirelessly communicating with the identification units of the players; wherein the gaming device comprises a correlator, which correlates a contact of the touchscreen with an identifier of an identification unit received by the receiver of the gaming device over time in order to assign the contact to said identification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Leczek, Michael Gantner, Robert Kostenzer
  • Electronic Game Apparatus and Identification Device Therefor
    Publication number: 20120276977
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic gaming machine comprising at least one identification unit for a player, having a housing, a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a unique identifier of the identification unit, and at least one touch sensor, which causes the transmitter to transmit the identifier when the housing is touched; and an electronic gaming device for a multi-player game, comprising a touchscreen for controlling the game and a receiver for wirelessly communicating with the identification units of the players; wherein the gaming device comprises a correlator, which correlates a contact of the touchscreen with an identifier of an identification unit received by the receiver of the gaming device over time in order to assign the contact to said identification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Leczek, Michael Gantner, Robert Kostenzer