Patents by Inventor Steve Houle

Steve Houle 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).

  • Method and system for playing a networked bingo game
    Patent number: 8764543
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems and programs for conducting a game of bingo, comprising an enrollment process in which at least one player enrolls to join a team of players to participate in the bingo game. Virtual players may be generated to join the team of players. Bingo indicia are drawn and compared to the players' (participating or virtual) bingo cards and an ending process is triggered when an ending pattern is formed on a bingo card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Steve Houle, Gerald Duhamel
  • Method and system for playing a networked bingo game
    Publication number: 20070135205
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems and programs for conducting a game of bingo, comprising an enrolment process in which at least one player enrolls to join a team of players to participate in the bingo game. Virtual players may be generated to join the team of players. Bingo indicia are drawn and compared to the players' (participating or virtual) bingo cards and an ending process is triggered when an ending pattern is formed on a bingo card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Steve Houle, Gerald Duhamel