Patents by Inventor Steven CONARD

Steven CONARD 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).

  • INTEGRATED CARD AND SLOT MACHINE MECHANIC
    Publication number: 20150228164
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein allow the users to influence various aspects of a game by selecting digital objects associated with a user's digital object collection to be integrated into customized digital object holders to provide a slot machine like functionality. Each of the digital object holders can have a number of positions, and each position can have a digital object associated with it. The user can choose which digital objects are associated with each digital object holder, in accordance with a rule set which can control which digital object can be associated with the digital object holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Steven Conard
  • Integrated card and slot machine mechanic
    Patent number: 9011234
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein allow the users to influence various aspects of a game by selecting digital objects associated with a user's digital object collection to be integrated into customized digital object holders to provide a slot machine like functionality. Each of the digital object holders can have a number of positions, and each position can have a digital object associated with it. The user can choose which digital objects are associated with each digital object holder, in accordance with a rule set which can control which digital object can be associated with the digital object holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Conard
  • INTEGRATED CARD AND SLOT MACHINE MECHANIC
    Publication number: 20140018149
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein allow the users to influence various aspects of a game by selecting digital objects associated with a user's digital object collection to be integrated into customized digital object holders to provide a slot machine like functionality. Each of the digital object holders can have a number of positions, and each position can have a digital object associated with it. The user can choose which digital objects are associated with each digital object holder, in accordance with a rule set which can control which digital object can be associated with the digital object holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventor: Steven CONARD