Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Bowling, Jr.

Thomas W. Bowling, Jr. 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).

  • Card-based electronic gaming systems and techniques for five-card draw poker
    Patent number: 10198913
    Abstract: In one implementation, an electronic five-card draw poker gaming system using common physical cards includes a plurality of physical playing cards; a scanner that is configured to identify each of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are dealt; a plurality of player computing equipment with graphical displays that are programmed to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players; and a gaming computing system that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of player computing equipment to determine five-card draw poker gaming outcomes for each of the plurality of players based on commonly dealt cards and player actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Generation Z, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Deckoff, Thomas W. Bowling, Jr.