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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 7507155 | Gaming device having a selection game with building awards A gaming device that enables a player to pick at least one of a plurality of selections, wherein at least one of the selections is associated with a terminator. The gaming device determines if the picked selection is associated with a terminator. If the picked selec... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7415037 | Method and apparatus for real-time transmission of compressed data A method and apparatus for real-time transmission of compressed data wherein, useful data and filling data are received as a data stream with a constant data rate via a circuit-switched connection of a first communication network, the filling data contained in the d... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400654 | Method for synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter A method is provided for synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter, wherein a first synchronization signal with a multiplicity of second synchronization signals is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, a set of second synchronization signals is subdivi... | 07/15/2008 |
| D572543 | Flatware handle | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397856 | Method and apparatus for storing and processing picture information of temporally successive pictures A method and apparatus are provided for storing and processing picture information of temporally successive pictures wherein in each case at least one picture area is selected from each temporally preceding picture taking into account, the picture information determ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393590 | Biodegradable poly(lactic acid) polymer composition and films, coatings and products comprising Biodegradable poly(lactic acid) polymer compositions The present invention relates to biodegradable polymer compositions comprising poly(lactic acid) and poly(epsilon caprolactone) and co-polyester polymer with adipic acid mixed with organic peroxide and magnesium silicate minerals. In addition, the present invention ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390326 | Anti-microbial electrosurgical electrode and method of manufacturing same An electrosurgical device including a reinforcing underlayment having a non-stick, anti-microbial coating. In one embodiment, the coating includes a non-stick material having anti-microbial particles interspersed in the non-stick material. This coating is applied to... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390258 | Method for displaying an interactive game having a pre-determined outcome An interactive game having a pre-determined outcome (e.g., a game of finite poker) that displays an initial hand of cards, receives a player-specified designation as to which cards are to held and which are to be discarded, and then displays an intermediate hand gen... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387568 | Method for displaying an interactive game having a pre-determined outcome An interactive game having a pre-determined outcome (e.g., a game of finite poker) that displays an initial hand of cards, receives a player-specified designation as to which cards are to held and which are to be discarded, and then displays an intermediate hand gen... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374486 | Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357713 | Electronic game and method for playing a game based upon removal and replacing symbols in the game metrix Payout methods in a mechanical, an electro-mechanical and/or computer-based slot machine-like games-of-chance enable a series of awards based upon: appearance of predetermined symbol combinations in the symbol matrix; issuance of awards for the predetermined combina... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354342 | Gaming device having a multiple coordinate award distributor including award percentages A gaming device includes an award distributor having a plurality of sections having first and second coordinates, a symbol group and a plurality of modifier groups including the sections, a plurality of awards associated with the sections in the symbol group and a p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339573 | Method and system for navigating within an image The present invention relates to at least one image section which is represented according to a zoom factor selected from a number of different zoom factors. Either the represented image section is changed when the zoom factor is lower than a zoom threshold value, o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337233 | Network system with TCP/IP protocol spoofing A system in which a personal computer sends messages into a TCP/IP network using a conventional dial-up link and downloads data from the TCP/IP network using a high-speed one-way satellite link. A preferred embodiment uses a conventional SLIP provider to connect to ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336650 | Arrangement for the provision of messages and dialogues in packet networks The invention relates to an exchange for a telecommunication network, with a message/dialogue device, whereby said message/dialogue device, comprises one interface each for a packet-oriented data transmission network and a line-oriented data transmission network and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331865 | Gaming device having a competition bonus scheme A gaming device wherein the success or failure of a current selection directly affects the player's chances for success in a later selection and the player's chances for obtaining the highest bonus award possible. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331864 | Gaming device having offer/acceptance advance threshold and limit bonus scheme An offer acceptance game for a gaming or wagering device. One embodiment comprises: (i) an offer provided to a player; (ii) an input device by which the player accepts the offer; (ii) an input device by which the player rejects the offer; (iii) an advance threshold ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329183 | Central determination gaming system where the same seed is used to generate the outcomes for a primary game and a secondary game A central determination gaming system wherein the same random number or game play seed is used to generate a primary or base game outcome and a secondary or bonus game outcome. The present invention includes a central computing system in communication with a plurali... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326110 | Gaming device with an increasing goal advancement game An apparatus and method for operating a gaming device that enables a player to obtain an award based upon the number of goals the player is able to achieve during game play. The goals advance in difficulty as the player achieves each goal. The game terminates automa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326109 | Gaming device having an award distributor and an award accumulator bonus game A gaming device that enables players to accumulate awards by activating an award distributor having a plurality of award symbols and at least one selection group activator symbol. The gaming device provides the player with a plurality of activations where an award i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322887 | Gaming device having sequential activations of a game and replay of previous activations of the game A gaming device including a plurality of reels with a plurality of symbols on each of the reels. At least one and preferably a plurality of the symbols on the primary reels are designated as tracking or back symbols. A tracking symbol is a symbol that, when generate... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318773 | Gaming device including choices having varying probabilities of contributing to game's termination A gaming device that, after setting a count initially to zero, enables an input to be sent to the processor upon a player's selection of one of a plurality of displayed choices. After receiving the input, the game randomly generates a component from a preferably wei... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302467 | Information processing device and information processing method, service providing system, and computer-executable program for the same A community, which is a group of users having common interests, has attributes such as the name of the community, the interests shared, the number of members, average age of the members, gender ratio of the members, and so forth. Corporations provide services to the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280609 | Method for matching the bit rate of a bit stream which is to be transmitted in a communication system and corresponding communication device A method and communication device are provided for matching the bit rate of a bit stream to be transmitted in a communication system. For bit rate matching in a communication system the bits of a bit stream are punctured or repeated so that for a specific number (N)... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270604 | Gaming device with offer/acceptance game having offer chosen from multiple formed offers A primary or secondary game for a gaming device. In one embodiment, the player is provided up to three picks, i.e., picks three contestants. The first two contestants both form potential award offers. The game then provides the greater of the two potential award off... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260199 | Method for managing at least one capability characteristic of a switching system of a telecommunication network The invention relates to a method and device for managing at least one capability characteristic (F1, F2, F3), which is subject to license or for managing at least one group (G1, G2, G3) of capability characteristics (F1 | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257215 | Load sharing in SS7 networks A service indicator SI field is used for load sharing in SS7 networks, in addition to the service link selection SLS field. If there are only two links or connections between two points of the SS7 network, load sharing can also be performed on the basis of the SI fi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245405 | Method and system for performing stateless compression of messages An approach for providing stateless compression is disclosed. A message (such as an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) GET request message or a Domain Name Service (DNS) message) is received from a host. A stateful compressor is initialized with a prescribed sequenc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231808 | Method and apparatus for measuring oxygen content A method and apparatus for measuring the oxygen content in a closed target space, particularly for monitoring inertization levels in an inert gas device for fire prevention and/or fire extinguishing. Toward the aim of proposing a method for measuring the oxygen cont... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217414 | Methods of preventing peritonitis by administering lactic acid bacterium The present invention relates to the use of lactic acid bacteria capable of adhering to the mucosa of the intestine and especially colonizing it for the prevention of peritonitis. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of such lactic acid bacteria f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213077 | Method and system for providing buffer management in a performance enhancing proxy architecture A network apparatus for providing performance enhancements of a communication network is disclosed. The network apparatus includes a plurality of communication interfaces that are configured to receive and to forward messages according to a prescribed protocol. The ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204754 | Gaming device having a mechanical award indicator The present invention relates to a gaming device which includes an award indicator which includes rotating objects. At least one award value and preferably other symbols are displayed on the faces of the objects. The gaming device provides players with certain award... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201291 | Container for a flowable product, process of manufacture and the use thereof The present invention relates to a container for a flowable product, particularly for a beverage and, in particular, for still or sparkling mineral water. The container according to the invention includes a body having in a greater section a dimension d1 ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191447 | Managing transfers of information in a communications network The invention features various techniques for managing transfers of information in public packet switched communications networks. In one aspect, the invention provides a system for identifying updated items of network-based information, such as pages, to users in a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188744 | Container support A container (10) having a plurality of panels (12–18) joined together to form a sleeve (64). The panels (12–18) each have an end edge that cooperate to define an imaginary plane (P) at one end of the sleeve (64). The container ... | 03/13/2007 |
