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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182334 | Partial credits cashout system A system or method providing a player to cashout half of credits accumulated during gaming. Anonymous cashing out of credit is available to a player through routes both external and internal to a gaming machine. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172676 | System for managing accounting A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine comprising one or more active games is provided. The method comprises providing a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157648 | Accounting system An accounting system for use with at least one gaming machine having one or more games stored thereon is provided. The accounting system includes a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game mete... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8123605 | Games, gaming machines, systems and method having an accumulation/matching bonus A method of operating a game controlled by a gaming machine includes accepting a wager from a player, presenting a primary game, awarding any primary game awards to the player, and upon a triggering event, presenting a feature game. The feature game includes perform... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109826 | Voucher gaming player terminal A gaming system and method of playing a gaming device by a user. The method includes inserting a voucher having a voucher value into the gaming device and accessing a database having voucher data associated with the voucher. The voucher value is verified. The user i... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8083594 | Service enhancing power supply system for gaming machines A gaming machine having a multi-tiered power supply and power distribution system which enables maintenance of low security and higher failure rate components such as video monitors, LCDs, or reel mechanisms without disconnecting power from higher security, low fail... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055955 | Gaming machine with power-hit tolerant data storage Disclosed is a gaming machine capable of data restoration. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038534 | Networked multiple bingo game system A system and method for providing more than one simultaneous and different bingo game, using single bingo ball draws from a central location. The present invention further provides for players to be highly distributed, for example throughout the US, while still usin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038519 | Raffle game system and method An automated raffle game and method making use of prize pools, the prize pools having elements, the elements representing one of: winning prizes; or, both winning prizes and no-win (0 value) prizes. Raffle tickets are associated with a prize pool. Upon closure of th... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8002637 | Method for retrofitting an extended display device to an existing gaming machine assembly A new game cabinet with special top box is disclosed, usable in combination to mount an extended display and associated mounting apparatus (such as a bezel, frame, etc.). This allows a standard base cabinet to be used, without modification, with both standard displa... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997980 | Voucher gaming system A gaming system and method of playing a gaming device by a user. The method includes inserting a voucher having a voucher value into the gaming device and accessing a database having voucher data associated with the voucher. The voucher value is verified. The user i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7950661 | Wireless monitoring of a card game and/or wagers in gaming A method for automating a card game includes wirelessly interrogating each of a plurality of playing cards using radio frequency transmissions. For at least some of the playing cards, determining a rank of the playing card is based on the wireless interrogation usin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7862435 | Service enhancing power supply system for gaming machines A gaming machine having a multi-tiered power supply and power distribution system which enables maintenance of low security and higher failure rate components such as video monitors, LCDs, or reel mechanisms without disconnecting power from higher security, low fail... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862418 | Voucher gaming systems and methods A gaming system and related methods comprising a gaming device and a voucher mechanism in communication with the gaming device. The voucher mechanism is configured to present various types of vouchers to the player depending on a game outcome. The types of vouchers ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7806766 | Voucher gaming system and method A gaming system and method of playing a gaming device by a user. The method includes inserting a voucher having a voucher value into the gaming device and accessing a database having voucher data associated with the voucher. The voucher value is verified. The user i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803047 | Method for managing accounting A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine comprising one or more active games is provided. The method comprises providing a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game m... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7766745 | Accounting system An accounting system for use with at least one gaming machine having one or more games stored thereon is provided. The accounting system includes a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game mete... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758413 | Method for manufacturing on-demand lottery tickets A distributed manufacturing and distribution process for lottery tickets is disclosed. The manufacturing/vending system comprises a ticket manufacturing server and one or more vending devices located at remote sites. Each vending device is operatively coupled for co... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7736227 | Apparatus and method for dispensing prizes A device for dispensing prizes includes a housing having a plurality of compartments, a door attached to the housing for coving the compartments, and a lock for limiting access to the compartments. The contents of the compartments are visible from the outside. Each ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721006 | Meta-message set with real-time and database aspects A generic device controller unit system (10) includes a generic “true real time” peripheral device controller and a data and protocol communications interface that uses a common set of instructions from a meta-message set. The system (10) is generi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7625279 | On-demand ticket system A distributed manufacturing and distribution process for lottery tickets is disclosed. The manufacturing/vending system comprises a ticket manufacturing server and one or more vending devices located at remote sites. Each vending device is operatively coupled for co... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7321319 | System and method for identifying and processing data within a data stream A system involves encoding a video data stream. The system includes a first determinator for determining attributes associated with the video data stream and an encoder for receiving the attributes from the first determinator and encoding a stream header identifying... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7261543 | Apparatus and method for mounting accessories to pottery wheels A system for removably mounting an accessory on a pottery wheel. The system includes a locating pin which is attached to the pottery wheel at a nominal location. The location of the locating pin may be adjusted. The system also includes a hole fabricated in an acces... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7177312 | Server arbitrated reliable multicast system and a process for accessing the same A system and a process for a session layer protocol allows a large number of client machines to receive a reliable data stream over inherently unreliable multicast connections in a highly efficient and scalable manner. More specifically, streaming of high-quality vi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7139426 | Histogram data collector for applying progressively adjusted histogram equalization to an oscilloscope image A system is disclosed for equalizing the distribution of pixel intensities in an image displayed by an oscilloscope. In a primarily software implementation, the maximum pixel intensity (I) present in the rasterized input image, the maximum available display intensit... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6685331 | Chemiluminescent device A chemiluminescent device includes an outer container, having an interior surface defining an interior space, and an insert, placed in the interior space, and separated from the interior surface... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6219094 | Non-linear filter for extracting luminance component from a composite video signal A luminance component extractor coupled to a source of a composite video signal including a luminance component. A sampler, coupled to the video signal source, produces samples representing a frame the video signal. A memory maintains minimum and maximum ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5936605 | Lossy compression and expansion algorithm for image representative data A method for compressing and expanding source image representative data is disclosed. The method for compressing rasterized source image representative data comprises the following steps. The rasterized source image representative data is partitioned into... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5905854 | Fault tolerant memory system A fault tolerant memory system is disclosed which includes a main memory device, storing data and an associated error detecting code, and a shadow memory device, storing data corresponding to the data stored in the main memory. A multiplexer, selectively ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5886557 | Redundant clock signal generating circuitry A clock distribution system in a reliable electronic system includes a predetermined number of clock signal load circuits, each having a clock signal input terminal. A first clock signal generator has the same predetermined number of clock signal output t... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5864715 | System for automatically terminating a daisy-chain peripheral bus with either single-ended or differential termination network depending on peripheral bus signals and peripheral device interfaces A peripheral device interface is coupled between a computer system bus and a peripheral bus. The peripheral device bus includes a signal line which can be configured in either a single-ended or a differential configuration. A peripheral controller is coup... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5838892 | Method and apparatus for calculating an error detecting code block in a disk drive controller A disk drive controller includes a memory for storing a plurality of blocks each having a predetermined size, and a parity engine. The parity engine includes a data buffer RAM for storing a block having the predetermined size. A function circuit has a fir... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5712970 | Method and apparatus for reliably storing data to be written to a peripheral device subsystem using plural controllers A method and apparatus is disclosed for reliably storing data to be written to a peripheral device subsystem. The method disclosed includes the following steps. A first peripheral device controller, which includes a cache memory, receives write data from ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5665971 | Radiation detection and tomography A nuclear or x-ray detector which utilizes Compton double-scattering of photons by radiation particles, followed by photoelectron absorption, to reconstruct the energy and direction of such particles.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659801 | Method and apparatus for replacing resident peripheral device control microcode by download via an application program A peripheral device capable of replacing resident microcode with new microcode by download by an application program is disclosed. The disclosed peripheral device comprises a non-volatile memory containing the resident microcode. Further circuitry is resp... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5619642 | Fault tolerant memory system which utilizes data from a shadow memory device upon the detection of erroneous data in a main memory device A fault tolerant memory system is disclosed which includes a main memory device, storing data and an associated error detecting code, and a shadow memory device, storing data corresponding to the data stored in the main memory. A multiplexer, selectively ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5233698 | Method for operating data processors An information processing system includes a first data processing device 10 and a second data processing device 12 each of which is capable of independent instruction execution during instruction cycles having a period which is a multiple of a periodic un... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5217419 | Walk-through walker An invalid walker is disclosed which includes two vertical members with a horizontal support near the top of the walker. The vertical members are relatively coplanar near the bottom of the walker.... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4924511 | Ring signal generator for generating ring signals of different frequencies and power levels in response to user selection A programmable ring signal generator includes a source of a user control signal. A controlled clock signal generator produces one of a set of respective clock signals responsive to the user control signal. A switched capacitor filter is coupled to the clo... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922488 | Switching node for switching data signals transmitted in data packets To the switching node belongs at least one coupling element which has n input lines and n output lines optionally connectable to them via a space switch. To each of the input lines a buffer store is assigned in which k data packets are storable and which ... | 05/01/1990 |
