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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109832 | Sic-bo automated dice-cage and method of implementing the same A Sic-bo automated dice-cage has a control module, a dice module and a switch module. The dice module is connected to the control module and has a base, a dice container, multiple dice, a shaker and a cover. The dice container is pellucid and is mounted on the base.... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100772 | Joystick thumb cushion A cushioned attachment (30) for a user-manipulatable actuator (12) of a controller device (10) provides extra support and comfort for the user (60). A preferred embodiment is a joystick thumb cushion that fits over a conventional joystick... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8075409 | Fencing strip A fencing strip includes a plurality of light assemblies, in communication with the scoring controller and console. The light assemblies are embedded at predetermined locations within the fencing strip to project at least two different types of light through the per... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052534 | Interactive, thematically-related entertainment system including universally-interchangeable, attachable, design-bearing ornaments An interactive entertainment system including numerous thematically-related elements, and particularly including one or more pliant, design-bearing ornaments which are transferable and/or attachable nearly anywhere. Each ornament includes and defines a character emb... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029369 | Chair interconnection for a gaming machine A gaming system including a chair having a base and a mechanical connector mounted to the base, and a gaming machine having a rotary locking mechanism to mate with the mechanical connector of the chair to latch the base to the gaming machine. The gaming machine and ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025574 | Method and apparatus for changing firmware in a gaming printer Methods and apparatuses for changing firmware in a gaming printer. The printer containing computer memory, internal and/or external to the printer, with the memory divided logically into multiple parts; a first section containing computer codes, a second section con... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8012029 | Shuffling apparatus and method A card shuffling device reads suit and value of individual cards that are moved through the card shuffler. Reading of the cards is effected after cards have been received into a card holding area and before cards have been delivered into a card collection area from ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002638 | Smart discard rack for playing cards A discard rack moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved to a card collection area. Both suit and rank of each card is read in the card in-feed area or between the card in-feed area and the card collec... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993203 | Control stick adapter A control mechanism adapter for a game console having a circular base with an upper surface, an under surface, and a central opening, wherein the central opening allows a user's finger to rest directly on the control mechanism of a game console. There are legs on th... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976394 | Game supporting apparatus for a mobile communication terminal The invention relates to an apparatus for providing a user interface for a game performed on a mobile communication terminal. The invented apparatus supports a network game using a mobile communication terminal by providing network game functions through voice commu... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972216 | Video game system and camera accessory for a video game system A digital camera accessory is provided for use with a game system having a processing system to execute a video game program and player controls operable by a user to generate video game control signals. The digital camera accessory includes an image sensor for capt... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963851 | Entertainment device using cards A card game apparatus 12 includes an image sensor 54. The image sensor photographs a design (31: FIG. 2) printed on a card 30. A photographic signal from the image sensor is sampled by a game processor 64, and is further re-... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7942747 | Video game controller rack The present invention is for a storage rack for game controllers and a method of using it. The present invention provides a safe convenient and practical way of storing game controllers when the game controller is not in use by a gamer. The advantage of the present ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931537 | Voice input in a multimedia console environment Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling a microphone module that connects to a headset jack on a game controller. The microphone may include directional or omni-directional microphone element(s) that pick up voice input from people near a peripheral, such as... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909700 | Scene selection screen generation device, scene selection screen adding system, method for generating scene selection screen, method for adding a scene selection screen, imaging device, and computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program On adding a newly selectable scene selection screen to an imaging device having a shooting condition setting section which sets the imaging device for a shooting condition, upon receiving a selection of any one of scene selection screens corresponding individually t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905784 | Method, apparatus and article for evaluating card games, such as blackjack Identifiers are read from playing cards collected after completion of at least one hand of a card game, such as blackjack, and the value of a hand is determined from the resulting sequence of read identifiers (i.e., ending sequence). The playing cards are collected ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7862436 | Custom configurable gaming machine and gaming machine components A configurable gaming machine includes a door defining a component area. The component area is configured to accept multiple components, such as displays and player tracking elements, in multiple arrangements, permitting the gaming machine to be constructed in multi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857702 | Method and apparatus for changing firmware in a gaming printer Methods and apparatuses for changing firmware in a gaming printer. The printer containing computer memory, internal and/or external to the printer, with the memory divided logically into multiple parts; a first section containing computer codes, a second section con... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7780535 | Method and apparatus for active control of golf club impact A method and apparatus for actively controlling the impact between a club head and a golf ball. A golf club head has a face with an actuator material or device mechanically coupled to influence face motion. The face actuation controls impact parameters, impact prope... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7753798 | Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring card games, such as baccarat Gaming systems, methods, and devices for determining or verifying the outcome of a card game, for example the card game of Baccarat. The systems, methods, and devices can be used in conjunction with the card game to enhance security by optically imaging the hands of... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736236 | Method, apparatus and article for evaluating card games, such as blackjack A system reads an identifier from a hand of cards to identify the cards. For example, the system can read an identifier from a pair of cards forming the initial hand in blackjack, where the one card is face up and the other card is face down. The system determines t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7670227 | Changeable console face plate A console includes a face plate that is removably mounted to a console body by at least one clip. The face plate includes a power button for turning on the console. The face plate further includes a DVD slot that provides access to a DVD tray and a DVD ejection butt... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7637816 | System and method for combining low-power signals and high-power signals on a single circuit board in a gaming machine A gaming control board having low-power circuitry and high-power circuitry for controlling the operation of a gaming machine. The low-power circuitry includes logic components including a CPU that executes instructions for randomly selecting a plurality of game outc... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7597623 | Smart discard rack for playing cards A discard rack moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved to a card collection area. Both both suit and rank of each card is read in the card in-feed area or between the card in-feed area and the card c... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7491125 | Chip tray loading device and process A chip dispensing kiosk including a vault for holding casino chips, a dispensing assembly for dispensing selected numbers of casino chips and security and input systems to allow a pit manager to access the kiosk and have the kiosk dispense selected numbers of chips.... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7438641 | Gaming device with rotating and translating display device A gaming device having a translating and rotating mechanical display device operable to indicate at least one component of a player's award. In one embodiment the display device is operated as a bonus game of a base game, for example a slot base game. In one embodim... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7380791 | Gaming machine using controllable LEDs for reel strip illumination A backlight for a reel assembly is disclosed comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An array of red, green, and blue diodes are positioned behind a translucent reel strip to backlight three adjacent symbols on a reel strip. The LEDs are individually... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371176 | Game controller with vibration motor A controller includes a case body, a vibration motor for vibrating the case body, a slide switch operated by a side button disposed on a side face of the case body, a contact board of the slide switch and a wiring board, including a holder holding the vibration moto... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367886 | Gaming system with surround sound An electronic gaming system comprises a gaming terminal and a speaker arrangement. The gaming terminal conducts a wagering game. The speaker arrangement emits audio associated with the wagering game in surround sound relative to a player in front of the gaming termi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366922 | Power control for gaming machine When an alternating-current power is supplied to an ATX power supply, sub power is supplied to a PC board from the ATX power supply. When the sub power is supplied to the PC board, a PWOK signal is output to the ATX power supply by processing performed by a CPU acco... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364508 | Gaming machine environment having controlled audio and visual media presentation A gaming machine system comprises a game cabinet, a processor, and an audio/visual effects system. The game cabinet receives inputs and displays outputs. The processor is located within the cabinet and randomly selects a game outcome in response to a wager. The proc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351151 | Gaming board set and gaming kernel for game cabinets The present invention is a method and apparatus enabling a low cost hardware upgrade path and low cost processor board retrofit for gaming machines. The enabling features include a two-board set made up of an industry standard form factor processor board (a single b... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347782 | Paper motion detector in a gaming machine A paper jam detector for a gaming machine. A paper jam detector is integrated with a gaming machine printer that produces cash-out paper vouchers, print-on-demand player tracking cards, or tickets. A paper jam detector may be entirely self-contained and include all ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338377 | Token with built-in IC chip A token with built-in IC chip, which is very entertaining, is provided for a gaming machine. The token is provided with an IC chip incorporated therein, in which a game initial data set selected from a data group comprising a plurality of game initial data sets has ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331871 | Tactile signal-producing vest worn while playing a video game A vest that is worn while playing a video game is in the shape of a bandoleer and has a multiplicity of tactile signal-producing elements thereon. The tactile-signal producing elements are located all around the player so the player will receive tactile signals from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316616 | Gaming system license management A gaming system may include a first gaming unit, a second gaming unit, and a monitoring apparatus operatively coupled to the first and second gaming unit. The monitoring apparatus may include a display terminal and a monitoring apparatus controller operatively coupl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316618 | Steering wheel controller for use with embedded portable game system A controller of a portable game machine comprises a steering wheel having a body and a rotary unit; a base for locating a portable game machine; a supporting frame for supporting the seat to the steering wheel; and a steering wheel seat for supporting the rotary uni... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316615 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300056 | System and methods for randomizing playing instruments for use in online gaming Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to online gaming utilizing virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments. According to one aspect of the invention, physical playing instruments are utilized in a gaming ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297061 | Game controller having multiple operation modes The game controller including at least one control such as a joystick which includes at least two modes of operation. The game controller includes an invert switch which enables a player to switch between the different modes of operation. In one embodiment, the game... | 11/20/2007 |
