Quotables
"Radio has no future."
Lord Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist ; 1897
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5659899 | Method of using a glove to operate a slot machine A slot machine glove is disclosed, which is adapted for use on the hand of a slot machine player. The glove has a front glove portion for covering the palm and the palm side of each digit. The front glove portion is also for extending around the end surfa... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5635696 | Currency acceptor with magnetic card reader A combined currency acceptor and magnetic card reader for receiving and validating currency and for receiving and reading a magnetic card comprises an acceptor main body including a mounting plate for attaching the combined currency acceptor and magnetic ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5627356 | Card for recording the number of game play media, a card dispensing device, and a card receiving device A card on which at least the number of game play media paid out to a player from a game machine is recorded and which is issued to the player. The card comprises a substrate and a recording portion, disposed on the substrate, for recording data. The recor... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5608785 | Method and apparatus for telephone prize opportunities A telephone network is modified so that callers making telephone calls can engage in a game of chance to win a prize without having had to specially dial the game processor, i.e., the telephone numbers of the telephone calls are independent of the game pr... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5559312 | Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards In a gaming establishment, a player feeds a general purpose charge card such as a VISA, MasterCard or AMERICAN EXPRESS card to a reader at a gaming machine or enters on a keyboard or other input device, information relating to the general purpose charge c... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557086 | Game machine system with money-processing station A game machine system comprising a plurality of game machines networked with one another. Each of the game machines includes: a reading device for reading an encoded user card; and a display for displaying a credit value read from the encoded user card; a... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534685 | Repeatedly usable recording medium card and recording medium card processor A recording medium card having a card substrate (20a) made of a flexible material, and a recording portion (21) for visually recording necessary items in a part of the card substrate are disclosed. The recording portion (21) has a reusable indication laye... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5517010 | Record medium reading apparatus, ball dispenser and metal dispenser A record medium reading apparatus, a pachinko ball dispenser and a medal dispenser which can reduce the cost of production of record mediums and can realize an effective use of resources. When a discriminating means discriminates that there is no remaining dat... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5457306 | Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards In a casino, a player feeds a general purpose charge card such as a VISA, MasterCard or AMERICAN EXPRESS card to a reader at a slot machine or other gaming machine, and keys in a desired amount of playing credit and a PIN (personal identification number) ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5451755 | Self-contained device for self-service delivery of electrical energy A self-contained device for self-service delivery of electrical energy, comprising a plurality of terminals, each capable of being connected to an electrical appliance, and a central management unit, operable independently of the terminals. The central ma... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5371345 | Gaming machine change system Providing change to gaming machine players is facilitated by the use of a change card having a memory storing a cash value which a change person can use to input a credit into a gaming machine in exchange for cash from a player. A game monitor unit having... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5326104 | Secure automated electronic casino gaming system An automated casino gaming system includes a central game controller to which a number of automated writer stations are connected. In the keno playing embodiment disclosed, the automated writer stations each have a keypad with two colored LEDs mounted und... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5321241 | System and method for tracking casino promotional funds and apparatus for use therewith A system for tracking casino promotional funds given to a casino patron, comprising a plurality of gaming machines A bank controller is provided for the plurality of gaming machines. A server is connected to the bank controller. A plurality of memory devi... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5283734 | System and method of communication with authenticated wagering participation A system and method for wagering and for evaluating responses to broadcast programs, such as television programs, includes an instructional signal modulated onto a signal transmitted concurrently with the television program, or time-multiplexed with a tel... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5269521 | Expected value payment method and system for reducing the expected per unit costs of paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity Disclosed is an Expected Value Payment Method for the purpose of reducing the expected per unit costs incurred in paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity. An Expected Value Payment Method uses a random number supplier to decide bets that can... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5265874 | Cashless gaming apparatus and method A cashless gaming apparatus and method suitable for casinos. A player hands over money and an ID card to a clerk at a validation terminal. The clerk stores the ID number and the amount of money in the memory of the validation terminal. Then the clerk retu... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5085435 | Method of using a random number supplier for the purpose of reducing currency handling Disclosed is the use of a Random Number Supplier to execute bets in an Expected Value Payment Method for the purpose of reducing the expected per unit costs incurred in paying and/or receiving a given amount of a commodity. An expected Value Payment Metho... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5038022 | Apparatus and method for providing credit for operating a gaming machine The apparatus for enabling a gaming machine in an establishment to provide credit to a player operating the machine without the player leaving the machine. The gaming machine has a card reader associated with it for transmitting player related financial d... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4996705 | Use of telecommunications systems for lotteries A lottery system using a public switched network to enter a lottery and to receive an indication of winning while connected on a lottery call. A lottery customer dials a telephone number to enter the lottery. The customer has his eligibility verified by a... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4906826 | Usage promotion method for payment card transaction system A usage promotion method for use with a payment card data interchange system in which a computer examines card transaction data files to select transactions conforming to specified criteria. The computer eliminates arbitrarily all but a fraction of the se... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4669730 | Automated sweepstakes-type game An apparatus and method for playing a sweepstakes-type game wherein a player inserts an identification card into an automated remote computer terminal and accesses an account at a subject financial institution. The user identifier provides access to the f... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4636951 | Poker machine communication system A system for controlling the operation of electronically linked gaming machines which enables information to be transferred between machines and from each machine to a control unit. In particular, credits on a machine can be transferred to another machine... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4626672 | Document processing apparatus A bar coded or user marked document is moved along a first transport path, where it is read. A portion of the document is situated in a curved retaining section. If validated, the document is moved completely into the retaining section and then into a sec... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4598810 | Apparatus and method for vending and accepting return of re-usable articles A vending unit includes a plurality of cubicles each holding a TV film, dispensed in response to the manipulation by an identified patron. The patron has an identification code number, which upon being entered as information into the vending unit, energiz... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4595950 | Method and apparatus for marking the information content of an information carrying signal An information signal (INF) which is transmitted in coded form (CINF) from a signal source (RC) to a signal receiver (4, 5) is decoded at the receiver and at the same time marked (MINF) by the introduction of an identification information (ID) which is ch... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4582324 | Illusion of skill game machine for a gaming system A video amusement game terminal for a gaming system for playing a game providing the illusion of skill. A game processor provides a video game presentation in response to player control wherein a prize award is disclosed through presentation of achievemen... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4412631 | Carousel card dispenser A dispenser for the controlled one at a time dispensing of a magnetic card to an operator who inserts the card into a magnetic card reader for entry of an active number in an "Electronic Point of Sale" advertising medium reaching a predetermined captive a... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4373726 | Automatic gaming system An automatic gaming system employing a plurality of gaming cards used by the players including a card dispensing unit having a card reader for reading from a gaming card a coded representation of the gaming indicia format on the card; a storage device; a ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4359631 | Self-service terminal A self service terminal for dispensing voice and video information, printed documents, and goods; and for accepting service orders and payments therefor by currency or credit card. The terminal comprises a cathode ray tube display with mass storage for pr... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4325078 | Pay per view television control device An apparatus and method for providing limited access to broadcast television programming in a CATV System wherein each television subscriber is provided with a converter for converting broadcast television signals into signals suitable for reception and d... | 04/13/1982 |
