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8182327 Management of outcomes of games of chance  
A method and system is provided for managing the outcomes of games of chance while maintaining the game's integrity.
8181963 Role-playing game  
There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game...
8172656 Attribute-driven gameplay  
Methods and systems for emotion-based game character manipulation are provided. Each character is associated with a table of quantified attributes including emotional attributes and non-emotional...
8167692 Video game device and video game program  
A moving character and a background image are displayed on a display screen with a touch panel thereon. When the player operates the touch panel to draw a line in an intended path extending between...
8162731 Game device, game system and game program  
[Problems] Unfair operation of “hand-push” is effectively handled. [Means for Solving Problems]It is judged whether a pressure continues for not less than a predetermined time or not, that is, it ...
8157654 Hand-held video game platform emulation  
A software emulator for emulating a handheld video game platform such as GAME BOY®, GAME BOY COLOR® and/or GAME BOY ADVANCE® on a low-capability target platform (e.g., a seat-back display for ai...
8157611 Interactive toy system  
Systems and methods for interactive play are provided, including a method of interacting with an action figure. The method includes the steps of providing a base unit having a processor, providing...
8152619 Card game with fixed rules  
Various methods and apparatus are described. Some examples include dealing cards, determining actions that must be taken by a player according to game rules, game rules that require certain actions...
8151198 System and method for item-based economy in a virtual world  
There is provided a system and method for an item-based economy in a virtual world. There is provided a server for providing an item exchange for a virtual world lacking a common currency for item...
8137193 Supply delivery for interactive social games  
Systems and methods that deliver supplies in interactive social games are described. In some embodiments, a method receives a request for supplies from a first player in an interactive social game....
8137171 Game result evaluation method and device  
The player is given the further enjoyment after the completion of a game and encouraged to participate in the next game. The relationship between characteristic parameters used for displaying a...
8137109 Interactive oral care implement system  
An oral care implement has a user-interactive display that displays images representing oral care regions of the mouth. The user can interact with the display by playing a game, which can relate to...
8137194 Supply delivery for interactive social games  
Systems and methods that deliver supplies in interactive social games are described. In some embodiments, a method initializes an instance of an interactive social game for a first player and...
8133118 Combined musical instrument and gaming device  
One or more gaming machines are associated with a musical instrument. The musical instrument has a housing and one or more elements for generating sound. The musical instrument may comprise a piano...
8133103 Amusement pod entertainment center  
An amusement center has at least one game cell. The game cell has a first video game console system including at least one controller; a first projection screen; a first video game; and a first...
8135887 Relay, entertainment apparatus, communication system, communication method, and program  
A relay unit (70) is used to connect one or a plurality of manipulation terminals or external storage units to an entertainment apparatus. The entertainment apparatus (10) has a first mode and a...
8133102 Method and apparatus for modifying gaming machines to provide supplemental or modified functionality  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for transferring credits from one gaming device to another via the use of coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a...
8133116 Social supply harvest mechanic for interactive social games  
Systems and methods that provide a social supply harvest mechanic for interactive social games are described. In some embodiments, a method receives a request for supplies from a first player in an...
8130219 Metadata for avatar generation in virtual environments  
A method of provisioning avatars comprises receiving at a first computer system associated with a first user, a metadata file relating to an avatar of a second user. In particular, the metadata...
8123599 Game builder for mobile device-based games  
A rules-based physical-virtual world game builder architecture. Mobile device games can be constructed via a website from customizable atomic rule-based units, and also supports the reuse and...
8118654 Financial game with combined assets  
The disclosure includes a method for a financial forecasting game wherein players can take positions on specific very high leverage option-type products. It includes related mathematical modeling...
8113931 Video game processing apparatus, video game processing method and video game processing program  
A controller executes a special effect selection representation using a slot representation representing a slot machine when a fever accumulative value, which is accumulated by a player character...
8116453 Gaming console-specific user authentication  
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for user authentication required for conducting online financial institution transactions. The disclosed embodiments leverage the...
8113960 Introducing system, introducing method, information recording medium, and program  
Provided is an introducing system in which a server device introduces users of terminal devices to each other while motivating the users to join the system by presenting appropriate information to...
8113517 Gaming machine chair  
A gaming chair for use with a gaming machine that conducts a wagering game, the chair includes a seat and a tactile device for providing tactile sensations via the seat according to at least one of...
8109818 Home city for a real-time strategy video game  
A strategy video game may include a persistent home city that gains experience as the player plays in more game sessions. The experience gained may lead to the unlocking of additional game features...
8105142 Game device, communication game system, and recorded medium  
The following types of processing are provided in the present invention. 1) Projection processing in which a shadow projected onto the ground of a flying object flying through a virtual space is...
8105141 System and method for adding a skill aspect to games of chance  
A system and methods are provided in which a certain level of the chance aspect of a game or other application is removed and a certain level of a skill aspect is added. This may be accomplished by...
8100327 System and method of voting via an interactive television system  
A computer implemented method includes receiving, at a server of an internet protocol television (IPTV) network, a voting selection from a set-top box device. The voting selection is associated...
8100326 System and method of voting via an interactive television system  
A computer implemented method includes receiving, at a server of an internet protocol television (IPTV) network, a voting selection from a set-top box device. The voting selection is associated...
8099338 Management of virtual universe item returns  
The present invention relates to relates to the management of virtual universe item returns. A method for in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: initiating a return of...
8096863 Emotion-based game character manipulation  
Methods and systems for emotion-based game character manipulation are provided. Each character is associated with a table of quantified attributes including emotional attributes and non-emotional...
8096876 Three dimensional sports game  
The present invention discloses a highly specialized gaming console. The gaming console comprises housing for supporting a field covering, a scoreboard, display means, holographic projecting...
8092226 Game for educating users regarding medical conditions  
A game is provided for teaching users about conditions affecting the human body. The game may include a game zone representing a body inflicted with a condition, a number of opponents representing...
8092287 System and method for providing a real-time interactive surface  
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a real-time interactive surface. In one embodiment, such a system comprises an activity surface for use as a venue for an interactive experience, and...
8092224 Systems and methods for improved health care compliance  
According to some embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture may provide for improved health care compliance. Embodiments may comprise, for example, identifying an...
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...
8075315 Oral care implement having user-interactive display  
An oral care implement has an interactive display that displays images representing oral care regions of the mouth. The user can interact with the display by playing a game, which can relate to...
8075385 Card selection game with feature  
A gaming machine and method are disclosed. A selected symbol is displayed in a non-revealed manner, for example on a display, a player having nominated at least one characteristic of the symbol. If...
8070581 Regulated gaming—staging multi-act games  
Creative multi-act games for the younger generation of casino players accustomed to creative simulation games such as “The Sims®” and familiar TV characters such as the cast of “Friends.” Stories ...
8072419 Computer mouse having a front sight button and method for generating local coordinates with the same  
The present invention relates to a computer mouse having a front sight button and the method for generating local coordinates with the same, which comprises a position sensor for generating...
8062114 Gaming system and a gaming method  
A gaming system with a free play mode. The gaming system has a game controller configured to process game play instructions in accordance with game rules to produce game outcomes. A credit meter is...
8062112 Game information processing apparatus and game control program  
In processing new damage, when a character passes a first devastating flame and drops into a next devastating flame, damage of the latter devastating flame is deemed first damage, and the “game c...
8057235 Agent based modeling of risk sensitivity and decision making on coalitions  
An agent based model system provides simulation of the influence of environmental variables and tendencies in individual and social decision making relating to the formation of coalitions and...
8056901 Educational kit and method for teaching academic and vocational subjects  
A system includes software for customization of one or more game boards or elements, and/or for educational game play. An example embodiment includes a plurality of polygonal game-board segments,...
8052512 Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music  
Entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, characterized in that it comprises at least one terminal including connection means to a dedicated remote server (1), the system...
8042043 Adaptive display system and method for a gaming machine  
The present invention provides a system and method for a configurable gaming system. Certain embodiments of the system include a local storage for storing a markup language file and token...
8033901 Electronic game system with character units  
An electronic game system is provided. The system may include a base station operable to communicate with an electronic system and one or more character units operable to communicate with the base...
8029367 Automatic delivery of game content to a game console  
Automatic downloading of game content to a game console is provided. A user enables automatic downloading, and thereafter, game content available from a game server is periodically checked to...
8025565 System and logic for establishing a wager for a game  
In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a system for establishing a wager associated with a game comprises a processor that receives information about a wager offer, wherein the wager...