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8182340 |
Method and system for using temporary information on personal devices
A method and system for using temporary information on personal devices such as a personal game playing device. The methods and system described herein may help further utilize large base of...
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8177634 |
System and method for collecting and using player information
A distributed computer system is provided for collecting player information Further, a scoring system is provided that rates a player based on one or more elements of the collected information....
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8177632 |
Information flow control for gaming machines requiring server support
A computing apparatus operating as a gaming machine permits wagering on games. A browser generates a request for information contained on a remote server. An intermediate client-side processing,...
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8177646 |
System and method for secondary promotion gaming in a gaming system
A system for playing a secondary game in a network of play devices having at least one display, and a processor for controlling a display to display at least one primary device feature. Each device...
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8177629 |
Game system
A game system includes a server and gaming machines each connected to the server via a network. The server stores therein game programs which are downloaded via the network to any one of the gaming...
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8177635 |
Clearing of bets between wagering facilities
A clearinghouse is communicatively coupled to at least a first wagering facility and a second wagering facility. The first wagering facility hosts at least a first wagering event and the second...
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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...
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8172661 |
Variable payout percentage gaming device and methods of using the same
A gaming device adjusts the payout percentage of the gaming device once a player initiates game play. In one embodiment, the payout percentage of the gaming device increases the longer a player...
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8172674 |
Game chip, game chip writer/reader, and game chip monitoring system
A game chip writer for writing at least identification information in a game chip used for a game includes an encryption unit for encrypting at least part of recording-information with use of a...
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8172685 |
Wagering game with persistent state of game assets affecting other players
A gaming system includes a plurality of linked gaming machines, each gaming machine including a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a...
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8172675 |
Personalization using a hand-pressure signature
A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The...
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8167710 |
Controlling and configuring responsible gaming data
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining a player account that is logged in to a wagering game session and presenting a...
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8167722 |
Distributed processing system and method
A solution for managing communicative interactions between network elements is described herein. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a processor module that...
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8167709 |
Methods and apparatus for auctioning an item via a gaming device
Methods and apparatus for auctioning an item via a gaming device are disclosed. The methods and apparatus enable a gaming device player (e.g., a slot machine player) to select one or more auction...
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8167705 |
Gaming token having a variable value
A system installed in a casino allows gambling chips in the casino to have variable values. Each chip has an electronic circuit installed in it to store a chip identifier and data indicative of a...
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8167724 |
Guest management in an online multi-player virtual reality game
A guest management method and system for an online multi-player virtual realty environment or social networking site. A network interface receives guest access requests from guest clients and input...
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8167707 |
System for implementing loss limits
A loss limit system and method automatically tracks a player's entry and cash play, and does not allow to play more than an allotted dollar amount during a given time frame or lose more than the...
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8167712 |
Method and apparatus for player replacement in an on-line game
Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for replacing players in an online game are described. Replacing players in an online game includes associating a first player with a first online identity and...
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8167713 |
Wagering game digital representative
A wagering game developer can support an online wager gaming community and provide digital representatives to members to enhance real-life wager gaming experience. A digital representative of a...
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8162755 |
Open architecture communications in a gaming network
Open architecture communication systems and methods are provided that allow flexible data transmission between gaming machines and other devices and nodes within a gaming machine network. The...
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8165294 |
Rollback attack prevention system and method
A rollback attack prevention system 10 for a gaming machine 20 includes a configuration log 30 and a revocation list 40. Preferably, the configuration log 30 includes a protected record of software...
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8166308 |
System and method for authenticating a gaming device
A method and system are provided for authenticating and securing an embedded device using a secure boot procedure and a full non-volatile memory encryption process that implements Elliptic Curve...
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8162750 |
Gaming device multilateration location
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to enable determining the location of a wagering game machine in relation to a plurality of transmission or reception apparatus using a multilateration...
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8162757 |
Multiplayer platform for mobile applications
A wireless terminal comprising a transmitter configured to support a wireless connection with a server and a processor configured to enable a user to play an interactive game through the server...
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8162749 |
Gaming system and a method of gaming
A gaming system is disclosed which comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions, each display position including at least...
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8162743 |
Elimination games for gaming machines
A disclosed gaming machine presents an elimination game to a player playing the gaming machine. The elimination game may be played on a stand-alone gaming machine or may be played on a group of...
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8162759 |
Network game system, network game program, network game apparatus, and network game control method
A player can be prevented from successively using an object that affects the outcome of a match in a network competition game executed among a plurality of clients via a network. An object is...
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8157647 |
Tournament manager for use in casino gaming system
Various techniques are disclosed for operating a gaming device of a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming device includes a tournament manager and a first meter. In at least...
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8157644 |
Apparatus and methods for implementing bonuses in gaming machine networks using weighted pay tables
Disclosed is a gaming system for awarding a bonus to a player of a wager-based game of chance. The gaming system includes one or more gaming devices configured to play games of chance and one or...
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8161184 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating long-lived DNS queries
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that implements a long-lived query (LLQ) at a name server. During operation, the system receives an LLQ from a client at the name server,...
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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...
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8152635 |
Providing network and game content based on wireless signals
Providing content on a web site based on content in a game based. A wireless signal may be detected. Content in a game may be provided based on the detection of the wireless signal. The content may...
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8152634 |
Switching operation modes in mobile wager gaming devices
This disclosure describes methods and wager gaming devices that can enter different operation modes based on different network connections. In one embodiment, a method includes connecting to a...
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8152633 |
Providing game content based on wireless signals
Providing content in a game based on wireless signals. A wireless signal may be detected. Content in a game may be provided based on the detection of the wireless signal. The content may have been...
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8147327 |
Method for updating a multiplayer game session on a mobile device
A method for updating a game session comprises detecting a game event during a game session, sending an update request to a game data object server responsive to the game event, receiving a game...
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8147309 |
System and method for providing a table poker wagering game
A system and method for facilitating play of a game of chance by multiple players at multiple locations using a virtual card deck are provided. The system may include a plurality of terminals at...
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8147326 |
Secured inter-processor and virtual device communications system
The invention comprises an electronically secured inter-processor and virtual device communications system, with an input/output controller board, a multi-drop bus interface to multiple devices,...
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8147328 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for game mechanics for gifting
The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GAME MECHANICS FOR GIFTING (“GGM”) transform social graph, interactions, behavior and characteristics data inputs via various GGM components to create opt...
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8147315 |
Gaming apparatus with persistent game attributes
A method is described of providing a game for use with a gaming machine that is arranged to select symbols, present the selected symbols on a display and award an award if a winning outcome occurs....
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8147325 |
Systems and methods for playing games of chance or skill using an alternate method of entry
The present invention relates to methods of and systems for playing tournament-style games, such as the World Series of Poker, and other games of skill or chance. The present invention additionally...
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8142282 |
Console integrated downloadable game service
A user interface screen is displayed on a gaming device that provides both a first selectable item that indicates the ability to download games to the gaming device and a second selectable item...
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8142278 |
Gaming machine with locking function and insurance feature
A slot machine of the present invention comprises: a removable key provided so as to correspond to the gaming machine; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of (A)...
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8145676 |
Shared inventory item donation in a virtual universe
Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for managing donations of shared inventory items in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of the method may include receiving a request to...
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8142283 |
Game of chance processing apparatus
In various embodiments, players may compete with one another in a gaming context.
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8144871 |
Trusted communications between untrusting parties
A system and method is disclosed for assuring that networked communications between parties playing a game on a network (e.g., the Internet) are not tampered with by either of the parties for...
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8137190 |
Game server device, game terminal device, secondary game management system, and secondary game management method
A game server device communicably connected to a plurality of client terminal devices includes: a multiple-choice question communication control unit that obtains player capability information in...
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8137201 |
Arrangement for building and operating human-computation and other games
A game description language is provided for human computation games, as well as a game platform or generator component that can generate the code base for the game. The game description language...
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8140385 |
Promotional campaign award validation methods through a distributed computer network
Code processing for promotional games and the like. In a preferred application, a lottery ticket holder who has purchased a lottery ticket is encouraged to access a designated Internet site by...
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8135648 |
Authentication of lottery tickets, game machine credit vouchers, and other items
Credit vouchers from a wagering game machine can be authenticated. This may be accomplished by receiving credit information at a server, the credit information including information indicating a...
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8133109 |
Game system and controlling method thereof
A game system of the present invention has a plurality of gaming machines capable of communicating with each other via a communication line. The plurality of gaming machines each have an input...
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