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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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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)...
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...
8142283 Game of chance processing apparatus  
In various embodiments, players may compete with one another in a gaming context.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...