WikiPatents - Community Patent Review
Create Free Account  |  License or Sell Your Patent  |  WikiPatents Marketplace  |  WikiPatents Blog
Username:  Password:  
    
Advanced Search
Slim terminal gaming system    
United States Patent6409602   
Link to this pagehttp://www.wikipatents.com/6409602.html
Inventor(s)Wiltshire; Michael S. (Reno, NV); Lisenbee; James J. (Reno, NV); Karmarkar; Jayant S. (Aptos, CA); Wiltshire; Timothy A. (Reno, NV)
AbstractA computer gaming system and method of operation thereof are provided that both drastically reduce the cost of gaming stations and allow contemporaneous access to multiple game programs from a single gaming station. The computer gaming system of the present invention allows for transparent modifications and upgrades to the gaming programs by executing gaming programs on a server/host computer connected to a plurality of client/terminal computers via communication pathways. Each client/terminal computer comprises a client/terminal program that allows input and output streams of the gaming program executed on the server/host computer to be separated and redirected to the client/terminal computers. Since the gaming programs are executed entirely on the server/host computer, with only wagering input and display output operations being executed on the client/terminal computers, the cost of the hardware and software required for each client/terminal computer is greatly reduced. A patron of a client/terminal computer can access any of the gaming programs executed on the server/host computer. Modifications and upgrades of the gaming programs only need to be performed on the server/host computer. By using a stereo head-mounted display together with a joystick input device and wireless communication pathways, the present invention allows a patron to participate in a mobile gaming environment.



 Title Information Submit all comments and votes
 
Patent Text Patent PDF Print Page Summary File History
Plain text PDF images Print Summary File History
Drawing from US Patent 6409602
Slim terminal gaming system - US Patent 6409602 Drawing
Slim terminal gaming system
Inventor     Wiltshire; Michael S. (Reno, NV); Lisenbee; James J. (Reno, NV); Karmarkar; Jayant S. (Aptos, CA); Wiltshire; Timothy A. (Reno, NV)
Owner/Assignee     New Millenium Gaming Limited (Reno, NV)
Patent assignment
All assignments
Publication Date     June 25, 2002
Application Number     09/199,529
PAIR File History     Application Data   Transaction History
Image File Wrapper   Patent Term   Fees
Litigation
Filing Date     November 24, 1998
US Classification     463/42 463/16
Int'l Classification     A63F 013/00
Examiner     Harrison; Jessica J.
Assistant Examiner    
Attorney/Law Firm     LLP, Marino; Fabio E. Skjerven Morrill MacPherson
Address
Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/187,135, filed Nov. 6, 1998 now abandoned.
Priority Data    
USPTO Field of Search     463/42 463/12 463/13 463/16 463/18 463/19 463/24 463/26 463/27 463/29 463/36 463/37 463/38 463/39 463/40 463/41 463/43 707/1 707/2 707/3 707/101 707/102 707/104 707/501 707/513 700/91 700/92 700/93 273/148 B
Patent Tags     slim terminal gaming
   
Enter a comma (,) or semicolon (;) between multiple tag words/phrases.
Describe this patent:
 Amusing     0%
 Clever     0%
 Complex     0%
 Efficient     25%
 Historic     0%
 Important     25%
 Innovative     25%
 Interesting     0%
 Practical     25%
 Simple     0%
[1 votes]
Patent WIKI

Share information and news about this patent, including information and news about the technology, inventors, company, ligation and licensing.
 References Submit all comments and votes
 
*references marked with an asterisk below are user-added references
 U.S. References
 
Add a new US reference:  
ReferenceRelevancyCommentsReferenceRelevancyComments
6141737
Krantz

Oct,2000
[5 after 2 votes]		5971849
Falciglia
463/16
Oct,1999
[5 after 1 votes]
5586937
Menashe
463/41
Dec,1996
[5 after 1 votes]		4856787
Itkis
273/237
Aug,1989
[5 after 1 votes]
5655961
Acres
463/27
Aug,1997
[3 after 1 votes]		5800268
Molnick

Sep,1998
[2 after 1 votes]
6085247
Parsons, Jr.

Jul,2000
[0 after 0 votes]		6003094
Dean
719/315
Dec,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
6003123
Carter
711/207
Dec,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		6003066
Ryan
709/201
Dec,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5996068
Dwyer, III
712/228
Nov,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5991790
Shah
718/100
Nov,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5991760
Gauvin
707/10
Nov,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5983190
Trower, II
704/276
Nov,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5980093
Jones

Nov,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5974409
Sanu
707/3
Oct,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5971271
Wynn
235/380
Oct,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5958028
Bean

Sep,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5951653
Hill
719/315
Sep,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5918039
Buswell
703/27
Jun,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5913164
Pawa
455/427
Jun,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5905248
Russell
235/462.15
May,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5903732
Reed
709/229
May,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5851149
Xidos

Dec,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5845283
Williams
707/101
Dec,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5833540
Miodunski
463/42
Nov,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5755621
Marks

May,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5649118
Carlisle
705/41
Jul,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5640192
Garfinkle
725/116
Jun,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5630757
Gagin
463/43
May,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5617331
Wakai

Apr,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5586257
Perlman
463/42
Dec,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5578808
Taylor
235/380
Nov,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5559313
Claus
705/30
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5553864
Sitrick
463/31
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5530469
Garfinkle
725/116
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5530232
Taylor
235/380
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5476259
Weingardt

Dec,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5429361
Raven
463/25
Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5430791
Feit
379/88.01
Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5404567
DePietro
455/3.06
Apr,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5305195
Murphy
705/1
Apr,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5179517
Sarbin
463/25
Jan,1993
[0 after 0 votes]		4866515
Tagawa
725/77
Sep,1989
[0 after 0 votes]
4572509
Sitrick
463/31
Feb,1986
[0 after 0 votes]		5465082
Chaco
340/825.49
Dec,1969
[0 after 0 votes]
 Foreign References
 Other References
 Market Review Submit all comments and votes
   
Market Size
Estimate the gross annual revenues of the relevant market sector:
> $10B  0%
$5B - $10B  0%
$2B - $5B  100%
$500M - $2B  0%
$100M - $500M  0%
$10M - $100M  0%
$1M - $10M  0%
$500K - $1M  0%
$100K - $500K  0%
< $100K  0%
[1 votes]
$3,500,000,000
 
$0   $2.5B   $5B   $7.5B   $10B
Market Share
Estimate the percentage of the relevant market sector this invention will capture:
75% - 100%  0%
50% - 74.99%  100%
25% - 49.99%  0%
10 - 24.99%  0%
5 - 9.99%  0%
2 - 4.99%  0%
1 - 1.99%  0%
< 1%  0%
[1 votes]
62.5%
 
0%   25%   50%   75%   100%
Reasonable Royalty
What percentage of gross sales should the inventor or assignee be paid?
75% - 100%  0%
50% - 74.99%  0%
25% - 49.99%  0%
10 - 24.99%  0%
5 - 9.99%  100%
2 - 4.99%  0%
1 - 1.99%  0%
< 1%  0%
[1 votes]
7.5%
 
0%   25%   50%   75%   100%
Public's "Guesstimation" of Royalty Value
Market Size$3,500,000,000[1 votes]
xMarket Share62.5%[1 votes]
xReasonable Royalty7.5%[1 votes]
$164,062,500
License Availablity
If you are NOT the owner or assignee, answer here:
Yes, license is available for purchase

No, license is not currently available



 [No votes]
License Availablity
If you ARE the owner or assignee, answer here:
Yes, license is available for purchase

No, license is not currently available



  100%

  0%

[1 votes]
Competitive Advantage
Does this invention have a significant competitive advantage over similar technologies?
Yes

No



  100%

  0%

[1 votes]
Most helpful competitive advantage comment
[No comments]
Commercial Alternatives
Are there viable commercial alternatives for this invention?
Yes

No



  0%

  100%

[1 votes]
Most helpful commercial alternative comment
[No comments]
 Technical Review Submit all comments and votes
 Claims Submit all comments and votes
 


We claim:

1. A computer gaming system comprising:

one or more server/host computers;

one or more client/terminal computers for connection to the server/host computers via communication pathways;

one or more computer gaming programs executed on at least one server/host computer but not on any of the client/terminal computers;

a server/host interface program executed on each server/host computer; and

a client/terminal program executed on each client/terminal computer;

wherein the computer gaming program executed on the server/host computer separates input and output streams at an application layer of a protocol stack, and redirects the input and output streams over the communication pathways to the client/terminal computers via the server/host interface program and the client/terminal program.

2. The computer gaming system of claim 1, wherein an input command detected during execution of the client/terminal program on one of the client/terminal computers is transmitted to the server/host computer executing the computer gaming program over the communication pathways and, in response to the input command, the execution of th