Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140080569 | Secondary Game Triggering Technique For Bonus Game - A secondary game is played continuously over a series of reel-type main games on a video gaming device, where the successful outcome of the secondary game is the initiation of a bonus game. Therefore, the player is enticed to keep playing due to the player's investment in the secondary game and the expectation of playing the bonus game. At the beginning of a playing session, a visual indicator, such as a colored tile, is located at each of the symbol positions. The virtual reels are then spun and randomly stopped to display random symbols. If there is a winning combination of symbols, such as three of a kind, the indicators at those symbol positions are changed, such as being extinguished. The player keeps playing the main games until there are no more indicators. When all indicators are extinguished, a bonus game is initiated. | 03-20-2014 |
20140194183 | ENHANCEMENTS TO GAME COMPONENTS IN GAMING SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for enhancing game components in a gaming system, the method comprising: displaying at least one of a row and a column of the game components along a plane on a display device in accordance with a set of game rules for a given game, each one of the game components having an original symbol associated thereto; selecting at least one of the game components for enhancement; expanding selected ones of the game components outside of the plane and associating at least one additional symbol to expanded selected ones of the game components; and integrating the at least one additional symbol into the given game. | 07-10-2014 |
20150248809 | 3D ENHANCED GAMING MACHINE WITH FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND GAME SURFACES - Disclosed is an electronic gaming machine that includes an electronic data store storing game data for a given game; an electronic 3D-enabled gaming display; and one or more processors. The processors are configured to: generate, with at least a three-dimensional graphics processor, game surfaces using the game data, each of the game surfaces for displaying at least one game symbol thereon; present a three-dimensional view of the game surfaces on the electronic display, the game surfaces arranged in layers such that a foreground game surface appears to be closer to the user than a background game surface; and in response to a game trigger event: remove at least one game symbol displayed on the foreground game surface from the game; and integrate at least one game symbol displayed on the background game surface into the game such that the integrated game symbol interacts with remaining game symbols displayed on the foreground game surface. | 09-03-2015 |
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20090185036 | REMOTE IN-GROUND RETRACTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a communication system for covertly monitoring a target area. The communication system comprises a retractable communication unit suitable for in ground installation at a first site, said retractable communication unit comprising: a telescoping support; a communication device mounted on a distal portion of said telescoping support; and a housing comprising a sleeve having a lid on a distal portion of the sleeve, said lid movable between an closed position and an open position, said housing enclosing said telescoping support and said communication device when said telescoping support is in a retracted position. The present invention further provides methods of installing said communication system and methods for using the communication system for covertly monitoring a target area. | 07-23-2009 |
20110277405 | MODULAR BUILDING PANEL AND DUCT SYSTEM - A modular building panel and integrated duct system including at least one modular building panel. The modular building panel includes a panel frame defining a longitudinal, a transverse width, and a transverse height; first and second ducts including therein duct stiffeners being truss or zig-zag shaped; and a ribbed joist spanning between the first duct to the second duct along the transverse width. The modular building panel may be connected to a like modular building panel. | 11-17-2011 |
20130071225 | ASSEMBLY SYSTEM FOR MODULAR BUILDING UNITS - An assembly system for modular building units having a floor and a plurality of walls is provided. The assembly system includes a floor platform, a plurality of wall platforms, and a plurality of hinge assemblies. Each of the plurality of hinge assemblies may be rotatable to at least a first position and a second position when attached to the floor and the one of the plurality of walls. In the first position, the walls and the floor are generally parallel while in the second position the wall and the floor are generally perpendicular. Methods of use are also provided, in which, during use, the hinge assembly of the system may be rotated from the first position to the second position at least in part by moving the walls in an upwards direction relative to the floor. | 03-21-2013 |
20160002909 | Modular Building Units, And Methods Of Constructing And Transporting Same - A connector assembly, having an upper connector coupled to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors. Also, disclosed is a hoistable connector assembly, a lifting frame assembly, a coupling system for modular frame units, a method for assembling a module unit using the connector assembly, and a modular frame unit and building having the connector assembly. | 01-07-2016 |