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US 10650635
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US 10,650,635 B2
Title: "System for implementing enhanced gaming and prizing parameters in an electronic environment"
Patent number / kind code: US10650635B2
Application number: US16/594,383; filed 2019-10-07
Publication date (grant): 2020-05-12 (application publication US20200043289A1 dated 2020-02-06)
Priority date (per source): 2004-09-01, claimed from PCT/US2004/028560 (WO2005021117A2)
Anticipated expiration (per source): 2024-09-01; legal status listed as "Expired - Lifetime"
Inventors: Randall M. Katz; Gary Dawson
Assignee: Milestone Entertainment LLC (original and current, per source)
Purpose and plain-language scope: According to the supplied text, the inventions "relate to methods, and systems and apparatus for their implementation, of unique player participation games, and for improved methods of play for games of chance and skill." More particularly, they concern "new and improved games involving player participation in a broadcast medium, such as television, and in other communication media, such as over the Internet, mobile phones or other communications networks and devices." The excerpt explains that player participation games fall into games of chance and games of skill, and that lotteries—described as involving prize, chance and consideration—are a main form of games of chance, typically run by governmental entities (states in the US; national governments elsewhere). It notes geographic restrictions on play, and describes prior formats: live in-person games, broadcast games (radio/television), and games via telephone or communication networks.
Classifications listed: G07F17/32, G07F17/3244, G07F17/3248, G07F17/3286, G07F17/329 (coin-freed apparatus for games/amusements; payment aspects; instant/regular lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards).
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10650635/en
What the excerpt does not establish: The supplied text is an excerpted Google Patents page and omits the claims, detailed description, and drawings. It therefore does not establish the actual claimed scope, claim count or dependencies, the full specification, or the specific "enhanced gaming and prizing parameters" implementation. It also does not establish the legal status as fact (the page itself states status is an assumption, not a legal conclusion), nor inventorship or assignment accuracy beyond the listed data. It contains references to prior-art patents (e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,800,268; 4,845,739; 5,108,115) but does not establish their content, relevance, or any validity analysis.
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