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US 10825294
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US10825294B2
Title: Systems for implementing enhanced gaming and prizing parameters in an electronic environment
Patent number: US10825294B2 | Application: US16/866,952 | Filed: 2020-05-05 | Granted/Published: 2020-11-03
Assignee (as listed): Milestone Entertainment LLC (current and original)
Inventors: Randall M. Katz; Gary Dawson
Priority date (as listed): 2004-09-01, claimed from PCT/US2004/028560 (WO2005021117A2)
Legal status (as listed): Expired – Lifetime; anticipated expiration 2024-09-01. The source notes a PTAB case (IPR2025-00710, instituted) and a California Central District Court filing, but no further detail was supplied.
Classification: G07F17/32, G07F17/3244, G07F17/3248 (coin-freed apparatus for games; payment aspects of gaming systems; non-monetary media of fixed value), and G07F17/329 (regular and instant lottery, e.g., electronic scratch cards).
Purpose (from the "Definitions" section): The inventions relate to methods, systems, and apparatus for unique player participation games and improved methods of play for games of chance and skill, particularly games involving player participation in a broadcast medium such as television, and in other communication media such as the Internet, mobile phones, or other communications networks and devices.
Plain-language scope: The excerpt frames the problem space — lotteries (prize, chance, consideration) are typically state- or government-run and jurisdictions try to limit play to geographic boundaries; games have been conducted live, broadcast (radio/TV), and via communication media. Cited background art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,268 (remote live casino participation), U.S. Pat. No. 4,845,739 to Ronald A. Katz (telephonic interface statistical analysis), and U.S. Pat. No. 5,108,115 to Berman (interactive game show and method). No claims, detailed description, or figures were included.
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not provide the claims, the written description, drawings, or the actual limitations defining the invention. It also does not verify priority, inventorship, or assignee accuracy. (Per the operating rules, no litigation, ownership, validity, or prior-art research was performed.)
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10825294](/patent/US10825294)/en
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