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A gaming machine and method for operating the same has gameplay elements provided in a manner that can be visualized, with the gameplay elements having a specific nature which is revealed to the player at a beginning to the game. That is, the player knows the value, or ranking, or position, etc., of the gameplay elements upon inception of the game. In a base level for the game of the gaming machine, no unknown gameplay element or random event is injected into the gameplay elements. This is a full information format for the gaming machine and method, and success is measured by the player's ability to manipulate the gameplay elements presented. A gaming machine and a method for operating the same is also provided with the gameplay elements once again having a specific nature which is known to the player at a start to game play, and in a preferred embodiment not subject thereafter to a random or unknown event, with the gameplay elements being arranged in one of a variety of different arrangements presenting a plurality of choices to a player for subsequent play of the elements. Outcome of the game is dependent upon the choices made by the player, with a given choice potentially influencing the next choice that may be available. Embodiments of the invention in the form of a checkers game and in the form of a poker-type game are disclosed, among others.

A method, performed by software executing on the processor of a portable music playback device, that automatically files tracks according to hierarchical structure of categories to organize tracks in a logical order. A user interface is utilized to change the hierarchy, view track names, and select tracks for playback or other operations.

A plurality of linked gaming machines are disclosed that enhance the community participation and enjoyment of a game on multiple gaming machines. Players participate in an interactive game, either simultaneously, alternatively or in a systematic sequence, as a group or community. The participating players compete in the game such that the actions and results of each player affect the other players in the community. The interactive game combines skill and luck to improve play of the game. The interactive game could be a bonus game which players need to qualify in order to participate. If a player does not qualify, a wager can be placed to participate in the game. Players with different wagers can participate in the same game and players can wager on the outcomes of other players.

Methods and systems for intelligent tracking and / or play and / or management of card gaming use an intelligent card distribution or holding device with detectors for determining the value and unique identity of individual cards and for recording card play. Playing cards are equipped with a read / write data storage connected to a transponder and / or incorporated into electromagnetic writable particles or smart particles (smart dust). A system of the invention records various game play events on the playing cards themselves during game play and optionally also in a database on the system. In specific embodiments, the principal scanning and writing elements and electronic and optical interfaces are embodied into a hand-held card holder (HHCH). In specific embodiments, the system utilizes various types of sensors and / or indicators and / or and electronic circuits and software to scan, track, monitor, compute, and interface with electronic devices, to enable the automatic operation of Casino table games. The system can scan playing cards, scan gaming chips, indicate a players win / loss / draw, increase or decrease player betting positions, compute awards to players based on their playing activity, photograph individual players, and transmit player's images to casino security / surveillance departments and or other authorized casino personnel. The system may activate table displays that indicate each player's win / loss / draw of their bets, and / or dealers card count, indicate in the game of blackjack when a dealer has blackjack, or any other significant event that occurs such as indicating when a player has a winning / loss / draw on specific card combinations.

Methods and systems for intelligent tracking and / or play and / or management of card gaming use an intelligent card distribution or holding device with detectors for determine the value and unique identity of individual cards and for recording card play. In specific embodiments, the system utilizes various types of sensors and electronic circuits and software to scan, track, monitor, compute, and interface with electronic devices, to enable the automatic operation of Casino table games. The system can scan playing cards, scan gaming chips, indicate a players win / loss / draw, increase and or decrease player betting positions. Compute awards to players based on their playing activity, photograph individual players, and transmit player's images to casino security / surveillance departments and or other authorized casino personnel. The system may activate table displays that indicate each player's win / loss / draw of their bets, and or dealers card count, indicate in the game of blackjack when a dealer has blackjack, or any other significant event that occurs such as indicating when a player has a winning / loss / draw on specific card combinations.

A movement measuring device determines the speed of the body's specific movement on the basis of the maximum value of the acceleration sensed by an acceleration sensing unit attached to the body, when the body has made a specific movement. For example, when the player wears the device on his arm and makes a punching motion, the punching speed is found from the maximum acceleration resulting from the punching action. Furthermore, a game device obtains data indicating the magnitude of a specific movement of the body, on the basis of the acceleration sensed by an acceleration sensing unit, and then decides the outcome of the game on the basis of the strength and weakness of the punch. This enables the user to easily play a fighting sport game involving the player's actual punching motions anywhere.

A system and method for improved navigation and access of computer media content using media transport controls is provided. These transport controls may be placed in various locations such as on the computer housing, on a keyboard, on a monitor or a remote control. With these controls, a user may easily play multimedia content and navigate to individual tracks or segments of an audio and / or video stream. The transport controls include a play / pause button, a stop button, a previous button, and a next button. A user may intuitively activate and interact with media content in a variety of applications using these transport controls. For example, users may play recordings such as voice mail and review their recorded replies using the transport controls. Users may similarly play and / or review multimedia annotations made to any application files, including traditional computer files such as spreadsheets, documents and presentations.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a multi-screen video playback system which enables synchronized video playback, and at the same time enables irregular playback such as color processing, contents change. According to exemplary embodiments, a multi-screen video playback system includes a plurality of rendering units RU1 through RU4 which are connected to LAN as a network and output video data to a plurality of display devices D1 through D4; a function which is connected to LAN and distributes timing information to the rendering units RU1 through RU4 by simultaneous transmission; a timing server TS which generates the irregular playback control information to enable irregular playback, such as color correction and contents change to the video data, in a plurality of rendering units RU1 through RU4 which output video data to each corresponding display device of the plurality of display devices D1 through D4; and video data storage devices S1 through S4 to store video data to be reproduced.

Embodiments are described for calibrating a speaker in a device having a microphone by inputting an original audio signal to a processing component and an output stage of the device for playback through the speakers, receiving playback sound output from the speakers through the microphone to generate a microphone signal, and inputting the microphone signal into the processing component to calibrate the speakers for optimal playback of the original audio signal, wherein the processing component is configured to compare the original audio signal to the microphone signal and correct the microphone signal by one or more audio processing functions in accordance with a refresh schedule.

Disclosed is a product comprising a container, comprising a toy product and at least one collectible card configured to be used in a card game and said container having a physical shape related to at least one of said toy product and said card game.

A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement arcade, to manage the game machine and be connectable to the Internet, a game content providing unit to provide game content via the Internet, a mobile communication terminal to receive the game content via the Internet and run a game based on the received game content, and a point data management unit to store and update data on points to be won or lost by playing the game on the mobile communication terminal. The floor management unit receives points related to an authenticated person from the point data management unit and enables the game machine for the authenticated person.

A portable audio video electronic recording, storage and playback device. A user can store their music or movies and view them on the built-in color display or on a television. Video can be recorded and stored from any video source. Digital photographs or video can be captured via a built-in camera. A built-in TV tuner provides viewing and recording of television programming. Music can also be recorded from a stereo or computer and played back anytime and anywhere. The audio can be listened to with headphones, with the built-in speaker, or by connecting the device to a stereo. An image viewer allows digital photos to be stored and viewed on the device. Images can be easily transferred between the device, digital cameras and computers. A hard disc drive and memory card port are provided for storing data. An infrared port provides remote control and wireless connectivity.

A casino game between a dealer and a player using uses multiple decks of playing cards each consisting of forty cards Ace through ten for each of four suits and a specific layout for mounting on top of gaming table. The layout has a king of spades, or as an additional embodiment other face cards would be used i.e. queen or jack of any suit, embedded into the layout at each of the player and dealer's stations. The cards each have a value equal to the face value of the card except aces, which may be valued at one or eleven. The player makes a base wager and the dealer deals one card to the player and one card to the dealer. Both player and dealer use the embedded king of spades, or other face card, located in the layout in front of each station, as part of their hand. The layout king has a value of ten. The player forms a final hand by standing or receiving additional cards. If the player receives a card that causes the player's hand to exceed twenty-one, the player automatically loses and his base wager is collected. The dealer forms a final hand by drawing additional cards or standing, optionally according to house rules. Base wagers are resolved by summing the values of the cards in the dealer's hand and declaring the final hand having a sum closer to twenty-one, without exceeding twenty-one, to be the winning hand. Players having winning hands are rewarded and wagers are collected from players having losing hands. In the event of a push, the player's base wager is returned.

A tennis game system includes a game machine connected to a television set via an AV cable, and a racket-shaped input device for inputting operation to the game machine. A game player instructs a ball striking player to strike a ball on a monitor screen by operating the racket-shaped input device. At this time, a game processor included in the game machine calculates a predicted return position of a ball returned by the opposite player, compares a current position of the ball striking player with the predicted return position, and judges whether the predicted return position is within a ball strikable range for the ball striking player. If a judgment means judges that the predicted return position is out of the ball strikable range, a ball striking position movement means, i.e. the game processor moves the ball striking position.

A gaming machine and method for operating the same has gameplay elements provided in a manner that can be visualized, with the gameplay elements having a specific nature which is revealed to the player at a beginning to the game. That is, the player knows the value, or ranking, or position, etc., of the gameplay elements upon inception of the game. In a base level for the game of the gaming machine, no unknown gameplay element or random event is injected into the gameplay elements. This is a full information format for the gaming machine and method, and success is measured by the player's ability to manipulate the gameplay elements presented. A gaming machine and a method for operating the same is also provided with the gameplay elements once again having a specific nature which is known to the player at a start to game play, and in a preferred embodiment not subject thereafter to a random or unknown event, with the gameplay elements being arranged in one of a variety of different arrangements presenting a plurality of choices to a player for subsequent play of the elements. Outcome of the game is dependent upon the choices made by the player, with a given choice potentially influencing the next choice that may be available. Embodiments of the invention in the form of a checkers game and in the form of a poker-type game are disclosed, among others.

There is described a player terminal for use with a gaming server over a distributed communications network for facilitating the playing of a distributed multi-player on-line game involving interactions between different players in a virtual playing environment. The player terminal comprises: receiving means for receiving from the server, information specifying a virtual playing environment and on-line players in that environment, and update information relating to game-playing events occurring within that environment during the playing of an on-line game; generating means for generating a graphical representation of the virtual playing environment from the received information, graphical representations of each on-line game player and graphical representations of game-playing events occurring within the virtual environment; interaction means for interacting with the game playing events, the interaction means generating information relating to the actions of the on-line player during the playing of the on-line game, which are reflected in the behavior of the graphical representation of that on-line player; and transmitting means for transmitting to the server, game-playing commands generated at the player terminal in response to the displayed game-playing events; such that other on-line players can ultimately see the actions of the on-line player.

A system and method for operating a game of skill to provide awards or prizes to players of the game when the player has been successful in completing the game task. The game of skill is operated at a current skill level and the game monitors a rule parameter, such as a winning percentage or payout percentage, as the game is played. If the rule parameter exceeds a maximum limit, the difficulty level of the game is adjusted. Likewise, if the rule parameter is below a minimum limit, the difficulty level of the game is decreased. At each and every difficulty level, the player is able to succeed in winning the game of skill.

A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement arcade, to manage the game machine and be connectable to the Internet, a game content providing unit to provide game content via the Internet, a mobile communication terminal to receive the game content via the Internet and run a game based on the received game content, and a point data management unit to store and update data on points to be won or lost by playing the game on the mobile communication terminal. The floor management unit receives points related to an authenticated person from the point data management unit and enables the game machine for the authenticated person.

The invention pertains to systems and method for social invitation to facilitate playing and interaction of a mobile application or mobile game on a mobile device without logging into a 3rd party social networking site. A social invitation system is provided for one or more mobile devices in communication with a remote Application Growth Engine (AGE) server, via a communication network. The AGE server is provided with an AGE algorithm to create social graph associations based on address book contacts captured from an address book resident on the mobile device, and in response to a request for social invitations from the mobile device, to generate a list of recommended invitations of target users based on user social graph associations so that a user at the mobile device can invite friends, family, and colleagues from the address book to download the mobile app / game in order to facilitate playing and interaction of the mobile application or mobile game on the user's mobile device.

The invention discloses a hydrocracking catalyst for producing heavy naphtha in great abundance and a preparation method thereof. The catalyst contains hydrogenation active metals and a carrier which consists of modified Y molecular sieves and alumina, wherein the Y molecular sieves are obtained by using a mixed aqueous solution of aluminum salts and an acid to perform hydro-thermal treatment. The properties of the modified Y molecular sieves are as follows: the specific surface area is between 750 m<2> / g and 850 m<2> / g; the total pore volume is between 0.35 and 0.48 ml / g; the relative crystallinity is between 90 and 130 percent; the cell parameter is between 2.437 and 2.445 nanometers; the silicon-aluminum mol ratio is between 15 and 70; the infrared acid amount is between 0.5 and 1.0 mmol / g; the B acid / L acid is more than 7.0; and the content of sodium oxide is less than or equal to 0.05 weight percent. The hydrocracking catalyst has the characteristics of good catalytic activity, high heavy naphtha selectivity, high yield, high latent content of heavy naphtha arene, and so on.

Favorable visual appearance and ease of operation are required in the user interface of digital home appliances using a television screen. An array of function icons including multiple function icons representing respective playing functions and an array of content icons including multiple content icons representing items of contents that can be played are displayed practically at the center of an on-screen menu such that the arrays intersect. A moving image icon, which is a function icon displayed in an area of intersection in which the array of function icons and the array of content icons intersect, is highlighted by a color different from that of the other function icons and by an enlarged view. An icon in focus immediately below the moving image icon is also displayed in an expanded view. If an external appliance is connected via a network, contents in the external appliance are also displayed in the array of content icons.

A gaming device such as a slot machine may be operated in an automated play mode in which the need for player input is reduced or eliminated. Game play cycles may be continuously performed in the automated play mode without player input. One or more parameters for controlling the automated play mode may be determined based on player input and / or data or a program stored in the gaming device and / or data or a program stored in a controller in communication with the gaming device. Termination of the automated play mode may result from player input and / or may be determined on the basis of a parameter that may be determined on the basis of player input or may be determined automatically by the gaming device or by a controller in communication with the gaming device.

The invention relates to a multi-modal emotion recognition method based on attention feature fusion. According to the multi-modal emotion recognition method based on attention feature fusion, final emotion recognition is carried out by mainly utilizing data of three modes of a text, a voice and a video. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, performing feature extraction on data of three modes; in the text aspect, bidirectional LSTM is used for extracting text features, a convolutional neural network is used for extracting features in a voice mode, and a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model is used for extracting video features in a video mode. Performing feature fusion on the features of the three modes by adopting an attention-based feature layer fusion mode;a traditional feature layer fusion mode is changed, complementary information between different modes is fully utilized, certain weights are given to the features of the different modes, the weights and the network are obtained through training and learning together, and therefore the method better conforms to the whole data distribution of people, and the final recognition effect is well improved.

A data recording medium by which, when encoding a externally input AV signal to an MPEG transport stream, the MPEG_TS can be quickly and efficiently converted to an MPEG program stream conforming to a DVD standard, is provided. An apparatus and method for recording to the data recording medium are also provided. A flag indicating that a first stream (such as an MPEG transport stream) is recorded in a constraint format enabling efficient conversion to a second stream (such as an MPEG program stream) is written to the management information (VOBI). By referencing this flag the recorder can easily determine if the recorded data was recorded in the specified constraint format without analyzing the data recorded to the data recording medium.