179 results about "Class iii" patented technology

Disclosed are central determination methods and systems in which pools and sub-pools of outcomes can be distributed among various units of the central determination system. The methods and systems are applicable to Class II and, in some implementations, Class III gaming configurations. The methods and systems disclosed herein can be implemented in a gaming machine network, wherein one of the gaming machines distributes game outcomes to other gaming machines in the network. The gaming machines can be oriented in a peer-to-peer configuration, a central storage medium configuration, a stand alone configuration, an autonomous gaming machine configuration, and other network configurations. Methods are disclosed for managing the distribution of outcomes among the gaming machines in the various networks.

The present invention provides a gaming machine that can play both Class II and Class III games. Some implementations provide a gaming machine that has certain features (e.g., a true random number generator or “RNG”) enabled for Class III play and disabled for Class II play. Some aspects of the invention provide methods for determining when a Class III game is available. Other aspects of the invention allow a player to “line up” for a desired Class III game while playing another game, such as a Class II game or another Class III game, on the same gaming machine until the desired Class III game is available. Some such implementations grant higher priority to certain players according to their gaming history, e.g., as indicated by player tracking/player loyalty data. Alternative aspects of the invention allocate available Class III games in other ways, e.g., by playing a Class II game for a chance to play a Class III game, by lottery, or otherwise. Player tracking information may be shared and/or combined for Class II and Class III game play and may be used to determine gaming history.

The present invention provides methods and devices for providing a bingo game having aspects of a non-bingo game such as a Class III game, preferably on a network of gaming machines. Some implementations of the invention provide a bingo game having aspects of a card game, such as a poker game. Some such implementations include a bingo card display in which areas of a bingo card correspond with playing cards. Some implementations of the invention provide bingo cards having more than one bingo number associated with an area of the bingo card. Other implementations of the invention allow a winning pattern, such as an interim win pattern, to be formed from hits on more than one bingo card. For example, a winning pattern may be formed by hits along a corresponding line of multiple bingo cards being played by a single player. Alternatively, a winning pattern may be formed by hits on the same corresponding area of multiple bingo cards being played by a single player.

A computerized management system and methods including accounting, auditing, and correcting systems and processes are disclosed for use with game and/or gaming devices, systems, and methods enable users to remotely monitor, control, and modify financial data, reports, and information related to game and/or gaming machines and apparatuses of different classes, for example Class II and Class III gaming machines and table games, and different facilities, such as Class III gaming establishments, bingo establishments, and lottery establishments.

The present invention provides methods and devices for providing a first wagering game (such as a bingo game) that presents a changing pool of displayed game outcomes for a second wagering game (such as a Class III game), preferably on a network of gaming machines. Some implementations of the invention provide a bingo game that presents a changing pool of displayed game outcomes for a slot game or a poker game. In some preferred implementations, game outcomes are generated, e.g., by individual gaming machines, on an ongoing basis and stored in memory. Each of the game outcomes corresponds with a bingo outcome. Preferably, the game outcomes are sorted and stored according to payout amounts for various bingo outcomes. In some implementations, the game outcomes are stored in the form of random number generating (“RNG”) seeds, but in other implementations the game outcomes are stored in a variety of other forms.

A computerized management system and methods including accounting, auditing, and correcting systems and processes are disclosed for use with game and/or gaming devices, systems, and methods enable users to remotely monitor, control, and modify financial data, reports, and information related to game and/or gaming machines and apparatuses of different classes, for example Class II and Class III gaming machines and table games, and different facilities, such as Class III gaming establishments, bingo establishments, and lottery establishments.

Gaming machines may be remotely reconfigured and/or reprogrammed, data remotely collected, and a comparison performed between at least two different configurations. Such may be done to determine optimal configurations of gaming machines for various periods (e.g., days, times, months, Holidays). The reconfiguration and/or reprogramming may, for example, change a minimum or maximum wager limit, change a payout schedule, change an aspect of a bonus, progressive or other jackpot, and/or change allocation an of gaming machines between Class II and Class III. Reports may be produced indicative of the effects of the reconfiguration or reprogramming.

A full-body harness, with or without an integral support line, with the harness being adaptable for class I, class II, and/or class III service, and for use by safety personnel (such as firefighters, for example) for situations that call for emergency activity in areas where falls from an unsafe height are possible.

The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprised of one or more SGLT-2 inhibitor compound(s) in combination with one or more therapeutic agents which is suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders including type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperglycemia, postprandial hyperglycemia, overweight, obesity, including class I obesity, class II obesity, class III obesity, visceral obesity and abdominal obesity, and metabolic syndrome.

A method of awarding wins for game play comprises determining winning outcomes from all possible outcomes of game play and assigning at least one of two different types of awards, such as either or both primary and secondary credit awards, to each winning outcome. Preferably, the winning combinations and associated awards are selected so that, when assigned to a secondary event, the outcome of the game may be represented as the outcomes of a secondary event. In one embodiment, the outcomes of a Class II game, such as bingo, are represented by outcomes Class III type event, such as the game of slots. In accordance with the invention, the representation of the game outcomes mimics the frequency of wins and the payouts associated for those wins in a true Class III game, including as dependent upon the size of a player's wager.

A method of awarding wins for game play comprises determining winning outcomes from all possible outcomes of game play and assigning at least one of two different types of awards, such as either or both primary and secondary credit awards, to each winning outcome. Preferably, the winning combinations and associated awards are selected so that, when assigned to a secondary event, the outcome of the game may be represented as the outcomes of a secondary event. In one embodiment, the outcomes of a Class II game, such as bingo, are represented by outcomes Class III type event, such as the game of slots. In accordance with the invention, the representation of the game outcomes mimics the frequency of wins and the payouts associated for those wins in a true Class III game, including as dependent upon the size of a player's wager.

The multi-task trailer hitch assembly of the present invention provides receiving tubes for the attachment of one or more trailer hitch-mounted receiver-type accessories while retaining a trailer hitch for pulling a trailer in the single hitch receiver provided on many trucks and ATVs. This permits the simultaneous use of multiple accessories while retaining the concurrent ability to tow. Multiple receiver tubes can be provided, both horizontal and vertical, and oriented not only toward the rear but also at right angles from the ball mount. This permits fastening one or more attachments from not only the rear but also from the top and inward from both sides toward the ball mount. Extra hitch ball mounts and other towing accessories may also be conveniently stored in the receiver tubes of the present invention while towing with a particular Class II or Class III hitch ball mount in the appropriate vehicle-mounted hitch receiver.

The invention discloses an automobile continuously variable transmission fluid and a preparation method thereof. The automobile continuously variable transmission fluid comprises the following components: 100 parts by weight of class III base oil, 1-3 parts by weight of antiwear agent, 5-15 parts by weight of viscosity index improver, 0-1 part by weight of pour point depressant, 0.5-2.5 parts by weight of alkaline earth clearing agent, 2-6 parts by weight of dispersant, 0.5-1 part by weight of antioxidant, 1-4 parts by weight of friction modifier and 0.01-0.05 part by weight of anti-foaming agent. According to the invention, the chosen additives are optimally combined together to obtain the CVTF, and the obtained CVTF has excellent comprehensive properties; the CVTF is excellent in viscosity index, oxidation stability, shear stability, wearing quality and cryogenic property, and more critically, large in torque, high in traction coefficient and high in transmission efficiency; and consequently, the use requirements of B-CVT and T-CVT can be met simultaneously.

A full-body harness, with or without an integral support line, with the harness being adaptable for class I, class II, and/or class III service, and for use by safety personnel (such as firefighters, military personnel, rescue workers etc.) or others for situations that call for emergency activity in areas where falls from an unsafe height are possible, or for use for entertainment purposes such as climbing, rappelling, or skydiving, for example.

The invention provides a composition for preventing formation water lock, which comprises a fluorocarbon surfactant, a zwitterionic gemini surfactant and class III surfactants, wherein the class III surfactants are nonionic surfactants with a formula of CnH2n+1C6H5(OCmH2m)xOH or CnH2n+1(OCmH2m)xOH, n is an integer of 8-20, m is an integer of 1-4, and x is an integer of 4-30. The invention also provides application of the composition to preventing the formation water lock. By adopting the composition for preventing the formation water lock, the interfacial tension between water and gas and between oil and water can be greatly reduced, and the wetting angle of water to the mineral surface is increased; meanwhile, the composition also has a certain oil-drive effect, thereby being capable of reducing capillary pressure of driving water by gas (oil) and effectively preventing the formation water lock.

New Group III based diodes are disclosed having a low on state voltage (V_f), and structures to keep reverse current (I_rev) relatively low. One embodiment of the invention is Schottky barrier diode made from the GaN material system in which the Fermi level (or surface potential) of is not pinned. The barrier potential at the metal-to-semiconductor junction varies depending on the type of metal used and using particular metals lowers the diode's Schottky barrier potential and results in a V_f in the range of 0.1-0.3V. In another embodiment a trench structure is formed on the Schottky diodes semiconductor material to reduce reverse leakage current. and comprises a number of parallel, equally spaced trenches with mesa regions between adjacent trenches. A third embodiment of the invention provides a GaN tunnel diode with a low V_f resulting from the tunneling of electrons through the barrier potential, instead of over it. This embodiment can also have a trench structure to reduce reverse leakage current.

The invention relates to a combined-cycle gas turbine lubricant combination which is suitable to be used in a large-scale gas steam combined-cycle gas turbine, and the composition and content of the combined-cycle gas turbine lubricant combination by weight percentage of antioxidant of 0.1 to 2 percent, anti-wear agent of 0.01 to 1 percent, no gray rust-proof agent of 0.01 to 1 percent, metal deactivating agent of 0.01 to 1 percent, anti-foam agent of 0.001 to 1 percent, the allowance is based oil, which is Class II or Class III paraffin-based oil, and the sulfur content is less than 0.03 percent, the lubricant combination of the invention has an extremely long induction period of oxidation and excellent performance of high temperature oxidation, excellent extreme pressure antifriction property and corrosion, good water separation, air separation and filterability, and can well meet the lubricating demand of large-scale combined cycle gas turbine.

A method for producing human-like glycoproteins by expressing a Class 2 α-mannosidase having a substrate specificity for Manα1,3 and Manα1,6 glycosidic linkages in a lower eukaryote is disclosed. Hydrolysis of these linkages on oligosaccharides produces substrates for further N-glycan processing in the secretory pathway.