Inventor · Tracy, CA, US

John E. Link

31Patents
18h-index
18Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 14, 1996 → Aug 2, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5816918A Prize redemption system for games Physics 1,642 Expired
US6015344A Prize redemption system for games Physics 809 Expired
US6007426A Skill based prize games for wide area networks Physics 428 Expired
US6454648B1 System, method and article of manufacture for providing a progressive-type prize awarding scheme in an intermittently accessed network game environment Physics 333 Expired
US6645068B1 Profile-driven network gaming and prize redemption system Human Necessities 330 Expired
US6293865A System, method and article of manufacture for tournament play in a network gaming system Physics 238 Expired
US6758755B2 Prize redemption system for games executed over a wide area network Physics 200 Expired
US6306035A Graphical user interface for providing gaming and prize redemption capabilities Physics 142 Expired
US8506394B2 Tournament gaming systems, gaming devices and methods Physics 126 Active
US8246439B2 Tournament qualification and characteristics in a gaming system Physics 108 Active
US8317620B2 Tournament gaming systems Physics 59 Active
US8052518B1 Networked gaming system Physics 31 Active
US8641507B2 Tournament qualification and characteristics in a gaming system Physics 25 Active
US7972209B2 Gaming system having progressive tournaments and weighting Physics 24 Active
US8852001B2 Tournament gaming systems Physics 24 Active
US9033786B2 Tournament gaming systems and methods Physics 23 Active
US8512119B2 Tournament gaming systems and methods Physics 22 Active
US9011241B2 Tournament gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods Physics 21 Active
US8429224B2 Gaming browser manager client system and method Physics 6 Active
US9070250B2 Wireless real-time gaming system Physics 6 Active
US8926425B2 System and method for providing loyalty-based virtual objects across various media including gaming devices Physics 6 Active
US9747750B2 System and method for providing loyalty-based virtual objects across various media including gaming devices Physics 4 Active
US8597128B2 Network gaming system Physics 4 Active
US8944909B2 Gaming system having a plurality of players and randomly incremented progressive prize Physics 4 Active
US10482712B2 System and method for providing loyalty-based virtual objects across various media including gaming devices Physics 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.