John G. Kroeckel
48Patents
19h-index
18Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 22, 1995 → Oct 28, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| US8246439B2 | Tournament qualification and characteristics in a gaming system | Physics | 108 | Active |
| US5860648A | Golfing game including object sensing and validation | Human Necessities | 83 | Expired |
| US7896735B2 | Player gaming console, gaming machine, networked gaming system and method | Physics | 66 | Active |
| US8529349B2 | Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods | Physics | 58 | Active |
| US8535158B2 | Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods | Physics | 53 | Active |
| US8888578B2 | Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods | Physics | 50 | Active |
| US5553859A | Arcade game for sensing and validating objects | Human Necessities | 34 | Expired |
| 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 |
| US9022867B2 | Gaming system with tournament communication protocols | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US7762885B2 | Prize redemption system for games executed over a wide area network | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US7976373B2 | Apparatus for providing amusement | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7976376B2 | Methods for providing amusement | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US9087437B2 | Apparatus for providing amusement | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9070250B2 | Wireless real-time gaming system | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8317588B2 | Apparatus for providing amusement | Physics | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.