Thierry Brunet Courssou

US Patent:

20030100369, May 29, 2003

Filed:

Apr 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/120635

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry De Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US
Pierre-Jean Beney - London, GB

Assignee:

CYBERSCAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

463/042000

Abstract:

A secure and modular architecture for monitoring and controlling clusters of pay entertainment and gaming devices. The architecture allows flexible and secure use of state-of-the-art multimedia and Internet technologies to attract the younger player generation used to flashy and networked games. Cash or cash-less entertainment and gaming devices are supported.

US Patent:

20030100372, May 29, 2003

Filed:

Apr 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/120816

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US
Pierre-Jean Beney - London, GB

Assignee:

CYBERSCAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

463/042000

Abstract:

A secure and modular architecture for monitoring and controlling clusters of pay entertainment and gaming devices. The architecture allows flexible and secure use of state-of-the-art multimedia and Internet technologies to attract the younger player generation used to flashy and networked games. Cash or cash-less entertainment and gaming devices are supported.

US Patent:

20040190016, Sep 30, 2004

Filed:

Feb 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/784580

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Cyberscan Technology, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F015/00
G06F015/12

US Classification:

358/001600, 358/474000, 358/498000

Abstract:

A compact transactional document-scanning terminal that provides the means to conveniently capture an electronic image of most forms of printed documents at distributed locations, to capture either automatically from the scanned document or manually by operator interactivity all necessary process parameters or codes, to perform an electronic transaction in order to forward all the information to a remote computer or alternatively for local storage within the terminal, and to produce an electronic receipt and/or a paper receipt as a proof that the scan and store transaction has been successful and for later retrieval of information associated with the scanned document. The compact transactional document-scanning terminal may be configured to respond to various customer specifications. For some forms of documents, an image analysis is immediately performed subsequent to the scan in order to extract all or part of the printed information, apply recognition algorithms to decode information and complete automatically the transaction without further human intervention.

US Patent:

20040198496, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Feb 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/789975

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry de Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

A63F013/00

US Classification:

463/042000

Abstract:

A method to enable dynamic configuration of gaming terminals installed in one or a plurality of gaming premises whereby certified games, certified data files and certified support software components are activated in accordance with a predetermined schedule or automatically in response to the observed gaming activity. The method may include allocating an individual PKI certificate to each executable software component and each of its versions, binding the PKI certificate to the executable software, associating a distinctive policy for each certificate and then enforcing the software execution policies in accordance with the desired authorized game configuration and schedule. The PKI certificate's “Subject Name” (or “Issued to” field or “CommonName” field) may be a concatenation of the software component identification, its version number and optionally other identification characters. The method applies equally to other network connected gaming subsystems. The method enables a fine-grained and secure control of the authorized software components and thus the flexibility to securely configure the gaming system in accordance with a schedule or in a close-loop fashion in order to meet business objectives. In addition, a method to enable the certification authority to bind the certificates to the tested code is described.

US Patent:

20050054445, Mar 10, 2005

Filed:

Sep 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/656631

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry De Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US
Pierre-Jean Beney - London, GB

Assignee:

CYBERSCAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

A63F013/00

US Classification:

463042000, 463040000, 463041000

Abstract:

A trusted disaster tolerant system architecture supporting concurrently a number of distributed online gaming operations such as slip-scan lottery, video lottery, fixed odd betting terminals, internet gaming, and interactive TV. A personality front end resolves the peculiarities of the various client systems before submitting the relevant transactional payload to a trusted transactional cache. A universal game random generator may be used either at the central game server or at each individual gaming machine, thus conferring a significant trust to the entire estate of gaming machines fitted with the game random generator. An auditable trusted log allows to rapidly resolve any dispute. The instant-draw model and the differed-draw model are supported. The system may advantageously be used in casino environments.

US Patent:

20070265053, Nov 15, 2007

Filed:

Nov 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/562943

Inventors:

Sylvie Linard - London, GB
John Papanastasiou - Croydon, GB
Thierry De Courssou - Henderson NV, US

Assignee:

CYBERSCAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463016000

Abstract:

Creative multi-act games for the younger generation of casino players accustomed to creative simulation games such as “The Sims” and familiar TV characters such as the cast of “Friends.” Stories unfold through acts that have been staged by the player by selecting and placing acting objects. A palette of betting opportunities may be provided in each act in accordance with the staged act to allow the player(s) to place bets. A typical storyboard may include three acts: (a) a construction act, (b) a testing act and (c) a destruction or resolution act. The unfolding of acts may be non-linear and several players may participate simultaneously, sharing the opportunity to affect a storyboard's direction through decision-making.

US Patent:

20020174160, Nov 21, 2002

Filed:

May 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/861850

Inventors:

Jean-Marie Gatto - London, GB
Thierry De Courssou - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

709/001000

Abstract:

An electronic controller for conducting trusted lightweight e-commerce transactions. A trusted transactional cache and the associated transactional protocol allow e-commerce transactions to be committed to a remote server extremely quickly and with little network overhead. The end-to-end transactions are completed is just a few seconds or less. The invention operates equally well on robust private networks as on unpredictable Internet or wireless networks. The transaction is automatically completed following a temporary communication failure with the central site or following a temporary local controller failure. The invention can advantageously be used in embedded Internet products such as fixed or mobile Internet kiosks, transactional terminals, and Internet Appliances.