http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/list This is a list of Patent Applications on the Peer-to-Patent Australia site en-us Patent Application Number: 2008225074 Title: System and method for server-based calculation of royalties for gaming Inventors: Jeffrey S. Topham, Bradley Johnson, Philip Jeffrey Anderson, Kent Young Applicants: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure present systems, methods, and apparatus for server-based gaming. Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods that include gaming system functionality on a host computer that provides such to individual player-operated electronic gaming machines as thin clients in thin-client architecture. Embodiments of the disclosure can provide systems and methods for tracking and/or downloading a downloadable game, and may include royalty calculation functionality for the use of proprietary gaming software at one or more electronic gaming machines. Tue Mar 09 10:54:19 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2008225074/activity Patent Application Number: 2006203756 Title: System and method for providing access to wireless railroad data network Inventors: Not Given Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A method for accessing a wireless railroad data network (25) includes sensing presence of a rail vehicle on a rail track (12). Determination of rail vehicle presence is used as a primary authentication mechanism to permit temporary access to the wireless railroad data network (25) based on sensed presence of the rail vehicle on the rail track (12). The rail vehicle is permitted temporary access to the wireless railroad data network (25) based on sensed presence and authentication of the rail vehicle. Tue Mar 09 10:53:56 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2006203756/activity Patent Application Number: 2009200684 Title: A method of gaming, a gaming system and a game controller Inventors: Steven D. Rood Applicants: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited Abstract: A method of gaming comprising: selecting a set of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels; determining a game round outcome based on the selected symbols; determining that a feature game round should occur; and determining a feature game round outcome by determining an optimal winning combination of symbols from a feature subset of the set of symbols comprising more symbols than the number of reels. Tue Mar 09 10:53:33 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2009200684/activity Patent Application Number: 2005267004 Title: System and method for managing emissions from mobile vehicles Inventors: Glenn Robert Shaffer, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Steven Andrew Kellner, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Bradley Charles Hendrickson, Leonard Michael Hill, Glen Paul Peltonen, Wolfgang Daum, Daniel F. Wolf, Gerald James Jr. Hess, James Kiss, Steven Matthew Pelkowski Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A locomotive (10) is operable in two or more distinct configurations, with the change in configuration being response to a configuration input signal (35). A locomotive configuration is represented by the set of end use device control signals (13) that are generated by the locomotive control systems (22) in response to the respective set of operational input values (27). For a given set of operational input values, a first set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a first value, and a second set of end use device control signals is generated when a configuration input has a second value. The configuration input variable is responsive to an emission profile associated with the locomotive location. A value of a locomotive emission parameter corresponding to the emission profile is monitored and saved in a storage device (e.g., 104). Tue Mar 09 09:58:43 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2005267004/activity Patent Application Number: 2006201477 Title: Methods and systems for diagnosing machinery Inventors: Not Given Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A method of predicting the remaining operational life of a component including generating a plurality of component data utilizing a machinery monitoring system (114) including a database having at least one rule set (400), the component data indicative of at least one operational parameter of the component, trending the component data utilizing the rule set, and extrapolating (416) the trended data to facilitate predicting the remaining operational life of the component. Tue Mar 09 09:58:37 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2006201477/activity Patent Application Number: 2006202620 Title: Methods and computer program product for monitoring integrity of a railroad train Inventors: Not Given Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A method and computer program product are provided for monitoring integrity of a railroad train (10) and determining passage of the train relative to a plurality of virtual blocks defined by wireless transmissions along a section of track (54) over which the train travels. The virtual blocks provide safeguards for the travel of the train relative to other trains on the section of the track (55) when there is a shared use of the section of track. In aspects thereof, the method allows collecting data useful for evaluating conditions that may affect train integrity from at least one sensing device (14) at a end of train location. The method further allows collecting data at a head-of-train location, with the data collected at the head-of-train corresponding to the type of data collected at the end-of-train location. The data collected at the end-of-train and at the head-of train location is processed (42) to determine whether the entire train has cleared a respective one of the virtual blocks. In the event this determination is unable to reach a clearance for the respective block, a cautionary status is associated with the virtual block. The cautionary status for the virtual block is automatically communicated to an offboard system, which is responsible for managing shared use of the track by other trains. Tue Mar 09 09:58:32 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2006202620/activity Patent Application Number: 2007333518 Title: Method, system and computer software code for trip optimization with train/track database augmentation Inventors: Alith Kumar, Glenn Robert Shaffer Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A system for providing at least one of train information and track characterization information for use in train performance, including a first element to determine a location of a train on a track segment and/or a time from a beginning of the trip. A track characterization element to provide track segment information, and a sensor for measuring an operating condition of at least one of the locomotives in the train are also included. A database is provided for storing track segment information and/or the operating condition of at least one of the locomotives. A processor is also included to correlate information from the first element, the track characterization element, the sensor, and/or the database, so that the database may be used for creating a trip plan that optimizes train performance in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the train. Tue Mar 09 09:58:26 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2007333518/activity Patent Application Number: 2006201792 Title: Method and system for performing multi-objective predictive modeling, monitoring, and update for an asset Inventors: Not Given Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A method and system for performing multi-objective predictive modeling, monitoring, and update for an asset is provided. The method includes determining a status of each of at least two predictive models for an asset as a result of monitoring predicted performance values. The status of each predictive model includes at least one of: acceptable performance values, validating model, and unacceptable performance values. Based upon the status of each predictive model (104), the method includes performing at least one of: terminating use of the at least two predictive models (104) for the asset, generating an alert for the asset of the status of the at least two predictive models (104), and updating the at least two predictive models (104) based upon the status of the at least two predictive models (104). Tue Mar 09 09:58:21 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2006201792/activity Patent Application Number: 2005321287 Title: Method and device for content information sharing Inventors: Lei Ma, Lin Ma, Yu Chen Zhou Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation Abstract: A method and device for content information sharing is provided. The method comprises a first device receiving a content information request from at least a second device via a network, said content information request comprises the capability information of the second device; said first device retrieving the information of the content that the first device could provide; said first device filtering the content information of the content that the first device could provide according to the capability information of the second device; and said first device sending the filtered content information of the content that the first device could provide to the second device. According to the present invention, every device could select to obtain the content information or the content that the device could process or display. Tue Mar 09 09:58:15 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2005321287/activity Patent Application Number: 2007210230 Title: Method and apparatus for automatic selection of alternative routing through congested areas using congestion prediction metrics Inventors: Joseph Wesley Philp, Mitchell Scott Wills, Joel Kickbusch Applicants: General Electric Company Abstract: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically control, the movement of trains through the system. Alternative routes through congested areas are automatically selected (240) using congestion prediction metrics (200)-(230). Tue Mar 09 09:58:07 +1000 2010 http://www.peertopatent.org.au/patent/2007210230/activity