Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
273161000 | FORTUNE-TELLING DEVICES | 8 |
20090014955 | METHOD OF DIRECTING PERSONAL ACTUALIZATION USING A PLURALITY OF RANDOM WORDS - A game based method and system is provided for personal actualization in the context of fortune telling or as a means of centering oneself. The game employs a method of personal actualization whereby a user selects a plurality of random words, phrases or numbers and then evaluates the randomly selected information to find patterns within the word combinations that are relevant to them. In one embodiment, a container holds a plurality of cards, wherein each of the cards contains predetermined words, phrases, numbers, figures of speech and blanks. During game play, the user draws cards from the container at random and then intuitively interprets the meaning of the card that is drawn within the context and order that the cards are drawn. Further embodiments are disclosed for implementation of an electronic version of the method and system. | 01-15-2009 |
20090108525 | Game - A game is provided. Such game includes a generally flat playing board manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size. Such playing board has predetermined indicia disposed thereon at a plurality of predetermined locations. A pointing device is included for traveling across such playing board and indicating at least one predetermined member of such predetermined indicia. Such pointing device has a second predetermined shape and a second predetermined size. | 04-30-2009 |
20090250871 | Prophesy coins game - The Prophesy Coins Game is a unique fortune telling game consisting of eight numbered Prophesy Coins that are obtained randomly from a unique Prophesy Coins Container/Dispenser and used as positional and rotational identifiers to place and orient eight randomly selected tarot cards, from a standard 78 card tarot deck, into eight prognosticative data location sites on a game board. A psychic reading is formulated from the context of each of the eight selected tarot cards relating their meaning and orientation with their positional game-board-data inscriptions with reference to the query. | 10-08-2009 |
20100181719 | BOUNCING BALL AMUSEMENT DEVICE - A bouncing ball type of amusement device has a buoyant die floating in a water-filled, transparent rubber ball. The die has a plurality of faces with written material thereon. When bounced after asking a yes or no type of question, the die will float to the top of the ball and one of its faces will contact the inside surface of the ball and be viewable by a user. | 07-22-2010 |
20110057388 | Chosun prophecy game - The Chosun Prophecy Game is a unique fortune-telling game which incorporates the ancient Chinese philosophy of the I Ching with concepts of the Tarot. The game consists of sixteen sets of eight different I Ching trigram cards, in which two sets or sixteen trigrams are randomly selected and then placed, by eight randomly picked Chosun Prophecy Coins, into eight specific prognosticative sites, filling both the upper and lower sections of each, forming a pattern of eight hexagrams on the game board. A psychic reading is formulated by relating the I Ching context of the eight unified hexagrams with specific line analysis to their game board inscriptions as this data applies to the query. | 03-10-2011 |
20120223478 | Pendulum Pointer and Spiritual Talking Board - Disclosed is a spiritual talking board having a half-moon design and a plurality of indicia thereon for providing guidance on specific questions or issues. The board is adapted to be utilized in conjunction with a suspended pendulum, which is positioned over a compass rose origin of the half-moon shape. Moving radially outward from the origin is a plurality of numbers, month indicators, and finally letters of the alphabet. On a first half of the board there are shown symbols for positive, female and the sun, while a second half shows negative, male and the moon. Positioned orthogonally from one another are the answers no/yes/no and finally a symbol showing prosperity is provided. A pendulum is suspended over the compass rose by a user, whereafter a question is posed. Movement of the pendulum over the board surface is provides insight into the question and a possible answer thereto. | 09-06-2012 |
20130093137 | Novelty device for communication between a human being and universal consciousness - Novelty device for communication between a human being and universal consciousness (Universal Mind) is a mechanical device with a Central body, suspended on several substantially upright supports, so that the Central body can move (swing) in horizontal plane. The upright supports are attached to a stationary frame. A diagram is attached to the same stationary frame. The diagram displays symbols, numbers, pictures and the like. A clear transparent surface with a colored dot indicator is attached to the moving Central body. In communication, the user holds the frame in his or her hands, observes the movements of the dot indicator over the diagram and interprets the dialog. | 04-18-2013 |
20140367911 | TOUCH POSITION DETERMINING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch position determining apparatus and method thereof are provided. The touch position determining apparatus is adapted to a sphere. The touch position determining apparatus includes a pressure sensing array and a processing unit. The pressure sensing array is coupled below the sphere and includes a plurality of pressure sensing nodes. The pressure sensing array generates a pressure deformation area in response to a touch operation performed on a surface of the sphere, and generates a pressure signal set by the pressure sensing nodes corresponding to the pressure deformation area. The processing unit is connected to the pressure sensing array and determines a touch position of the touch operation performed on the surface of the sphere according to the pressure signal set. | 12-18-2014 |