Joseph L Collins

US Patent:

20120175842, Jul 12, 2012

Filed:

Jan 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/930559

Inventors:

Joseph Collins - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

A63F 3/02

US Classification:

273260

Abstract:

This invention is a modified chess game which can be played by two individual players or two teams of players. The game apparatus consists of a modified chess board of 100 alternately light and dark squares and two 20-piece sets of respectively light and dark game pieces. Each set of game pieces includes the 16 game pieces contained in a set of conventional chess pieces, i.e., 1 King, 1 Queen, 2 Bishops, 2 Knights, 2 Rooks and 8 Pawns, plus 2 additional pawns and 2 embodiments of an innovative and novel game piece unique to the invention, game piece “X”. The game pieces are initially positioned in prescribed positions on the game board and subsequently moved pursuant to conventional and prescribed new movement capabilities and patterns unique to the invention. As in conventional chess, the contest is won by the party which captures and, thus, checkmates the opposing party's King.

US Patent:

20120203849, Aug 9, 2012

Filed:

Apr 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/447932

Inventors:

Joseph Collins - Chicago IL, US
Amit Jindas Shah - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

VaporStream Incorporated - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. An electronic message is separated into a message content and container (header) information. In one aspect, the message content and header information are entered by a user separately using a single display image screen having separate portions for entry of message content and header information. The separate portions do not allow visibility of content in the portions to be displayed at the same time.