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An electronic, automated fortune telling device utilizing celebrity personalities to entertain users. A portable standalone unit including a cabinet housing a video display, bill validator, debit/credit card reader, user interface, processor, memory and speakers. The memory maintains one or more databases of celebrity video and audio files which are used to present the fortune telling routines to the user via the video display. A user is able to select a celebrity to present the fortune telling routine. The fortune telling device may also be configured to perform mock celebrity weddings after which the fortune telling device prints a wedding certificate and/or dispenses a pair of wedding bands and/or transmits a digital wedding photo.

A computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a terminal of a viewer to: receive, from a server over a network, a video data related to a live-stream in which a distributor, the viewer, and other viewers participate; accept input of normal information by the viewer during the live-stream, the normal information being viewable by the distributor and the other viewers; and accept input of exclusive information by the viewer during the live-stream, the exclusive information being information that is transmitted to a terminal of the distributor on condition that the viewer pays or consents to pay a price and that is not viewable by the other viewers.

A fortune telling device provides touting services. The fortune telling device is linked to remote touting services and uses the information to make sporting event outcome predictions. The fortune telling device may include an interface for allowing users to place sports bets and sign up for an account with a third-party sportsbook.

A fortune telling system using artificial intelligence and other resources is provided to direct specific helpful psychological and other resources to users through multiple methods. A method for delivering a mental health resource to a person includes conducting a Tarot reading regarding a situation by pulling a combination of Tarot cards from a Tarot card deck; and receiving, by a computer processor, information regarding the combination of Tarot cards. The method also includes determining, by a first artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, an emotional response likely to result from the combination of Tarot cards; and generating, by a second AI algorithm, a message based upon the emotional response likely to result from the combination of Tarot cards. The message is constructed to provide insight or comment to the person regarding the situation.

Unpredictable action of a physical device provides a truly random number from a smart top, including a spinner, preferably self-centering, such as a segment of a sphere. A housing containing a CPU and memory device is made to rotate in a plane parallel to a supporting surface, that plane containing the maximum moment of inertia of the apparatus. A central axis, located or self-locating, near a center of mass of the apparatus provides a contact point (pointed or not), shaped to reduce a moment arm of friction acting on the device when spinning on a rigid surface. Executables (programs) track rotation about the central axis, outputting a corresponding random number to other executables using it to control a meaningful outcome. One embodiment may be implemented in a smart phone equipped with a self-centering spinner.

A motivational phrase assembly includes a housing that is positionable on a support surface. A lid is attached to the housing and the lid has an opening extending therethrough. A dome is movably disposed on the housing, the dome is depressable into a depressed position and the dome is biased into a raised position. A pair of dice is positioned within the dome such that the dice are visible through the dome. Each of the dice has indicia printed thereon and the indicia comprise a plurality of unique motivational phrases. The dice are shaken in the dome when the dome is depressed and subsequently released thereby facilitating random sides of the dice to be displayed. In this way the motivational phrases on the random sides are displayed to the user.

A set of I Ching sticks and method of using the same to convey information to a user based on various indicia and groupings of indicia disposed on the sides and ends of each of the I Ching sticks.

The invention provides a device for outputting an acoustic and/or optical effect (a decision sequence) comprising a basic body comprising a basic element with a cover which can be attached in a form- and/or force-closed manner, at least one optical and/or at least one acoustic stimulating element, a power supply, a circuitry comprising a microprocessor, a random generator and a storage medium, and at least one switch, wherein a decision sequence can be activated by the at least one switch, wherein the decision sequence being selectable by random generator from a plurality of decision sequences provided and with said sequence being outputtable by the stimulus elements in the form of an optical and/or acoustic stimulus (decision sequence). In this way a magic sphere is provided that may help the user to take decisions.

A system and method for gamification of multifunction peripherals includes a document processing engine for rendering printed output from electronic image files. An intelligent controller of the MFP controls operation of a document processing engine. A sequence of user interactive graphical images of tangible objects is generated on a device touchscreen interface. User touchscreen input responsive to the sequence of graphical images generates a random Omikuji fortune that is displayed to the user on the device touch screen interface. Device control instructions corresponding to user touchscreen input are generated and these instructions control operation of the document processing engine.