Patents by Inventor Alex Gansert

Alex Gansert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240112546
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device that includes a display device, a memory device, and a game controller including a processor is described. The processor is configured to cause a base game comprising a plurality of symbols included on a plurality of reels to be displayed. The processor is also configured to cause a feature game outcome on a wheel to be displayed. The processor is also configured to cause a bonus game to be initiated and to apply a first interval of a plurality of intervals to a bonus game outcome, wherein each interval of the plurality of intervals corresponds to a tier of lookup tables. The processor is further configured to evaluate a first tier of lookup tables corresponding to the first interval and cause a feature game outcome comprising a prize symbol including a first award associated with the first tier of lookup tables to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Christmas Uberuaga
  • Patent number: 10839640
    Abstract: A gaming machine having at least a first and a second display located adjacent each other, and at least one speaker, a symbol selector selects symbols for positioning in respective ones of a plurality of first and second symbol positions, said first symbol positions being displayed in a gaming area of said first display; an outcome evaluator monitors said selection and determines when a trigger condition is satisfied; in response to said trigger condition being satisfied, triggers an event in which said controller selects: 1) one of a plurality of music tracks to be played through said speaker, each music track having at least one characteristic; and 2) a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on said second display; wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on said second display is determined at least in part by said at least one characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bradley Hendricks, Britta Nauta-Larsen, Alex Gansert, Francis Styck
  • Publication number: 20190355208
    Abstract: A gaming machine having at least a first and a second display located adjacent each other, and at least one speaker, a symbol selector selects symbols for positioning in respective ones of a plurality of first and second symbol positions, said first symbol positions being displayed in a gaming area of said first display; an outcome evaluator monitors said selection and determines when a trigger condition is satisfied; in response to said trigger condition being satisfied, triggers an event in which said controller selects: 1) one of a plurality of music tracks to be played through said speaker, each music track having at least one characteristic; and 2) a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on said second display; wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on said second display is determined at least in part by said at least one characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley Hendricks, Britta Nauta-Larsen, Alex Gansert, Francis Styck
  • Patent number: 10395468
    Abstract: A gaming machine having a game controller and a display. The game controller causes the display to display a feature wheel including a plurality of display slices. A first display slice is associated with a first prize of a plurality of prizes and has a respective variable size being dependent on the first prize and visually identifies the first prize relative to a second prize associated with a second display slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael P. Casey, Alex Gansert
  • Patent number: 10380830
    Abstract: A gaming machine having at least a first and a second display located adjacent each other, and at least one speaker, a symbol selector selects symbols for positioning in respective ones of a plurality of first and second symbol positions, said first symbol positions being displayed in a gaming area of said first display; an outcome evaluator monitors said selection and determines when a trigger condition is satisfied; in response to said trigger condition being satisfied, triggers an event in which said controller selects: 1) one of a plurality of music tracks to be played through said speaker, each music track having at least one characteristic; and 2) a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on said second display; wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on said second display is determined at least in part by said at least one characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Bradley Hendricks, Britta Nauta-Larsen, Alex Gansert, Francis Styck
  • Publication number: 20190026975
    Abstract: A gaming machine having a game controller and a display. The game controller causes the display to display a feature wheel including a plurality of display slices. A first display slice is associated with a first prize of a plurality of prizes and has a respective variable size being dependent on the first prize and visually identifies the first prize relative to a second prize associated with a second display slice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Casey, Alex Gansert
  • Publication number: 20160093149
    Abstract: A gaming machine having at least a first and a second display located adjacent each other, and at least one speaker, a symbol selector selects symbols for positioning in respective ones of a plurality of first and second symbol positions, said first symbol positions being displayed in a gaming area of said first display; an outcome evaluator monitors said selection and determines when a trigger condition is satisfied; in response to said trigger condition being satisfied, triggers an event in which said controller selects: 1) one of a plurality of music tracks to be played through said speaker, each music track having at least one characteristic; and 2) a number of second symbol positions to be displayed on said second display; wherein the number of second symbol positions selected for display on said second display is determined at least in part by said at least one characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Bradley Hendricks, Britta Nauta-Larsen, Alex Gansert, Francis Styck
  • Patent number: D876477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Heetae Bae, Yanina Kazankova
  • Patent number: D931895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Heetae Bae, Yanina Kazankova
  • Patent number: D956789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Stephen Webster, John Ludwick, Michael Aidikonis, JuliaMarie Nepomuceno, Prasanth Prabhu, Yanina Kazankova, Roberto DeLaTorre
  • Patent number: D1008303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Stephen Webster, John Ludwick, Michael Aidikonis, JuliaMarie Nepomuceno, Prasanth Prabhu, Yanina Kazankova, Roberto DeLaTorre
  • Patent number: D1008304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alex Gansert, Stephen Webster, John Ludwick, Michael Aidikonis, JuliaMarie Nepomuceno, Prasanth Prabhu, Yanina Kazankova, Roberto DeLaTorre