Patents by Inventor Bill Leach
Bill Leach 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).
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Patent number: 8177637Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Patent number: 8096884Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Patent number: 7833102Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices are consolidated in a first region of the gaming machine, behind a first door of the machine. The peripheral devices include a printer having a ticket stack and a bill acceptor having a cashbox. The printer is configured to print and dispense tickets from the ticket stack. The bill acceptor is configured to receive cash and store the cash in the cashbox. The ticket stack and the bill acceptor each have an access portion situated in the first region for access when the first door is open. A second door is mounted to the cabinet in a second region of the cabinet. The second door encloses a processor coupled to output game data to a display and control play of the game of chance.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: IGTInventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113716Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113708Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113821Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113709Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113741Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Publication number: 20080113796Abstract: Disclosed are gaming machines, including related methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. Peripheral devices, such as a bill acceptor and ticket printer, are consolidated in a central region of the gaming machine, behind a moveable door of the machine. Doors of the machine, including a door having a display, are moveable in directions along a longitudinal axis of the machine between open and closed positions. An adjustable button panel is moveable to a plurality of positions along the longitudinal axis, independent of the moveable doors. An array of networked displays on one or more gaming machines are controlled to simultaneously output lighting patterns, including synchronized patterns, associated with various events. Designated lighting patterns can also be output on light borders disposed around groups of buttons and other input devices on the button panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: John Leagh Beadell, Russell Chudd, Fred Nesemeier, Randy Hedrick, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Kevin Simmons, Bill Leach
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Patent number: D608301Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Rain Bird CorporationInventors: Donald B. Clark, Roger S. Neitzel, Robert Jenkins, Charles Curbbun, Andrew Zoolakis, Bill Leach