Patents by Inventor Caitlyn Ross

Caitlyn Ross 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).

  • Patent number: 9836920
    Abstract: Systems and method for providing a gambling hybrid game having manual triggering of gambling events is disclosed. The systems and method involve providing a proposition of a gambling event to a user and receiving an input accepting the proposition from a user. The gambling event that is associated with the proposition is then resolved. The results of the gambling event are then determined and the wagers are resolved. The results of the gambling event are then used to change variables in a set of game variables that are applied in the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170345258
    Abstract: A non-sequential frame insertion interleaved wagering system including an interactive processing device to provide an interactive application; communicate application telemetry data; incorporate application resource data into the interactive application; a wager controller to: determine a wager outcome; and communicate wager data; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager controller, and constructed to: generate non-sequential frames; determine whether disruption system parameters are met; communicate generated non-sequential frames; determine a change in user performance; when a change in user performance is determined, notify the wager controller; trigger a wager request; distribute wagering telemetry and application resource data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170345259
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine for a providing a jackpot bonus in a gaming system A jackpot bonus element is generated in an entertainment game portion of a hybrid game and a gambling game in a gambling game portion of the hybrid game is triggered when a player initiates an encounter in the entertainment game with the bonus element. It is then determined if the player wins the gambling game triggered by the player's encounter with the bonus element in the entertainment game a payout is provided to the player when it is determined that the player has won the gambling game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9830769
    Abstract: Electronic gaming machines including a plurality of real world controller modules, wherein each real world controller module is constructed to provide a gambling game; a game world controller, wherein the game world controller is constructed to: connect to a selected real world module; receive a conveyance of actions taken by a player, during the player's consumption of one or more elements of an entertainment game; trigger a commitment of a wager of real world credits in the selected real world controller module's gambling game; receive a gambling outcome of the wager of real world credits; increment in the entertainment game using the communications network, the one or more elements of the entertainment game when real world credits are won; and decrement in the entertainment game using the communications network, the one or more elements of the entertainment game when real world credit is lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170330412
    Abstract: An interleaved wagering system including an interactive controller constructed to communicate application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to communicate a wager result associated with a received wager request. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry; upon receiving application telemetry, determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode based on a threshold value; and communicate a notification to provide a supplementary mode session. The interactive controller is further constructed to: provide the supplementary mode session upon receiving the supplementary mode notification; communicate results of the supplementary mode session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170330425
    Abstract: An electromechanical gaming system for a maze chase hybrid game, including an entertainment system engine constructed to: provide an entertainment game; display a first icon in a user interface of the entertainment game; communicate an indication when the first icon is consumed; display a second icon, different in appearance from the first icon; communicate the second icon is consumed; a real world engine constructed to: receive the wager of real credits; and communicate the wager outcome of real credits; and the game world engine connected to the entertainment system engine and the real world engine using a communication link, and constructed to: receive the indication when the first icon is consumed; communicate the wager of real credits; receive the indication when the second icon is consumed; and communicate the random outcome of in-game objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, David Chang, Frank Cire, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9805552
    Abstract: A multi-state opportunity interleaved wagering system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, David Chang, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170294076
    Abstract: A resource management entertainment game including a terminal, a player acquires and consumes resources to achieve a goal. An entertainment system engine of the gambling hybrid game provides player selection of wager denomination, the resource management entertainment game and determines when an interaction with a game element occurs in the game. A game world engine of the gambling hybrid game determines when a gambling event in a gambling game is to be provided based upon the interaction with game element in the resource management entertainment game. The game world engine then requests that a real world engine of the gambling hybrid game resolve the gambling event in the gambling game. The real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers on the outcome of the gambling event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170287270
    Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to operate an anti-sandbagging system in a hybrid game having an entertainment game and a gambling game. One embodiment includes an entertainment controller, a game world controller, a real world controller and an anti-sandbagging module. The entertainment controller generates an entertainment game; the real world controller, determines a wager outcome, and the game world controller instructs the real world controller to execute the wager, and the anti-sandbagging module that receives player performance information, establishes a base skill level; establishes a skill change parameter; and update the base skill level if the difference between the player skill level and the base skill falls within the skill change parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170287269
    Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine for applying an anti-cheating system including a real world controller constructed to provide a gambling game; an entertainment software controller constructed to execute an entertainment game; a game world controller constructed to manage the entertainment software controller and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger the wager for the gambling game to the gambling game; and the anti-cheating module constructed to: establish a penalty threshold, receive player information for the player where the player information is related to the anti-cheating measure; apply a punitive measure if the penalty threshold is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Caitlyn Ross, Eric Meyerhofer
  • Patent number: 9773380
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a multilayer hybrid game with a real world engine connected by a communication link to a game world engine wherein the real world engine comprises a real world credit meter, a random number generator, and a real world credit pay table, wherein the real world engine is configured to receive from the game world engine via the communication link, a trigger of a wager of real world credit, determine a gambling outcome for the wager of real world credit in response to the trigger, and communicate to the game world engine via the communication link, the gambling outcome, allocate the randomly generated payout of real world credits to the credit meter, an entertainment software engine connected to the game world engine configured to execute a multilayer entertainment game that provides outcomes based upon a plurality of players' skillful execution of the multilayer entertainment game, wherein players at a same gameplay layer are engaged in g
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170263076
    Abstract: Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a controlled entity hybrid game. A controlled entity hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate, to the gambling game, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's instruction of a controlled entity to consume an element of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in the gambling game, and change the element on the basis of the randomly generated payout and an entertainment game variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170263075
    Abstract: A lottery skill wagering interleaved game system. Responsive to a scanned code provided by an entertainment game module, a random number generation result is generated based on the scanned code. A wager outcome is determined based on the scanned code and the random result. The skill wagering interleaved game interleaves a gambling game with an interactive entertainment game. A second chance skill-based game is provided on a user device based on a wager outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, John Lucier, David Chang, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9761085
    Abstract: A record display of an interleaved wagering system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, David Chang, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170256138
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine using a game world credit monitoring module, an interactive controller, a process controller, and a wager controller to provide an interactive application that triggers wagers on the wager controller based on user interactions within the interactive application and allows the electronic gaming machine to make adjustments to the interactive application difficulty level to achieve a desired RTP based on game world credit generation within the interactive application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9741208
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a providing a jackpot bonus in a gaming system A jackpot bonus element is generated in an entertainment game portion of a hybrid game and a gambling game in a gambling game portion of the hybrid game is triggered when a player initiates an encounter in the entertainment game with the bonus element. It is then determined if the player wins the gambling game triggered by the player's encounter with the bonus element in the entertainment game a payout is provided to the player when it is determined that the player has won the gambling game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9741207
    Abstract: A non-sequential frame insertion interleaved wagering system is disclosed including an interactive processing device constructed to: provide an interactive application and display; communicate application telemetry data; incorporate the application resource data into the interactive application; a wager controller constructed to: determine a wager outcome; and communicate wager outcome data; and the process controller operatively connecting the interactive processing device and the wager controller, and constructed to: generate non-sequential frames; determine whether disruption system parameters are met; communicate generated non-sequential frames; determine a change in user performance; when a change in user performance is determined, communicate change in user performance notification data; when a change in user performance is not determined, determine whether to trigger a wager request; when a wager request is triggered, generate wager request data and communicate wager request data; determine wagering te
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170228986
    Abstract: A network distributed hybrid game system has a real world server, a game world server, a controller and a global betting manager; the real world server provides a real world credit meter and wagering results, the controller provides an entertainment game, the game world server distributes wager triggers from the controller to the real world server, and interfaces with the global betting manager to provide side bets based on game data from the controller and distributes results of side bets to the real world server that adjusts the real world credit meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Caitlyn Ross
  • Publication number: 20170221302
    Abstract: An electromechanical gaming machine for providing a multisession hybrid game containing a gambling game providing a game of chance and an entertainment game providing a game of skill, where the entertainment game utilizes a multisession module constructed to: load game state data from a database accessible to the multisession module, where game state data is information from a prior entertainment game gameplay session associated with a player and capable of being utilized to configure an entertainment game gameplay session; initiate a current entertainment game gameplay session for the player using the game state data retrieved by the multisession module, where the current entertainment game gameplay session builds upon the player's interactions with the multisession hybrid game in the prior entertainment game gameplay session; and store game state data in the database based upon information concerning the current entertainment game gameplay session associated with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Caitlyn Ross
  • Patent number: 9721424
    Abstract: An interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller constructed to communicate application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to communicate a wager result associated with a received wager request. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry; upon receiving application telemetry, determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode; when triggering the supplementary mode is determined, communicate a notification to provide a supplementary mode session. The interactive controller is further constructed to: provide the supplementary mode session upon receiving the supplementary mode notification; communicate results of the supplementary mode session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Arnone, Frank Cire, Clifford Kaylin, Eric Meyerhofer, Caitlyn Ross