Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Knebli

Elizabeth Knebli 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).

  • Allocation of jackpots in a lottery game
    Patent number: 9773383
    Abstract: There is described a method of determining jackpots comprising the steps of: determining a total jackpot amount; determining whether the total jackpot amount is at least equal to a threshold, the threshold being equal to a maximum jackpot amount plus an excess jackpot amount; when the total jackpot amount is at least equal to the threshold, setting a main jackpot at the maximum jackpot amount, the main jackpot associated with a main draw; and determining a number of additional draws and corresponding additional jackpots, each to be won using a same player selection as for the main jackpot, using the excess jackpot amount, the corresponding additional jackpots being awarded independently of an allocation of the main jackpot, wherein at least one of the steps is performed by a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERPROVINCIAL LOTTERY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Elizabeth Knebli
  • ALLOCATION OF JACKPOTS IN A LOTTERY GAME
    Publication number: 20110009176
    Abstract: There is described a method of determining jackpots comprising the steps of: determining a total jackpot amount; determining whether the total jackpot amount is at least equal to a threshold, the threshold being equal to a maximum jackpot amount plus an excess jackpot amount; when the total jackpot amount is at least equal to the threshold, setting a main jackpot at the maximum jackpot amount, the main jackpot associated with a main draw; and determining a number of additional draws and corresponding additional jackpots, each to be won using a same player selection as for the main jackpot, using the excess jackpot amount, the corresponding additional jackpots being awarded independently of an allocation of the main jackpot, wherein at least one of the steps is performed by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Elizabeth Knebli