Patents by Inventor Franco Crivelli
Franco Crivelli 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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Publication number: 20210082243Abstract: A gaming environment may provide a user with a community gaming experience by providing, via a first interface at a first gaming machine, a display of a wagering game to a first player; determining an initial game outcome for a play of the wagering game by the first player, wherein the initial game outcome is a losing game outcome; based on the losing game outcome by the first player, receiving, from a second player, a selection of an option to wager on a final game outcome, the final game outcome being based in part on the losing game outcome; displaying, via a second interface at a second gaming machine, the final game outcome to the second player; and providing an award to the second player based on the final game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 10637187Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical connector comprising a plug element with a longitudinal axis, said plug element having a plug housing with a circular cross-section and a coupling ring arrangement mounted rotatably about the longitudinal axis, wherein at least one guide lug which projects radially inward is arranged on the inner circumferential face of the coupling ring arrangement, and a socket element with a longitudinal axis, said socket element having a socket housing with a circular cross-section for accommodating the plug housing, wherein, on the outer circumferential face of the socket housing, at least one spiral-shaped guide groove is disposed for receiving the at least one guide lug of the coupling ring arrangement, and wherein, at the end of the at least one guide groove, an end position for the at least one guide lug of the coupling ring arrangement is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Mauro Marchesi, Franco Crivelli, Stefano Izzo
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Publication number: 20190207344Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical connector comprising a plug element with a longitudinal axis, said plug element having a plug housing with a circular cross-section and a coupling ring arrangement mounted rotatably about the longitudinal axis, wherein at least one guide lug which projects radially inward is arranged on the inner circumferential face of the coupling ring arrangement, and a socket element with a longitudinal axis, said socket element having a socket housing with a circular cross-section for accommodating the plug housing, wherein, on the outer circumferential face of the socket housing, at least one spiral-shaped guide groove is disposed for receiving the at least one guide lug of the coupling ring arrangement, and wherein, at the end of the at least one guide groove, an end position for the at least one guide lug of the coupling ring arrangement is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Mauro Marchesi, Franco Crivelli, Stefano Izzo
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Publication number: 20170076545Abstract: A gaming environment may provide a user with a community gaming experience by providing, via a first interface at a first gaming machine, a display of a wagering game to a first player; determining an initial game outcome for a play of the wagering game by the first player, wherein the initial game outcome is a losing game outcome; based on the losing game outcome by the first player, receiving, from a second player, a selection of an option to wager on a final game outcome, the final game outcome being based in part on the losing game outcome; displaying, via a second interface at a second gaming machine, the final game outcome to the second player; and providing an award to the second player based on the final game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 8651934Abstract: A gaming apparatus is provided that has a display unit capable of generating video images, an input device and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit and input device. The controller has a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. A network interface may be operatively coupled to a network and to the controller. The controller may be programmed to allow the user to: play a game, access the network, view additional data on the display, input player data into the gaming unit, create a player card, input an event bet slip and select additional information on the event underlying the bet for viewing.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: IGTInventors: Gregory Parrott, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 8523664Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The machine has a plurality of card holders connectable to the card processing assembly. One card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with one condition. At least one other card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with another condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: IGTInventors: Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott
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Patent number: 8500349Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Publication number: 20120302325Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 8221240Abstract: A gaming apparatus is disclosed where the gaming apparatus may have a display unit that is capable of generating video images, an input device and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit and the input device where the controller may have a processor and a memory operatively coupled to said processor. The controller may be programmed to allow a person to insert an object into the input device, scan an image of the object, save the scan of the object to a memory, display the scan of the object, determine if the scan of the object is recognized, communicate to the player that the object is not recognized if the scan of the object is not recognized, allow the player to modify the scan of the object if the scan of the object is recognized, allow the player to approve the scan of the object if the scan of the object is recognized and store the scan of the object as approved by the player as an approved scan in a memory if the player approves the scan of the object.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: Gregory Parrott, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 8210759Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Publication number: 20120064966Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The machine has a plurality of card holders connectable to the card processing assembly. One card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with one condition. At least one other card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with another condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: IGTInventors: Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott
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Publication number: 20120052958Abstract: A gaming device having a card management system which is operable to manage a plurality of circulating data cards. The gaming device includes a card read-write device for reading data cards, a plurality of vertically-stacked card holders for holding a plurality of data cards and one or more card transporters for moving data cards to and from the card holders. The gaming device is operable with a portable card changeover machine. The present invention increases the convenience and efficiency for playing and managing gaming devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: IGTInventors: Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott
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Patent number: 8070594Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The machine has a plurality of card holders connectable to the card processing assembly. One card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with one condition. At least one other card holder is configured to hold data cards associated with another condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott
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Patent number: 8061913Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 8057296Abstract: A gaming device having a card management system which is operable to manage a plurality of circulating data cards. The gaming device includes a card read-write device for reading data cards, a plurality of vertically-stacked card holders for holding a plurality of data cards and one or more card transporters for moving data cards to and from the card holders. The gaming device is operable with a portable card changeover machine. The present invention increases the convenience and efficiency for playing and managing gaming devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli, Greg Parrott
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Publication number: 20110243631Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Publication number: 20110233273Abstract: A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: IGTInventors: Eric Meyerhofer, Joseph R. Hedrick, William R. Wells, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: 7909699Abstract: This invention provides automated systems and methods for configuring and reconfiguring gaming machines and games playable on a gaming machine. The automated systems and methods employ a complementary gaming machine configuration device, such as a paper-based ticket, and interface operably associated with a gaming machine, such as a note acceptor or bill validator that receives and reads the paper-based ticket. The gaming machine configuration device stores game parameter configuration information in the form of configuration indicia. The indicia may contain the content required to effect configuration directly or may do so indirectly by containing a reference to a location where a set of configuration parameters have been stored. This location may reside within the gaming machine or external to it, but accessible via. a communications link. The interface reads the indicia from the configuration device, and provides a signal to a processor responsible for managing the gaming machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: IGTInventors: Greg Parrott, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: D840933Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Mauro Marchesi, Stefano Izzo, Franco Crivelli
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Patent number: D840934Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Mauro Marchesi, Stefano Izzo, Franco Crivelli