Patents by Inventor Hardy L. Crumby

Hardy L. Crumby 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).

  • Gaming device including outcome pools for providing game outcomes
    Patent number: 7563163
    Abstract: A gaming device which includes one or more outcome pools for providing outcomes to players. After a predetermined event occurs, the gaming device processor draws one or more outcomes from one or more pools. The gaming device provides the drawn outcomes to a player and prevents the drawn outcomes from being provided to any player again until the processor has provided players with all of the outcomes remaining in the pools of the drawn outcomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Hardy L. Crumby
  • Gaming device including outcome pools for providing game outcomes
    Publication number: 20040063489
    Abstract: A gaming device which includes one or more outcome pools for providing outcomes to players. After a predetermined event occurs, the gaming device processor draws one or more outcomes from one or more pools. The gaming device provides the drawn outcomes to a player and prevents the drawn outcomes from being provided to any player again until the processor has provided players with all of the outcomes remaining in the pools of the drawn outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Hardy L. Crumby