Patents by Inventor Jacob T. Graham

Jacob T. Graham 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).

  • Recovery of graphical game history after game software package has been removed from electronic gaming machine
    Patent number: 9092934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques and equipment for saving game history data and package identification information for software packages used to provide a game cycle on a wager gaming machine. The game cycle may later be re-created using the game history data and software packages. For scenarios where some or all of the software packages used are no longer present on the gaming machine at the time of re-creation, the package identification information may be referenced to determine which software packages are missing and need to be provided to enable full game cycle re-creation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jacob T. Graham, Paul W. Bolton, Dwayne R. Nelson, Rex Y. Lam, Steven G. LeMay, Warner R. Cockerille, IV, William R. Brosnan, Xuedong Chen, Sean M. Gilliland
  • RECOVERY OF GRAPHICAL GAME HISTORY AFTER GAME SOFTWARE PACKAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20130165211
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques and equipment for saving game history data and package identification information for software packages used to provide a game cycle on a wager gaming machine. The game cycle may later be re-created using the game history data and software packages. For scenarios where some or all of the software packages used are no longer present on the gaming machine at the time of re-creation, the package identification information may be referenced to determine which software packages are missing and need to be provided to enable full game cycle re-creation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Jacob T. Graham, Paul W. Bolton, Dwayne R. Nelson, Rex Y. Lam, Steven G. LeMay, Warner R. Cockerille, IV, William R. Brosnan, Xuedong Chen, Sean M. Gilliland