Patents by Inventor Jorge L. Shimabukuro
Jorge L. Shimabukuro 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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Patent number: 11043070Abstract: A method for processing wagering game e-tickets is described herein. The method can include receiving, from a mobile device over a network, an indication to create an e-ticket. The method can also include determining, by a wagering game server, monetary value information for the e-ticket. The method can also include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the monetary value information; receiving, from the ticketing server, e-ticket information. The method can also include transmitting, over the network, the e-ticket information to the mobile device for generating the e-ticket.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SG GAMING, INC.Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 10217319Abstract: A gaming system is configured to transfer wagering credits usable for wagering from a first cashless wagering system to a second cashless wagering system, the gaming system including a first and a second gaming machine and controller(s) configured to perform acts including depositing wagering credits associated with the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system, accessing, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system and debiting, in a first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 9886282Abstract: In some embodiments, a wagering game machine includes: a carrier board comprising a first network port and a second network port, the first network port having a first network address and the second network port having a second network address; a processor located on the carrier board; a first nonvolatile memory located on the carrier board and communicatively coupled to the first network port, the first nonvolatile memory configured to store the first network address; and a second nonvolatile memory located on the carrier board, wherein the second nonvolatile memory is configured to store Basic Input and Output System (BIOS) code that includes a system BIOS code and an application BIOS code, wherein the BIOS code is hardware write-protected, wherein the processor is configured to derive the second network address from the first network address during execution of boot-up operations of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Stephen A. Canterbury, Vernon W. Hamlin, Scot W. Salzman, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Craig J. Sylla
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Publication number: 20170186273Abstract: A gaming system is configured to transfer wagering credits usable for wagering from a first cashless wagering system to a second cashless wagering system, the gaming system including a first and a second gaming machine and controller(s) configured to perform acts including depositing wagering credits associated with the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system, accessing, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system and debiting, in a first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 9595165Abstract: A gaming system is configured to transfer wagering credits usable for wagering from a first cashless wagering system to a second cashless wagering system, the gaming system including a first and a second gaming machine and controller(s) configured to perform acts including depositing wagering credits associated with the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system, accessing, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system and debiting, in a first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 9424712Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor includes a plurality of local stores configured to store wagering game assets and at least part of a wagering game controller, and to store authentication keys for use in authenticating the wagering game controller and the wagering game assets; a plurality of processing elements, wherein each processing element is coupled to one of the local stores, each processing element configured to present wagering games by executing the wagering game controller; at least one authentication controller including hardware configured to authenticate, using the authentication keys, the wagering game controller and wagering game assets; a storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device configured to store the wagering game controller and wagering game assets, wherein the wagering game assets include audio and video content for use in presenting the wagering games.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Anussorn Veradej, Jun Wang, Gerardus A. Weijers
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Patent number: 9396610Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player?s participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Christopher R. Barney, Andrew C. Guinn, Jeremie D. Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Publication number: 20160155303Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player?s participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Christopher R. Barney, Andrew C. Guinn, Jeremie D. Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Publication number: 20160071373Abstract: A method and system to perform operations for providing mobile gaming. In some instances, the operations include detecting a cash input at a casino kiosk, generating an electronic tracking identifier, and storing a first copy of the electronic tracking identifier in a memory accessible to a gaming server. The operations can further include causing a casino accounting system to generate a casino accounting system identifier associated with an amount for the cash input. The operations can further include obtaining the casino accounting system identifier, associating the casino accounting system identifier with the first copy of the electronic tracking identifier; and instructing the casino kiosk to present a second copy of the electronic tracking identifier to link to a mobile device for the mobile gaming session.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward
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Patent number: 9280870Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player's participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Christopher R. Barney, Andrew C. Guinn, Jeremie D. Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Publication number: 20160005269Abstract: A gaming system is configured to transfer wagering credits usable for wagering from a first cashless wagering system to a second cashless wagering system, the gaming system including a first and a second gaming machine and controller(s) configured to perform acts including depositing wagering credits associated with the first gaming machine into the first cashless wagering system, accessing, via a first system access technique, the first cashless wagering system and debiting, in a first transaction, the wagering credits from the first cashless wagering system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Publication number: 20150356824Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player?s participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Christopher R. Barney, Andrew C. Guinn, Jeremie D. Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Patent number: 9142098Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing of cashless wagering game systems. An apparatus comprises a control module to debit, via a first system access technique, a debit amount from a first cashless wagering system in a financial transaction and credit, via a second system access technique different from the first system access technique, a credit amount to a second cashless wagering system in the same financial transaction, the first and second cashless wagering game systems being different from one another coupled over a network.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 9142091Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player?s participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Dion Aoki, Christopher Barney, Andrew Guinn, Jeremie Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Publication number: 20150065231Abstract: A method for processing wagering game e-tickets is described herein. The method can include receiving, from a mobile device over a network, an indication to create an e-ticket. The method can also include determining, by a wagering game server, monetary value information for the e-ticket. The method can also include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the monetary value information; receiving, from the ticketing server, e-ticket information. The method can also include transmitting, over the network, the e-ticket information to the mobile device for generating the e-ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Publication number: 20140323206Abstract: A method for depositing funds associated with a wagering game ticket in a player account via a mobile device is described herein. In some embodiments, the method can include receiving an image of a wagering game ticket, wherein a monetary value is associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include determining a player account, wherein the monetary value is to be deposited in the player account. The method can further include determining, based on the image, a ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include receiving, from the ticketing server, an indication of the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include depositing, in the player account, the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: WMS Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Publication number: 20140295952Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player?s participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Dion Aoki, Christopher Barney, Andrew Guinn, Jeremie Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Publication number: 20140274305Abstract: A system and method for providing security services to an electronic gaming machine (EGM) utilizes system management interrupts (SMIs) triggered by security events to invoke execution by the EGM processor of one or more SMI handlers configured to provide a security service. Security events include the opening of an access panel on the EGM, an AC power loss to the EGM, a request for security attestation, a request for a secure encryption key, and other events requiring a secure operation to be carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: WMS GAMING, INC.Inventors: Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Jun Wang, Gerardus A Weijers, Robert A. McPeak
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Patent number: 8790175Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a primary wager from a player, the player associated with a player account, and at least one display for displaying a primary wagering game and a secondary wagering game. Secondary wagering game outcomes are independent of the primary wagering game. The system further comprises a controller operative to cause the at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game; upon the occurrence of a first triggering event, enter a player into the secondary wagering game, wherein the player is represented in the secondary wagering game by a player avatar; upon the occurrence of a second triggering event, end the player's participation in the secondary wagering game; award the player any awards collected by the player avatar in the secondary wagering game; and credit the player account by the amount of the collected awards.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.Inventors: Dion Aoki, Christopher Barney, Andrew Guinn, Jeremie Moll, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Alfred Thomas
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Patent number: 8632398Abstract: A cabinetmaker can create an electronic license that governs 1) components allowed to be connected to a wagering game machine and 2) functionality enabled on the wagering game machine. The electronic license (cabinet license) is bound to a wagering game machine cabinet. The cabinetmaker can load the electronic license into a secure memory area bound to the cabinet of a wagering game machine. A process (application, daemon, etc.) can perform various operations that ensure the wagering game machine complies with the cabinet license. The executable code that implements this process (license compliance code) can execute to disable components and/or functionality that do not comport with the electronic license, can execute to place the wagering game machine in a limited operation state, can execute to generate a notification of the license violation and freeze the wagering game machine, etc.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: WMS Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Larry S. Krebs, John F. LaSalvia, Jorge L. Shimabukuro