Patents by Inventor Keith Winters

Keith Winters 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).

  • Patent number: 11749059
    Abstract: A touchless gaming system includes one or more gaming stations, a registration device at each gaming station, and a game processor, as well as a personal electronic device used by each participant in a game offered by the touchless gaming system. The touchless gaming system enables an individual to participate in a live game (e.g., within a casino, etc.) while socially distancing the participants and eliminating the need for physical contact with objects that could infections agents. Touchless gaming methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Competition Interactive, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters, Matthew Mahaney
  • Publication number: 20210350660
    Abstract: A touchless gaming system includes one or more gaming stations, a registration device at each gaming station, and a game processor, as well as a personal electronic device used by each participant in a game offered by the touchless gaming system. The touchless gaming system enables an individual to participate in a live game (e.g., within a casino, etc.) while socially distancing the participants and eliminating the need for physical contact with objects that could infections agents. Touchless gaming methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters, Matthew Mahaney
  • Patent number: 10826689
    Abstract: A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Mingquan Xue, Christopher Paul Holder, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: 10678762
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. It is then isolated into its own container. The contents are then moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Adrian Fanaru, Burra Gopal, James P. Rupke, Parul Manek, Ziyi Wang, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Yang Xiang
  • Patent number: 10261943
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Burra Gopal, Adrian Fanaru, James Rupke, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20190081775
    Abstract: A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Mingquan Xue, Christopher Paul Holder, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: 10229124
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Gang Zhao, Daniel Keith Winter, Shyam Narayan, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: 10050780
    Abstract: A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Mingquan Xue, Christopher Paul Holder, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20180082545
    Abstract: A gaming method enables active participation in a physically competitive skill-based game, as well as passive participation in the physically competitive skill-based game. One or more players, or active participants, in the game may participate in and may wager on the outcome of the physically competitive skill-based game, while one or more other individuals, or passive participants, who do not actively participate in the physically competitive skill-based game may also wager on an outcome of the game (i.e., the same game).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Winters, Matthew Mahaney, Paul Steelman
  • Publication number: 20180040203
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and, more specifically, to gaming systems for use in casinos. Even more specifically, this disclosure relates to systems that enable one or more players, who wager on the outcome of a game, to actively participate in the game and one or more other individuals, who do not actively participate in the game, to wager on the outcome of the game. A gaming station and a wagering station may be incorporated into the same gaming console, with the wagering station positioned behind a portion of the gaming station that is to be occupied by an active participant in a game. Each gaming console may include a public display monitor that may provide passive participants in the game and passersby with a wide view of the game. Gaming consoles may be grouped together such that their public display monitors may collectively provide different portions of such a wide view of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Winters, Stephen Steelman, Matthew Mahaney, Paul Steelman, Keith Russell
  • Publication number: 20160321274
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Burra Gopal, Adrian Fanaru, James Rupke, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20160321461
    Abstract: A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-Wei Wang, Mingquan Xue, Christopher Paul Holder, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20160321248
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. It is then isolated into its own container. The contents are then moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Adrian Fanaru, Burra Gopal, James P. Rupke, Parul Manek, Ziyi Wang, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Yang Xiang
  • Publication number: 20160321276
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Gang Zhao, Daniel Keith Winter, Shyam Narayan, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: D802675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: COMPETITION INTERACTIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters
  • Patent number: D802676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: COMPETITION INTERACTIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters
  • Patent number: D809067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COMPETITION INTERACTIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters
  • Patent number: D839357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Competition Interactive LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters, Matthew Mahaney
  • Patent number: D851705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Competition Interactive LLC
    Inventors: Paul Steelman, Keith Winters, Matthew Mahaney