Patents by Inventor Michael Ian Jones

Michael Ian Jones 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 SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160307407
    Abstract: A ticket management system (10) for a gaming system is disclosed. The ticket management system comprises at least one gaming machine (12) and is arranged to allocate tickets (22) to at least one gaming machine (12) in accordance with at least one allocation criterion (36). An award is provided to a player of a gaming machine (12) when a ticket allocated to the gaming machine corresponds to a winning outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Ian Jones, Lynne Cheryl Oldfield
  • Gaming system
    Patent number: 9378623
    Abstract: A ticket management system (10) for a gaming system is disclosed. The ticket management system comprises at least one gaming machine (12) and is arranged to allocate tickets (22) to at least one gaming machine (12) in accordance with at least one allocation criterion (36). An award is provided to a player of a gaming machine (12) when a ticket allocated to the gaming machine corresponds to a winning outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Ian Jones, Lynne Cheryl Oldfield
  • GAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140066160
    Abstract: A ticket management system (10) for a gaming system is disclosed. The ticket management system comprises at least one gaming machine (12) and is arranged to allocate tickets (22) to at least one gaming machine (12) in accordance with at least one allocation criterion (36). An award is provided to a player of a gaming machine (12) when a ticket allocated to the gaming machine corresponds to a winning outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Ian Jones, Lynne Cheryl Oldfield
  • Gaming system
    Patent number: 8579691
    Abstract: A ticket management system (10) for a gaming system is disclosed. The ticket management system comprises at least one gaming machine (12) and is arranged to allocate tickets (22) to at least one gaming machine (12) in accordance with at least one allocation criterion (36). An award is provided to a player of a gaming machine (12) when a ticket allocated to the gaming machine corresponds to a winning outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Michael Ian Jones, Lynne Cheryl Oldfield
  • GAMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090005160
    Abstract: A ticket management system (10) for a gaming system is disclosed. The ticket management system comprises at least one gaming machine (12) and is arranged to allocate tickets (22) to at least one gaming machine (12) in accordance with at least one allocation criterion (36). An award is provided to a player of a gaming machine (12) when a ticket allocated to the gaming machine corresponds to a winning outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Ian Jones, Lynne Cheryl Oldfield
  • Gaming System
    Publication number: 20080274785
    Abstract: This invention relates to a gaming system (50) involving one or more gaming machines (52, 54) and a plurality of servers (56, 58) connected thereto. In a one embodiment a gaming machine (52, 54) has a plurality of client software components (52.1, 52.2) configured to interact with a plurality of servers (56, 58) to control different aspects of the gaming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Byng, Michael Ian Jones