Patents by Inventor Robert George Thurston

Robert George Thurston 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: 9619963
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods for facilitating a game (e.g., a wagering game playable online) provide for outputting an interface for a wagering game, the interface comprising a plurality of areas among which a game element may move, wherein at least a subset of the areas comprise wagering opportunities which are available for activation, and wherein each area of the subset of the areas which comprises a wagering opportunity is occupied by a game symbol which represents the wagering opportunity. Upon determining that the game element has been moved into an area of the interface comprising a wagering opportunity the wagering opportunity may be activated (e.g., a wager may be deducted and a result determined).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans Elias, Robert George Thurston, Thomas David James Aicken
  • Patent number: 9390588
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, methods, systems and articles of manufacture provide for populating a plurality of game symbol positions with primary game symbols affecting a first aspect of the game such that a single primary game symbol is placed in each game symbol position; overlaying, on a randomly selected game symbol position, a special symbol affecting a second aspect of the game, such that the special symbol hides from view the single primary game symbol in the randomly selected game symbol position; outputting a game interface to a player which shows the game symbol positions as populated with the placed primary game symbols and overlaid with the special symbol; and removing the special symbol from the game interface, thereby revealing the single game symbol hidden from view by the special game symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans Elias, David Richard Nulty, Robert George Thurston, Thomas David James Aicken
  • Publication number: 20150262450
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods for facilitating a game (e.g., a wagering game playable online) provide for outputting an interface for a wagering game, the interface comprising a plurality of areas among which a game element may move, wherein at least a subset of the areas comprise wagering opportunities which are available for activation, and wherein each area of the subset of the areas which comprises a wagering opportunity is occupied by a game symbol which represents the wagering opportunity. Upon determining that the game element has been moved into an area of the interface comprising a wagering opportunity the wagering opportunity may be activated (e.g., a wager may be deducted and a result determined).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Elias, Robert George Thurston, Thomas David James Aicken
  • Publication number: 20140011565
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, methods, systems and articles of manufacture provide for populating a plurality of game symbol positions with primary game symbols affecting a first aspect of the game such that a single primary game symbol is placed in each game symbol position; overlaying, on a randomly selected game symbol position, a special symbol affecting a second aspect of the game, such that the special symbol hides from view the single primary game symbol in the randomly selected game symbol position; outputting a game interface to a player which shows the game symbol positions as populated with the placed primary game symbols and overlaid with the special symbol; and removing the special symbol from the game interface, thereby revealing the single game symbol hidden from view by the special game symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: GAMESYS LTD
    Inventors: Hans Elias, David Richard Nulty, Robert George Thurston, Thomas David James Aicken