Patents by Inventor Stephan C. Tulley

Stephan C. Tulley 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).

  • Publication number: 20140073415
    Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with wagering game devices and/or portable wagering mediums. Some portable wagering mediums are capable of outputting various indications related to one or more potential or current statuses of the portable wagering mediums. Some wagering game devices are operable to (i) determine a status of a portable wagering medium and (ii) cause, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the status via an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium. In some embodiments, a central server or other device conducts the determining of the status and/or the causing of the outputting. The status of a portable wagering medium may be based on one or more of many different factors or metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Russell P. Sammon, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Daniel E. Tedesco, Stephan C. Tulley, Gregory J. Scribner, Carson C.K. Fincham
  • Patent number: 8597115
    Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with wagering game devices and/or portable wagering mediums. Some portable wagering mediums are capable of outputting various indications related to one or more potential or current statuses of the portable wagering mediums. Some wagering game devices are operable to (i) determine a status of a portable wagering medium and (ii) cause, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the status via an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium. In some embodiments, a central server or other device conducts the determining of the status and/or the causing of the outputting. The status of a portable wagering medium may be based on one or more of many different factors or metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Russell P. Sammon, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Daniel E. Tedesco, Stephan C. Tulley, Gregory J. Scribner, Carson C. K. Fincham
  • Patent number: 8382582
    Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with wagering game devices and/or portable wagering mediums. Some portable wagering mediums are capable of outputting various indications related to one or more potential or current statuses of the portable wagering mediums. Some wagering game devices are operable to (i) determine a status of a portable wagering medium and (ii) cause, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the status via an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium. In some embodiments, a central server or other device conducts the determining of the status and/or the causing of the outputting. The status of a portable wagering medium may be based on one or more of many different factors or metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Russell P. Sammon, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Daniel E. Tedesco, Stephan C. Tulley, Gregory J. Scribner, Carson C. K. Fincham
  • Publication number: 20100304841
    Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with wagering game devices and/or portable wagering mediums. Some portable wagering mediums are capable of outputting various indications related to one or more potential or current statuses of the portable wagering mediums. Some wagering game devices are operable to (i) determine a status of a portable wagering medium and (ii) cause, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the status via an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium. In some embodiments, a central server or other device conducts the determining of the status and/or the causing of the outputting. The status of a portable wagering medium may be based on one or more of many different factors or metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Russell P. Sammon, Jeffrey Y. Hayashida, Daniel E. Tedesco, Stephan C. Tulley, Gregory J. Scribner, Carson C. K. Fincham