Patents Assigned to Games
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LIGHTING CONFIGURATION ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR GAMING MACHINES AND GAMING MACHINE INSTALLATIONS
Publication number: 20230413404Abstract: An accent light system for a gaming machine includes an accent light arrangement having a number of LED panels assembled in one of a number of possible configurations. An electronic controller is coupled through a data communication interface to the accent light arrangement. The electronic controller is configured to transmit a signal to LED drivers of the number of LED panels, receive a loop-back signal transmitted from a final one of the LED panels, and, based on timing of the received loop-back signal, identify the configuration of the number of LED panels from the number of possible configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.Inventor: Lawrence J. Knipp -
Patent number: 11847884Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed with one or more stacked wild symbols which when appearing, trigger one or more re-spins wherein stacked wild symbols are locked in place for at least one re-spin. Awards are paid following each game outcome. In the event that a portion of a stacked wild symbol is displayed as part of a game outcome, the associated reel may nudge upward or downward to shift the entire stacked wild symbol into view, awards are then paid on the winning outcomes, and one or more re-spins may ensue with any displayed stacked wild symbols being locked for at least one subsequent re-spin.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Watkins, Clint Owen, J P Cody
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Patent number: 11847136Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for secure and authenticated tracking of entity possession via a lightweight centralized or distributed ledger. Ownership records of different entities may be recorded on an immutable ledger such that provenance of the entities is verifiable and a user cannot create or counterfeit an entity. In some implementations, the system may store metadata of entities in a separate database that may store records for each entity and correspond to the respective entity's virtual identifier, enabling the ledger records to contain much less data, saving memory resources and the energy that is required to maintain the ledger. In some implementations, distributed incremental values may be provided to members of an ownership or possession chain of an entity, which may encourage compliance, reporting of ownership transfer, and encourage additional transfers.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sequoia Games, Inc.Inventor: Daniel Choi
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Patent number: 11847893Abstract: A gaming machine, method, and program product provide a slot machine game with a tiered bonus feature. A bonus feature includes a bonus feature prize selector and a bonus feature control selector. The bonus feature prize selector selects a current prize, and the bonus feature control selector selects a control outcome governing bonus feature prize selector. The control outcome may be awarding a current bonus prize selected or upgrading the current bonus prize selected on the first bonus wheel. In response to the upgrading outcome being selected, the bonus feature prize selector is made to select a replacement current prize from among a subset of the number of bonus feature prize tiers comprising each bonus feature prize tier having a value higher than prior value of the current prize.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Brian Watkins, Dustin Dies, Patrick Creamer
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Patent number: 11844995Abstract: An amusement attraction features a wall structure, a respective set of illuminable handholds distributed over a wall surface of at least one upright wall of the structure, a floor surface residing adjacent to the upright wall on a side thereof faced by the wall surface, and one or more detection devices operable to detect landing of a participant on the floor surface during attempted traversal of the wall surface. A controller is operable to illuminate the handholds in different colour-coded patterns. Each pattern includes illumination of “authorized” handholds in a first colour, illumination of “prohibited” handholds in a second colour, and illumination of “targeted” handholds in a third colour. In a game-play session, participants are tasked with grasping of the targeted handholds while traversing the wall structure, with penalties applied for detected landing of participants on the floor surface and gripping of prohibited handholds.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Activate Games Inc.Inventor: Adam Schmidt
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Patent number: 11847891Abstract: Secondary gaming functionality is provided for a casino gaming machine (26) by a secondary controller (200) of the casino gaming machine. The secondary gaming functionality may function to provide a multi-game experience at the gaming machine or remotely at another gaming machine or other device, e.g., a smart phone (28), tablet, personal computer (32), and the like, via the casino gaming machine. The multi-game experience may comprise one or more secondary wager-based games in addition to the one or more primary wager-based game(s) provided by the primary gaming functionality of the gaming machine. The secondary controller functionality may cause the secondary wager-based game to be presented upon a single input player to the gaming machine which also initiates the primary game, whereby primary and secondary games are initiated seamlessly to the player via a single input.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Vulcan Gaming LLCInventor: Sam Johnson
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Publication number: 20230401934Abstract: A method includes controlling a display system of a gaming machine to display a symbol array including an active array area and an expansion array area. Designated symbols are visible in the expansion array area. Responsive to designated conditions, the active array area is expanded to include portions of the expansion array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.Inventor: Scott Slomiany
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Patent number: 11842598Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display device, a lighting assembly including at least one light-emitting device, game-logic circuitry that conducts one or more casino wagering games and generates graphical data, and a display controller communicatively coupled to the display device and the lighting assembly. The graphical data includes display data and lighting data as pixel values. The display controller causes the display device to present display content associated with the one or more casino wagering games. The display controller receives the graphical data from the game-logic circuitry, extracts the lighting data and the display data from the graphical data, converts the lighting data from pixel values to lighting control parameters accepted by the lighting assembly, causes the display device to present the display content based on the display data, and causes the lighting assembly to emit light based on the lighting control parameters of the lighting data.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas E. Banas, Vito Michael Caporusso, Benjamin E. Isaac
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Patent number: 11842603Abstract: A gaming machine comprises a display device that presents a symbol array comprising a plurality of symbol positions divided into a plurality of position subsets and game-logic circuitry that causes the display device to: present the symbol array in a first initial state by presenting at least one static symbol position in each position subset and randomly allocating a first set of allocated symbol positions, generate game cycle outcomes by populating the symbol positions, in response to a trigger event, expand a first position subset to include an expanded symbol position, and present the symbol array transitioning from a final state associated with a reset condition to a second initial state by removing expanded symbol positions and the allocated positions from the symbol positions in the final state and randomly allocating a second set of allocated symbol positions among the position subsets to include with the static symbol positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Kimberly Cohn, George Bouvier, Christopher Martinez, Richard Milosevich, Madhu Nellore Babu
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Patent number: 11823535Abstract: A gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a plurality of game machines and a game server. The game server is programmed to associate each bingo card of a plurality of bingo cards to a game presentation object. The game server is also programmed to transmit, to at least two of a plurality of game machines, the game presentation objects. The game server is programmed to receive, from each of the at least two game machines, a selection of a game presentation object. The game server is programmed to evaluate each bingo card associated with a selected game presentation object against a ball call to determine at least one bingo card having a winning pattern. The game server is programmed to determine results for a competitive wagering game, and transmit the results to each of the at least two game machines.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Justin Hoover
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Patent number: 11823526Abstract: A gaming machine assembly comprises a cabinet, an upper display, a winch, and a lower display. The cabinet includes a lower support and an upper support that is hinged to the lower support and rotatable relative to the lower support between a lower position and an upper position. The upper support overlaps the lower support when in the lower position and is disposed above the lower support when in the upper position. The upper display is initially mounted onto the lower support while the upper support is in the upper position. The winch extends between the lower support and the upper support and is connected to the mounted upper display to lift the upper display from the lower support to the upper support. The lower display is mounted onto the lower support after the upper display is lifted from the lower support to the upper support.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Michael Fritz, Neil Sholes, Jerad Deitrick
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Patent number: 11823530Abstract: A game terminal allows a player to participate in the linked transaction including a linked deal within an initial deal via their client account interacting with a management system. The management system manages the execution of the linked transaction including execution of the initial deal, execution of the linked deal, and movement and monitoring of capital during execution of the linked transaction. Initial deal tickets are electronically allocated to player accounts by the management system. The linked deal may be a secondary deal that is lightly linked to the initial deal. In particular, the initial deal may include an access ticket to the linked deal, and the access ticket allows the management system to grant the player a play in the linked deal. Both the initial deal and the linked deal can have prizes, and the management system may resolve those prizes, as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Powerhouse Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Andrew Freels, Travis Alan Meyer, Mark Provan Newton, John Lance Wohlfarth
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Patent number: 11823529Abstract: A method and apparatus are described that detects, via an electronic processor, a first orientation of a mobile device relative to an orientation of a gaming device. The method and/or apparatus further provides, by the electronic processor via a user interface of the mobile device, at least one bet placement option for a game conducted by the gaming device, in response to detecting the first orientation. After detection of a selection of the at least one bet placement option, the method and/or apparatus detects, via the electronic processor, a change from the first orientation of the mobile device to a second orientation different from the first orientation. The method and/or apparatus further presents, by the electronic processor via the user interface, at least one game play option for the game in response to detecting the change from the first orientation to the second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Baerlocher, Dion K. Aoki, Larry J. Pacey, Jesse M. Smith, Jamie W. Vann
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Patent number: 11816959Abstract: A gaming machine includes a display for displaying a game including game symbols arranged into an array of game positions. A game controller controls the display of randomly selected game symbols on the display in an array of game positions, preferably arranged into reels. One or more bonus positions are also displayed above the reels, the bonus positions each being associated with a reel. The bonus positions each display a bonus symbol associated with a game enhancing element, such as a credit prize, multiplier, free games or a jackpot. When a special symbol is displayed in each game position of a reel, the controller must award the game enhancing element associated with the bonus symbol displayed in the bonus position associated with the reel. A method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ainsworth Game Technology LimitedInventors: Ozbay Djemal, Sujay Prabhu, Pairatch Paotrukal
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Patent number: 11806628Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to anti-cheat detection in online multiplayer video games. An anti-cheat kernel driver adapted to validate and secure a system state of a gaming device is loaded during a booting process of the gaming device. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver ensures that the system state cannot be tampered with from the time of boot through the duration of gameplay. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver can also receive anti-cheat modules communicated to the gaming device from an anti-cheat server, so that anti-cheat modules are received and executed on an ad hoc basis dictated by the anti-cheat server. The anti-cheat server can autonomously manage the anti-cheat operations performed on a kernel layer or application layer of the gaming device, and conduct anti-cheat mitigation operations if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.Inventors: Nemanja Mulasmajic, Nicolas Peterson
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Patent number: 11810432Abstract: Systems and methods of conducting wagering games involving, among other things, a modified Blackjack wagering game including an option to resolve the game prior to a final determination and optional wagers on the final dealer hand score.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Golden Dragon Gaming, LLCInventor: Michael Pertgen
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Patent number: 11804104Abstract: There is provided a gaming system, gaming machine, and method that utilize an electronic display device configured to display a plurality of reels, an array, and a source of wild symbols external to the array. The reels bear a plurality of symbols including standard symbols and value-bearing symbols. The reels are spun and stopped to land symbols from the plurality of symbols in the array. The source may dispense wild symbols that randomly transform a subset of the landed symbols into wilds. In response one or more value-bearing symbols being transformed into wild value-bearing symbols and contributing to a standard winning combination, the player is awarded a first award for the winning combination and a second award based on values borne by the contributing wild value-bearing symbols.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.Inventor: John Kearns
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Patent number: 11803295Abstract: Methods and devices for a feedback loop system, associated with delivery of content related to a software application, are disclosed. A method includes determining, for the content, a difference between a target output and a performance output. The performance output is an aggregate of respective unit outputs for unit(s) of the content. The method includes determining an input value required to re-perform at least one of the units. The re-performance can modify the difference. The input value, based on a probabilistic calculation of possible outcomes of the re-performance, is normalized based on a pre-determined baseline input value. The method includes determining, based on the normalized input value, an adjusted unit output associated with the re-performance. The method includes generating, based on the respective unit outputs and the adjusted unit output, and providing for display on a GUI, a graphical display layout comprising a visual representation of the unit(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Games Global Operations LimitedInventors: Daniel B. Gordon, Rory Angus Harpur
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Patent number: D1005398Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Gaming Arts, LLCInventors: David Colvin, Eric D. Colvin
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Patent number: D1006888Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Gaming Arts, LLCInventors: David Colvin, Eric D. Colvin