Patents Assigned to IGT
  • Accumulating connected symbols for feature activations
    Patent number: 11721175
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) implementations for modifying user interface elements of a gaming device, and related systems, devices, and methods
    Patent number: 11721160
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for artificial intelligence implementation for modifying user interface elements may include receiving gaming device data associated with a gaming device, the gaming device data including a plurality of gaming device parameter values for a plurality of gaming parameters associated with the gaming device. The gaming device data is analyzed to determine a first gaming device parameter value of the plurality of gaming device parameter values. Using a predictive model including a plurality of data clusters, the first gaming device parameter value is correlated with a first data cluster of the plurality of data clusters, where each data cluster is associated with a user interface parameter value of the gaming device. A user interface element of the gaming device is then modified based on the user interface parameter value associated with the first data cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Stefan Keilwert, Klaus Achmueller
  • Gaming system and method for providing poker games with alternative gaming presentations
    Patent number: 11721168
    Abstract: Gaming systems that determine a total award based on a play of a card game and a play of a supplemental game and then display the determined total award via an alternative gaming presentation different from the play of the card game and the play of the supplemental game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Kit Seaton
  • Gaming system and method with wagering and non-wagering payments to participate in a game of skill
    Patent number: 11721178
    Abstract: Systems and methods which operate in at least two modes, such as an arcade mode and a hybrid arcade/wagering mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Cameron A. Filipour
  • Gaming system and method for providing overlapping display of symbols from different games
    Patent number: 11721164
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods that concurrently display one or more aspects of a primary game and a play of a secondary game within the limited display space available of an electronic gaming machine with a single display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, David Howe
  • Bill acceptors and printers for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
    Patent number: 11715348
    Abstract: A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Steven G. LeMay, Dwayne R. Nelson, Jim A. Vasquez, Scott T. Gowin
  • Gaming system providing poker game with enhancements for future plays of the poker game
    Patent number: 11710384
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide multiple different modifiers for future plays of a game, and in various embodiments further plays of a poker game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ciprian Pop, Bradford Brown
  • Managing mobile applications in a gaming environment
    Patent number: 11710372
    Abstract: Technology for managing mobile applications on an electronic gaming machine (EGM) in communication with a mobile device over a communications network is disclosed. An EGM may perform an account login by a user using a gaming host application associated with the EGM such that the account login triggers the gaming host application to launch a selected mobile gaming application for game play on the EGM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Dwayne Nelson
  • Symbol upgrade wave
    Patent number: 11710377
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an illustrative method that includes initiating a first play of a game, where the game includes an array of cells; rendering a first distribution of symbols in the array of cells, where each cell in the array of cells includes a discrete symbol in the first distribution of symbols; determining that the first distribution of symbols qualifies for a symbol upgrade, where the set of symbols include a first symbol type; identifying each symbol in the first distribution of symbols that includes the first symbol type; and automatically performing the symbol upgrade, where each symbol in the set of symbols as well as at least one additional symbol not in the set of symbols are upgraded from the first symbol type to a second symbol type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Jon Leupp
  • Changing pattern matching awards
    Patent number: 11710366
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides a changing pattern matching award feature in a gaming environment, which includes a plurality of different patterns that are independently and randomly selectable and displayable by the gaming system during a series of plays of one or more games via one or more electronic gaming machines or other devices of the gaming system or configured to operate with the gaming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Automated symbol upgrade and symbol removal during link and respin feature
    Patent number: 11710367
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing symbol upgrade features in games. An illustrative method includes receiving a first input from a player interacting with a gaming device initiating a first play of a game, where the game comprises an array of cells. The method further includes determining that a randomly-generated first distribution of symbols includes a common symbol in a first cell and a second cell. The method further includes upgrading a cell in the array of cells with an upgrade symbol, where the upgrade symbol represents that the common symbol in the first cell and the second cell have been combined into the upgrade symbol in response to determining that the first cell and the second cell include the common symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Jennifer Bautista
  • Gaming system and method providing a class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature
    Patent number: 11704972
    Abstract: The gaming system and method of the present disclosure provide a Class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature. Generally, for a play of the Class II bingo game and for each player, the gaming system provides that player a bingo card and enables the player to affirmatively designate up to a designated quantity of spots of the bingo card as wild spots. The wild spots are guaranteed marks. The gaming system then draws bingo numbers until a game-winning pattern is marked on one of the players' bingo cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gianpaulo Sorreta, Bradford Brown
  • Cross-hand winning card combination evaluations for multi-hand poker
    Patent number: 11704975
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide cross-hand winning card combination evaluations for multi-hand poker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Ronald Papson
  • System and method for dynamically configuring triggering conditions of an event
    Patent number: 11704973
    Abstract: Systems and methods which modify one or more triggering conditions of an event based on a quantity of occurrences of one or more tracked elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Christian Gerchak
  • Extra hands and extra duplications for multi-hand poker
    Patent number: 11704979
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • AUGMENTED REALITY INTEGRATION IN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20230222862
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine according to some embodiments includes a processing circuit, a display screen coupled to the processing circuit, and a transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and providing wireless communications with an augmented reality (AR) display device that is separate from the electronic gaming machine. The processing circuit displays a game element in a first screen area of the display screen, and transmits, via the transceiver, screen location data to the AR display device identifying a second screen area on the display screen, other than the first screen area, that is available for the AR display device to overlay AR graphics in a field of view of a user of the AR display device without overlaying the game element displayed in the first screen area of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventor: Dwayne NELSON
  • System and method for providing awards based on dynamic reels
    Patent number: 11699323
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a player zero, one or more awards based on a variable quantity of symbol display positions associated with one or more reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: David Ceniceroz, Julianne Rodgers
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D992578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: David Ceniceroz, Sonia Prins
  • Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D992579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: David Ceniceroz
  • Gaming apparatus including multiple wheel display
    Patent number: D992647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Legras