Patents by Inventor Alan Robert Weiss

Alan Robert Weiss 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: 9092942
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Patent number: 8608545
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gaming system, device, and method providing a cascading symbols feature. For a play of a game, the system generates and displays one of a plurality of symbols at each of a plurality of symbol display areas, and determines any awards associated with the displayed symbols. If a triggering event occurs, the system determines a set of the displayed symbols. For each displayed symbol of the determined set, the system removes that displayed symbol, resulting in an empty symbol display area. For each empty symbol display area, the system repositions one of the other displayed symbols, which creates a second empty symbol display area, and causes at least one of any repositioned symbols to be a wild symbol. The system generates and displays one of the symbols at each of any second empty symbol display areas, and determines any additional awards associated with the displayed symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Prashant Arora, Scott A. Caputo, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Publication number: 20130143635
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gaming system, device, and method providing a cascading symbols feature. For a play of a game, the system generates and displays one of a plurality of symbols at each of a plurality of symbol display areas, and determines any awards associated with the displayed symbols. If a triggering event occurs, the system determines a set of the displayed symbols. For each displayed symbol of the determined set, the system removes that displayed symbol, resulting in an empty symbol display area. For each empty symbol display area, the system repositions one of the other displayed symbols, which creates a second empty symbol display area, and causes at least one of any repositioned symbols to be a wild symbol. The system generates and displays one of the symbols at each of any second empty symbol display areas, and determines any additional awards associated with the displayed symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Prashant Arora, Scott A. Caputo, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Publication number: 20120129589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Patent number: 8118662
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss
  • Publication number: 20110282168
    Abstract: A health monitoring system includes a client device having one or more sensors to take medical or environmental measurements. The client device can interact with a server device to guide the user through the use of a sensor. The state of the sensors is controlled at the server to provide for flexibility of the health monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: WALDO NETWORKS
    Inventors: Alan Robert Weiss, Samuel Burrill Fuller, Oscar Paul Frowijn, Afsheen David Gholami, Gad Levy Krumholz
  • Publication number: 20090253492
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of gaming devices that each participate in a group game including a plurality of masked group game components and determines and provides separate awards to each player of the gaming devices based on the amount of modifiers applied to each of the group game components having a modifier applied by the player of that gaming device. In one embodiment, the gaming system enables each player to selectively apply or associate a plurality of modifiers to a single game component or apply the plurality of modifiers across the plurality of game components. For each gaming device, the gaming system displays and provides any awards to the player of that gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ryan William Cuddy, Rogelio S. Decasa, Benjamin Mikal Fuller, Carl Victor Kniesteadt, Alan Robert Weiss