Patents by Inventor Alexander Sandford Todd Young
Alexander Sandford Todd Young 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).
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Patent number: 11403910Abstract: Certain embodiments provide for placing a random number of wild symbols into respective symbol positions comprising a symbol matrix upon it being determined that a given reel or column of the symbol matrix satisfies a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that each of the symbols placed in symbol positions comprising the reel is part of a winning combination of symbols.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Roxor Gaming, Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20220143489Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Patent number: 11235227Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Roxor Gaming, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Publication number: 20200376363Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Patent number: 10796535Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game mechanic for an electronic game (e.g., a reel-based slot machine type game) which includes a cascade feature provides for a block of symbol(s) to be moved into and out of a game interface. The block of symbol(s) is moved or manipulated as a single unit and may be stepped into and/or out of the game interface over a course of a plurality of game events (e.g., cascades or spins of the game). The block of symbol(s) may, in some embodiments, comprise at least one symbol which spans a plurality of symbol positions of a symbol matrix when the entirety of it is placed into the symbol matrix. In some embodiments, the block of symbol(s) may function as at least one wild symbol.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Roxor Gaming, Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Thomas David James Aicken, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10726678Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, an online roulette game provides an opportunity to place a multi-spin wager, wherein a win condition of the multi-spin wager requires the player to obtain, over a plurality of consecutive spins of the roulette wheel, a predetermined number of unique outcomes and wherein each unique outcome is independently determined such that it is not dependent on any previously determined outcome obtained for the multi-spin wager. For example, the multi-spin wager may be that the next 7 outcomes will each be from different “streets” or columns in a grid of available numbers corresponding to numbers on the roulette wheel or that the next 23 numbers the ball lands on will each be different from one another. In some embodiments such a multi-spin wager may be embodied as a side bet and/or a bet that is made available for joining by a plurality of players.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Roxor Gaming, Ltd.Inventors: Jagbir Rehill, Thomas David James Aicken, Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10621814Abstract: Certain embodiments provide for replacing all regular symbols located in respective symbol positions comprising a predetermined set of symbol positions of a symbol matrix (e.g., all the regular symbols on a reel of a reeled slot machine-type game) with at least one special symbol (e.g., a wild symbol which may be output as taking up the entirety of the reel) if the predetermined set of symbol positions (e.g., the symbol positions comprising the reel) satisfy a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that a threshold number of symbols have been removed from (or replaced on) the predetermined set of symbol positions within a predetermined timeframe or game event (e.g., that a threshold number of symbols have been removed from a particular reel during a cascade feature).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Roxor Gaming LimitedInventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20190388774Abstract: Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20190206196Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game mechanic for an electronic game (e.g., a reel-based slot machine type game) which includes a cascade feature provides for a block of symbol(s) to be moved into and out of a game interface. The block of symbol(s) is moved or manipulated as a single unit and may be stepped into and/or out of the game interface over a course of a plurality of game events (e.g., cascades or spins of the game). The block of symbol(s) may, in some embodiments, comprise at least one symbol which spans a plurality of symbol positions of a symbol matrix when the entirety of it is placed into the symbol matrix. In some embodiments, the block of symbol(s) may function as at least one wild symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Hans Elias, Thomas David James Aicken, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10322333Abstract: Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10275996Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game mechanic for an electronic game (e.g., a reel-based slot machine type game) which includes a cascade feature provides for a block of symbol(s) to be moved into and out of a game interface. The block of symbol(s) is moved or manipulated as a single unit and may be stepped into and/or out of the game interface over a course of a plurality of game events (e.g., cascades or spins of the game). The block of symbol(s) may, in some embodiments, comprise at least one symbol which spans a plurality of symbol positions of a symbol matrix when the entirety of it is placed into the symbol matrix. In some embodiments, the block of symbol(s) may function as at least one wild symbol.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Thomas David James Aicken, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10121320Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20180211478Abstract: Certain embodiments provide for replacing all regular symbols located in respective symbol positions comprising a predetermined set of symbol positions of a symbol matrix (e.g., all the regular symbols on a reel of a reeled slot machine-type game) with at least one special symbol (e.g., a wild symbol which may be output as taking up the entirety of the reel) if the predetermined set of symbol positions (e.g., the symbol positions comprising the reel) satisfy a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that a threshold number of symbols have been removed from (or replaced on) the predetermined set of symbol positions within a predetermined timeframe or game event (e.g., that a threshold number of symbols have been removed from a particular reel during a cascade feature).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 9922490Abstract: Certain embodiments provide for replacing all regular symbols located in respective symbol positions comprising a predetermined set of symbol positions of a symbol matrix (e.g., all the regular symbols on a reel of a reeled slot machine-type game) with at least one special symbol (e.g., a wild symbol which may be output as taking up the entirety of the reel) if the predetermined set of symbol positions (e.g., the symbol positions comprising the reel) satisfy a qualifying condition. In one embodiment the qualifying condition is that each regular symbol in a symbol position of the predetermined set of symbol positions is part of a respective winning combination of symbols (e.g., each symbol on the reel is part of a winning combination along an active payline) after an initial resolution of an outcome for a game event (e.g., after an initial resolution of a spin).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Thomas David James Aicken, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20180033249Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Patent number: 9779583Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20170084121Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Patent number: 9511279Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20160055705Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game mechanic for an electronic game (e.g., a reel-based slot machine type game) which includes a cascade feature provides for a block of symbol(s) to be moved into and out of a game interface. The block of symbol(s) is moved or manipulated as a single unit and may be stepped into and/or out of the game interface over a course of a plurality of game events (e.g., cascades or spins of the game). The block of symbol(s) may, in some embodiments, comprise at least one symbol which spans a plurality of symbol positions of a symbol matrix when the entirety of it is placed into the symbol matrix. In some embodiments, the block of symbol(s) may function as at least one wild symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Hans Elias, Thomas David James Aicken, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20160049042Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a game or gaming system provides a game which includes a plurality of regular symbols being placed in symbol positions (e.g., on reels of a reel-type slot machine game) and identifying that a first regular symbol of the plurality of regular symbols is to be designated as a first blended symbol in determining a result of a game event, wherein a blended symbol comprises a symbol which functions as (e.g., is substitutable for) at least two regular symbols of the game in determining results for game events of the game, the at least two regular symbols which the blended symbol functions as being determined based on the plurality of regular symbols determined for the game event in which the blended symbol is to be applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Toby Street