Patents by Inventor Ali Minaian

Ali Minaian 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: 10453305
    Abstract: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine displays a primary game including a plurality of reels, detects a triggering condition occurring with the primary game and responsively displays a secondary game. The secondary game includes a player character and an enemy character being displayed on an animated game field. The gaming machine randomly selects an enemy strength value associated with the enemy character, randomly selects a player strength value associated with the player character, and determines an outcome of the secondary game including whether the player character defeats the enemy character as a function of the player strength value and the enemy strength value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Gilmore, Jayme Neverton, Ali Minaian
  • Patent number: 9542810
    Abstract: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine displays a primary game including a plurality of reels, detects a triggering condition occurring with the primary game and responsively displays a secondary game. The secondary game includes a player character and an enemy character being displayed on an animated game field. The gaming machine displays a plurality of dice on the animated game field including a player die displayed with a player strength value and an enemy die displayed with an enemy strength value. The gaming machine displays an expandable image of the player strength value at a first size and increases the size of the expandable image to a larger second size over a predefined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KONAMI GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Gilmore, Jayme Neverton, Ali Minaian, Carolyn Tomczyk
  • Publication number: 20160078714
    Abstract: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine displays a primary game including a plurality of reels, detects a triggering condition occurring with the primary game and responsively displays a secondary game. The secondary game includes a player character and an enemy character being displayed on an animated game field. The gaming machine displays a plurality of dice on the animated game field including a player die displayed with a player strength value and an enemy die displayed with an enemy strength value. The gaming machine displays an expandable image of the player strength value at a first size and increases the size of the expandable image to a larger second size over a predefined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Gilmore, Jayme Neverton, Ali Minaian, Carolyn Tomczyk
  • Publication number: 20160078713
    Abstract: A gaming machine for providing a game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine displays a primary game including a plurality of reels, detects a triggering condition occurring with the primary game and responsively displays a secondary game. The secondary game includes a player character and an enemy character being displayed on an animated game field. The gaming machine randomly selects an enemy strength value associated with the enemy character, randomly selects a player strength value associated with the player character, and determines an outcome of the secondary game including whether the player character defeats the enemy character as a function of the player strength value and the enemy strength value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Gilmore, Jayme Neverton, Ali Minaian