Patents by Inventor Allison Hyden

Allison Hyden 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).

  • Wagering game, reel-based gaming machine and method with anticipation lighting
    Patent number: 9047740
    Abstract: A wagering game is operable on a reel-based gaming machine which has the capability to selectively illuminate one or more reels with one or more colors of graduating intensity. In conjunction with the stopping sequence of the reels for a given play of the wagering game, the gaming machine provides a distinctive lighting effect at one or more of the reels when a reel in the set is stopped showing a predefined symbol. The predefined symbol presents the possibility of some desirable outcome for the given play of the wagering game depending upon the positions in which the remaining reels in the set stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Clint Owen, Allison Hyden
  • WAGERING GAME, REEL-BASED GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH ANTICIPATION LIGHTING
    Publication number: 20120034967
    Abstract: A wagering game is operable on a reel-based gaming machine which has the capability to selectively illuminate one or more reels with one or more colors of graduating intensity. In conjunction with the stopping sequence of the reels for a given play of the wagering game, the gaming machine provides a distinctive lighting effect at one or more of the reels when a reel in the set is stopped showing a predefined symbol. The predefined symbol presents the possibility of some desirable outcome for the given play of the wagering game depending upon the positions in which the remaining reels in the set stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Clint Owen, Allison Hyden