Patents by Inventor Ben McLenaghan

Ben McLenaghan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230368602
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming in a gaming system comprises receiving a selection of one of a plurality game options; forming, based on the selected game option, a set of symbols to be used in the generation of at least one game outcome generating a game outcome with the game controller by selecting subsets of the symbols of the respective reels of the formed set of symbols for display on a display of the gaming system in a plurality of columns of symbol display positions with which the respective reels are associated; and making an award upon the symbols displayed at the symbol display positions in the game outcome including a winning combination of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ben McLenaghan, Oliver Crispino
  • Patent number: 11749057
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming in a gaming system comprises receiving a selection of one of a plurality game options; forming, based on the selected game option, a set of symbols to be used in the generation of at least one game outcome generating a game outcome with the game controller by selecting subsets of the symbols of the respective reels of the formed set of symbols for display on a display of the gaming system in a plurality of columns of symbol display positions with which the respective reels are associated; and making an award upon the symbols displayed at the symbol display positions in the game outcome including a winning combination of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ben McLenaghan, Oliver Crispino
  • Publication number: 20210407246
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming in a gaming system comprises receiving a selection of one of a plurality game options; forming, based on the selected game option, a set of symbols to be used in the generation of at least one game outcome generating a game outcome with the game controller by selecting subsets of the symbols of the respective reels of the formed set of symbols for display on a display of the gaming system in a plurality of columns of symbol display positions with which the respective reels are associated; and making an award upon the symbols displayed at the symbol display positions in the game outcome including a winning combination of symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ben McLenaghan, Oliver Crispino
  • Patent number: 10339752
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming in a gaming system comprises receiving a selection of one of a plurality game options; forming, based on the selected game option, a set of symbols to be used in the generation of at least one game outcome generating a game outcome with the game controller by selecting subsets of the symbols of the respective reels of the formed set of symbols for display on a display of the gaming system in a plurality of columns of symbol display positions with which the respective reels are associated; and making an award upon the symbols displayed at the symbol display positions in the game outcome including a winning combination of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ben McLenaghan, Oliver Crispino
  • Publication number: 20160171817
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming in a gaming system comprises receiving a selection of one of a plurality game options; forming, based on the selected game option, a set of symbols to be used in the generation of at least one game outcome, wherein each set of symbols comprises a plurality of reels of symbols, the symbols of each reel being located at respective ones of a plurality of symbol positions, and wherein for each set of symbols the symbols at some of the symbol positions are fixed while symbols at one or more of a plurality of designated symbol positions are selected, and wherein: for a first game option, forming the set of symbols includes randomly selecting a mystery symbol from a set of mystery symbols for use at a first subset of the plurality of designated symbol positions and using predefined symbols at the remainder of the designated symbol positions, and for a second game option, forming the set of symbols includes randomly selecting at least one mystery symbol from the set of mystery symbols f
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Ben McLenaghan, Oliver Crispino