Patents by Inventor Boris Hallerbach

Boris Hallerbach 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: 11928934
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, Jennifer Warner, Kelsy Foster, Boris Hallerbach
  • Publication number: 20230096379
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that randomly modify a value of an accumulated symbol upon each occurrence of a modification event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DeBrabander, Jennifer Warner, Kelsy Foster, Boris Hallerbach
  • Publication number: 20210272419
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a plurality of chances to win a progressive award with the odds of winning the progressive award in at least one chance being based on the wager amount placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Jeffrey Urmston
  • Patent number: 11011024
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a plurality of chances to win a progressive award with the odds of winning the progressive award in at least one chance being based on the wager amount placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Jeffrey Urmston
  • Patent number: 10706689
    Abstract: A gaming system including a plurality of concurrent or overlapping game plays. Each concurrent or overlapping game play is associated with or otherwise configured to activate one or more symbol generators, such as one or more wheels. Following a determination of which of the games to concurrently or overlappingly play, the gaming system activates each symbol generator associated with each concurrent or overlapping game play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: John H. Zielinski, Erick Ching, Stephanie A. Sur, Lin Fengxing, Boris Hallerbach
  • Publication number: 20190295375
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a plurality of chances to win a progressive award with the odds of winning the progressive award in at least one chance being based on the wager amount placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Jeffrey Urmston
  • Patent number: 10325450
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a plurality of chances to win a progressive award with the odds of winning the progressive award in at least one chance being based on the wager amount placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Jeffrey Urmston
  • Publication number: 20180082533
    Abstract: The gaming system disclosed herein provides a plurality of chances to win a progressive award with the odds of winning the progressive award in at least one chance being based on the wager amount placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Jeffrey Urmston
  • Publication number: 20160093139
    Abstract: A gaming system including a plurality of concurrent or overlapping game plays. Each concurrent or overlapping game play is associated with or otherwise configured to activate one or more symbol generators, such as one or more wheels. Following a determination of which of the games to concurrently or overlappingly play, the gaming system activates each symbol generator associated with each concurrent or overlapping game play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: John H. Zielinski, Erick Ching, Stephanie A. Sur, Lin Fengxing, Boris Hallerbach
  • Patent number: 9189926
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren
  • Publication number: 20150072751
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren
  • Patent number: D780201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: John H. Zielinski, Erick Ching, Stephanie A. Sur, Lin Fengxing, Boris Hallerbach