Patents by Inventor Bradford Brown

Bradford Brown 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: 11710384
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide multiple different modifiers for future plays of a game, and in various embodiments further plays of a poker game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ciprian Pop, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11704972
    Abstract: The gaming system and method of the present disclosure provide a Class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature. Generally, for a play of the Class II bingo game and for each player, the gaming system provides that player a bingo card and enables the player to affirmatively designate up to a designated quantity of spots of the bingo card as wild spots. The wild spots are guaranteed marks. The gaming system then draws bingo numbers until a game-winning pattern is marked on one of the players' bingo cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gianpaulo Sorreta, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11651660
    Abstract: Gaming systems that provide an award in association with a play of a card game wherein a playing card is determined via a first determination of a suit of that playing card and a separate second determination of a rank of that playing card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11587406
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game. In certain embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for that play of the game. In other embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for another play of the game, such as the next play of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Trevor Lynch, Bradford Brown
  • Publication number: 20220230512
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of designated playing cards during a playing card accumulation sequence including a predefined quantity of plays of a card game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Anthony J. Baerlocher
  • Publication number: 20220198880
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of designated playing cards during a playing card accumulation sequence including a predefined quantity of plays of a card game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Anthony J. Baerlocher
  • Publication number: 20220172580
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game. In certain embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for that play of the game. In other embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for another play of the game, such as the next play of the game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Trevor Lynch, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11308766
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of designated playing cards during a playing card accumulation sequence including a predefined quantity of plays of a card game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Anthony J. Baerlocher
  • Patent number: 11308767
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method for increasing the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for a play of a game. In certain embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for that play of the game. In other embodiments, when a triggering event occurs in association with a play of a game, the gaming system increases the likelihood of obtaining a designated outcome for another play of the game, such as the next play of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Trevor Lynch, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: 11250672
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide gaming systems and methods that provide a keno game with a lottery game feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Ronald Papson, Christina Harmon, Mark Bansemer, David Daniels
  • Publication number: 20220028207
    Abstract: The gaming system and method of the present disclosure provide a Class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature. Generally, for a play of the Class II bingo game and for each player, the gaming system provides that player a bingo card and enables the player to affirmatively designate up to a designated quantity of spots of the bingo card as wild spots. The wild spots are guaranteed marks. The gaming system then draws bingo numbers until a game-winning pattern is marked on one of the players' bingo cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gianpaulo Sorreta, Bradford Brown
  • Publication number: 20210375100
    Abstract: Gaming systems that provide an award in association with a play of a card game wherein a playing card is determined via a first determination of a suit of that playing card and a separate second determination of a rank of that playing card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Bradford Brown
  • Publication number: 20210375101
    Abstract: Gaming systems that provide an award in association with a play of a card game wherein a playing card is determined via a first determination of a suit of that playing card and a separate second determination of a rank of that playing card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Bradford Brown
  • Publication number: 20210343108
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods that concurrently display one or more aspects of a primary game and a play of a secondary game within the limited display space available of an electronic gaming machine with a single display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, David Howe
  • Patent number: 11164423
    Abstract: The gaming system and method of the present disclosure provide a Class II bingo game with a player-selectable wild spot feature. Generally, for a play of the Class II bingo game and for each player, the gaming system provides that player a bingo card and enables the player to affirmatively designate up to a designated quantity of spots of the bingo card as wild spots. The wild spots are guaranteed marks. The gaming system then draws bingo numbers until a game-winning pattern is marked on one of the players' bingo cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Gianpaulo Sorreta, Bradford Brown
  • Publication number: 20210335088
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that, upon an occurrence of a designated triggering event, associated with a keno game, provide wild ball feature for one or more keno cards of the keno game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Daniel Helzer
  • Patent number: D936074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Gianpaulo Sorreta, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: D943602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel Helzer, Bradford Brown
  • Patent number: D947949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Ronald Papson
  • Patent number: D947950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradford Brown, Ronald Papson, Mark Bansemer