Patents by Inventor Brian Veenker

Brian Veenker 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 with preview feature for a winning payline
    Patent number: 8500541
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a wager-input device for receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game. A display displays a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game. The symbols indicate a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to the wager. The plurality of outcomes include at least a first winning outcome along a first active payline and a second winning outcome along a second active payline. In response to the first winning outcome and the second winning outcome being achieved, the first active payline and the second active payline are successively displayed to the player before the first winning outcome and the second winning outcome are indicated to the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Veenker
  • Systems and methods for evaluating a gaming outcome using a game rules script
    Patent number: 8038537
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilize a game rules script that defines a set of winning outcomes. The games rules script may be parsed into a game rules data structure that may be utilized by a gaming application. The gaming system generates a game outcome, and uses the game rules data structure defined by the game rules script to determine if the game outcome matches at least one winning outcome in the set of winning outcomes defined in the script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mastropietro, Paul McInerny, Brian Veenker, Matthew J. Ward
  • Wagering game with preview feature for a winning payline
    Publication number: 20070060245
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a wager-input device for receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game. A display displays a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game. The symbols indicate a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to the wager. The plurality of outcomes include at least a first winning outcome along a first active payline and a second winning outcome along a second active payline. In response to the first winning outcome and the second winning outcome being achieved, the first active payline and the second active payline are successively displayed to the player before the first winning outcome and the second winning outcome are indicated to the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventor: Brian Veenker
  • Systems and methods for evaluating a gaming outcome using a game rules script
    Publication number: 20050059450
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilize a game rules script that defines a set of winning outcomes. The games rules script may be parsed into a game rules data structure that may be utilized by a gaming application. The gaming system generates a game outcome, and uses the game rules data structure defined by the game rules script to determine if the game outcome matches at least one winning outcome in the set of winning outcomes defined in the script.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Mastropietro, Paul McInerny, Brian Veenker, Matthew Ward