Patents by Inventor Bruce C Rowe

Bruce C Rowe 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).

  • Progressive promotional marketing system
    Patent number: 7717788
    Abstract: A system manages a progressive jackpot associated with designated gaming machines. The progressive jackpot is funded from a source of funds, and at a funding rate, independent of the paytables of the associated gaming machines. The system determines whether a player playing the associated gaming machine is eligible for the progressive jackpot using player eligibility rules, and further selects a winning player from among the eligible players (or from the associated gaming machines). The system uses funding rate rules to control the rate at which the progressive jackpot is incremented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce C Rowe