Patents by Inventor Chad H. Shapiro

Chad H. Shapiro 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).

  • System and method for providing repeated elimination bonus in gaming activities
    Patent number: 7503848
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating participation by a player in a bonus event of a slot machine. A reel configuration associated with the slot machine is presented, and symbols are presented in each of the active reel segments. At least some of the symbols are discontinue symbols which, if presented in an active reel segment, causes that reel segment to be deactivated, thereby eliminating it from the bonus event. The presentation of symbols and subsequent deactivation of symbols associated with discontinue symbols continues until a predetermined number of the active reel segments have been deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad H. Shapiro, Jason Malkovich
  • System and method for providing repeated elimination bonus in gaming activities
    Publication number: 20040132527
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating participation by a player in a bonus event of a slot machine. A reel configuration associated with the slot machine is presented, and symbols are presented in each of the active reel segments. At least some of the symbols are discontinue symbols which, if presented in an active reel segment, causes that reel segment to be deactivated, thereby eliminating it from the bonus event. The presentation of symbols and subsequent deactivation of symbols associated with discontinue symbols continues until a predetermined number of the active reel segments have been deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad H. Shapiro, Jason Malkovich
  • System and method for providing repeated elimination bonus in gaming activities
    Patent number: 6632140
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating participation by a player in a bonus event of a slot machine. A display grid associated with the slot machine is presented, where the display grid includes a plurality of active display segments. Symbols are presented in each of the active display segments, such as by randomly selecting symbols and displaying a randomly selected symbol in each of the active display segments. At least some of the symbols are discontinue symbols which, if presented in a display segment, causes that display segment to be deactivated, thereby eliminating that display segment from the bonus event. The presentation of symbols and subsequent deactivation of symbols associated with discontinue symbols continues until all of the active display segments have been deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: King Show Games, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad H. Shapiro, Jason D. Malkovich
  • System and method for providing repeated elimination bonus in gaming activities
    Publication number: 20030064778
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating participation by a player in a bonus event of a slot machine. A display grid associated with the slot machine is presented, where the display grid includes a plurality of active display segments. Symbols are presented in each of the active display segments, such as by randomly selecting symbols and displaying a randomly selected symbol in each of the active display segments. At least some of the symbols are discontinue symbols which, if presented in a display segment, causes that display segment to be deactivated, thereby eliminating that display segment from the bonus event. The presentation of symbols and subsequent deactivation of symbols associated with discontinue symbols continues until all of the active display segments have been deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: King Show Games LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Berman, Chad H. Shapiro, Jason D. Malkovich