Patents by Inventor Charles A. Medford

Charles A. Medford 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: 11928917
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome having a plurality of symbols including single digit numbers which are positive numbers and zero, double digit numbers which are positive and double zero, and blank symbols. A prize amount associated with the outcome is identified by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blank symbols along a designated payline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld
  • Publication number: 20230073892
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome having a plurality of symbols including single digit numbers which are positive numbers and zero, double digit numbers which are positive and double zero, and blank symbols. A prize amount associated with the outcome is identified by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blank symbols along a designated payline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Everi Games Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld
  • Patent number: 11501602
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome having a plurality of symbols including single digit numbers which are positive numbers and zero, double digit numbers which are positive and double zero, and blank symbols. A prize amount associated with the outcome is identified by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blank symbols along a designated payline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld
  • Publication number: 20210192893
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome having a plurality of symbols including single digit numbers which are positive numbers and zero, double digit numbers which are positive and double zero, and blank symbols. A prize amount associated with the outcome is identified by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blank symbols along a designated payline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld
  • Patent number: 10950083
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome including a plurality of symbols that are each one of a single digit number which may be zero, a double digit number which may be double zero, and a blank. A prize amount is identified from the outcome by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blanks along a designated payline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld
  • Publication number: 20200250922
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method for operating a slot machine game in which virtual or mechanical reels include numbers from which a prize amount is produced by concatenation. In response to a wager activation by a player, the reels display conduct a base game including spinning the reels and stopping to produce a respective randomly selected outcome including a plurality of symbols that are each one of a single digit number which may be zero, a double digit number which may be double zero, and a blank. A prize amount is identified from the outcome by concatenating the single and double digit numbers and ignoring the blanks along a designated payline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Medford, Daniel W. Eulenfeld