Patents by Inventor Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson 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: 11978319
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provides a blocking symbol set bypass feature for a play of a game, wherein the player to elect whether or not to employ the blocking symbol set bypass for the symbol evaluation for that play of the game. When a blocking symbol set bypass is employed for a symbol evaluation for a play of the game, for at least part of the symbol evaluation, the gaming system can skip one or more symbols of a blocking symbol set in evaluating the displayed symbols of the displayed outcome of the play of the game to determine any displayed winning symbol combinations and any awards associated with the displayed symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Yu Chong, Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Patent number: 11978301
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a player wheel set selection feature including a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a game, and wherein the quantity of sections selectable by the player is at least one and less than all of the sections of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Shawn Hupp, Arthur Levesque, Nathan Ajhar
  • Patent number: 11972656
    Abstract: A method comprises initiating a gaming session for a grid-based game, tracking a number of consecutive losing plays of the grid-based game during the gaming session, and providing a player of the grid-based game with an option to reuse a wild symbol that appears in one play of the number of consecutive losing plays in a next play when the number of consecutive losing plays exceeds a threshold. The method further comprises receiving first input from the player to reuse the wild symbol in the next play, generating, in response to the first input, a sequence of symbols comprising the wild symbol, and causing a display to display the sequence of symbols populated in the array of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Nathan Ajhar, Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong
  • Publication number: 20240127676
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20240127673
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of operating a gaming system can include determining that a first event has been triggered on a first electronic gaming machine (“EGM”). The method can further include, responsive to determining that the first event has been triggered on the first EGM, causing a probability of triggering a second event on a second EGM to be adjusted based on a proximity of the second EGM to the first EGM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Nick HILLSTROM, Lauren HILLSTROM, Nathan AJHAR, Chris PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20240112547
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20240105009
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20240105010
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20240105011
    Abstract: A first electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the EGM to perform operations. The operations include determining that an event has been triggered on a second EGM. The second EGM can be separate from the first EGM. The operations can further include, responsive to determining that the event has been triggered on the second EGM, providing an incentive on the first EGM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Nick HILLSTROM, Lauren HILLSTROM, Nathan AJHAR, Chris PETERSON
  • Patent number: 11916541
    Abstract: Disclosed is a filter bank module having a substrate, an antenna port terminal, and a filter bank die. The filter bank die is fixed to the substrate and includes a first acoustic wave (AW) filter having a first antenna terminal coupled to the antenna port terminal and a first filter terminal, wherein the first AW filter is configured to pass a first passband and attenuate frequencies outside the first passband, and a second AW filter having a second filter terminal, and a second antenna terminal coupled to the first antenna terminal to effectively diplex signals that pass through the first AW filter and the second AW filter, wherein the second AW filter is configured to pass a second passband that is spaced from the first passband to minimize interference between first bandpass and the second bandpass while attenuating frequencies outside the second passband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Gangadhar Burra, Bror Peterson, Richard Perkins, Chris Levesque
  • Publication number: 20240054863
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that replicate a symbol driven event obtained at one gaming device at one or more other gaming devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar, Yu Chong
  • Patent number: 11893860
    Abstract: A first electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the EGM to perform operations. The operations include determining that a first event has been triggered on a second EGM. The second EGM can be separate from the first EGM. The operations can further include, responsive to determining that the first event has been triggered on the second EGM, adjusting a probability of triggering a second event on the first EGM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Nick Hillstrom, Lauren Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar, Chris Peterson
  • Patent number: 11887437
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20240005722
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides a changing pattern matching award feature in a gaming environment, which includes a plurality of different patterns that are independently and randomly selectable and displayable by the gaming system during a series of plays of one or more games via one or more electronic gaming machines or other devices of the gaming system or configured to operate with the gaming system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Patent number: 11861983
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230419774
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the EGM to perform operations. The operations include generating a grid of symbols comprising a set of symbols. The operations further include determining that the set of symbols form a winning shape based on a position of each symbol in the set of symbols within the grid of symbols. The operations further include, responsive to determining that the set of symbols form the winning shape, providing an award to a user of the EGM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yu CHONG, Chris Peterson, Nathan AJHAR, Nick HILLSTROM
  • Publication number: 20230410603
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more triggering events that occur in association with a limited term expansion of a displayed portion of a symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Ajhar, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230410601
    Abstract: Gaming systems and method that provide a play of a multi-stage game including a first stage during which a quantity of sections of a wheel are accumulated for subsequent use in a second stage of the play of the multi-stage game, and the second stage during which the accumulated quantity of sections of the wheel are employed to select sections of the wheel before the sections are displayed with awards displayed in association with the selected sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230410602
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide a wheel section selection feature including a displayed wheel including a plurality of displayed gaming system selectable sections for a play of a secondary game. In various embodiments, one or more shared sections of the wheel and/or a wheel section indicator associated with the wheel are enhanced for the play of the secondary game based on a wager level in a play of the primary game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230410604
    Abstract: Systems and methods which employ one or more reels that expand and contract responsive to the occurrence of (or lack thereof) different events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar, Chris Peterson