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: 11837052
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that replicate a symbol driven event obtained at one gaming device at one or more other gaming devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar, Yu Chong
  • Publication number: 20230386296
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that cause the processor circuit to receive a wager for a wagering game at a gaming device, the wagering game including a plurality of game symbol positions. A plurality of game symbols for the plurality of game symbol positions are determined and a contiguous subset of game symbols of the plurality of game symbols is further determined, wherein each game symbol of the subset of game symbols is adjacent another game symbol of the subset of game symbols. After determining whether the subset of game symbols corresponds to a winning game result, the instructions further cause the processor circuit to. in response to a determination that the subset of game symbols corresponds to a winning game result, provide a game award to a player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chris PETERSON, Yu CHONG, Nathan AJHAR, Nick HILLSTROM
  • Publication number: 20230386297
    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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nick HILLSTROM, Lauren HILLSTROM, Nathan AJHAR, Chris PETERSON
  • Publication number: 20230386300
    Abstract: A system receives a wager for a wagering game and a selection of a first payline of a plurality of paylines of the wagering game at a gaming device, the first payline associated with a bonus award value. A plurality of game symbols are determined, and for each payline, it is determined whether the game symbols associated with the payline indicate a winning game result. For each winning game result, the system determines a base award value associated with the winning game result. The system determines whether the first payline is associated with a winning game result. For each winning game result, a base award value associated with the winning game result is provided. For the winning game result associated with the first payline, a total award value based on the base award value associated with the winning game result and the bonus award value is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chris PETERSON, Nick HILLSTROM, Nathan AJHAR, Yu CHONG
  • Publication number: 20230386298
    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: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230377420
    Abstract: Systems and methods that employ one or more triggering events that occur to select a symbol display position and modify one or more instances of a symbol displayed in association with that selected symbol display position into a designated symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Ajhar, Nick Hillstrom, Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230368614
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide randomly triggered payline specific symbol replacement features for plays of a slot game, wherein when the system or method randomly determines to provide the payline specific symbol replacement for that payline for a play of the slot game, the system or method can replace a non-winning symbol displayed along that payline adjacent to a winning symbol combination with a replacement symbol such as a wild symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Yu Chong, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230368618
    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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Chong, Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230351850
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that track quantities of one or more tracked symbols that are part of winning symbol combinations in one or more plays of a game, and trigger one or more additional symbol evaluations responsive to one or more of the tracked quantities of such tracked symbols reaching one or more threshold quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230351847
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to or gaming system providing a game enhancement feature. The electronic game can be conducted on a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of a grid and a variable plurality of symbols can be presented in the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns of the grid. When the game enhancement feature of the electronic game is activated, an indication of the game enhancement feature can be provided to a player of the electronic game. A determination of an outcome of the electronic game can be made based on the variable plurality of symbols presented in the plurality of rows and the plurality of columns of the grid upon termination of the electronic game and the determined outcome of the electronic game can be modified based on the game enhancement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Publication number: 20230334952
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230334951
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230326287
    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 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230326286
    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 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230316863
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize trackable elements, such as symbols, accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230316850
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Shawn Hupp, Arthur Levesque, Nathan Ajhar
  • Patent number: 11721175
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize connecting symbols accumulated in association with one or more game outcomes to activate one or more features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Patent number: 11710366
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Chris Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230222874
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing sliding symbol operations in grid-base games. The sliding symbol operations allow a player of the gaming device to move, by sliding or dragging, a particular symbol from one cell to another in an array of cells between plays of the grid-based game. Movement of the particular symbol from one cell to another allows a player to control their chances of winning and alter the proposed payouts for winning sequences of symbols for at least one subsequent play of the grid-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
  • Patent number: 11688244
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to computational devices and, in particular, toward a computational device, system, and method of operating a computational device. The method may include determining that a mirror symbol has landed within a predetermined symbol area and then implementing a bonus spin and mirror operation in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar