Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Cummings

Christopher A. Cummings 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).

  • AMUSEMENT SYSTEM FOR SKILL-BASED GAMES AND METHODS DIRECTED TO THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230005324
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a skill-based games are provided with the present disclosure. A plurality of targets each are displayed and moved about a playfield shown on a display of an amusement system according to one or more non-random, learnable sequences or patterns. Upon receipt of an input at one or more of player controls of a player station of the amusement system, a game play is initiated and an object is directed along the playfield from the player station. If the object engages a target of the plurality of targets, the game play is ended and it is determined whether a threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. An award is distributed to the player station if the threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. Other aspects also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: G. Lee Wesson, Michael R. Pace, Ian Fisch, Christopher A. Cummings
  • Amusement system for skill-based games and methods directed to the same
    Patent number: 11450172
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a skill-based games are provided with the present disclosure. A plurality of targets each are displayed and moved about a playfield shown on a display of an amusement system according to one or more non-random, learnable sequences or patterns. Upon receipt of an input at one or more of player controls of a player station of the amusement system, a game play is initiated and an object is directed along the playfield from the player station. If the object engages a target of the plurality of targets, the game play is ended and it is determined whether a threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. An award is distributed to the player station if the threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. Other aspects also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KEEN DOG, LLC
    Inventors: G. Lee Wesson, Michael R. Pace, Ian Fisch, Christopher A. Cummings
  • AMUSEMENT SYSTEM FOR SKILL-BASED GAMES AND METHODS DIRECTED TO THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200302739
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a skill-based games are provided with the present disclosure. A plurality of targets each are displayed and moved about a playfield shown on a display of an amusement system according to one or more non-random, learnable sequences or patterns. Upon receipt of an input at one or more of player controls of a player station of the amusement system, a game play is initiated and an object is directed along the playfield from the player station. If the object engages a target of the plurality of targets, the game play is ended and it is determined whether a threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. An award is distributed to the player station if the threshold criterion for obtainment of the target has been met. Other aspects also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: G. Lee Wesson, Michael R. Pace, Ian Fisch, Christopher A. Cummings, Nancy Bennett