Patents by Inventor Christopher P. Arbogast
Christopher P. Arbogast 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).
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Publication number: 20240013617Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining an effectiveness of one of more messages based on machine-learning analysis of images of a gaming environment. For example, a gaming system presents, via an output device at a gaming table during an evaluation period, messages related to a game feature. The game feature is available at one or more participant stations at the gaming table. The system further detects, for the evaluation period based on analysis of the images of the gaming table by one or more machine learning models, gaming activity associated with the game feature. The system further determines, in response to comparison of message data to gaming activity data, a statistical correlation between presentation of the messages and the gaming activity. Furthermore, the system computes, based on the statistical correlation, a message effectiveness score for one or more of the messages in relation to the game feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Christopher P. ARBOGAST, Robert Thomas DAVIS, Bradley LINDBERG, Sandeep MOHANADASAN, Rajesh SUBRAMANIAN
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Patent number: 9270733Abstract: A modified form of the UDP multicast protocol is disclosed to implement a one-way download progress notification system between a server and one or more clients. The UDP multicast download progress notification system enables UDP messages to be sent only to registered clients, not broadcasted to all clients. This architecture minimizes network traffic and enhances system security, since only registered clients receive the UDP message. The configuration of the UDP multicast download progress notification system does not require the configuration of network devices in order to support a UDP multicast. Furthermore, any number of the clients may be on a different network domain than the DCM engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Geethanand Vellore, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Patent number: 9171420Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with non-gaming devices to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. An assignment-creator/modifier is provided for creating and modifying assignment templates for assignments that include at least one job to modify a non-gaming device. A user graphical interface is provided to control and monitor execution of the download and configuration and to present a graphical image at least indicative of the temporal periods for execution of a download executable assignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Farshid Atashband, Rajesh Swarma, Ryan Ruppert
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Patent number: 9082258Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. A download tracking system and method is provided for providing dynamic monitoring and displaying of download progress.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Geethanand Vellore, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Publication number: 20150170466Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with non-gaming devices to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. An assignment-creator/modifier is provided for creating and modifying assignment templates for assignments that include at least one job to modify a non-gaming device. A user graphical interface is provided to control and monitor execution of the download and configuration and to present a graphical image at least indicative of the temporal periods for execution of a download executable assignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Farshid Atashband, Rajesh Swarma, Ryan Ruppert
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Patent number: 8920233Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. An assignment-creator/modifier is provided for creating and modifying assignment templates for assignments that include at least one job to modify a gaming machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Farshid Atashband, Rajesh Swarna, Ryan Ruppert
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Patent number: 8856657Abstract: A user interface for management of network operations, particularly networked electronic gaming machines, the user interface including operation assignment interfaces, each assignment interface providing information about the respective operation, a calendar interface on which the assignment interfaces are provided, the calendar interface providing at least date and time information, and at least one graphical linking indicator that provides visual relational information of related operations.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Bryan Kelly
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Patent number: 8606002Abstract: An evaluation system to determine a value of a stack of objects preprocess a pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack, and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Arun Rajaraman, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Publication number: 20130071014Abstract: An evaluation system to determine a value of a stack of objects preprocess a pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack, and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Arun Rajaraman, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Patent number: 8285034Abstract: An object evaluation system may determine a value for a stack of objects that appear in a pixelated color image. To determine the value of the stack of objects, the evaluation system preprocess at least a portion of the pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack (if any), and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Arun Rajaraman, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Publication number: 20120220374Abstract: The system and method allows a casino operator to re-configure one or more electronic gaming machines as part of a multicast. Where any reconfiguration requires a software package A and any dependent package B, a server is configured to combine as part of the multicast both packages A and B. The system and method also provides for scheduling reconfiguration though multi-casting. In the event any data packages are lost, corrupted or not received, those packages are repackaged and the data packets are re-sent as a multicast.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Travis William Green, William K. Jones, Dale M. Shepherd, Ronald A. Cadima, Thomas E. Buckeyne, Anthony E. Green, Pravinkumar Patel, Robert W. Crowder, Joshua D. Larsen
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Publication number: 20120190421Abstract: A networked gaming system includes one or more gaming machines connected to a network, a network-connected user station having a user interface and a display. The networked gaming system further includes a host computer system having an environment module enabled to capture, analyze, and present both historical data stored in at least one data storage device and real-time gaming data from the gaming machines in accordance with one or more requests from the user station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Farshid Atashband, Saurabh Singh, Christopher P. Arbogast, Randy Phillips, Mark Lowell
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Publication number: 20120157213Abstract: A modified form of the UDP multicast protocol is disclosed to implement a one-way download progress notification system between a server and one or more clients. The UDP multicast download progress notification system enables UDP messages to be sent only to registered clients, not broadcasted to all clients. This architecture minimizes network traffic and enhances system security, since only registered clients receive the UDP message. The configuration of the UDP multicast download progress notification system does not require the configuration of network devices in order to support a UDP multicast. Furthermore, any number of the clients may be on a different network domain than the DCM engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Geethanand Vellore, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Patent number: 8192283Abstract: A networked gaming system includes one or more gaming machines connected to a network, a network-connected user station having a user interface and a display. The networked gaming system further includes a host computer system having an environment module enabled to capture, analyze, and present both historical data stored in at least one data storage device and real-time gaming data from the gaming machines in accordance with one or more requests from the user station.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Farshid Atashband, Saurabh Singh, Christopher P. Arbogast, Randy Phillips, Mark Lowell
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Publication number: 20110052049Abstract: An object evaluation system may determine a value for a stack of objects that appear in a pixelated color image. To determine the value of the stack of objects, the evaluation system preprocess at least a portion of the pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack (if any), and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Arun Rajaraman, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Publication number: 20100234104Abstract: A networked gaming system includes one or more gaming machines connected to a network, a network-connected user station having a user interface and a display. The networked gaming system further includes a host computer system having an environment module enabled to capture, analyze, and present both historical data stored in at least one data storage device and real-time gaming data from the gaming machines in accordance with one or more requests from the user station.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Farshid Atashband, Saurabh Singh, Christopher P. Arbogast, Randy Phillips, Mark Lowell
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Publication number: 20090275401Abstract: Changes to configuration settings of disparate electronic gaming machines (EGMs) are indicated in a profile. The profile provides generalized values for the configuration settings and can provide a time schedule in which the changes are to be performed. The generalized values of the configuration settings are translated into specific values for particular EGMs. The EGMs may be interrogated to obtain current specific values of their configuration settings. The current specific values of the configuration settings are changed to the specific values translated from the generalized values provided in the profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Allen, Christopher P. Arbogast, Bruce C. Rowe
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Publication number: 20090276715Abstract: A user interface for management of network operations, particularly networked electronic gaming machines, the user interface including operation assignment interfaces, each assignment interface providing information about the respective operation, a calendar interface on which the assignment interfaces are provided, the calendar interface providing at least date and time information, and at least one graphical linking indicator that provides visual relational information of related operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Bryan Kelly
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Publication number: 20090132720Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. A download tracking system and method is provided for providing dynamic monitoring and displaying of download progress.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Ryan Ruppert, Geethanand Vellore, Christopher P. Arbogast
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Publication number: 20090131163Abstract: A slot management system including a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method is disclosed for use with game devices, systems, and methods is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities. An assignment-creator/modifier is provided for creating and modifying assignment templates for assignments that include at least one job to modify a gaming machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Christopher P. Arbogast, Farshid Atashband, Rajesh Swarna, Ryan Ruppert