Patents by Inventor Christopher SPURRELL

Christopher SPURRELL 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).

  • Publication number: 20170169664
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine is provided. The computer device comprises at least one data storage unit storing game data for a game, a display unit to display graphical game components to a player of the game, at least one data capture unit, such as a camera, to collect data about the player's gaze, and a processor to process the player gaze data, determine if a player gaze condition is satisfied, determine whether a game condition is satisfied. If both the player gaze condition and the game condition are satisfied, the processor modifies at least some of the graphical game components based on the player gaze condition and the game condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: David FROY, Edward BOWRON, Reuben DUPUIS, Vicky LEBLANC, Karen VAN NIEKERK, Christopher SPURRELL
  • Publication number: 20170169649
    Abstract: A computer device and method for dynamically displaying at least one message to a player of a game are provided. The computer device may be an electronic gaming machine, and comprises a camera which can be used to collect data on the movement of a player of an electronic game. The movements of the player may then be analyzed and used to select message presentation rules based on player movement data. The message presentation rules may govern the presentation of new messages, the removal of old messages, or change the way a given message is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: David FROY, Edward BOWRON, Reuben DUPUIS, Vicky LEBLANC, Karen VAN NIEKERK, Christopher SPURRELL