Patents by Inventor Collette C. Shawn

Collette C. Shawn 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).

  • Wagering game with moving symbol arrays
    Patent number: 8974283
    Abstract: A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device, a display device, a processor, and a memory device for storing instructions that cause the processor to operate the gaming system. The gaming system receives an input to play the wagering game and randomly determines a plurality of symbols to populate symbol positions in one or more symbol arrays. The gaming system displays dynamic content in the symbol positions concluding with the randomly determined symbols while the one or more symbol arrays are moved with respect to an indicator region. The gaming system displays an indication of an outcome of the wagering game determined based on any of the one or more symbol arrays appearing in the indicator region after the one or more symbol arrays are moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Joel R. Jaffe, Collette C. Shawn