Patents by Inventor Dale R. Bucholz

Dale R. Bucholz 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).

  • Configuration synchronization between electronic gaming machines and a supporting server
    Patent number: 9231824
    Abstract: An illustrative method manages configuration information of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and maintains server configuration information at a server that supports EGMs in a server-client relationship. The server configuration information contains stored information about the configuration of each EGM. EGM configuration information transmitted from the EMGs is received at the server. The server and EGM configuration information each contains corresponding fields with values representing information about predetermined factors. The values in the fields of the server configuration information are compared with the values in corresponding fields of the EGM configuration information. A report is generated based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Davis, Christopher J. Frattinger, Matthew J. Ward, Dale R. Bucholz
  • CONFIGURATION SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES AND A SUPPORTING SERVER
    Publication number: 20100106823
    Abstract: An illustrative method manages configuration information of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and maintains server configuration information at a server that supports EGMs in a server-client relationship. The server configuration information contains stored information about the configuration of each EGM. EGM configuration information transmitted from the EMGs is received at the server. The server and EGM configuration information each contains corresponding fields with values representing information about predetermined factors. The values in the fields of the server configuration information are compared with the values in corresponding fields of the EGM configuration information. A report is generated based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Davis, Christopher J. Frattinger, Matthew J. Ward, Dale R. Bucholz