Patents by Inventor Dan Uomini

Dan Uomini 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).

  • Method and apparatus for attractive bonusing
    Patent number: 9159194
    Abstract: A method for a game includes providing a plurality of individual gaming machines for playing a base game, where an outcome of each gaming machine is determined at least in part by chance, and communicatively coupling a progressive bonus apparatus to said plurality of individual gaming machines. The method includes creating value elements and inserting them onto individual gaming machines in a bank of gaming machines. The value elements can be seen visually by players so that the players can monitor the status of the bonus game while playing the base game. Also disclosed is an apparatus capable of carrying out the above method as well as a media carrying an instruction set for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Vincent P. Smith, Cameron A. Filipour, Dan Uomini
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTRACTIVE BONUSING
    Publication number: 20140171188
    Abstract: A method for a game includes providing a plurality of individual gaming machines for playing a base game, where an outcome of each gaming machine is determined at least in part by chance, and communicatively coupling a progressive bonus apparatus to said plurality of individual gaming machines. The method includes creating value elements and inserting them onto individual gaming machines in a bank of gaming machines. The value elements can be seen visually by players so that the players can monitor the status of the bonus game while playing the base game. Also disclosed is an apparatus capable of carrying out the above method as well as a media carrying an instruction set for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Vincent P. Smith, Cameron A. Filipour, Dan Uomini
  • Method and apparatus for attractive bonusing
    Patent number: 8662982
    Abstract: A method for a game includes providing a plurality of individual gaming machines for playing a base game, where an outcome of each gaming machine is determined at least in part by chance, and communicatively coupling a progressive bonus apparatus to said plurality of individual gaming machines. The method includes creating value elements and inserting them onto individual gaming machines in a bank of gaming machines. The value elements can be seen visually by players so that the players can monitor the status of the bonus game while playing the base game. Also disclosed is an apparatus capable of carrying out the above method as well as a media carrying an instruction set for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Vincent P. Smith, Cameron Anthony Filipour, Dan Uomini