Patents by Inventor Daniel Norman St. John

Daniel Norman St. John 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).

  • Wireless mesh networking in wagering game environments
    Patent number: 8447870
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless mesh networking in a gaming environment are described herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a network interface unit to wirelessly receive gaming data from ones of a plurality of components of a wireless mesh network, the network interface unit to wirelessly transmit the gaming data to others of the plurality of components of the wireless mesh network. The system also includes a memory unit to store certain of the gaming data and to store instructions for conducting wagering games and a central processing unit to perform operations based in part on the certain of the gaming data and to perform operations based on the instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Daniel Norman St. John, Dale R. Buchholz
  • Wagering game device having ubiquitous character set
    Patent number: 8246453
    Abstract: A wagering game machine uses a single character set for displaying text in multiple languages. The character set may also be used for printing materials, such as ticket printing. In one embodiment, the character set comprises Unicode standard characters, where each character in the font is represented by a unique number, which maps to the Unicode standard, regardless of platform. This allows programs that conform to the Unicode standard to deal with text in multiple languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Norman St. John, Mark J. Saletnik, Vikram Swamy
  • WAGERING GAME DEVICE HAVING UBIQUITOUS CHARACTER SET
    Publication number: 20100041467
    Abstract: A wagering game machine uses a single character set for displaying text in multiple languages. The character set may also be used for printing materials, such as ticket printing. In one embodiment, the character set comprises Unicode standard characters, where each character in the font is represented by a unique number, which maps to the Unicode standard, regardless of platform. This allows programs that conform to the Unicode standard to deal with text in multiple languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: WMS GAMING INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Norman St.John, Mark J. Saletnik, Vikram Swamy
  • Wireless Mesh Networking in Wagering Game Environments
    Publication number: 20080300046
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless mesh networking in a gaming environment are described herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a network interface unit to wirelessly receive gaming data from ones of a plurality of components of a wireless mesh network, the network interface unit to wirelessly transmit the gaming data to others of the plurality of components of the wireless mesh network. The system also includes a memory unit to store certain of the gaming data and to store instructions for conducting wagering games and a central processing unit to perform operations based in part on the certain of the gaming data and to perform operations based on the instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: WMS GAMING INC.
    Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Daniel Norman St. John, Dale R. Buchholz