Patents by Inventor Daniel W. Marston

Daniel W. Marston 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).

  • Patent number: 10157520
    Abstract: A gaming system which displays a play of a multiple level selection game. For each level, the gaming system displays a plurality of selections associated with that level. A player picks a quantity of the selections as player picks. The player designates one or more of the player picks as designated picks. One or more modifiers are applied to each of the designated picks. The gaming system modifies the awards associated with the designated picks based on the one or more modifiers associated with each of the designated picks. The gaming system provides the value of the awards associated with the player picks. If the total value of the awards is greater than a threshold value for the currently played level, the gaming system provides the play of the next level and repeats the selection game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Daniel W. Marston
  • Patent number: 9972171
    Abstract: A gaming system including a secondary event configured to be triggered based on a designated quantity or threshold of events occurring in association with a play of a primary wagering game and/or one or more plays of one or more bonus games associated with the play of the primary wagering game. In certain embodiments, by identifying and tracking an occurrence of an event through one or more game states associated with the placement of a wager, the gaming system provides a persistence aspect to a collection game which is associated with one or more games tied to or otherwise resulting from a single wager placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel W. Marston, Sek Hwan Joung
  • Publication number: 20170092070
    Abstract: A gaming system including a secondary event configured to be triggered based on a designated quantity or threshold of events occurring in association with a play of a primary wagering game and/or one or more plays of one or more bonus games associated with the play of the primary wagering game. In certain embodiments, by identifying and tracking an occurrence of an event through one or more game states associated with the placement of a wager, the gaming system provides a persistence aspect to a collection game which is associated with one or more games tied to or otherwise resulting from a single wager placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel W. Marston, Sek Hwan Joung
  • Publication number: 20160093162
    Abstract: A gaming system which displays a play of a multiple level selection game. For each level, the gaming system displays a plurality of selections associated with that level. A player picks a quantity of the selections as player picks. The player designates one or more of the player picks as designated picks. One or more modifiers are applied to each of the designated picks. The gaming system modifies the awards associated with the designated picks based on the one or more modifiers associated with each of the designated picks. The gaming system provides the value of the awards associated with the player picks. If the total value of the awards is greater than a threshold value for the currently played level, the gaming system provides the play of the next level and repeats the selection game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel W. Marston