Patents by Inventor Dean Ehrlich

Dean Ehrlich 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).

  • System and method for providing benefits on wagering and non-wagering networks
    Patent number: 9466171
    Abstract: A gaming system community server communications controller sends information to a wagering-game server. A community server processor obtains gaming session information relating to a player's gaming session from the wagering-game server or wagering-game machine. The system determines whether the gaming session information satisfies a condition precedent to an award of player profile content comprising a currency in a community server secondary economy, game content available to the player on the community server, non-game content available to the player on the community server, game content available to the wagering-game machine player, non-game content available to the wagering-game machine player, and/or game content available to the player from the wagering-game server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy M. Hornik, Jamie W. Vann, Joel R. Jaffe, Dion K. Aoki, Dean Ehrlich, Candice Savino
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED BENEFITS
    Publication number: 20140335944
    Abstract: A gaming system community server communications controller sends information to a wagering-game server. A community server processor obtains gaming session information relating to a player's gaming session from the wagering-game server or wagering-game machine. The system determines whether the gaming session information satisfies a condition precedent to an award of player profile content comprising a currency in a community server secondary economy, game content available to the player on the community server, non-game content available to the player on the community server, game content available to the wagering-game machine player, non-game content available to the wagering-game machine player, and/or game content available to the player from the wagering-game server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jeremy M. Hornik, Jamie W. Vann, Joel R. Jaffe, Dion K. Aoki, Dean Ehrlich, Candice Savino