Patents by Inventor Dwayne Davis

Dwayne Davis 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).

  • Publication number: 20230401925
    Abstract: A system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Patent number: 11763628
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Patent number: 11514753
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated. In at least one embodiment, the placing of the first side wager includes placing first wager on a game play-related event or activity associated with the second person, wherein an outcome of the game play-related event or activity is influenced by a decision or action of the second person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Dwayne Davis, Christiaan R. Champagne, Damien C. Ennis, Michael P. Khamis, David N. Myers, David Palmer, Richard E. Rowe, Richard J. Schneider, Darryll Pleasant
  • Publication number: 20210090387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Publication number: 20210012613
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated. In at least one embodiment, the placing of the first side wager includes placing first wager on a game play-related event or activity associated with the second person, wherein an outcome of the game play-related event or activity is influenced by a decision or action of the second person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dwayne Davis, Christiaan R. Champagne, Damien C. Ennis, Michael P. Khamis, David N. Myers, David Palmer, Richard E. Rowe, Richard J. Schneider, Darryll Pleasant
  • Patent number: 9292996
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. In at least one embodiment, the first target may be selected from a group of possible targets which, for example, may include, but are not limited to one or more of the following (or combination thereof): casino players, game tables, electronic gaming devices (EGDs), game themes, game denominations, game paytables, etc. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Dwayne Davis, Christiaan R. Champagne, Damien C. Ennis, Michael P. Khamis, David Myers, David Palmer, Richard J. Schneider, Darryll Pleasant
  • Patent number: 8496364
    Abstract: A housing for a light source, the housing including a base having a plurality of sidewalls which define an opening of a cavity for containing the light source; a flange having a z-shaped cross section attached within the cavity to a sidewall of the sidewalls; a hinge having first and second portions which are rotatably coupled to each other, the first portion attached to the flange; and a cover having a frame and a lens attached to the frame, the frame having an opening and being attached to the second portion of the hinge such that the cover and the base rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Rodney Dwayne Davis
  • Publication number: 20090325686
    Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. In at least one embodiment, the first target may be selected from a group of possible targets which, for example, may include, but are not limited to one or more of the following (or combination thereof): casino players, game tables, electronic gaming devices (EGDs), game themes, game denominations, game paytables, etc. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Dwayne Davis, Christiaan R. Champagne, Damien C. Ennis, Michael P. Khamis, David Myers, David Palmer, Richard E. Rowe, Richard J. Schneider, Darryll Pleasant
  • Publication number: 20080182667
    Abstract: Methods and systems for securing select data on a gaming device are disclosed. The gaming device includes writeable memory such as RAM and/or hard drive that contains the select data. The select data may for example be gaming data associated with operating the gaming device. The gaming device also includes one or more mechanisms for determining whether it is a trusted device (e.g., whether it has been compromised). The gaming device also includes mechanisms for immediately removing the select data from writeable memory when it is determined that the gaming device is not trusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: IGT, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne Davis, Michael Low, Michael M. Oberberger
  • Publication number: 20080032787
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that offer a personalized set of recommended games to an individual. The systems and methods collect personal game selection information for a person, such as demographic information and/or previous gaming experience data. The collected information is then analyzed and used to select a set of recommended games from all possible games (e.g., offered by a gaming establishment) that the person is likely to enjoy. The set of recommended games is then offered to the person when they are identified at or near a gaming machine or when the person provides the personal game selection information to a gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Low, Dwayne Davis, Robert F. Bigelow
  • Publication number: 20080020845
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that offer a personalized set of recommended games to an individual. The systems and methods collect personal game selection information for a person, such as demographic information and/or previous gaming experience data. The collected information is then analyzed and used to select a set of recommended games from all possible games (e.g., offered by a gaming establishment) that the person is likely to enjoy. The set of recommended games is then offered to the person when they are identified at or near a gaming machine or when the person provides the personal game selection information to a gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Low, Dwayne Davis, Robert F. Bigelow
  • Publication number: 20070082725
    Abstract: A gaming device operable upon a wager by at least one player includes: (i) a display device; (ii) first and second entities displayed on the display device, the first entity representing the player; (iii) at least one input device configured to enable the player to choose an offensive play and a defensive play fore the first entity; (iv) wherein the display device is countered to display the offensive and defensive plays being countered by a defensive and offensive play, respectively, for the second entity; and (v) a processor configured to determine an outcome for the player based on at least one of (a) a comparison of the offensive play for the first entity to the defensive play for the second player, and (b) a comparison of the defensive play for the first entity to the offensive play for the second entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Low, Michael Khamis, Dwayne Davis, Anthony Baerlocher, Andrea Hughs-Baird
  • Patent number: 4841418
    Abstract: An explosion-proof fixture generally with a ballast or wire housing has an end housing having inner annd outer walls defining a chamber, aligned openings in the inner and outer walls, and a transparent sleeve having an open end, mounted in the opening in the inner wall. The sleeve is slideable through the openings in the inner and outer walls, and mountable and demountable therethrough. A lamp is mounted within the sleeve. The lamp has a socket on it. The socket is mounted on a bracket assembly which in turn is mounted on a retainer mounted in or on the inner wall of the end housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventor: Dwayne Davis