Patents by Inventor Edward McKinley

Edward McKinley 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 automated configuration of gaming machine operating parameters
    Patent number: 7641555
    Abstract: An automated method of configuring a gaming machine using a storage medium such as a paper ticket containing gaming machine configuration parameter data. The storage medium is read by a gaming machine peripheral device, such as a bill validator, which transmits the data to the gaming machine's central processing unit. The central processing unit stores and implements the new configuration parameters. The storage medium is encoded with a machine-readable indicium such as a bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, or any other format including magnetic storage, holograms, etc. An alternate embodiment uses a computer in communication with the gaming machine's central processing unit to download configuration parameters by electronically simulating the gaming machine's pushbutton controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. McKinley, Mathew R. Fitzsimons, Wayne H. Rothschild
  • Method and apparatus for automated configuration of gaming machine operating parameters
    Publication number: 20050197191
    Abstract: An automated method of configuring a gaming machine using a storage medium such as a paper ticket containing gaming machine configuration parameter data. The storage medium is read by a gaming machine peripheral device, such as a bill validator, which transmits the data to the gaming machine's central processing unit. The central processing unit stores and implements the new configuration parameters. The storage medium is encoded with a machine-readable indicium such as a bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, or any other format including magnetic storage, holograms, etc. An alternate embodiment uses a computer in communication with the gaming machine's central processing unit to download configuration parameters by electronically simulating the gaming machine's pushbutton controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Edward McKinley, Mathew Fitzsimons, Wayne Rothschild