Patents by Inventor Ernest W. Moody

Ernest W. Moody 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: 20240013628
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand poker wagering game with an award modifier bonus feature, and wherein in various embodiments the award modifiers are multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20240005741
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand poker wagering game with an award modifier bonus feature, and wherein in various embodiments the award modifiers are multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20240005745
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand poker wagering game with an award modifier bonus feature, and wherein in various embodiments the award modifiers are multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20240005744
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand poker wagering game with an award modifier bonus feature, and wherein in various embodiments the award modifiers are multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20230410608
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20230410607
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 11798369
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multi-hand poker wagering game with an award modifier bonus feature, and wherein in various embodiments the award modifiers are multipliers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 11776361
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 11769375
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20230290228
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230290229
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11704979
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11694522
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of a multi-hand poker game where extra hands can be added and/or where extra card duplications can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11688239
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the gaming systems and methods provide plays of an enhanced award game, and in certain embodiments an enhanced award poker game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230026194
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20230012500
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 11551531
    Abstract: A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with a single hand or multiple hands. The gaming system or gaming machine first determines whether a dream card is going to be used in a particular round of play or a dream card is used on every hand. If the dream card is going to be used, then the last card of the initial hand is chosen so that, when the last card is combined with the other randomly selected cards of the initial hand, the initial starting hand will have the highest possible expected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
  • Patent number: 11475736
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: D983807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: D1000470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody