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: 20220101698
    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: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220092945
    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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
  • Publication number: 20220076542
    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: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11222512
    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: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
  • Patent number: 11195384
    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: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210264731
    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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210174645
    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: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 11011023
    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: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210110673
    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: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael Fields, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 10930117
    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: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Publication number: 20200402366
    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: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 10818143
    Abstract: A keno game includes a multiplier feature which is used to increase the payouts during the play of a keno game. This payout multiplier is determined by winning outcomes during a round of play and the payout multiplier is applied to the next round of play of the keno game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Ernest W Moody
  • Patent number: 10733848
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game with a bonus card feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 10720021
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the persistent modifiers are persistent multipliers. Generally, in certain such embodiments, the multi-play game has a plurality of separate outcome-generating elements and is associated with a plurality of separate multiplier banks. Each multiplier bank is associated with a persistent multiplier maintained from game play to game play until distributed. When a random multiplier increase event occurs, the gaming system increases the persistent multiplier of at least one of the multiplier banks. When a random multiplier distribution event occurs for one of the multiplier banks, the gaming system distributes the persistent multiplier of that multiplier bank among the plurality of outcome-generating elements. The gaming system does so by determining a plurality of individual multipliers based on that persistent multiplier and assigning each individual multiplier to one of the outcome-generating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200134965
    Abstract: A keno game includes a multiplier feature which is used to increase the payouts during the play of a keno game. This payout multiplier is determined by winning outcomes during a round of play and the payout multiplier is applied to the next round of play of the keno game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • Publication number: 20200126359
    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: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Yoohwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 10607447
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game with a transforming card feature, wherein thee gaming system initiates a play of a wagering game responsive to receipt of a game-initiation input and determines whether a transforming card triggering event occurred. Responsive to determining that the transforming card triggering event occurred, the gaming system determines and displays a player hand including multiple non-transforming cards selected from a set of non-transforming cards and at least one transforming card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: 10553079
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing an additional award opportunity triggerable based on the initially dealt cards of a card game. Generally, for a play of the card game, the gaming system randomly determines and displays an initial hand of cards. If the initial hand of cards satisfies an additional award opportunity condition, the gaming system provides an additional award opportunity by randomly determining and providing one of a plurality of bonus awards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody, Jr.
  • Patent number: D918225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Patent number: D944822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody