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).

  • Printing playing cards at a gaming table
    Patent number: 8382115
    Abstract: A gaming table is provided with an associated playing card printer. At the beginning of play, the playing card printer prints an entire deck of playing cards on suitable card stock. The deck of playing cards is printed in a random order as determined by a random number generator. The deck of playing cards is collated into a stack of cards and presented to the dealer who then uses this deck of playing cards to deal the casino game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W Moody
  • Bonus round feature for communal gaming
    Patent number: 8376823
    Abstract: A plurality of players participate in a primary video poker game. Anytime a player is dealt a natural Three-of-a-Kind, the player's on screen counter will be incremented by one unit. Whenever any player achieves an on screen counter that has reached three units (meaning that player has experienced three dealt Three-of-a-Kinds), then the bonus round occurs, which is three separate stud poker hands. The player who achieved the three Three-of-a-Kinds that triggered the bonus round plays all three of the bonus round hands. Any other player who has a counter of two when the bonus round is triggered, gets two of the bonus round hands, Hand One and Hand Two. Any other player who has a counter of one when the bonus round is triggered, gets one of the bonus round hands, Hand One. Any player whose counter is still at zero does not play in that bonus round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Maureen Wood
  • CASINO GAME WITH NEXT ROUND MULTIPLIERS
    Publication number: 20130029750
    Abstract: A player plays a first round of a casino slot machine game. If the player achieves a winning outcome on the first round of play, the payouts for the next round of play of the casino game will be increased. The amount of the increase is based on the category of the winning outcome on the first round of play. Each subsequent round of play continues to have increased payouts if the player continues to achieve winning outcomes. When the player has a losing outcome, the payouts revert to the base level. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of the casino game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • ELECTRONIC VIDEO POKER GAMES
    Publication number: 20120295683
    Abstract: A video poker machine configured to allow a player to play a card game includes at least one display device, at least one input device, and at least one computer configured to display at least a first hand and a second hand of at least five cards all face up, each hand including the same five cards. A player is provided an option to play a hand by selecting none, one or more than one of the face up cards from the first hand and the second hand and any additional hands as cards to be held. Each of the cards not selected to be held are discarded from each hand and replaced with a face up card. The player is provided a pre-established amount based on the amount of a wager made on the hand if the resulting cards of the hand comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Tournament video poker
    Patent number: 8246434
    Abstract: Each player who is participating in the video poker tournament plays a designated group of video poker hands. The designated group of video poker hands comprises preselected starting hands so that each tournament participant plays the same starting hands. After the group of video poker hands has been completed, the player with the highest score or highest amount of accrued credits is awarded a prize. Besides awarding a prize to the player with the highest score, other lesser prizes could be awarded to other players who have high scores. Prizes could also be awarded to players who achieve a final score of at least a certain level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W Moody
  • Electronic video poker games
    Patent number: 8235781
    Abstract: A video poker machine configured to allow a player to play a card game is provided. The video poker machine includes at least one display device, at least one input device, and at least one computer configured to display at least a first hand and a second hand of at least five cards all face up, each hand including the same five cards. A player can be provided an option to play a hand by selecting none, one or more than one of the face up cards from the first hand and the second hand and any additional hands as cards to be held. Each of the cards not selected to be held are discarded from each hand and replaced with a face up card. The player can be provided a pre-established amount based on the amount of a wager made on the hand if the resulting cards of the hand comprise a predetermined poker hand ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • CASINO GAME WITH PAY LINE MULTIPLIERS
    Publication number: 20120196666
    Abstract: A pay line multiplier is randomly selected for each active pay line. The pay line multiplier varies for each round of play. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of a casino game. A player makes a wager to activate at least two pay lines to be played in the casino game. For each active pay line, a multiplier is randomly selected from a group of various multipliers and the selected multiplier is assigned to the activated pay line. The casino game is then played to achieve an outcome on each pay line. Each pay line that has a winning outcome has any associated award increased by the multiplier for that pay line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAW POKER GAME
    Publication number: 20120142404
    Abstract: A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a five card video draw poker game with multiple hands. An initial five card hand is displayed to the player face-up. The player then chooses which of the initial five cards to discard. Each card that is held is then duplicated into all of the other hands to be played. Replacement cards for the unheld cards are displayed and each hand is completed to have a final five card hand. The poker hand ranking of each final five card hand is determined and winning hands receive an award. The player also receives an additional award depending on the number of final hands that fall into each poker hand category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WAGERING GAME USING BONUS GAME CREDITS
    Publication number: 20120115560
    Abstract: A gaming machine and a method is provided in which the player plays a primary game or a base game on a gaming device. During the play of the primary game or the base game, the player wins special credits or bonus credits that the player can wager in a secondary game or a bonus game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • Casino game with pay line multipliers
    Patent number: 8152616
    Abstract: A pay line multiplier is randomly selected for each active pay line. The pay line multiplier varies for each round of play. An extra wager may be required from the player to activate this feature during the play of a casino game. A player makes a wager to activate at least two pay lines to be played in the casino game. For each active pay line, a multiplier is randomly selected a multiplier from a group of various multipliers and the selected multiplier is assigned to the activated pay line. The casino game is then played to achieve an outcome on each pay line. Each pay line that has a winning outcome has any associated award increased by the multiplier for that pay line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • Gaming system, gaming device and method for draw poker game
    Patent number: 8113934
    Abstract: A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with multiple hands. An initial five card hand is displayed to the player face-up. The player then chooses which of the initial five cards to discard. Each card that is held is then duplicated into all of the other hands to be played. Replacement cards for the unheld cards are displayed and each hand is completed to have a final five card hand. The poker hand ranking of each final five card hand is determined and winning hands receive an award. The player also receives an additional award depending on the number of final hands that fall into each poker hand category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ernest W Moody
  • GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAW POKER GAME (DREAM CARD)
    Publication number: 20110281626
    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: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood
  • GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A WAGERING GAME USING PLAYER CREDITS POINTS WAGER
    Publication number: 20110281625
    Abstract: A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided in which the player plays a primary game or a base game on a gaming device. During the play of the primary game or the base game, the player accrues player points based on the amount of coin in or credits wagered or based on the amount of credits won. A player is allowed to use the accumulated player points either as part of a video poker game or a slot machine game or in a special bonus game. The gaming machine or an associated server would keep track of the total amount of player points that are won or lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • VIDEO POKER WITH A TOURNAMENT FEATURE
    Publication number: 20110281624
    Abstract: Each player who is participating in a session of video poker receives, on a periodic basis, a special tournament hand that is displayed on a special tournament bonus screen. The result of the play of each special tournament hand is accrued for each player. At the end of the duration of tournament play, the players with the highest scores receive tournament awards. A player may be required to make an additional wager to be eligible for this tournament play feature. Alternatively, each participant could purchase an overall entry into the tournament or the gaming establishment could award free or partially paid entries into the tournament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • BONUS ROUND FEATURE FOR COMMUNAL GAMING
    Publication number: 20110165925
    Abstract: A plurality of players participate in a primary video poker game. Anytime a player is dealt a natural Three-of-a-Kind, the player's on screen counter will be incremented by one unit. Whenever any player achieves an on screen counter that has reached three units (meaning that player has experienced three dealt Three-of-a-Kinds), then the bonus round occurs, which is three separate stud poker hands. The player who achieved the three Three-of-a-Kinds that triggered the bonus round plays all three of the bonus round hands. Any other player who has a counter of two when the bonus round is triggered, gets two of the bonus round hands, Hand One and Hand Two. Any other player who has a counter of one when the bonus round is triggered, gets one of the bonus round hands, Hand One. Any player whose counter is still at zero does not play in that bonus round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Ernest W. Moody, Michael W. Wood, Maureen Wood
  • Stud poker games
    Patent number: 7963837
    Abstract: A stud poker game in which a partial hand of cards are dealt as the player's hand. The player is then permitted to choose one of the undealt cards to be added to the player's hand. The remaining cards needed to complete the player's final hand are dealt. If the player has achieved a winning card combination on his final hand, the player receives an award. The award is based on the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand and the amount wagered by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAW POKER GAME
    Publication number: 20110111819
    Abstract: A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided having a Five Card Video Draw poker game with multiple hands. An initial five card hand is displayed to the player face-up. The player then chooses which of the initial five cards to discard. Each card that is held is then duplicated into all of the other hands to be played. Replacement cards for the unheld cards are displayed and each hand is completed to have a final five card hand. The poker hand ranking of each final five card hand is determined and winning hands receive an award. The player also receives an additional award depending on the number of final hands that fall into each poker hand category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: ERNEST W. MOODY
  • Poker game
    Patent number: 7926813
    Abstract: A conventional deck of fifty-two playing cards is modified by the addition of at least one extra card which can be of any of the conventional card ranks, which can be of a fifth suit or a duplicate of one of the conventional cards and which is preferably an Ace. This is additional card can also be of any rank of the conventional cards, but can having a suit designation of all of the suits, and is preferably an Ace of all of the suits. This modified deck of playing cards is used to play video poker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Ernest Moody Revocable Trust
    Inventor: Ernest W. Moody
  • MULTIPLE PLAYER BONUS GAME METHOD
    Publication number: 20100120485
    Abstract: Each player earns eligibility into a bonus game by playing a primary game. The play of the bonus game occurs while each player never stops play of the primary game. During the play of the bonus game, each player has the chance to win bonus awards and competes against other players who have qualified to play the bonus game. Each player plays for his traditional pay table awards and for bonus game awards, which are predetermined or randomly selected winning outcomes which are designated as bonus game outcomes. When a qualified player matches one of the bonus game outcomes with a primary game outcome, the player wins the traditional primary game award and the bonus award associated with the bonus game outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: ERNEST W. MOODY, TYLER PARHAM, MICHAEL FIELDS
  • Hold 'em poker with multiple opponents hands
    Patent number: 7690655
    Abstract: The player is dealt two hole cards. Each opponent is dealt two hole cards. The player has the option to raise or check. If the player raises, all opponents must raise. If the player checks, all opponents must check. Then three community cards are dealt. If the player raises or checks, all opponents must raise or check likewise. Then the final two community cards are dealt. If the player raises or checks, all opponents must raise or check likewise. All of the opponents hole cards are exposed. Whoever has the highest five card poker hand by category wins the pot. If two or more of the opponents and the player have the same highest five card poker hand by category, the hand is a tie and the pot carries over to the next round of play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Inventor: Ernest W Moody