Patents by Inventor Frank Rodriguez

Frank Rodriguez 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).

  • Patent number: 11972657
    Abstract: A modular electronic gaming machine is provided. The modular electronic gaming machine includes a structural core including a gaming controller and a plurality of coupling mechanisms including a first coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism comprises an electrical connector. The first coupling mechanism is configured to couple to a first peripheral device to provide electrical power and structural support to the first peripheral device. The first coupling mechanism is configured to releasably couple to the first peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Bruce Urban, Dominic DeMarco, James Stair, Martin Holland, Martin Mirakhour
  • Publication number: 20240119781
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming systems, methods and machines that include one or more modular buttons. In particular, a modular button is configured for mounting within a frame or panel. The modular button may be interchangeable, such that various modular buttons may be added, exchanged, and/or removed from the frame. In some examples, the frame may be formed of a metal or other structural material. In some examples, the frame may be formed within a surface of another system, such as a bar-top, a gaming table, or an EGM, as a non-limiting listing of examples. The modular buttons include devices and/or circuitry to enable wireless transfer of power and/or communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, JR.
  • Patent number: 11954652
    Abstract: A robot is described. The robot includes a camera device, a memory device, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory device. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an input prompting the robot to navigate to a location in a venue for providing photo services with the camera device and cause the robot to navigate to the location. The instructions further cause the processor to capture, by the camera device, at least one photo at the location and provide access to a copy of the at least one photo to an authorized person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Cupersmith, Victor Blanco, Frank Rodriguez, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Steven Santisi, Eric Taylor
  • Publication number: 20240112522
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines (EGMs), the plurality of EGMs spaced apart from a central axis by a distance and defining an interior portion therebetween. The electronic gaming system also includes a flexible display device extending from the interior portion to an overhead position above the plurality of EGMs, the flexible display device including a plurality of flexible display panels, each flexible display panel of the plurality of flexible display panels controlled by at least one EGM of the plurality of EGMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, JR., Xiaoqiang Gong
  • Publication number: 20240096168
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device includes a cabinet including a front side. The cabinet defines an interior cavity and a slot on the front side providing access to the interior cavity. The gaming device further includes a bracket coupled to the cabinet and positioned within the interior cavity and a button deck coupled to the bracket and extending through the slot. The button deck includes a first transparent surface, a second transparent surface, and a transparent display panel positioned between the first transparent surface and the second transparent surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Frank Rodriguez, Craig Paulsen, Timothy Barbour, Michael Baum
  • Publication number: 20240087401
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a main display coupled to the cabinet and configured to display a wagering game, and a button deck assembly slidably coupled to the cabinet. The button deck assembly includes a housing extending from a first end oriented to face the cabinet to an opposed second end, a pushbutton releasably coupled to the housing between the first end and the second end, a latch, and a lever. The latch is configured to pivot relative to the pushbutton between a first position, in which the latch engages the pushbutton to secure the pushbutton to the housing, and a second position, in which the latch is disengaged from the pushbutton. The lever is slidably coupled to the housing and configured to engage the latch, wherein movement of the lever relative to the housing pivots the latch between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Lindsay McClintock
  • Patent number: 11930608
    Abstract: A system and method for an overhead display assembly for positioning a display monitor above an electronic gaming machine are provided. The overhead display assembly may include a monitor frame securable to a display monitor, the monitor frame including at least one roller mechanism that is pivotally coupled to the monitor frame. The overhead display assembly may also include a support stanchion configured to extend vertically relative to a gaming machine, the support stanchion including an upper end that is vertically displaced above the electronic gaming machine. Finally, the overhead display assembly may include a track mechanism coupled to an upper end of the support stanchion and presenting a track portion configured to engage with the roller mechanism to support the display monitor and the monitor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Robert Wand, Frank Rodriguez, Timothy Seckel
  • Patent number: 11928931
    Abstract: A system for playing a wagering game is described. The system includes a display device, a memory device, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory device, which when executed, cause the processor to at least: provide the wagering game on the display device; determine whether a game event has occurred during the wagering game; store a copy of the game event in the memory device in response to determining that the game event has occurred; generate digital content in response to determining that the game event has occurred; overlay the digital content on the copy of the game event; and provide access to the copy of the game event with the digital content overlaid thereon to at least one replay recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Coppola, Frank Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11893853
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a main display coupled to the cabinet and configured to display a wagering game, and a button deck assembly slidably coupled to the cabinet. The button deck assembly includes a housing extending from a first end oriented to face the cabinet to an opposed second end, a pushbutton releasably coupled to the housing between the first end and the second end, a latch, and a lever. The latch is configured to pivot relative to the pushbutton between a first position, in which the latch engages the pushbutton to secure the pushbutton to the housing, and a second position, in which the latch is disengaged from the pushbutton. The lever is slidably coupled to the housing and configured to engage the latch, wherein movement of the lever relative to the housing pivots the latch between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Lindsay McClintock
  • Patent number: 11893851
    Abstract: Disclosed are gaming systems, methods and machines that include one or more modular buttons. In particular, a modular button is configured for mounting within a frame or panel. The modular button may be interchangeable, such that various modular buttons may be added, exchanged, and/or removed from the frame. In some examples, the frame may be formed of a metal or other structural material. In some examples, the frame may be formed within a surface of another system, such as a bar-top, a gaming table, or an EGM, as a non-limiting listing of examples. The modular buttons include devices and/or circuitry to enable wireless transfer of power and/or communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. (ATI)
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240028549
    Abstract: A gaming device uses a USB interface for power delivery and data transmission. In non-limiting examples, the USB interface may be a universal serial bus (USB) C-type cable communicatively and electrically connecting multiple electronic gaming devices and/or auxiliary devices, such as monitors, thereby reducing the number of cables for power and data delivery between machines and/or devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, JR., Frank Rodriguez, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Xiaoqiang Gong
  • Patent number: 11875632
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines (EGMs), the plurality of EGMs spaced apart from a central axis by a distance and defining an interior portion therebetween. The electronic gaming system also includes a flexible display device extending from the interior portion to an overhead position above the plurality of EGMs, the flexible display device including a plurality of flexible display panels, each flexible display panel of the plurality of flexible display panels controlled by at least one EGM of the plurality of EGMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Xiaoqiang Gong
  • Patent number: 11842323
    Abstract: A robot includes a camera, a wireless interface, a propulsion system, a memory device, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the propulsion system to navigate the robot proximate a gaming device, initiate, using the wireless interface, a connection with the gaming device, request a data exchange with the gaming device, and receive, via the wireless interface and using a wireless communications protocol, data from the gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Cupersmith, Victor Blanco, Jon Hanlin, Donovan Meyer, Frank Rodriguez, Rajendrasinh Jadeja
  • Patent number: D1006118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Frank Rodriguez, Marenz Ganadillo
  • Patent number: D1006121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Frank Rodriguez, Bruce Urban, Alfred Thomas, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Matthew McKay
  • Patent number: D1006122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Frank Rodriguez, Bruce Urban, Alfred Thomas, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Matthew McKay
  • Patent number: D1006884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Blanco, Michelle Cupersmith, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Frank Rodriguez, Charles Miller, Sr., Akifusa Nakazawa, Ariel Turgel, Sy Hyin Wong
  • Patent number: D1007595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Frank Rodriguez, Roberto Coppola
  • Patent number: D1019785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Urban, Rena Schoonmaker, Dominic DeMarco, Timothy Barbour, Frank Rodriguez, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Ariel Turgel, Carlos Terminel Iberri, Tatsuya Adachi, Masataka Kimura, Timothy Hession
  • Patent number: D1020907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Paul Barker, Frank Rodriguez