Patents by Inventor Gary L. Loebig
Gary L. Loebig 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).
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Publication number: 20110269524Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Robert F. Lannert, Brendan M. O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 8029360Abstract: A gaming system (40) according to the present invention includes a number of gaming machines (10), each gaming machine including a single player game presentation arrangement that may be reconfigured to provide any one of a number of game presentations. In addition to the gaming machines (10) the present gaming system (40) includes a system configuration arrangement (51) and a game modification controller (50). The system configuration arrangement (51) produces system configuration commands based either on manual inputs, system usage information, or various information related to one or more players in a gaming facility. The game modification controller (50) included in preferred forms of the gaming system receives the system configuration commands and in response to the commands, communicates presentation switching instructions to one or more gaming machines (10) included in the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20110207517Abstract: A gaming system utilizes a game designation generating component, a gaming establishment component, and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20110207533Abstract: A gaming system according to one form of the present invention includes a number of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a single player game presentation arrangement that may be reconfigured to provide any one of a number of game presentations. In addition to the gaming machines the gaming system includes a system configuration arrangement and a game modification controller. The system configuration arrangement produces system configuration commands based either on manual inputs, system usage information, or various information related to one or more players in a gaming facility. The game modification controller included in preferred forms of the gaming system receives the system configuration commands, and, in response to the commands, communicates presentation switching instructions to one or more gaming machines included in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Patent number: 7976375Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Robert Lannert, Brendan O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton Lind, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 7934987Abstract: A gaming system utilizes a game designation generating component, a gaming establishment component, and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20100210363Abstract: A gaming system, apparatus, and method are disclosed which provide a player selectable option to manually interact by selecting game elements or initiate an automated mode whereby the gaming apparatus selects game elements in accordance with the rules of the game being played. An example disclosed embodiment includes a player being assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, such that daubing the bingo card representation may be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. Alternatively to manual daubing, the present invention includes automatically daubing one or more bingo card representations in response to an automatic daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gordon T. Graves, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, Rodney L. Willyard, Robert Lannert
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Publication number: 20100197387Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed wherein an outcome probability is determined for each of a number of possible outcomes achievable in a wagering game. Different subsets are then associated with each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The possible outcomes and their respective probability are assigned or mapped to the different subsets so that the probability of achieving a possible outcome included in a subset comprises a value approximating the desired probability of an award of the prize level with which the subset is associated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Martin Keane, Joseph R. Enzminger, John Everett Padgett, David Michael Brandt
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Patent number: 7766741Abstract: Each bingo card representation matched with a game designation set in a given bingo game (a “matched bingo card representation”) represents a respective game play record providing a result in the bingo game. The result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in the bingo-type game through a result representation provided at a suitable player station. Each result representation is correlated to one or more game results in the bingo-type game so that each game result in the bingo-type game is associated with a result representation. According to the invention, each result representation includes a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gordon T. Graves, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, Rodney L. Willyard, Robert Lannert
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Patent number: 7708631Abstract: Players participate in bingo-type games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. Once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation may be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. Alternatively to manual daubing, the present invention includes automatically daubing one or more bingo card representations in response to an automatic daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Patent number: 7695361Abstract: A pattern probability (302) is determined for each of a number of target patterns (301) achievable in a bingo-type game. Each pattern probability (302) comprises a probability of achieving the respective target pattern (301) in the bingo-type game. Different pattern sets are then associated with each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The target patterns (301) and their respective pattern probabilities (302) are assigned or mapped to the different pattern sets so that the probability of achieving any target pattern included in a pattern set comprises a value approximating the desired probability of the prize level with which the pattern set is associated.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, John E. Padgett, Martin A. Keane, David M. Brandt
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Publication number: 20080207302Abstract: Each bingo card representation matched with a game designation draw in a given bingo game (a “matched bingo card representation”) represents a respective game play record providing a result in the bingo game. The result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in the bingo-type game through a result representation provided at a suitable player station. Each result representation is correlated to one or more game results in the bingo-type game so that each game result in the bingo-type game is associated with a result representation. Each result representation includes a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gordon T. Graves, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, Rodney L. Willyard, Robert Lannert
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Patent number: 7314411Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Robert F. Lannert, Brendan M. O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 6991541Abstract: A lottery ticket distribution system according to the invention includes a ticket distribution center (9) that is in electronic communication with a number of player terminals (10) at locations remote to the ticket distribution center. The ticket distribution center (9) includes an electronic ticket storage device (11, 20) for storing a game set (29) of electronic tickets (31) and distributing the electronic tickets to the player terminals (10). A ticket record manufacturing device (14, 15) operatively connected to the ticket distribution center (9) provides either a nonvolatile data record for each ticket or a hard copy ticket, or both. The nonvolatile data records or set of hard copy tickets for a given game set are not distributed to the players, but are held for verification and dispute resolution purposes either at the ticket distribution center (9) or some other secure location.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gordon T. Graves, Joseph R. Enzminger, Jefferson C. Lind, Gary L. Loebig
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Publication number: 20040229698Abstract: A gaming system (40) according to the present invention includes a number of gaming machines (10), each gaming machine including a single player game presentation arrangement that may be reconfigured to provide any one of a number of game presentations. In addition to the gaming machines (10) the present gaming system (40) includes a system configuration arrangement (51) and a game modification controller (50). The system configuration arrangement (51) produces system configuration commands based either on manual inputs, system usage information, or various information related to one or more players in a gaming facility. The game modification controller (50) included in preferred forms of the gaming system receives the system configuration commands and in response to the commands, communicates presentation switching instructions to one or more gaming machines (10) included in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Clifton Lind, Brendan O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 6802776Abstract: A gaming system (10) utilizes a game designation generating component (16), a gaming establishment component (11), and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component (16) generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system (10) includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gordon T. Graves, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger, Rodney L. Willyard, Robert Lannert
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Publication number: 20040176169Abstract: Players participate in bingo-type games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. Once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation may be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. Alternatively to manual daubing, the present invention includes automatically daubing one or more bingo card representations in response to an automatic daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20040048647Abstract: A pattern probability (302) is determined for each of a number of target patterns (301) achievable in a bingo-type game. Each pattern probability (302) comprises a probability of achieving the respective target pattern (301) in the bingo-type game. Different pattern sets are then associated with each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The target patterns (301) and their respective pattern probabilities (302) are assigned or mapped to the different pattern sets so that the probability of achieving any target pattern included in a pattern set comprises a value approximating the desired probability of the prize level with which the pattern set is associated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind, Martin Keane, Joseph R. Enzminger, John Everett Padgett, David Michael Brandt
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Publication number: 20030195032Abstract: A method includes determining a pattern probability for each of a number of target patterns achievable in a bingo-type game. Each pattern probability comprises a probability of achieving the respective target pattern in the bingo-type game. The method further includes associating or mapping different pattern sets to each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The target patterns and their respective pattern probabilities are assigned or mapped to the different pattern sets so that the individual pattern probabilities included in each pattern set add up to the desired probability of the prize level with which the pattern set is associated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Joseph Richard Enzminger, John Everett Padgett, David Michael Brandt, Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 6569017Abstract: A method according to the invention includes determining a pattern probability for each of a number of target patterns achievable in a bingo-type game. Each pattern probability comprises a probability of achieving the respective target pattern in the bingo-type game. The method next includes associating or mapping different pattern sets to each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The target patterns and their respective pattern probabilities are assigned or mapped to the different pattern sets so that the individual pattern probabilities included in each pattern set add up to the desired probability of the prize level with which the pattern set is associated.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Richard Enzminger, John Everett Padgett, David Michael Brandt, Clifton Lind, Gary L. Loebig, Jefferson C. Lind