Patents by Inventor Georg Fekete

Georg Fekete 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: 11462079
    Abstract: Monitoring systems for monitoring electronic card handling devices are disclosed. A monitoring system includes a monitoring server configured to receive card handling performance data from a number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to associate received performance data with a corresponding electronic card handling device. The monitoring server is further configured to display the performance data associated with at least some of the electronic card handling devices. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20210369889
    Abstract: A card cleaning apparatus comprises an input bin, an output bin, and a cleaning module disposed between the input and output bins. The input bin receives a stack of playing cards. The cleaning module includes a housing, a UV-C light source, and a card guide. The UV-C light source and the card guide are contained within the housing. A plurality of rollers transport individual cards from the stack along a card transport path. The card transport path extends from the input bin to the output bin via the card guide of the cleaning module. The UV-C light source emits UV-C light onto each card while it is in the card guide to clean the cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Georg FEKETE, Peter KRENN, David KRIENDLHOFER
  • Publication number: 20210110675
    Abstract: Monitoring systems for monitoring electronic card handling devices are disclosed. A monitoring system includes a monitoring server configured to receive card handling performance data from a number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to associate received performance data with a corresponding electronic card handling device. The monitoring server is further configured to display the performance data associated with at least some of the electronic card handling devices. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Patent number: 10885748
    Abstract: Monitoring systems for monitoring electronic card handling devices are disclosed. A monitoring system includes a monitoring server configured to receive card handling performance data from a number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to associate received performance data with a corresponding electronic card handling device. The monitoring server is further configured to receive user input, and in response to the user input, identify a plurality of electronic card handling devices of the number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to display a graphical user interface including at least one graphical representation of the performance data associated with the identified electronic card handling devices. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Patent number: 10546457
    Abstract: Methods of administering games of roulette may involve accepting a wager may from a player and using a ball launching system to launch at least one roulette ball into a track of a roulette wheel. A number and associated color may be randomly generated from within a range of numbers and associated colors. The triggering event may be identified by determining whether the randomly generated number is identical to a randomly generated number from an immediately preceding round. Upon identifying a triggering event, one or more additional special games of roulette may be played and a payout may be paid to the player according to a paytable associated with the outcome of the special game play. The amount of the wager may be collected for the house when the triggering event is not identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger M. Snow, Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20190266852
    Abstract: Monitoring systems for monitoring electronic card handling devices are disclosed. A monitoring system includes a monitoring server configured to receive card handling performance data from a number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to associate received performance data with a corresponding electronic card handling device. The monitoring server is further configured to receive user input, and in response to the user input, identify a plurality of electronic card handling devices of the number of electronic card handling devices. The monitoring server is further configured to display a graphical user interface including at least one graphical representation of the performance data associated with the identified electronic card handling devices. Other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Patent number: 10339765
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring casino gaming devices through a casino network is disclosed. The monitoring includes casino gaming devices configured to generate performance data and transmit the data corresponding to the monitored usage of the casino gaming devices over a casino network, a monitoring server configured to store and manage a database including the game data received from the casino gaming devices, and an operator station configured to retrieve and display the game data on a graphical user interface having icons that display real-time operational parameters of the casino gaming devices. A related method for gathering and maintaining operational performance indicators for a plurality of casino table devices operably coupled to a casino network including a middleware server and a client terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Patent number: 10118087
    Abstract: A ball-launching system mounts to a top rim of a roulette wheel and positions a ball launcher configured to launch a roulette ball into the roulette wheel. The ball-launching system includes an outer jaw and an inner jaw which clamp to the top rim. At least a part of a ball launcher extends into a concave bowl of the roulette wheel and facilitates launching the roulette ball directly into a ball track underneath the top rim within the concave bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Haven A Mercer, Troy D Nelson, James P Helgesen, Jamal H Kotifani, Georg Fekete, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson
  • Patent number: 10105591
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, a system, and method for automatically launching roulette balls into a ball track of a roulette wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete
  • Patent number: 10076701
    Abstract: A ball-launching system mounts to a top rim of a roulette wheel and positions a ball launcher configured to launch a roulette ball into the roulette wheel. The ball-launching system includes an outer jaw and an inner jaw, which clamp to the top rim. At least a part of a ball launcher extends into a concave bowl of the roulette wheel and facilitates launching the roulette ball directly into a ball track underneath the top rim within the concave bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson
  • Publication number: 20180089956
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring casino gaming devices through a casino network is disclosed. The monitoring includes casino gaming devices configured to generate performance data and transmit the data corresponding to the monitored usage of the casino gaming devices over a casino network, a monitoring server configured to store and manage a database including the game data received from the casino gaming devices, and an operator station configured to retrieve and display the game data on a graphical user interface having icons that display real-time operational parameters of the casino gaming devices. A related method for gathering and maintaining operational performance indicators for a plurality of casino table devices operably coupled to a casino network including a middleware server and a client terminal is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Ravi Nagaragatta, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20170266541
    Abstract: A ball-launching system mounts to a top rim of a roulette wheel and positions a ball launcher configured to launch a roulette ball into the roulette wheel. The ball-launching system includes an outer jaw and an inner jaw which clamp to the top rim. At least a part of a ball launcher extends into a concave bowl of the roulette wheel and facilitates launching the roulette ball directly into a ball track underneath the top rim within the concave bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal H. Kotifani, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20170087450
    Abstract: A ball-launching system mounts to a top rim of a roulette wheel and positions a ball launcher configured to launch a roulette ball into the roulette wheel. The ball-launching system includes an outer jaw and an inner jaw, which clamp to the top rim. At least a part of a ball launcher extends into a concave bowl of the roulette wheel and facilitates launching the roulette ball directly into a ball track underneath the top rim within the concave bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20170092037
    Abstract: Methods of administering games of roulette may involve accepting a wager may from a player and using a ball launching system to launch at least one roulette ball into a track of a roulette wheel. A number and associated color may be randomly generated from within a range of numbers and associated colors. The triggering event may be identified by determining whether the randomly generated number is identical to a randomly generated number from an immediately preceding round. Upon identifying a triggering event, one or more additional special games of roulette may be played and a payout may be paid to the player according to a paytable associated with the outcome of the special game play. The amount of the wager may be collected for the house when the triggering event is not identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Roger M. Snow, Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete
  • Publication number: 20170087446
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, a system, and method for automatically launching roulette balls into a ball track of a roulette wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, James P. Helgesen, Paul K. Scheper, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Georg Fekete