Patents by Inventor Harald MACHWIRTH

Harald MACHWIRTH 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: 11776360
    Abstract: Various examples relate to a gaming device. The gaming device comprises a control arrangement. The control arrangement comprises interface control circuitry, credit meter control circuitry, and at least one processor and a memory arrangement for storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the control arrangement to: cause play of a game comprising a display of a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions of a plurality of reels, and display of a plurality of progression structures, wherein a progression structure comprises a plurality of steps, wherein each step is associated with a step credit value; receive, via the interface control circuitry, credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures; and cause the user-initiated update of the selected progression structure and the credit meter based on the credit value transfer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Harald Machwirth, Christian Ozga
  • Publication number: 20230196878
    Abstract: Various examples relate to a gaming device. The gaming device comprises a control arrangement. The control arrangement comprises interface control circuitry, credit meter control circuitry, and at least one processor and a memory arrangement for storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the control arrangement to: cause play of a game comprising a display of a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions of a plurality of reels, and display of a plurality of progression structures, wherein a progression structure comprises a plurality of steps, wherein each step is associated with a step credit value; receive, via the interface control circuitry, credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures; and cause the user-initiated update of the selected progression structure and the credit meter based on the credit value transfer information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Harald MACHWIRTH, Christian OZGA