Patents by Inventor Henry Constant

Henry Constant 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).

  • Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof
    Patent number: 12646384
    Abstract: Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operating such systems that enable the purchase of draw lottery tickets by players without the assistance of a retail clerk, lottery terminal operator, or other person operating the lottery terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Roeygaard, Apostolos D. Kallis, Henry Constant
  • SELF-SERVICE LOTTERY TICKET SELLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20250111754
    Abstract: Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operating such systems that enable the purchase of draw lottery tickets by players without the assistance of a retail clerk, lottery terminal operator, or other person operating the lottery terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Roeygaard, Apostolos D. Kallis, Henry Constant
  • LOTTERY TICKET VENDING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20240404370
    Abstract: An instant lottery ticket vending machine including a machine housing, a ticket pack holder positioned in the machine housing and including a plurality of ticket pack drawers that are each configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets, a ticket receptacle supported by the machine housing, and a ticket burster positioned in the machine housing, wherein the ticket burster movable into a plurality of different ticket receipt positions respectively associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket pack drawers, wherein in each ticket receipt position, the ticket burster is configured to receive from the ticket pack drawer associated with that ticket receipt position an instant lottery ticket attached to a next instant lottery ticket, and wherein the ticket burster is configured to separate the instant lottery ticket from the next instant lottery ticket and dispense the instant lottery ticket into the ticket receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Medina Marie Topalian, Paul A. Bucci, Henry Constant
  • Lottery ticket vending machine
    Patent number: 12080132
    Abstract: An instant lottery ticket vending machine including a machine housing, a ticket pack holder positioned in the machine housing and including a plurality of ticket pack drawers that are each configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets, a ticket receptacle supported by the machine housing, and a ticket burster positioned in the machine housing, wherein the ticket burster movable into a plurality of different ticket receipt positions respectively associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket pack drawers, wherein in each ticket receipt position, the ticket burster is configured to receive from the ticket pack drawer associated with that ticket receipt position an instant lottery ticket attached to a next instant lottery ticket, and wherein the ticket burster is configured to separate the instant lottery ticket from the next instant lottery ticket and dispense the instant lottery ticket into the ticket receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Medina Marie Topalian, Paul A. Bucci, Henry Constant
  • LOTTERY TICKET VENDING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20240021054
    Abstract: An instant lottery ticket vending machine including a machine housing, a ticket pack holder positioned in the machine housing and including a plurality of ticket pack drawers that are each configured to hold a pack of instant lottery tickets, a ticket receptacle supported by the machine housing, and a ticket burster positioned in the machine housing, wherein the ticket burster movable into a plurality of different ticket receipt positions respectively associated with and in alignment with a different one of the ticket pack drawers, wherein in each ticket receipt position, the ticket burster is configured to receive from the ticket pack drawer associated with that ticket receipt position an instant lottery ticket attached to a next instant lottery ticket, and wherein the ticket burster is configured to separate the instant lottery ticket from the next instant lottery ticket and dispense the instant lottery ticket into the ticket receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Medina Marie Topalian, Paul A. Bucci, Henry Constant