Patents by Inventor Jacob C. Bruce

Jacob C. Bruce 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).

  • Database queries within a gaming machine
    Patent number: 8285740
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for querying databases maintained by electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”). The databases preferably follow a predetermined naming convention. In some such implementations, a query is written in a predetermined message field. For example, the query string may be written in a predetermined extension of the Gaming Standards Association's G2S Message Protocol. An EGM (or other device) receiving a message containing such a query may extract the query from the predetermined field, parse the query, determine the requested data and return a responsive message that includes the requested data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jacob Graham, Gregory A. Schlottmann, Jacob C. Bruce, Anthony R. Escalera
  • Database queries within a gaming machine
    Publication number: 20080305854
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for querying databases maintained by electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”). The databases preferably follow a predetermined naming convention. In some such implementations, a query is written in a predetermined message field. For example, the query string may be written in a predetermined extension of the Gaming Standards Association's G2S Message Protocol. An EGM (or other device) receiving a message containing such a query may extract the query from the predetermined field, parse the query, determine the requested data and return a responsive message that includes the requested data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Jacob Graham, Gregory A. Schlottmann, Jacob C. Bruce