Patents by Inventor James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak 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).

  • GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED GAMING
    Publication number: 20240001218
    Abstract: A centralized gaming system is provided. The centralized gaming system includes a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game and a central gaming server configured to: store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device and at least one legacy gaming device; receive an outcome request message from the thin gaming device; allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards; evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game; determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Donovan Meyer, Jeremiah O'Hara, Thomas Rizos, Jennifer Pinder, James Urbaniak
  • Gaming machine and method for centralized gaming
    Patent number: 11794093
    Abstract: A centralized gaming system is provided. The centralized gaming system includes a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game and a central gaming server configured to: store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device and at least one legacy gaming device; receive an outcome request message from the thin gaming device; allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards; evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game; determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donovan Meyer, Jeremiah O'Hara, Thomas Rizos, Jennifer Pinder, James Urbaniak
  • GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED GAMING
    Publication number: 20230008434
    Abstract: A centralized gaming system is provided. The centralized gaming system includes a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game and a central gaming server configured to: store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device and at least one legacy gaming device; receive an outcome request message from the thin gaming device; allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards; evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game; determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Donovan Meyer, Jeremiah O'Hara, Thomas Rizos, Jennifer Pinder, James Urbaniak