Patents by Inventor Jay E. Gerow

Jay E. Gerow 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: 7033271
    Abstract: Systems, methods and gaming sets for progressive games, including progressive pull-tab games. The gaming sets include a plurality of plays, which in some embodiments take the form of pull-tab cards, and in some embodiments are electronic plays. The plays are associated with indicia of redemption value, with the set of plays including at least one jackpot play of underdetermined total value prior to dispensing of the play, and at least one set of plays with a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: ZDI Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Publication number: 20040116180
    Abstract: Systems, methods and gaming sets for progressive games, including progressive pull-tab games. The gaming sets include a plurality of plays, which in some embodiments take the form of pull-tab cards, and in some embodiments are electronic plays. The plays are associated with indicia of redemption value, with the set of plays including at least one jackpot play of underdetermined total value prior to dispensing of the play, and at least one set of plays with a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Patent number: 6599187
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are preferably at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing unit to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed. The control system is configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on that quantity and operatively connected to the jackpot display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: ZDI Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Publication number: 20020072404
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are preferably at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing unit to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed. The control system is configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on that quantity and operatively connected to the jackpot display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Patent number: 6309298
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are preferably at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, configured to dispense pull-tab cards, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing unit to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: ZDI Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Patent number: 5944606
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are preferably at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, configured to dispense pull-tab cards, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing unit to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: ZDI Gaming, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Patent number: 5647592
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, configured to dispense pull-tab cards, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing trait to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: ZDI Gaming
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow
  • Patent number: RE37371
    Abstract: A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are at least three two classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, configured to dispense pull-tab cards, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing trait to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: Jay E. Gerow