Patents by Inventor Jeffery Shepherd

Jeffery Shepherd 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).

  • System and method for centralizing funds to a primary gaming establishment account
    Patent number: 11417170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a primary or central gaming establishment account to accumulate funds from one or more secondary or peripheral gaming establishment accounts and escrow such funds prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • SETTLING GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL PURCHASES
    Publication number: 20220193557
    Abstract: A system that enables a gaming establishment retail system to operate with a hotel system to utilize a hotel room folio to complete one or more purchases of goods and/or services from a retail establishment associated with a gaming establishment. Upon a subsequent event occurring in association with the hotel system, the hotel system operates with an external funding source to settle the hotel room folio using a designated payment instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • CONTROLLING GAMING ESTABLISHMENT CREDIT SYSTEM ISSUED LINE OF CREDIT ACTIVATIONS BASED ON SPEND
    Publication number: 20220198875
    Abstract: A system that accounts for different channels of commerce in offering a line of credit to a gaming establishment patron and/or enabling the gaming establishment patron the opportunity to activate funds associated with an issued line of credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • COORDINATING FUND TRANSFERS BETWEEN A GAMING DEVICE AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220198874
    Abstract: A system that utilizes a mobile device and a funding instrument associated with an external funding source to first transfer funds from the external funding source to a gaming establishment account and then, responsive to a completion of the first transfer, automatically transfer funds from the gaming establishment account to an electronic gaming machine and/or a gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • SETTLING OUTSTANDING LINE OF CREDIT LIABILITY WITH GAMING ESTABLISHMENT CREDIT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220189247
    Abstract: A system that operates to monitor for a line of credit settlement event and, responsive to an occurrence of such an event, pay off an amount of funds accessed from a gaming establishment credit system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins, Erik Petersen
  • MITIGATING LINE OF CREDIT RISKS OF A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT CREDIT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220188919
    Abstract: A system that coordinates the issuance of a line of credit or marker for a user based on financial information associated with that user. Following a user, such as a player, applying for a line of credit with a gaming establishment credit system and following the user authorizing access to a financial institution account maintained for the user by a financial institution, the system operates with the financial institution to obtain financial information associated with the financial account. The system utilizes the obtained financial information to determine one or more attributes of the applied for line of credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • CREDIT CARD GAMBLER POINTS PROGRAM WITH MANUAL OR AUTOMATED ENTRIES OR WAGERS
    Publication number: 20220189251
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to managing rewards associated with use of a credit account and comprising receiving an electronic message indicating use of a credit account to make a purchase and indicating a value of the purchase. An accumulated rewards value comprising a portion available for wagering and a portion unavailable for wagering can be updated by incrementing the portion unavailable for wagering based on the value of the purchase. The portion unavailable for wagering can be decremented and the portion available for wagering can be incremented based on the value of the purchase. An electronic message indicating an amount of a wager placed by the user on a gaming event can be provided and the portion of the accumulated rewards value available for wagering can be decremented based on the amount of the wager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Dwayne A. Davis
  • System and method for coordinating transactions involving cashless wagering accounts and gaming establishment retail accounts
    Patent number: 11354974
    Abstract: A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Erik Petersen, Lance Yuan, Mike Zarlenga, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
  • Gaming system and method with alternative gaming presentations of payouts of sporting event wagers
    Patent number: 11354979
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods which utilize alternative gaming presentations of the results of sporting event wagers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Dwayne R. Nelson, Jeffery Shepherd
  • CARDLESS LOGIN AT TABLE GAMES
    Publication number: 20220172553
    Abstract: Technology for managing a player session at a gaming table is disclosed. A table management system receives identifying information of a player seated at the gaming table transmitted by a mobile device associated with the player. The identifying information includes a seating position of the player at the gaming table, the seating position determined by the mobile device through interaction with a locating device placed at the seating position at the gaming table. The table management system generates the player session for the player for playing a wagering game at the gaming table using the identifying information of the player transmitted by the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin, Eduardo Meza, Jeffery Shepherd
  • System and method for providing a gaming establishment account automatic access to funds
    Patent number: 11341814
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that enables funds automatically transferred into the system from one or more funding sources in anticipation of such funds being used in association with various system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • System and method for providing awards for utilizing a mobile device in association with a gaming establishment retail account
    Patent number: 11341817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that determines whether or not a player wins an award, such as a progressive award, in association with utilizing funds transferred to (or otherwise funded directly to) at least the gaming establishment retail account (or an account linked or otherwise associated with a gaming establishment mobile wallet system).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
  • System and method for synchronizing cashless wagering accounts and gaming establishment retail accounts
    Patent number: 11341808
    Abstract: A system that synchronizes data between multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • TRACKING LINE OF CREDIT FUND TRANSFERS BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT
    Publication number: 20220138845
    Abstract: A system that facilitates a transfer of an amount of funds associated with a line of credit to a gaming establishment account and then to a gaming device, such as an EGM, wherein the amount of funds associated with the line of credit is separately tracked by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • TRANSFERRING LINE OF CREDIT FUNDS BETWEEN A GAMING DEVICE AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220130206
    Abstract: A system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate a first transfer of an amount of funds associated with a line of credit to a gaming establishment account and further to facilitate a second transfer of part or all of such an amount of funds from the gaming establishment account to a gaming device, such as an electronic gaming machine or a gaming table component associated with a gaming establishment gaming table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Credit card gambler points program with manual or automated entries or wagers
    Patent number: 11288922
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to managing rewards associated with use of a credit account and comprising receiving an electronic message indicating use of a credit account to make a purchase and indicating a value of the purchase. An accumulated rewards value comprising a portion available for wagering and a portion unavailable for wagering can be updated by incrementing the portion unavailable for wagering based on the value of the purchase. The portion unavailable for wagering can be decremented and the portion available for wagering can be incremented based on the value of the purchase. An electronic message indicating an amount of a wager placed by the user on a gaming event can be provided and the portion of the accumulated rewards value available for wagering can be decremented based on the amount of the wager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Dwayne A. Davis
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO AND FROM A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220084360
    Abstract: Systems and methods that account for a current balance of funds of a target device, such as a gaming establishment device, when determining whether or not to transfer an amount of funds between the target device and an account associated with the amount of funds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO AND FROM A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220084359
    Abstract: Systems and methods that account for a current balance of funds of a target device, such as a gaming establishment device, when determining whether or not to transfer an amount of funds between the target device and an account associated with the amount of funds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL ACCOUNT REWARDS PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20220084363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a consumer in association with the consumer utilizing an instrument associated with a qualifying financial account to purchase goods and/or services, wherein an amount of any benefits may be disproportionate to the value of the purchased goods and/or services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Dwayne A. Davis, Andrew Fisher
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE TO FACILITATE FUND TRANSFERS BETWEEN A CASHLESS WAGERING ACCOUNT AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL ACCOUNT
    Publication number: 20220068088
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate the transfer of funds between a gaming establishment retail account and a cashless wagering account, and further between the cashless wagering account and an electronic gaming machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd