Patents by Inventor Jim McHugh
Jim McHugh 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).
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Publication number: 20230394921Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented with an opportunity to play one or more games, such as slot games or entry games based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket, wherein winnings may be paid in a whole value as part of the ticket redemption or as separate prizes, whereby dispensing of fractional value, such as coins, may be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney, Adam Fong
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Patent number: 11741787Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket or is provided entries into a game or promotional event, wherein winnings may be paid in a whole value as part of the ticket redemption or as separate prizes, whereby dispensing of fractional value, such as coins, may be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney, Adam Fong
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Patent number: 11587400Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount), or the first whole currency value plus separate winnings, such as in the form of an award ticket.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: EVERI GAMES INC.Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Publication number: 20220139165Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket or is provided entries into a game or promotional event, wherein winnings may be paid in a whole value as part of the ticket redemption or as separate prizes, whereby dispensing of fractional value, such as coins, may be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney, Adam Fong
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Patent number: 11120664Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: Timothy Richards, James Palermo, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Publication number: 20210241578Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount), or the first whole currency value plus separate winnings, such as in the form of an award ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Patent number: 10991205Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount), or the first whole currency value plus separate winnings, such as in the form of an award ticket.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Publication number: 20200066098Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Timothy Richards, James Palermo, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Patent number: 10475285Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Publication number: 20190012881Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented, such as to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is presented a wagering game based upon a wager comprising at least the fractional currency value of the ticket. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount), or the first whole currency value plus separate winnings, such as in the form of an award ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Publication number: 20190012880Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Patent number: 10078940Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated or approved for payment and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is offered the opportunity to place a wager which includes the fractional currency value in order to play a wagering game. If the player elects to play the game, the game is presented. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager via currency dispensed from the kiosk and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount) via currency dispensed from said currency dispensing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Patent number: 10078941Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Patent number: 10055937Abstract: A system for a casino having gaming machines comprises at least one kiosk and a back-end server. The kiosk is configured to perform one or more financial transaction for a player, such as to access funds from a player's bank account via a credit or debit card, or to cash-out a value ticket. The kiosk is also configured to, at one or more times, disburse a feature ticket readable by a gaming device and having at least one feature triggering indicia operable to initiate at least one game feature in a wagering game at the gaming device. The back-end server is configured to validate a feature ticket presented to a gaming machine and to facilitate generation of the ticket which is disbursed by the kiosk.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Publication number: 20180089928Abstract: A gaming system includes a video gaming system and one or more video monitors operatively connected to receive a game video signal. A wager input device is also included in the system and configured to receive a wager on a result in the video game. An image evaluation processing system is connected to receive the game video signal and is configured to evaluate the game video signal to identify a result in the game. The wager resolution system is connected to the image evaluation processing system and to the wager input device, and is configured to receive the wager and the result identified by the image evaluation processing system, and to resolve the wager based at least in part on that result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Keith Riggs, Steven Meyer, Jim McHugh, Travis Bussey, Loren Jacobs
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Publication number: 20180082529Abstract: In accordance with a method and system for facilitating redemption of monetary value gaming tickets, such as issued by a gaming device upon cash-out, a ticket is presented to a redemption kiosk. If the ticket is validated or approved for payment and has a monetary value which includes a fractional currency value, then the player is offered the opportunity to place a wager which includes the fractional currency value in order to play a wagering game. If the player elects to play the game, the game is presented. If the outcome of the game is losing, then the player is paid a first whole currency value comprising the monetary value less the wager via currency dispensed from the kiosk and when an outcome of the wagering game is winning, then the player is paid a second whole currency value which is greater than the monetary value (such as by including a winning amount) via currency dispensed from said currency dispensing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Jim McHugh, William Ramsour, Travis Bussey, Timothy Richards, Michael Aughney
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Publication number: 20180018852Abstract: A method includes receiving game command input signals on a game controller signal input path to a gaming device and splitting the game command input signals from the game controller signal input path onto a signal monitoring path. Game command data representing the game command input signals from the monitoring path are stored and used in evaluating two or more game control aspects associated with the game command data to produce a respective automation probability for each game control aspect. The respective automation probabilities for each game control aspect are combined to produce an overall automation probability value. A participation status of the player may then be modified in response to a characteristic of the overall automation probability value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Keith Riggs, Steven Meyer, Loren Jacobs, Jim McHugh, Travis Bussey
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Patent number: 9842457Abstract: A method for controlling contributions to progressive prize pools includes providing a progressive server which manages standalone progressive prize pools for each of multiple individual gaming machines. The progressive server may further provide group progressive prize pools, allowing a gaming machine to have standalone pools and also be a member in a group pool. Where multiple standalone progressive prize pools are maintained for a single gaming machine, additional steps are taken to identify which pool or pools are to be increased when a standalone progressive contribution is made.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Keith W. Riggs, Paul Klingensmith, Jim McHugh, Lori Brooke, Raymond Dumbeck, Tushar Patel
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Publication number: 20170092064Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck
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Publication number: 20170011593Abstract: A casino gaming system includes gaming machines which are configured to accept and read tickets. The ticket may comprise cash-value tickets or non-cash value/promotional tickets. The tickets may also include secondary feature triggering indicia. The player may present the cash-value ticket having a feature triggering indicia or a non-cash value/promotional ticket to a gaming machine, such as by inserting it into a media reader such as a bill acceptor. Associated monetary value or non-monetary credits may be credited to the machine. In addition, if the ticket includes a feature triggering indicia, when such an indicia is detected, the gaming machine preferably triggers or initiates the feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: James Palermo, Timothy Richards, Brian Watkins, Jim McHugh, Scott Howard Betts, Raymond Dumbeck