Patents by Inventor John M. Montross
John M. Montross 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: 20160012672Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device determines, based on an obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display for one or more individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to actively play. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome. The gaming device determines and displays one or more playing cards for each of the non-selected hands of playing cards and provides the predetermined game outcome to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Patent number: 8758106Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary card hand and also displays one or more other card hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary card hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which card game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which card game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Publication number: 20140073388Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device determines, based on an obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display for one or more individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to actively play. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome. The gaming device determines and displays one or more playing cards for each of the non-selected hands of playing cards and provides the predetermined game outcome to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: IGTInventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Patent number: 8651928Abstract: A plurality of symbols are provided to a player wherein one or more of the provided symbols are based on the predetermined game outcome. The player is enabled to select one or more of the initially dealt symbols to hold. If a symbol combination with an associated payout equal to the value associated with the predetermined game outcome may be obtained based on the held cards, the gaming device utilizes one or more backfill algorithms, to determine which card or cards, if any, need to be dealt to the player. The determined cards are provided to the player to replace the symbols designated by the player not to hold and the selected predetermined game outcome which is associated with a value equal to the payout of the player's symbol combination is provided to the player.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: IGTInventors: Mark W. Bansemer, Bryan D. Wolf, Christopher T. Brune, Anthony J. Baerlocher, John M. Montross
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Publication number: 20130273991Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary card hand and also displays one or more other card hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary card hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which card game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which card game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Patent number: 8475255Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary card hand and also displays one or more other card hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary card hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which card game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which card game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Patent number: 8398472Abstract: An poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. In one embodiment, a plurality of playing cards are provided to a player wherein one or more of the provided playing cards are based on the predetermined game outcome. The player is enabled to select one or more of the initially dealt playing cards to hold or to discard. If a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the value associated with the predetermined game outcome may be obtained based on the held cards, the gaming device utilizes one or more backfill algorithms, to determine which card or cards, if any, need to be dealt to the player. The determined cards are provided to the player to replace the playing cards designated by the player to discard and the selected predetermined game outcome which is associated with a value equal to the payout of the player's poker hand is provided to the player.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: IGTInventors: Mark W. Bansemer, Bryan D. Wolf, Christopher T. Brune, Anthony J. Baerlocher, John M. Montross
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Publication number: 20120244923Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary card hand and also displays one or more other card hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary card hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which card game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of card game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which card game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley Bienvenue, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Patent number: 8197321Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary poker hand and also displays one or more other poker hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which poker game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of poker game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which poker game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Publication number: 20120122534Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device determines, based on an obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display for one or more individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to actively play. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome. The gaming device determines and displays one or more playing cards for each of the non-selected hands of playing cards and provides the predetermined game outcome to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: IGTInventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Patent number: 8100748Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device initially displays a plurality of individual sets or hands of face down playing cards. The gaming device determines, based on the obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display to the player for one or more of the individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to play as the player's active poker hand. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the selected predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards in the player selected poker hands results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: IGTInventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Publication number: 20110003625Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device initially displays a plurality of individual sets or hands of face down playing cards. The gaming device determines, based on the obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display to the player for one or more of the individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to play as the player's active poker hand. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the selected predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards in the player selected poker hands results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: IGTInventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Patent number: 7815500Abstract: An interactive poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. The gaming device initially displays a plurality of individual sets or hands of face down playing cards. The gaming device determines, based on the obtained predetermined game outcome, one or more playing cards to display to the player for one or more of the individual hands of playing cards. The gaming device then enables the player to select one of the individual poker hands to play as the player's active poker hand. The gaming device determines which playing cards must be provided to the actively played poker hand to provide the player the selected predetermined game outcome. The active poker hand is provided any determined cards which when combined with any previously revealed playing cards in the player selected poker hands results in a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the payout associated with the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: IGTInventors: John M. Montross, Michael J. Mason
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Publication number: 20100144415Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary poker hand and also displays one or more other poker hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which poker game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of poker game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which poker game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Patent number: 7658672Abstract: A gaming system which provides the player a plurality of playing cards to form an initial primary poker hand and also displays one or more other poker hands. The player selects one or more of the initially dealt cards in the primary poker hand to hold or to discard. The held cards are also held in one, more or each of the other simultaneously displayed hands. The gaming device evaluates the held cards and determines which poker game outcomes are possible based on the held cards and the remaining cards in the deck. The gaming device utilizes a stored table of different distributions of poker game outcomes which would result in each payout amount and a table regarding which poker game outcomes are possible based on the player's held cards to determine a distribution of outcomes that provides a total payout equal to the payout of the predetermined game outcome.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: IGTInventors: Bryan D. Wolf, Lesley S. Swift, Justin M. Krum, John M. Montross, Tracy L. Powell
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Publication number: 20090181743Abstract: An poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. In one embodiment, a plurality of playing cards are provided to a player wherein one or more of the provided playing cards are based on the predetermined game outcome. The player is enabled to select one or more of the initially dealt playing cards to hold or to discard. If a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the value associated with the predetermined game outcome may be obtained based on the held cards, the gaming device utilizes one or more backfill algorithms, to determine which card or cards, if any, need to be dealt to the player. The determined cards are provided to the player to replace the playing cards designated by the player to discard and the selected predetermined game outcome which is associated with a value equal to the payout of the player's poker hand is provided to the player.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: IGTInventors: Mark W. Bansemer, Bryan D. Wolf, Christopher T. Brune, Anthony J. Baerlocher, John M. Montross
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Patent number: 7524243Abstract: An poker game which provides a predetermined outcome to a player. In one embodiment, a plurality of playing cards are provided to a player wherein one or more of the provided playing cards are based on the predetermined game outcome. The player is enabled to select one or more of the initially dealt playing cards to hold or to discard. If a poker hand with an associated payout equal to the value associated with the predetermined game outcome may be obtained based on the held cards, the gaming device utilizes one or more backfill algorithms, to determine which card or cards, if any, need to be dealt to the player. The determined cards are provided to the player to replace the playing cards designated by the player to discard and the selected predetermined game outcome which is associated with a value equal to the payout of the player's poker hand is provided to the player.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: IGTInventors: Mark W. Bansemer, Bryan D. Wolf, Christopher T. Brune, Anthony J. Baerlocher, John M. Montross