Patents by Inventor John Milliner

John Milliner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112524
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system including a memory with instructions stored thereon and a processor in communication with the memory is described. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to cause display of an electronic game with a first theme, receive an input associated with a second theme, and transmit an identifier associated with the second theme to a host component. The instructions also cause the processor to receive content associated with the second theme and cause display of the electronic game with the second theme. The instructions further cause the processor to cause a game outcome for the electronic game to be stored in a game log wherein upon generation of a replay of the game outcome the replay includes the at least one symbol, and cause display of the game outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Dinesh Dua, Daniel Marks, John Milliner, III
  • Publication number: 20240112527
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electronic gaming system that includes at least one memory device with instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to display a game interface including a game matrix and generate a game outcome of a base game comprising a plurality of displayed symbols within the game matrix. The displayed symbols include at least a first symbol and a second symbol. If a wild symbol is displayed on a spin, a counter configured to track a number of displayed wild symbols over a predetermined period of time is incremented. If the number of counted wild symbols satisfies a threshold within the predetermined period of time, the second symbol is converted to or replaced by the first symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, Hua Xu, John Milliner, III, Dinesh Dua, Sean Davis
  • Publication number: 20240112545
    Abstract: In one aspect, an electronic gaming system that includes at least one memory device with instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to display a game interface including a game matrix and generate a game outcome of a base game comprising a plurality of displayed symbols within the game matrix. The displayed symbols include at least a first symbol and a second symbol. If a wild symbol is displayed on a spin, a counter configured to track a number of displayed wild symbols over a predetermined period of time is incremented. If the number of counted wild symbols satisfies a threshold within the predetermined period of time, the second symbol is converted to or replaced by the first symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, Hua Xu, John Milliner, III, Dinesh Dua, Sean Davis
  • Publication number: 20230282072
    Abstract: Rather than typical slot type games where specific matching combinations of symbols along paylines through a row-by-column grid or matrix indicate the outcome of the game, a slot type concatenation game concatenates value symbols along a payline to form a numerical outcome. Non-value symbols may be omitted and/or ignored. Further, the payline may be indicated by the presence of a trigger symbol, which may allow the payline to change between different plays of the slot type concatenation game. Further, the slot type concatenation game may be user-configurable. Users may be allowed to indicate the number of the symbol reels that may include value symbols that will be concatenated along a payline defined by the trigger symbol. Users may be allowed indicate the denomination set that is used to configure the symbol reels with value symbols, such as from one or more value symbol tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, John Milliner, III, Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 11688246
    Abstract: Rather than typical slot type games where specific matching combinations of symbols along paylines through a row-by-column grid or matrix indicate the outcome of the game, a slot type concatenation game concatenates value symbols along a payline to form a numerical outcome. Non-value symbols may be omitted and/or ignored. Further, the payline may be indicated by the presence of a trigger symbol, which may allow the payline to change between different plays of the slot type concatenation game. Further, the slot type concatenation game may be user-configurable. Users may be allowed to indicate the number of the symbol reels that may include value symbols that will be concatenated along a payline defined by the trigger symbol. Users may be allowed indicate the denomination set that is used to configure the symbol reels with value symbols, such as from one or more value symbol tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, John Milliner, III, Hua Xu
  • Publication number: 20230011416
    Abstract: Rather than typical slot type games where specific matching combinations of symbols along paylines through a row-by-column grid or matrix indicate the outcome of the game, a slot type concatenation game concatenates value symbols along a payline to form a numerical outcome. Non-value symbols may be omitted and/or ignored. Further, the payline may be indicated by the presence of a trigger symbol, which may allow the payline to change between different plays of the slot type concatenation game. Further, the slot type concatenation game may be user-configurable. Users may be allowed to indicate the number of the symbol reels that may include value symbols that will be concatenated along a payline defined by the trigger symbol. Users may be allowed indicate the denomination set that is used to configure the symbol reels with value symbols, such as from one or more value symbol tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Marks, John Milliner, III, Hua Xu
  • Publication number: 20160073622
    Abstract: A bait station comprising a housing that comprises a flexible portion; a composition contained on or in the housing and comprising at least one sugar and at least one toxin; an insert or attachment coupled to the housing; at least one olfactory attractant contained in the insert or the attachment; and optionally a container holding a liquid or gel or wick system that enhances the performance of the bait station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: William Jany, John Milliner, Edward D. Walker, Woodbridge A. Foster, Don Alexander, Daniel Alexander, Babak Ebrahimi, Basilio Ngari Njiru
  • Publication number: 20160007585
    Abstract: A bait station comprising a housing that comprises a flexible portion; a composition contained on or in the housing and comprising at least one sugar and at least one toxin; an insert coupled to the housing; and at least one olfactory attractant contained in the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: William Jany, John Milliner, Edward D. Walker, Woodbridge A. Foster, Don Alexander, Daniel Alexander, Babak Ebrahimi, Basilio Ngari Njiru