Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Sharpe

Joseph A. Sharpe 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: 10282941
    Abstract: A gaming system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include controlling a first casino wagering game. The first casino wagering game has a first credit meter balance. The operations can further include intercepting an electronic request sent from a second device to cash out a second credit meter balance for a second casino wagering game controlled by the second device. In some examples, the gaming system is independent from the second device. The operations can further include, after intercepting the electronic request, cashing out a combined total of the first credit meter balance and the second credit meter balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Ward, John McCormack, Joseph A. Sharpe, Craig J. Sylla
  • Patent number: 10223865
    Abstract: A method for presenting wagering games on a wagering game machine is described herein. The method can include detecting, by an add-on gaming system of the wagering game machine, a message indicating occurrence of a first wagering game on the wager game machine. The method can further include initiating, by the add-on gaming system, a second wagering game in parallel with the first wagering game on a display device native to the wagering game machine, where the presenting is in response to the detecting the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Ward, Peter R. Anderson, Joseph A. Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20150302695
    Abstract: A gaming system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include controlling a first casino wagering game. The first casino wagering game has a first credit meter balance. The operations can further include intercepting an electronic request sent from a second device to cash out a second credit meter balance for a second casino wagering game controlled by the second device. In some examples, the gaming system is independent from the second device. The operations can further include, after intercepting the electronic request, cashing out a combined total of the first credit meter balance and the second credit meter balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew J. Ward, John McCormack, Joseph A. Sharpe, Craig J. Sylla
  • Publication number: 20150206387
    Abstract: A method for presenting wagering games on a wagering game machine is described herein. The method can include detecting, by an add-on gaming system of the wagering game machine, a message indicating occurrence of a first wagering game on the wager game machine. The method can further include initiating, by the add-on gaming system, a second wagering game in parallel with the first wagering game on a display device native to the wagering game machine, where the presenting is in response to the detecting the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew J. Ward, Peter R. Anderson, Joseph A. Sharpe
  • Patent number: 5544526
    Abstract: A rotatable airstream direction probe is additionally provided with a dynamic pressure sensing port positioned substantially midway between a pair of pneumatic sensing ports with respect to the probe's stagnation line. Pneumatic output ports may thus be provided, each of which communicates with a respective one of the pneumatic sensing and dynamic sensing ports in the probe. The pressure outputs from such output ports may thus be indicative of static and dynamic pressure of an airstream so as to be capable of determining flight information of an aircraft such as airspeed, altitude and vertical speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Avionics Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Guntis U. Baltins, Russell W. Boyle, Denis G. Mason, Howard M. Moore, A. DeBow Owen, Joseph A. Sharp