Patents by Inventor Karen Kendall
Karen Kendall 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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Patent number: 11967212Abstract: In a gaming machine for playing a base game having a feature game with multiple levels: receiving a wager from a player for playing four instances of the base game, where the wager is deducted from a credit balance established by the player. Symbols for each of the four instances of the base game may be selected and displayed, where each instance displays the selected plurality of symbols in a matrix of display positions. The feature game may be initiated when the selected plurality of symbols includes a feature game trigger, where the feature game comprises a plurality of free plays of a number of instances of the base game based on a level of the feature game as determined by the feature game trigger, and the number of instances is one if the level is normal, four if the level is super, and eight if the level is extreme.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, Amy Batsiokis
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Patent number: 11961356Abstract: A gaming device having a processor that selects symbols from a first set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and from a second set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and controls a display to display the symbols selected including displaying, at each symbol position for which a defined symbol is selected, the defined symbol with the symbol selected at a respective symbol position. Upon the symbols selected including a qualifier symbol, the processor randomly selects one of at least two different symbol replacements, and determines, using the symbol replacements, a replacement symbol for the defined symbol selected. The processor updates the plurality of symbols to incorporate the replacement symbol, and evaluates the updated plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Joshua Matos, James Loader, Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall
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Publication number: 20240087424Abstract: A gaming device for dynamically configuring a composite feature game based on a first feature game and a second feature game. When the composite feature game is triggered, a game controller determines respective current states of a first feature game and a second feature game. The current state of the first feature game comprises a first unenhanced state that has a first unenhanced play characteristic and a first enhanced state that has a first enhanced play characteristic. The current state of the second feature game comprises a second unenhanced state that has a second unenhanced play characteristic and a second enhanced state that has a second unenhanced play characteristic. The game controller dynamically incorporates one of the first enhanced play characteristic and one of the second unenhanced play characteristic and the second unenhanced play characteristic into a composite play characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: James Loader, Karen Kendall, Luke Ireland, Antoon Visser, Joshua Matos
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Publication number: 20240046737Abstract: Determining an outcome includes displaying at least one award wheel, the award wheel comprising a plurality of layers, each layer displaying a respective one of a plurality of different sets of wheel awards, selecting, using a random number generator, symbols from the reel strips for display at a plurality of symbol positions, and controlling the display to display the selected symbols at the symbol positions. Upon the selected symbols including at least a threshold number of a defined symbol, a set of wheel awards to be used from the plurality of different sets of wheel awards displayed on the layers of the award wheel are determined based on the number of the at least a threshold number of defined symbols, and a wheel award is selected from the determined set of wheel awards. The outcome is based on the selected wheel award and any winning outcomes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall, James Loader, Joshua Matos, Luke Ireland
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Patent number: 11861985Abstract: A gaming device for dynamically configuring a composite feature game based on a first feature game and a second feature game. When the composite feature game is triggered, a game controller determines respective current states of a first feature game and a second feature game. The current state of the first feature game comprises a first unenhanced state that has a first unenhanced play characteristic and a first enhanced state that has a first enhanced play characteristic. The current state of the second feature game comprises a second unenhanced state that has a second unenhanced play characteristic and a second enhanced state that has a second unenhanced play characteristic. The game controller dynamically incorporates one of the first enhanced play characteristic and one of the second unenhanced play characteristic and the second unenhanced play characteristic into a composite play characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.Inventors: James Loader, Karen Kendall, Luke Ireland, Antoon Visser, Joshua Matos
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Publication number: 20230282070Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display that displays a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, a game controller that determines if the plurality of symbols include a trigger symbol, in response to determining that the plurality of symbols include the trigger symbol, controls the display to display the trigger symbol being transformed into a prize component symbol, incrementally animates a filling of a prize component of a first prize with the prize component symbol, and awards the first prize when a plurality of first prize components have been completely filled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Publication number: 20230274620Abstract: In a gaming machine for playing a base game having a feature game with multiple levels: receiving a wager from a player for playing four instances of the base game, where the wager is deducted from a credit balance established by the player. Symbols for each of the four instances of the base game may be selected and displayed, where each instance displays the selected plurality of symbols in a matrix of display positions. The feature game may be initiated when the selected plurality of symbols includes a feature game trigger, where the feature game comprises a plurality of free plays of a number of instances of the base game based on a level of the feature game as determined by the feature game trigger, and the number of instances is one if the level is normal, four if the level is super, and eight if the level is extreme.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Karen Kendall, Amy Batsiokis
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Publication number: 20230267798Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprises a credit input device; a display; an input device operable to receive player input and a processor. The display displays a plurality of symbols selected for display, and one or both of a first trigger symbol and a second trigger symbol as part of the plurality of symbols selected for display. After displaying one or both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol, the processor animates collecting one or both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol. After displaying both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol are collected, the processor initiates a first composite feature game incorporating at least one characteristic of each of a first feature game and a second feature game.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Publication number: 20230222864Abstract: A gaming device having a processor that selects symbols from a first set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and from a second set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and controls a display to display the symbols selected including displaying, at each symbol position for which a defined symbol is selected, the defined symbol with the symbol selected at a respective symbol position. Upon the symbols selected including a qualifier symbol, the processor randomly selects one of at least two different symbol replacements, and determines, using the symbol replacements, a replacement symbol for the defined symbol selected. The processor updates the plurality of symbols to incorporate the replacement symbol, and evaluates the updated plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Joshua Matos, James Loader, Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall
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Patent number: 11694517Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display that displays a plurality of symbols in a plurality of symbol positions, a game controller that determines if the plurality of symbols include a trigger symbol, in response to determining that the plurality of symbols include the trigger symbol, controls the display to display the trigger symbol being transformed into a prize component symbol, incrementally animates a filling of a prize component of a first prize with the prize component symbol, and awards the first prize when a plurality of first prize components have been completely filled.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Patent number: 11688229Abstract: A gaming device that includes a display displaying a plurality of symbols in a plurality of columns of symbol positions, respectively, and a game controller that determines whether the plurality of symbols selected for display include one or both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol, in response to determining that the symbols include a first trigger symbol but not a second trigger symbol, randomly determines whether to conduct a first feature game, and in response to determining that the symbols selected include both the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol, randomly determines whether to conduct a third feature game selected between the first feature game, a second feature game, and a composite game incorporating at least one characteristic of each of the first feature game and the second feature game.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Patent number: 11676444Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprises a credit input device; a display; an input device operable to receive player input and a processor. The display displays a plurality of symbols selected for display, and one or both of a first trigger symbol and a second trigger symbol as part of the plurality of symbols selected for display. After displaying one or both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol, the processor animates collecting one or both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol. After displaying both of the first trigger symbol and the second trigger symbol are collected, the processor initiates a first composite feature game incorporating at least one characteristic of each of a first feature game and a second feature game.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, James Loader, Lauren Paterson, Antoon Visser
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Publication number: 20230106453Abstract: An electronic gaming machine comprising a display device, a random number generator, a processor, and a memory storing instructions which, cause the processor to, in response to a feature wheel initiation condition being met: select, based on one or more random numbers dynamically generated by the random number generator, stopping positions for a plurality of feature wheels, each of the feature wheels being associated with a different feature event corresponding to a spinning reel, and each of the feature wheels comprising a plurality of outcomes at different stopping positions, wherein at least one of the different stopping positions corresponds to an outcome; control the display device to display spinning to the stopping positions selected; determine whether to provide an outcome from the plurality of outcomes; and upon determining to provide more than one outcome comprising the feature event, initiate a composite feature event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Antoon Visser, James Loader, Joshua Matos, Luke Ireland, Karen Kendall
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Publication number: 20230101866Abstract: An electronic gaming device includes a processor configured to determine a symbol position state of a plurality of symbol position states wherein each symbol position state corresponds to a number of symbol positions and based upon the symbol position state, determine a paytable of a plurality of paytables. The processor is also configured to receive a random number generator (RNG) output and based upon the RNG output and the paytable, control display of a plurality of symbols. The processor is further configured to determine that the plurality of symbols includes at least one modifier symbol and based upon the at least one modifier symbol, determine a different symbol position state and a different paytable for a next play of the electronic game wherein the different symbol position state includes at least one more symbol position than the number of symbol positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall, Amy Batsiokis
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Patent number: 11594098Abstract: A gaming device having a processor that selects symbols from a first set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and from a second set of reel strips for a plurality of columns of symbol positions, and controls a display to display the symbols selected including displaying, at each symbol position for which a defined symbol is selected, the defined symbol with the symbol selected at a respective symbol position. Upon the symbols selected including a qualifier symbol, the processor randomly selects one of at least two different symbol replacements, and determines, using the symbol replacements, a replacement symbol for the defined symbol selected. The processor updates the plurality of symbols to incorporate the replacement symbol, and evaluates the updated plurality of symbols for winning symbol combinations.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Joshua Matos, James Loader, Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall
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Patent number: 11562623Abstract: A gaming device comprises a display, a processor, and a memory storing instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to select a plurality of symbols from each of a plurality of reel strips, wherein at least one of the plurality of reel strips comprises a designated symbol, control the display to display the selected symbols of each of the plurality of reel strips in a corresponding column of symbol positions, and evaluate the selected symbols for winning combinations. The evaluation includes upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a first prize symbol, awarding a first prize, and upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a second prize symbol, awarding a second prize.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Billy Tam, Antoon Visser, Lipi Gupta, Alessandro Sidoti, Karen Kendall
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Patent number: 11488452Abstract: In a gaming machine for playing a base game having a feature game with multiple levels: receiving a wager from a player for playing four instances of the base game, where the wager is deducted from a credit balance established by the player. Symbols for each of the four instances of the base game may be selected and displayed, where each instance displays the selected plurality of symbols in a matrix of display positions. The feature game may be initiated when the selected plurality of symbols includes a feature game trigger, where the feature game comprises a plurality of free plays of a number of instances of the base game based on a level of the feature game as determined by the feature game trigger, and the number of instances is one if the level is normal, four if the level is super, and eight if the level is extreme.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Karen Kendall, Amy Batsiokis
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Publication number: 20220092935Abstract: A gaming device comprises a display, a processor, and a memory storing instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to select a plurality of symbols from each of a plurality of reel strips, wherein at least one of the plurality of reel strips comprises a designated symbol, control the display to display the selected symbols of each of the plurality of reel strips in a corresponding column of symbol positions, and evaluate the selected symbols for winning combinations. The evaluation includes upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a first prize symbol, awarding a first prize, and upon the selected symbols including the designated symbol and a second prize symbol, awarding a second prize.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty LimitedInventors: Billy Tam, Antoon Visser, Lipi Gupta, Alessandro Sidoti, Karen Kendall
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Patent number: D1002737Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: Joshua Matos, James Loader, Antoon Visser, Karen Kendall
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Patent number: D1003931Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDInventors: James Kroon, Amy Batsiokis, Karen Kendall