Patents by Inventor Keith Hughes

Keith Hughes 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: 11735005
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Publication number: 20220318122
    Abstract: A method for autonomous determination of performance metrics in a blockchain network through randomly generated transactions includes: receiving, by a blockchain node in a blockchain network, a testing instruction including testing criteria; generating, by the blockchain node, a number of new blockchain transactions using random generation based on the testing criteria; submitting, by the blockchain node, the new blockchain transactions into a pending transaction queue in the blockchain network; monitoring, by the blockchain node, performance values for nodes in the blockchain network and performance values for the blockchain network; identifying, by the blockchain node, performance metrics based on the testing criteria and at least one of: the performance values for the nodes and the performance values for the blockchain network; and transmitting, by blockchain node, the identified performance metrics in response to the received testing instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keith HUGHES, Thomas TREITLINGER
  • Publication number: 20220292925
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Publication number: 20220284766
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Patent number: 11380164
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Publication number: 20200402361
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Patent number: 10325445
    Abstract: A gaming system including a game which utilizes one or more designated symbols. In these embodiments, if at least one single individual designated symbol is generated and displayed at at least one single symbol display position, the gaming system modifies the single individual designated symbol into one or more individual designated symbols at the same single symbol display position. This modification of an individual designated symbol into a plurality of individual designated symbols is associated with one or more benefits, such as the availability of one or more awards not previously available prior to the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kelsy J. Grace
  • Publication number: 20190059564
    Abstract: A safety assembly is provided to be worn by firefighters or other emergency personnel employing air tanks. The safety assembly provides a back pack having a top handle disposed along an upper portion thereof. The back pack is connected to a belt and arm straps to secure around the wearer. Two spaced apart leg straps depend from the belt and converge at an attachment point. A connector depends from the attachment point, wherein the connector is adapted to engage the belt in a locked configuration. A bottom handle depends from the connector. When the wearer is in need of rescue, a rescuer may utilize the top or bottom handle of the safety assembly to drag the wearer to safety, while the leg straps secures the safety assembly through the rescue process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Sanford Keith Hughes
  • Patent number: 10186106
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an interacting symbol game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Christian Gerchak, Cameron Filipour, Kimberly K. Maya, Timothy Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20180082519
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an interacting symbol game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Christian Gerchak, Cameron Filipour, Kimberly K. Maya, Timothy Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20180068519
    Abstract: A gaming system including a game which utilizes one or more designated symbols. In these embodiments, if at least one single individual designated symbol is generated and displayed at at least one single symbol display position, the gaming system modifies the single individual designated symbol into one or more individual designated symbols at the same single symbol display position. This modification of an individual designated symbol into a plurality of individual designated symbols is associated with one or more benefits, such as the availability of one or more awards not previously available prior to the modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kelsy J. Grace
  • Patent number: 9824526
    Abstract: A gaming system including a game which utilizes one or more designated symbols. In these embodiments, if at least one single individual designated symbol is generated and displayed at at least one single symbol display position, the gaming system modifies the single individual designated symbol into one or more individual designated symbols at the same single symbol display position. This modification of an individual designated symbol into a plurality of individual designated symbols is associated with one or more benefits, such as the availability of one or more awards not previously available prior to the modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kelsy J. Grace
  • Publication number: 20170221309
    Abstract: A gaming system including one or more progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a plurality of different progressive award reset values. Upon a progressive award triggering event occurring and the progressive award being provided to one or more players, the gaming system resets the progressive award to a randomly selected one of the plurality of different progressive award reset values associated with the provided progressive award. Thus, upon a determination to provide a progressive award to a player, that progressive award is reset to a randomly selected value which may be above the reset value historically associated with such a progressive award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Timothy Kennedy, Robin S. Heenan
  • Patent number: 9501894
    Abstract: A gaming system and method for enabling a player to select a plurality of games to simultaneously, concurrently or overlappingly play, wherein regardless or independent of which primary games the player selected to play, the secondary games available to be triggered remain the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kimberly N. Rogers, Christian D. Gerchak
  • Patent number: 9495883
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for displaying a procedure to an aircrew member of an aircraft. The system includes, but is not limited to, a moving map display, a position detecting unit, a flight management system, an electronic storage unit for storing navigation procedures associated with geographic locations, and a processor coupled with the moving map display, the position detecting unit, the flight management system, and the electronic storage unit. The processor is configured to receive a current location of the aircraft from the position determining unit and a flight path from the flight management system, to retrieve a navigation procedure from the electronic storage unit corresponding to the current location and the flight path of the aircraft, and to command the moving map display to display a graphic depiction of the flight path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Roger W. Burgin, Pramod Kumar Malviya, Dave Pepitone, Keith Hughes
  • Patent number: 9457896
    Abstract: An electric taxi system (ETS) for an aircraft may include a ground speed sensor, a speed selection unit and a speed computer coupled to the ground speed sensor and to the speed selection unit. The speed computer may produce a speed error signal. A motor controller coupled to a wheel motor may control speed of the wheel motor responsively to the speed error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. De Mers, Olukayode Olofinboba, Keith Hughes, Joseph Ott
  • Patent number: 9448702
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for highlighting and selecting one of a plurality of graphical IFR procedure depiction on an aircraft display. A displayed legend includes a plurality of textual procedure identifications, one each for each of the graphical IFR procedure depictions. Movement of a cursor over either a graphical IFR procedure depiction or a textual procedure identification highlights both, and selection thereof removes all other graphical IFR procedure depictions and textual procedure identifications from being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Roger W. Burgin, Pramod Kumar Malviya, Dave Pepitone, Keith Hughes
  • Publication number: 20160171821
    Abstract: A gaming system including a game which utilizes one or more designated symbols. In these embodiments, if at least one single individual designated symbol is generated and displayed at at least one single symbol display position, the gaming system modifies the single individual designated symbol into one or more individual designated symbols at the same single symbol display position. This modification of an individual designated symbol into a plurality of individual designated symbols is associated with one or more benefits, such as the availability of one or more awards not previously available prior to the modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kelsy J. Grace
  • Patent number: 9342956
    Abstract: A gaming system and method which maintains a plurality of progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a progressive award contribution rate wherein at least two of the maintained progressive awards are associated with different progressive award contribution rates. Upon an occurrence of a progressive award contribution rate reconfiguration event, the gaming system shifts, modifies or changes which progressive awards are associated with which progressive award contribution rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: William Keith Hughes
  • Publication number: 20160086435
    Abstract: A gaming system and method for enabling a player to select a plurality of games to simultaneously, concurrently or overlappingly play, wherein regardless or independent of which primary games the player selected to play, the secondary games available to be triggered remain the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: William Keith Hughes, Kimberly N. Rogers, Christian D. Gerchak