Patents by Inventor Kevin Kahley

Kevin Kahley 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: 8864582
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to manage attract software package access, storage, and execution scheduling for wagering game machines. A wagering game machine may operate to determine the availability of one or more attract packages, as well as to determine whether any available attract packages comprise an active attract package based on one or more schedules. The gaming machine may access one or more of the available, active attract packages and present them. The attract packages and associated schedules can be loaded into the gaming machine using a number of mechanisms, including a server and a machine-readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Kevin Kahley
  • Patent number: 8328625
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a type driven interface for a wagering game machine. One aspect of the systems and methods includes providing a game framework including a game library manager that manages creation, update and deletion of multiple wagering games on a gaming machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Antkowiak, Kevin Kahley
  • Patent number: 8303403
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing multi-game contexts. An apparatus comprises a wagering game unit operable to present a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered; and a game context management unit operable to determine a list of installed wagering games on a wagering game machine and to determine one or more relevant rules, wherein a relevant rule is a one that is related to at least one of the installed wagering games, the game context management unit further operable to process each relevant rule to calculate a group of available games; and to present the available games on a primary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Michael R. Bytnar, Kevin Kahley
  • Publication number: 20100285868
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to manage attract software package access, storage, and execution scheduling for wagering game machines. A wagering game machine may operate to determine the availability of one or more attract packages, as well as to determine whether any available attract packages comprise an active attract package based on one or more schedules. The gaming machine may access one or more of the available, active attract packages and present them. The attract packages and associated schedules can be loaded into the gaming machine using a number of mechanisms, including a server and a machine-readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Kevin Kahley
  • Publication number: 20090156299
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing multi-game contexts. An apparatus comprises a wagering game unit operable to present a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered; and a game context management unit operable to determine a list of installed wagering games on a wagering game machine and to determine one or more relevant rules, wherein a relevant rule is a one that is related to at least one of the installed wagering games, the game context management unit further operable to process each relevant rule to calculate a group of available games; and to present the available games on a primary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Michael R. Bytnar, Kevin Kahley