Patents by Inventor Kevin Shepherd

Kevin Shepherd 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: 11995956
    Abstract: Systems and methods that account for a current balance of funds of a target device, such as a gaming establishment device, when determining whether or not to transfer an amount of funds between the target device and an account associated with the amount of funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169796
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable discounts for purchases made at an affiliated retailer using a debit card associated with a gaming establishment fund management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169337
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable discounts for purchases made at an affiliated retailer using a debit card associated with a gaming establishment fund management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169794
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilizes a debit card as an interface to enable access to funds maintained in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169338
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize a pre-paid account associated with a pre-paid debit card to offer just-in-time funding to access funds maintained in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169358
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilizes a debit card as an interface to enable access to funds maintained in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169357
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilizes a debit card as an interface to enable access to funds maintained in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169356
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize a pre-paid account associated with a pre-paid debit card to offer just-in-time funding to access funds maintained in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169795
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable discounts for purchases made at an affiliated retailer using a debit card associated with a gaming establishment fund management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240169792
    Abstract: A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Erik Petersen, Lance Yuan, Mike Zarlenga, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 11990001
    Abstract: Systems and methods that provide one or more mobile device facilitated non-cash avenues to redeem a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 11990002
    Abstract: A system that utilizes a mobile device and a funding instrument associated with an external funding source to first transfer funds from the external funding source to a gaming establishment account and then, responsive to a completion of the first transfer, automatically transfer funds from the gaming establishment account to an electronic gaming machine and/or a gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 11990003
    Abstract: A system that tracks the funding source of an amount of funds as the funds are transferred between various accounts or balances of various components of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 11983992
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a user in association with maintaining an amount of funds in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with one or more system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Sina Miri, Dwayne A. Davis, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin
  • Publication number: 20240153339
    Abstract: A system that synchronizes data between multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd
  • Patent number: 11978311
    Abstract: Systems and methods that verify an identity of a user in association with a transfer of an amount of funds from a gaming establishment account associated with the user to a gaming table component associated with a gaming establishment gaming table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240144784
    Abstract: A processor circuit of a gaming device and/or gaming system determines that a game play condition associated with a wagering game has been met. A wager for the wagering game is received at a gaming device and a game award for the wagering game is determined based on the determination that the game play condition has been met. An initial game result is determined for the wagering game and a replacement game result corresponding to the determined game award is determined for the wagering game independently of the initial game result. A display device of the gaming device displays the replacement game result and awards the game award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery SHEPHERD, Kevin HIGGINS
  • Publication number: 20240135778
    Abstract: Systems and methods that associate zero, one or more redemption attributes with a ticket voucher, wherein the associated redemption attribute determines one or more channels by which the ticket voucher may be redeemed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Publication number: 20240127671
    Abstract: Systems and methods that integrate a front money account funded with front money provided by a user with one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd, Kevin Higgins
  • Patent number: 11954965
    Abstract: Technology for managing a player session at a gaming table is disclosed. A table management system receives identifying information of a player seated at the gaming table transmitted by a mobile device associated with the player. The identifying information includes a seating position of the player at the gaming table, the seating position determined by the mobile device through interaction with a locating device placed at the seating position at the gaming table. The table management system generates the player session for the player for playing a wagering game at the gaming table using the identifying information of the player transmitted by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin, Eduardo Meza, Jeffery Shepherd