Patents by Inventor Kimberly A. Burgess

Kimberly A. Burgess 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).

  • Gaming system and method providing a slot game in which different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome
    Patent number: 9189926
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren
  • GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A SLOT GAME IN WHICH DIFFERENT SETS OF SYMBOLS ARE RANDOMLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT SYMBOL DISPLAY AREAS AND USED TO DETERMINE AN OUTCOME
    Publication number: 20150072751
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a slot game in which, for each play of the slot game, different sets of symbols are randomly associated with different symbol display areas and used to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game. Generally, for each play of the slot game, the gaming system does so by: (a) randomly associating each of a plurality of different sets of symbols with a different one of a plurality of different symbol display areas; (b) for each of the sets of symbols, randomly selecting one of the symbols of that set to determine an outcome for that play of the slot game; and (c) displaying the randomly selected symbols at the associated symbol display areas (i.e., displaying the determined outcome).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Gretchan P. Pooser, Harvey Duenas, Dave Ross, Marc Meugniot, Dana Veltman, Thomas Allen, II, Kimberly A. Burgess, Lukas Blake, Ken Jacobs, Erik Warren