Patents by Inventor Lance Orner

Lance Orner 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).

  • Methods and devices for authentication and licensing in a gaming network
    Patent number: 9142096
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such gaming software may be, for example, downloaded to gaming machines in the network under the control of a gaming establishment's game management server that is in communication with a license manager device. In preferred implementations, a gaming machine is prevented from executing software for a game of chance unless the license for that game is valid and has not expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Kinsley, Steven LeMay, Lance Orner
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR AUTHENTICATION AND LICENSING IN A GAMING NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120165094
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such gaming software may be, for example, downloaded to gaming machines in the network under the control of a gaming establishment's game management server that is in communication with a license manager device. In preferred implementations, a gaming machine is prevented from executing software for a game of chance unless the license for that game is valid and has not expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Kinsley, Steven LeMay, Lance Orner
  • Methods and devices for authentication and licensing in a gaming network
    Patent number: 8152628
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such gaming software may be, for example, downloaded to gaming machines in the network under the control of a gaming establishment's game management server that is in communication with a license manager device. In preferred implementations, a gaming machine is prevented from executing software for a game of chance unless the license for that game is valid and has not expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Kinsley, Steven LeMay, Lance Orner
  • Methods and devices for authentication and licensing in a gaming network
    Publication number: 20070026942
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such gaming software may be, for example, downloaded to gaming machines in the network under the control of a gaming establishment's game management server that is in communication with a license manager device. In preferred implementations, a gaming machine is prevented from executing software for a game of chance unless the license for that game is valid and has not expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Kinsley, Steven LeMay, Lance Orner