Patents by Inventor Mark N. Iverson
Mark N. Iverson 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: 8956215Abstract: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The method may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 8876605Abstract: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on video reel displays of video gaming machines is disclosed herein. The system includes video reel displays and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the video reel displays. In one system for dynamically changing graphical video reel content, new image content is placed on the video reel displays at any time, even while the video reel displays are spinning The system may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary video reel display.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 8371929Abstract: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The method may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 8292739Abstract: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes reel displays and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the reel displays in a slot machine. In one system for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reel displays at any time, even while the reel displays are spinning. The system may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel display.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Publication number: 20120046092Abstract: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes reel displays and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the reel displays in a slot machine. In one system for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reel displays at any time, even while the reel displays are spinning. The system may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 8057305Abstract: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one system for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The system may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Publication number: 20110263316Abstract: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The method may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 7972212Abstract: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The method may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Publication number: 20090137311Abstract: A system for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one system for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The system may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Publication number: 20090131150Abstract: A method for dynamically changing the graphical content on mechanical slot machine reels is disclosed herein. The system includes mechanical slot reels, flexible display panels, and data transmission techniques which provide for dynamically updating or changing the graphics on the spinning mechanical reels in a slot machine. In one method for dynamically changing graphical reel content, new image content is placed on the reels at any time, even while the reels are spinning. The method may even be used to give the appearance of rotation to a stationary reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Mark N. Iverson, Stephen E. Patton, Michael W. Stragey
-
Patent number: 5792668Abstract: Concentration of a target chemical in the presence of other substances in a specimen is determined by subjecting the specimen to radio frequency electromagnetic components, sequentially or otherwise, ranging to about 5 GHz. The reflected and/or transmitted signal real and imaginary components at the specimen are spectrally examined as a function of frequency to identify the presence and/or concentration of the chemical of interest. Such examination includes analysis of the effective complex impedance presented by the specimen, and/or effective phase shift between the transmitted and reflected signal at the specimen. The effects upon glucose concentration measurements of varying electrolytes, primarily NaCl, can be nulled-out by examining impedance magnitude at a cross-over frequency, for example about 2.5 GHz. NaCl concentration exhibits a very linear relationship with phase shift change at frequencies in the 2 GHz-3 GHz range.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: Solid State Farms, Inc.Inventors: Milton E. Fuller, David W. Deamer, Mark N. Iverson, Ajit J. Koshy, deceased