Patents by Inventor Michael G. Spendlove

Michael G. Spendlove 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).

  • Publication number: 20230368613
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Patent number: 11763631
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Patent number: 11756384
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Publication number: 20220358809
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Publication number: 20220343717
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Patent number: 11443596
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Publication number: 20210019980
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Publication number: 20180293833
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove
  • Publication number: 20150018072
    Abstract: A gaming system and method that provides one or more players with one or more pre-resumption opportunities prior to resuming the play of the skill-based game. The gaming system enables one or more players to affirmatively acknowledge, following a game play interruption, that they are ready to resume play of the skill-based game. Such an opportunity to indicate a readiness to resume the play of the skill-based game provides that the play of the skill-based game resumes when the player is ready and minimizes the affect of any game play interruption on the player's outcome of the skill-based game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Johnny L. Palchetti, Dwayne R. Nelson, Cameron Filipour, Michael G. Spendlove