Patents by Inventor Michael R. Rudel

Michael R. Rudel 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).

  • Messaging to and from wagering game machines
    Patent number: 9251648
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a host gaming server, notifications of account logins from a number of wagering game machines from at least one wagering game establishment. The method includes receiving, at the host gaming server, messages from multiple messaging sources that comprise at least one of a social networking website, a microblogging website, and at least some of the number of wagering game machines, wherein the messages comprise messages related to activity at the at least one wagering game establishment that include game play at the number of wagering game machines and messages related to activity external to the at least one wagering game establishment. The method includes aggregating, by the host gaming server, the messages from the multiple messaging sources. The method includes filtering, by the host gaming server, the messages for each of the account logins to create filtered messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Edward Q. Earley, Jacob C. Greenberg, Michael R. Rudel