Patents by Inventor Michael Russ

Michael Russ 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: 20260179455
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to display, at a plurality of gaming devices, an invitation to enter a bonus game tournament. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to receive a plurality of bonus game tournament entries in response to the invitation. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to determine, based on the plurality of bonus game tournament entries, a subset of eligible bonus game tournament entries. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to select a winning eligible bonus game tournament entry from the subset of eligible bonus game tournament entries. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to award a bonus game award to a player associated with the winning eligible bonus game tournament entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS, David FROY
  • Publication number: 20260179456
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that cause the processor circuit to receive a primary game wager from a player at a gaming device, and based on receipt of the primary game wager, display a sequence of game symbols by the gaming device, wherein a subset of game symbols of the sequence of game symbols comprises a sequence of machine readable code portions, and wherein each game symbol of the subset of game symbols comprises a machine readable code of the sequence of machine readable code portions. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to determine, based on the sequence of game symbols, a primary game result for the wagering game. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to determine, based on the sequence of machine readable code portions, a machine readable code, determine, based on the code, a bonus game result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS, Stefan KEILWERT, Brandt BALGOOYEN, David SMALL, Gaurav JARIWALA, David FROY, Soheil LATIFI, Fayez IDRIS
  • Publication number: 20260179447
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to determine a subset of players playing a plurality of primary wagering games at a plurality of gaming devices. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to, for each player of the subset of players, allocate a monetary amount to a bonus game prize pool for a bonus game. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to determine a winning player of the subset of players for the bonus game. The instructions further cause the processor circuit to award a portion of the bonus game prize pool to the winning player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20260179442
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations that include transmitting, to equipment of another player, data corresponding to a game on an electronic gaming machine (EGM). Operations include providing a communication link between the player of the EGM and another player and generating a skeletal model of the player from multiple images. The skeletal model is movable to match movement of the player. Operations include receiving, via an artificial intelligence (AI), AI data in a real time video stream that is captured through one of multiple depth sensing cameras. Operations include determining an outcome based on a result of the mechanical game feature and monitoring a participating mechanical game feature using the plurality of depth sensing cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: David FROY, Gaurav JARIWALA, Harshit AGARWAL, Sven AURICH, Michael RUSS, Stefan KEILWERT
  • Publication number: 20260170910
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive, from a streaming device, data associated with an event and determine whether any potential wagering events occur in association with the data received from the streaming device. Responsive to the determination being that a potential wagering event occurred in association with the data received from the streaming device, the systems and methods automatically determine a wagering opportunity in association with the event and communicate, to a device, the determined wagering opportunity. At least one of the determination of whether any potential wagering events occur and the automatic determination of the wagering opportunity occur based on a use of an artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Soheil Latifi
  • Publication number: 20260170909
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive, from a streaming device, data associated with an event, and determine whether any notification events occur in association with the data received from the streaming device. Responsive to the determination being that a notification event occurred in association with the data received from the streaming device, the systems and methods automatically generate content associated with the event, and communicate, to a device, a notification including the generated content. At least one of the determination and the automatic generation occur based on a use of an artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Soheil Latifi
  • Publication number: 20260170911
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive, from a streaming device, data associated with first content corresponding to an event and determine whether any content modification events occur in association with the data received from the streaming device. Responsive to the determination being that a content modification event occurred in association with the data received from the streaming device, the systems and methods automatically modify the first content corresponding to the event to second, different content corresponding to the event and communicate the second, different content corresponding to the event to a device. At least one of the determination and the automatic modification occur based on a use of an artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Soheil Latifi
  • Patent number: 12658002
    Abstract: A gaming system, device, and method supportive of a self-evolving, AI-based player and other behaviors are provided. The gaming system, device, and method tracks in real time gameplay behavior of a set of players in different gameplay sessions to generate real time gameplay data; based on the real time gameplay data, modifies a player behavior model corresponding to each player in the set of players and a collective behavior model representing a collective behavior of the set of players, for each player in the set of players, determines, by a selected player behavior model, a predicted gameplay behavior in response to a reward offering, and compares a predicted gameplay behavior for each player to one or more player gameplay behavior eligibility thresholds and/or a predicted gameplay behavior of another player to select players eligible to receive the reward offering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Soheil Latifi
  • Patent number: 12651510
    Abstract: Provided is a gaming device including a first speaker that provides a first portion of an audio output signal based on a first audio data signal received from an EGM, a second speaker that provides a second portion of the audio output signal based on a second audio data signal from the EGM, a first transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the EGM to determine a first distance between the first speaker and the EGM and to transmit the first audio data signal, and a second transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the EGM to determine a second distance between the second speaker and the EGM and to transmit the second audio data signal. The gaming device includes a processor circuit and a memory comprising machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to modify the first portion of the audio output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Lukas Angermayer, Michael Brunner, Julian Hofer
  • Publication number: 20260134752
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an electronic gaming machine (EGM), a system and a method. Operations of a method may include determining a blockchain type of mining operations to be performed by multiple EGMs, requesting AI input data from the EGM's that includes prediction data corresponding to operations of the EGMs and that corresponds to the blockchain type. Operations include performing monitoring and scheduling operations corresponding to mining cryptocurrency using the EGMs and based on the blockchain type. Operations include receiving data corresponding to a quantity of users in a casino venue, comparing the quantity of users in the casino venue to a user crowd threshold, in response to the quantity of users being greater that the user crowd threshold, disable blockchain mining operations until the quantity of users is less than the user crowd threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Aaron COREY, Michael RUSS, Fayez IDRIS, Daniel LANDRY
  • Publication number: 20260134740
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to using artificially intelligent bots to represent automated, virtual entities in a virtual casino. According to one embodiment, providing a virtual casino can comprise maintaining a model of virtual casino interactions representing interactions between entities in a gaming environment. The interactions between entities in the gaming environment represented by the model comprise can comprise verbal communications and physical actions. A representation of the virtual casino can be presented to a user device through a communications network. A bot for an entity can be generated based on the model and a representation of the bot for the entity in the virtual casino can be presented through the communications network to the user device. The bot can interact with a human player in the virtual casino through the presented representation of the bot based on the model and using a natural language processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Soheil Latifi, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20260134754
    Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an electronic gaming machine (EGM), a system and a method. Operations include determining a blockchain type of mining operations to be performed by a plurality of EGMs and requesting AI input data from multiple EGMs that comprise prediction data corresponding to operations of the plurality of EGMs and that corresponds to the blockchain type. Operations may further include performing monitoring and scheduling operations corresponding to mining cryptocurrency using the multiple EGMs and based on the blockchain type. Operations include receiving, from ones of the EGMs in a casino, blockchain cryptocurrency data that is mined by ones of the EGMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Aaron COREY, Michael RUSS, Fayez IDRIS, Daniel LANDRY
  • Publication number: 20260094493
    Abstract: A system, method, and device may operate an intelligent mesh network. The method may include configuring the intelligent mesh network, wherein the intelligent mesh network comprises a plurality of nodes, and wherein the plurality of nodes are able to communicate directly with each other. The method may also include detecting an in-game event on a first node in the intelligent mesh network; and in response to detecting the in-game event, performing an action on a second node, wherein the action is associated with the in-game event, and wherein the second node is in a location near a location of the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, Stefan Keilwert, Soheil Latifi
  • Publication number: 20260085433
    Abstract: There is disclosed a flow arrangement 100 for an electrolyser, comprising: first and second porous walls 110, 120, corresponding to first and second electrodes of the electrolyser; an inlet chamber 102 disposed between the first and second porous walls and configured to receive a fluid through an inlet; first and second outlet chambers 130, 140 for retaining respective fluid reaction products of electrolysis. One of, or each of, the porous walls has a discontinuous porous structure comprising a body 116 and a plurality of porous regions 117 extending through the body at discrete locations to permit the fluid to flow from the inlet chamber to the respective outlet chamber, each porous region defining a respective network of flow paths through the body. There is also disclosed an electrolyser and electrolysis installation, methods of operation, and methods of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: Supercritical Solutions Ltd
    Inventors: Michael RUSS, Luke TAN, Alex WILSON, Derek GRAHAM, Steven GOURLAY, Louise EVANS
  • Publication number: 20260080852
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and servers are provided. A system may include a user interface to receive audio input data from a user input, an audio input device to receive multiple audio signals of multiple audio signal types, a processor circuit and a memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, by an artificial intelligence (AI), the user input and the audio signals that include ones of the audio signal types. The processor is further caused to generate, by a music generator model that receives the user input and the audio signals, output audio content that corresponds with the music generator model, and store the output audio content for subsequent delivery to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Soheil LATIFI, Stefan KEILWERT, Michael RUSS
  • Patent number: 12573264
    Abstract: Managing a gaming venue floor layout can comprise maintaining a biometric information model and a floor layout model. Biometric information can be received from sensors associated with players in a gaming venue, each player using a gaming system of the gaming venue. The plurality of gaming systems can be physically located in the gaming venue according to a predefined floorplan for the gaming venue. An excitement level for each player of the plurality of players can be rated based on the received biometric information and the biometric information model. A heatmap representing the gaming venue can be created based on the rated excitement level for and a location of each player of the plurality of players in the gaming venue. The predefined floorplan for the gaming venue can be updated based on the created heatmap and the floor layout model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: David Froy, Stefan Keilwert, Michael Russ, Soheil Latifi
  • Publication number: 20260057739
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable a first user to contribute, for a limited duration, an amount of cryptocurrency to be associated with a progressive award. The systems and methods cause an ownership change of the amount of cryptocurrency to a second user if a progressive award triggering event occurs in association with the second user during the limited duration. The systems and methods further cause the progressive award to be provided to the second user without causing any ownership change of the amount of cryptocurrency to the second user if the progressive award triggering event occurs in association with the second user after the limited duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, Kevin Remus
  • Publication number: 20260057738
    Abstract: Systems and methods that maintain a progressive award, cause, in a distributed ledger, an association of a token with the maintained progressive award, and if a progressive award increment event occurs, cause, in the distributed ledger, a modification associated with the token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich
  • Publication number: 20260057740
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize one or more distributed ledgers in association with tracking progressive award contributions by individual users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich
  • Publication number: 20260051222
    Abstract: A system includes a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit, the memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to perform operations. The processor circuit is caused to provide a content creator interface to receive creative content inputs from a content creator to use in an electronic gaming machine (EGM) and to generate creative gaming content for use in the EGM and based on the creative content inputs. The processor circuit is further caused to provide a creator output that comprises the creative gaming content and that is delivered to a player via the EGM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Daniel LANDRY, Todd GRIMM, Michael RUSS