Patents by Inventor Nicholas Scheffel

Nicholas Scheffel 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: 20250061775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of playing a game of chance and/or skill in a centralized gaming system. Illustratively, a method may include receiving information from a centralized gaming server describing a prize value to award a player in response to the player playing a game at a gaming device; determining a game outcome of the game results in a payout value that is different from the prize value; and providing the player with a split award that reconciles the difference between the prize value and the payout value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Scheffel, Gunnar Wambaugh, Xin Yu
  • Patent number: 12165472
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of playing a game of chance and/or skill in a centralized gaming system. Illustratively, a method may include receiving information from a centralized gaming server describing a prize value to award a player in response to the player playing a game at a gaming device; determining a game outcome of the game results in a payout value that is different from the prize value; and providing the player with a split award that reconciles the difference between the prize value and the payout value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Nicholas Scheffel, Gunnar Wambaugh, Xin Yu
  • Publication number: 20230306814
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a gaming system, device, and method supportive of playing a game of chance and/or skill in a centralized gaming system. Illustratively, a method may include receiving information from a centralized gaming server describing a prize value to award a player in response to the player playing a game at a gaming device; determining a game outcome of the game results in a payout value that is different from the prize value; and providing the player with a split award that reconciles the difference between the prize value and the payout value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Scheffel, Gunnar Wambaugh, Xin Yu