Patents by Inventor Nick Graham Roach

Nick Graham Roach 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: 8668575
    Abstract: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach
  • Publication number: 20120208632
    Abstract: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach
  • Patent number: 8192274
    Abstract: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach
  • Publication number: 20100076900
    Abstract: In an example, a gaming device includes a license module, the license module arranged to determine, prior to allowing execution of program code of a game having an associated license, whether the license is a fixed term license or a continual term license, and, if the license is a fixed term license, check that the license is current before allowing the program code to execute. In an example, a method of controlling use of a game by a gaming device, the game having an associated license, includes determining prior to allowing the program code of the game to execute whether the license is a fixed term license or a continual term license, and, if the license is a fixed term license, checking whether the license is current before allowing the program code to execute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nick Graham Roach, Michael Thomas McNee, David James Greenslade
  • Publication number: 20090156298
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a bet amount in a gaming system comprises determining a number of play combinations to be played by a player, receiving a total bet amount from the player, and determining a bet per play combination amount from the determined number of play combinations and the received total bet amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach
  • Publication number: 20090124341
    Abstract: A gaming machine provides a plurality of game levels, each level providing a plurality of symbols selectable by the player. A value associated with a selected symbol is used to calculate a winning value. The player may choose either the winning value or else play the next level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Nick Graham Roach