Patents by Inventor Nickey C. Shin
Nickey C. Shin 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).
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Patent number: 11043070Abstract: A method for processing wagering game e-tickets is described herein. The method can include receiving, from a mobile device over a network, an indication to create an e-ticket. The method can also include determining, by a wagering game server, monetary value information for the e-ticket. The method can also include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the monetary value information; receiving, from the ticketing server, e-ticket information. The method can also include transmitting, over the network, the e-ticket information to the mobile device for generating the e-ticket.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SG GAMING, INC.Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Patent number: 10699520Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Bytnar, Michael Vincent Dicillo, Patrick M. Gustafson, Jeremy Michael Hornik, Gary John Oswald, Richard Barry Robbins, Nickey C. Shin, Jesse M. Smith, Simon Edward Sunblade, Jamie W. Vann, Muthu Velu, Matthew J. Ward, Steven J. Zoloto, Dale Robert Buchholz, Mark B. Gagner, Craig Joe Sylla
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Publication number: 20190096172Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Michael R. BYTNAR, Michael Vincent DICILLO, Patrick M. GUSTAFSON, Jeremy Michael HORNIK, Gary John OSWALD, Richard Barry ROBBINS, Nickey C. SHIN, Jesse M. SMITH, Simon Edward SUNBLADE, Jamie W. VANN, Muthu VELU, Matthew J. WARD, Steven J. ZOLOTO, Dale Robert BUCHHOLZ, Mark B. GAGNER, Craig Joe SYLLA
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Patent number: 10169952Abstract: Embodiments include a method for presenting a credit balance affected by a plurality of wagering games. The method can include detecting wager amounts and win amounts associated with a plurality of wagering games conducted via a wagering game machine. The method can include presenting, on a display device of the wagering game machine, graphical identifiers indicating an order in which the wager amounts will decrease a credit balance and the win amounts will increase the credit balance. The method can include according to the order, increasing the credit balance on the display device by each of the win amounts and decreasing the credit balance on the display device by each of the wager amounts.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Sean P. Kelly, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Ying Lou, Nickey C. Shin
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Patent number: 10163298Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Bytnar, Michael Vincent DiCillo, Patrick M. Gustafson, Jeremy Michael Hornik, Gary John Oswald, Richard Barry Robbins, Nickey C. Shin, Jesse M. Smith, Simon Edward Sunblade, Jamie W. Vann, Muthu Velu, Matthew J. Ward, Steven J. Zoloto, Dale Robert Buchholz, Mark B. Gagner, Craig Joe Sylla
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Patent number: 10046232Abstract: A method includes acquiring media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device. A location of the mobile device is determined when the media content is acquired. A direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is acquired is determined. The wagering game table is identified based on the location and the direction. Overlay imagery derived from wagering game activity of the wagering game table is downloaded into the mobile device from a server. The overlay imagery is composited onto the media content to create a composited media content. The composited media content is displayed on a display of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Mark B. Gagner, Sean P. Kelly, Nickey C. Shin
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Publication number: 20180082524Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Michael R. BYTNAR, Michael Vincent DICILLO, Patrick M. GUSTAFSON, Jeremy Michael HORNIK, Gary John OSWALD, Richard Barry ROBBINS, Nickey C. SHIN, Jesse M. SMITH, Simon Edward SUNBLADE, Jamie W. VANN, Muthu VELU, Matthew J. WARD, Steven J. ZOLOTO, Dale Robert BUCHHOLZ, Mark B. GAGNER, Craig Joe SYLLA
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Patent number: 9858751Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Bytnar, Michael V. Dicillo, Patrick M. Gustafson, Jeremy M. Hornik, Gary J. Oswald, Richard B. Robbins, Nickey C. Shin, Jesse M. Smith, Simon E. Sunblade, Jamie W. Vann, Muthu Velu, Matthew J. Ward, Steven J. Zoloto, Dale R. Buchholz, Mark B. Gagner, Craig J. Sylla
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Publication number: 20170157507Abstract: A method includes acquiring media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device. A location of the mobile device is determined when the media content is acquired. A direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is acquired is determined. The wagering game table is identified based on the location and the direction. Overlay imagery derived from wagering game activity of the wagering game table is downloaded into the mobile device from a server. The overlay imagery is composited onto the media content to create a composited media content. The composited media content is displayed on a display of the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Mark B. Gagner, Sean P. Kelly, Nickey C. Shin
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Patent number: 9595164Abstract: A method for persistent casino-style gameplay is described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting, a gaming session to a user, wherein the gaming session includes casino-style games and is associated with a user profile. The operations can also include recording information about the casino-style games during the gaming session. The operations can also include detecting a request for an in-advertisement casino-style game, wherein the in-advertisement casino-style game will appear on a webpage. The operations can also include transmitting for presentation on the webpage as part of the in-advertisement casino-style game, first content configured to receive information identifying the user. The operations can also include receiving the information identifying the user profile.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Richard B. Robbins, Travis N. Nelson, Nickey C. Shin
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Patent number: 9573053Abstract: A method includes acquiring media content of a wagering game table at a wagering game establishment with a camera of a mobile device. A location of the mobile device is determined when the media content is acquired. A direction that a lens of the camera is facing when the media content is acquired is determined. The wagering game table is identified based on the location and the direction. Overlay imagery derived from wagering game activity of the wagering game table is downloaded into the mobile device from a server. The overlay imagery is composited onto the media content to create a composited media content. The composited media content is displayed on a display of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Dion K. Aoki, Mark B. Gagner, Sean P. Kelly, Nickey C. Shin
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Patent number: 9390580Abstract: In some embodiments of the inventive subject matter, a method includes: presenting a wagering game on a wagering game machine; detecting, during the wagering game, a trigger for a bonus game; presenting player-selectable bonus game options on a display device of the wagering game machine; detecting sign-on to an account on a player community server; after detecting the sign-on of the account, presenting a hint on the display device, wherein the hint indicates bonus game types associated with the player-selectable bonus game options; detecting selection of one of the player-selectable bonus game options, wherein the one of the player-selectable bonus game options is associated with a particular one of the bonus game types; and presenting a bonus game of the particular one of the bonus game types.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: David E. Detlefsen, Sean P. Kelly, Darren Yat-man Ng, Nickey C. Shin
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Publication number: 20160093154Abstract: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting that one or more wearable computers are within a proximity range to a wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include determining one or more characteristics associated with the one or more wearable computers in response to the detecting that the one or more wearable computers are within the proximity range to the wagering game machine. In some examples, the operations further include providing a feature associated with a wagering game based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Michael R. Bytnar, Michael V. Dicillo, Patrick M. Gustafson, Jeremy M. Hornik, Gary J. Oswald, Richard B. Robbins, Nickey C. Shin, Jesse M. Smith, Simon E. Sunblade, Jamie W. Vann, Muthu Velu, Matthew J. Ward, Steven J. Zoloto, Dale R. Buchholz, Mark B. Gagner, Craig J. Sylla
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Publication number: 20160071373Abstract: A method and system to perform operations for providing mobile gaming. In some instances, the operations include detecting a cash input at a casino kiosk, generating an electronic tracking identifier, and storing a first copy of the electronic tracking identifier in a memory accessible to a gaming server. The operations can further include causing a casino accounting system to generate a casino accounting system identifier associated with an amount for the cash input. The operations can further include obtaining the casino accounting system identifier, associating the casino accounting system identifier with the first copy of the electronic tracking identifier; and instructing the casino kiosk to present a second copy of the electronic tracking identifier to link to a mobile device for the mobile gaming session.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Jorge L. Shimabukuro, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward
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Publication number: 20160063813Abstract: Embodiments include a method for presenting a credit balance affected by a plurality of wagering games. The method can include detecting wager amounts and win amounts associated with a plurality of wagering games conducted via a wagering game machine. The method can include presenting, on a display device of the wagering game machine, graphical identifiers indicating an order in which the wager amounts will decrease a credit balance and the win amounts will increase the credit balance. The method can include according to the order, increasing the credit balance on the display device by each of the win amounts and decreasing the credit balance on the display device by each of the wager amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Sean P. Kelly, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Ying Lou, Nickey C. Shin
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Publication number: 20150065231Abstract: A method for processing wagering game e-tickets is described herein. The method can include receiving, from a mobile device over a network, an indication to create an e-ticket. The method can also include determining, by a wagering game server, monetary value information for the e-ticket. The method can also include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the monetary value information; receiving, from the ticketing server, e-ticket information. The method can also include transmitting, over the network, the e-ticket information to the mobile device for generating the e-ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Peter R. Anderson, Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Vladislav Modilevsky, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro
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Publication number: 20140370971Abstract: Communications capability between two wagering game machines is provided using personal devices of users of the wagering game machines. At least one of the wagering game machines is a network-limited wagering game machine that is not communicably coupled to a casino operator's network. A first user communicably couples a personal device such as a mobile phone to a wagering game machine and a second user communicably couples a personal device to a wagering game machine. The two wagering game machines communicate using a communication path formed by the two personal devices and a network such as a mobile phone network communicably coupling the two personal devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Sean P. Kelly, Joel R. Jaffe, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla
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Publication number: 20140370970Abstract: Some embodiments include a method for operating a wagering game machine. The method can include detecting, via input devices of the wagering game machine, player inputs indicating wagers placed on wagering games; notifying, via one or more networks, a wagering game server about the wager. The method can include receiving, from the wagering game server via the one or more networks, results for the wagering games. The method can include presenting the results of the wagering games on at least one display device of the wagering game machine, and receiving, from the game server via the network, information indicating the wagers placed on the wagering games and wagers paid for the wagering games. The method can also include reporting, by the wagering game machine via the one or more networks, the information to a slot accounting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Srinivyasa M. Adiraju, Peter R. Anderson, Edward Q. Earley, Mark B. Gagner, Jesse L. Garvey, Nickey C. Shin, John L. Walsh
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Publication number: 20140342833Abstract: A method for persistent casino-style gameplay is described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include presenting, a gaming session to a user, wherein the gaming session includes casino-style games and is associated with a user profile. The operations can also include recording information about the casino-style games during the gaming session. The operations can also include detecting a request for an in-advertisement casino-style game, wherein the in-advertisement casino-style game will appear on a webpage. The operations can also include transmitting for presentation on the webpage as part of the in-advertisement casino-style game, first content configured to receive information identifying the user. The operations can also include receiving the information identifying the user profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: WMS Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Richard B. Robbins, Travis N. Nelson, Nickey C. Shin
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Publication number: 20140323206Abstract: A method for depositing funds associated with a wagering game ticket in a player account via a mobile device is described herein. In some embodiments, the method can include receiving an image of a wagering game ticket, wherein a monetary value is associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include determining a player account, wherein the monetary value is to be deposited in the player account. The method can further include determining, based on the image, a ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include receiving, from the ticketing server, an indication of the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include depositing, in the player account, the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: WMS Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Mark B. Gagner, Anuradha Jandhyala, Sean P. Kelly, Justin A. Perkins, Nickey C. Shin, Craig J. Sylla, Matthew J. Ward, Jorge L. Shimabukuro