Patents by Inventor Prashanth Kodela

Prashanth Kodela 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: 20060293783
    Abstract: A lottery terminal or kiosk such as a video lottery terminal, a lottery ticket printing terminal and/or other remotely controlled retail or gaming kiosk, which allows for transactions of the type in which a user can deposit currency that is validated by a bill validator, and valid currency is stored in an intelligent cash box within the kiosk. The kiosk system then credits the user with credits equal to the amount received to allow the purchase of selected items such as lottery tickets. The system includes the components necessary to allow the selection and printing of lottery tickets, or other vended items, as appropriate. The system also includes the components necessary to allow independent monitoring of the intelligent cash box memory from a remote site. The memory of the intelligent cash box can be accessed and monitored through the bill validator by means of IrDA, RFID, or other wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Hand, Prashanth Kodela, Mark Hutchinson, Gwen Mathis
  • Publication number: 20050040006
    Abstract: A casino table game transaction management system for a plurality of gaming tables each having a dealer station and at least one player station, the system including bill acceptor assemblies adapted for utilization at the gaming tables, the bill acceptor assemblies each including a note transportation system, a note validator configured to identify characteristics of each note being passed therethrough by the transportation system, and a cash box adapted to receive and to store notes. The system also includes a casino computer configured to monitor transactions within the casino via a network interconnecting each of the bill acceptor assemblies at the gaming tables to the casino computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Prashanth Kodela, Richard Iannello, James Bullock, Peter Hand, Gwen Mathis, Raymond Heidel