Patents by Inventor Ricky J. Lew

Ricky J. Lew 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).

  • Gaming system and method providing a card game associated with a supplemental pool funded upon an occurrence of a designated outcome and winnable by a player or a dealer
    Patent number: 9129486
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the gaming system of the present disclosure is configured to operate a card game. For a play of the card game, the gaming system receives a wager, determines a plurality of player cards from a plurality of cards, displays the player cards face up, determines a plurality of dealer cards from the plurality of cards, and displays at least one of the dealer cards face up. The gaming system determines an outcome of the play by comparing the player and the dealer cards. If the outcome is a designated outcome, the gaming system funds a supplemental pool with the received wager. If a supplemental pool payout condition is met, the gaming system provides the supplemental pool to a player. If a supplemental pool reset condition other than the player winning the supplemental pool is met, the gaming system resets the supplemental pool to an initial value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Mark C. Nicely, Leandro Basallo, Timothy L. Isaacson, Ricky J. Lew
  • GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A CARD GAME ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL POOL FUNDED UPON AN OCCURRENCE OF A DESIGNATED OUTCOME AND WINNABLE BY A PLAYER OR A DEALER
    Publication number: 20140087801
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the gaming system of the present disclosure is configured to operate a card game. For a play of the card game, the gaming system receives a wager, determines a plurality of player cards from a plurality of cards, displays the player cards face up, determines a plurality of dealer cards from the plurality of cards, and displays at least one of the dealer cards face up. The gaming system determines an outcome of the play by comparing the player and the dealer cards. If the outcome is a designated outcome, the gaming system funds a supplemental pool with the received wager. If a supplemental pool payout condition is met, the gaming system provides the supplemental pool to a player. If a supplemental pool reset condition other than the player winning the supplemental pool is met, the gaming system resets the supplemental pool to an initial value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Mark C. Nicely, Leandro Basallo, Timothy L. Isaacson, Ricky J. Lew
  • Technique for displaying gaming machine information using machine readable display mechanisms
    Publication number: 20080268934
    Abstract: Various aspects are directed to gaming machines, and more particularly to techniques for dynamically generating and displaying gaming machine related information in at least one format which can be read (and/or otherwise interpreted) by appropriately configured electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Harold E. Mattice, Ricky J. Lew, Jamal Benbrahim