Patents by Inventor Robert F. Lannert
Robert F. Lannert 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: 9558614Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet having a main video display mounted on a front side of the cabinet. The gaming machine also includes at least one additional video display mounted on the front side of the cabinet either above or below the game video display. The player controls include a separate player control touch screen mounted on a deck projecting forwardly at the front side of the gaming machine cabinet, and facing upwardly to present reconfigurable player touch controls for the gaming machine. These controls may be reconfigured within a game or to change the game presentations on the machine in response to player commands or gaming network conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20160300435Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet having a main video display mounted on a front side of the cabinet. The gaming machine also includes at least one additional video display mounted on the front side of the cabinet either above or below the game video display. The player controls include a separate player control touch screen mounted on a deck projecting forwardly at the front side of the gaming machine cabinet, and facing upwardly to present reconfigurable player touch controls for the gaming machine. These controls may be reconfigured within a game or to change the game presentations on the machine in response to player commands or gaming network conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: Everi Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Patent number: 9373215Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet having a main video display mounted on a front side of the cabinet. The gaming machine also includes at least one more additional video display mounted on the front side of the cabinet either above or below the game video display. The player controls include a separate player control touch screen mounted on a ledge projecting forwardly from the front side of the gaming machine cabinet, and facing upward to present reconfigurable player touch controls for the gaming machine. These controls may be reconfigured within a game or to change the game presentation on the machine in response to player commands or gaming network conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Everi Games Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20140221086Abstract: A gaming machine includes a cabinet having a main video display mounted on a front side of the cabinet. The gaming machine also includes at least one more additional video display mounted on the front side of the cabinet either above or below the game video display. The player controls include a separate player control touch screen mounted on a ledge projecting forwardly from the front side of the gaming machine cabinet, and facing upward to present reconfigurable player touch controls for the gaming machine. These controls may be reconfigured within a game or to change the game presentation on the machine in response to player commands or gaming network conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Patent number: 8267775Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Robert F. Lannert, Brendan M. O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 8167706Abstract: Players participate in bingo games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. The player may manually select between multiple modes in which the player's bingo card representations are daubed. In one daub mode, once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation must be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. In a card daub mode, one or more of the player's bingo card representations is automatically daubed in response to a card daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device. In a game daub mode, one or more of the player's bingo card representations are daubed without any action by the player other than the player's selection of the game daub mode and the player's submission of a request to enter a bingo game offered by the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Robert F. Lannert, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 8137178Abstract: Gaming systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed with player selectable gaming modes for players to participate in wagering games. The disclosed gaming systems and apparatuses provides for players to manually select between multiple playing modes, such as automatic game play operation or player participatory game play operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Robert F. Lannert, Jefferson C. Lind
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Publication number: 20110269524Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Robert F. Lannert, Brendan M. O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 8029360Abstract: A gaming system (40) according to the present invention includes a number of gaming machines (10), each gaming machine including a single player game presentation arrangement that may be reconfigured to provide any one of a number of game presentations. In addition to the gaming machines (10) the present gaming system (40) includes a system configuration arrangement (51) and a game modification controller (50). The system configuration arrangement (51) produces system configuration commands based either on manual inputs, system usage information, or various information related to one or more players in a gaming facility. The game modification controller (50) included in preferred forms of the gaming system receives the system configuration commands and in response to the commands, communicates presentation switching instructions to one or more gaming machines (10) included in the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20110207533Abstract: A gaming system according to one form of the present invention includes a number of gaming machines, each gaming machine including a single player game presentation arrangement that may be reconfigured to provide any one of a number of game presentations. In addition to the gaming machines the gaming system includes a system configuration arrangement and a game modification controller. The system configuration arrangement produces system configuration commands based either on manual inputs, system usage information, or various information related to one or more players in a gaming facility. The game modification controller included in preferred forms of the gaming system receives the system configuration commands, and, in response to the commands, communicates presentation switching instructions to one or more gaming machines included in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Gary L. Loebig, Robert F. Lannert, Joseph R. Enzminger
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Publication number: 20100113123Abstract: Gaming systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed with player selectable gaming modes for players to participate in wagering games. The disclosed gaming systems and apparatuses provides for players to manually select between multiple playing modes, such as automatic game play operation or player participatory game play operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Robert F. Lannert, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 7670223Abstract: Players participate in bingo-type games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. The player may manually select between multiple modes in which the player's bingo card representations are daubed. In one daub mode, once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation must be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. In a card daub mode, one or more of the player's bingo card representations is automatically daubed in response to a card daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device. In a game daub mode, one or more of the player's bingo card representations are daubed without any action by the player other than the player's selection of the game daub mode and the player's submission of a request to enter a bingo game offered by the system.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Clifton E. Lind, Brendan M. O'Connor, Robert F. Lannert, Jefferson C. Lind
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Patent number: 7314411Abstract: A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc.Inventors: Robert F. Lannert, Brendan M. O'Connor, Joseph R. Enzminger, Gary L. Loebig, Clifton E. Lind, Jefferson C. Lind