Patents by Inventor Robert Zechner

Robert Zechner 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).

  • Player insert for a gaming machine, a gaming system and a method of operating a gaming system
    Patent number: 7374488
    Abstract: A player insert for a gaming machine, the player insert comprising: an electronically controllable screen, a controller for said electronically controllable screen, an interface adapted to communicate between said controller and a host system associated with said player insert and with further player inserts, said controller being adapted to receive signals from a said host system via said interface and to thereby effect a display on said electronically controllable screen synchronized with at least one further display on at least one further player insert. The electronically controllable screen can be controlled to operate in a first state in which it is transparent and permits a separate display provided behind the screen to be viewed by the player and in a second state in which it is adapted to effect the display as stated above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Atronic Systems G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Helmut Schober, Peter Hoedl, Robert Zechner
  • Player insert for a gaming machine, a gaming system and a method of operating a gaming system
    Publication number: 20040209692
    Abstract: A player insert for a gaming machine, the player insert comprising: an electronically controllable screen, a controller for said electronically controllable screen, an interface adapted to communicate between said controller and a host system associated with said player insert and with further player inserts, said controller being adapted to receive signals from a said host system via said interface and to thereby effect a display on said electronically controllable screen synchronized with at least one further display on at least one further player insert. The electronically controllable screen can be controlled to operate in a first state in which it is transparent and permits a separate display provided behind the screen to be viewed by the player and in a second state in which it is adapted to effect the display as stated above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: GRIPS Elektronik G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Helmut Schober, Peter Hoedl, Robert Zechner