Patents by Inventor Robeson Mandela Reeves
Robeson Mandela Reeves 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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Publication number: 20230351849Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating retail-funded jackpots that are increased based on qualifying retail transactions rather than wagers, and which can be won while users of a mobile wagering app are completing purchases at participating retailers, are described. In accordance with some embodiments, users of a mobile wagering app may utilize NFC-enabled jackpot terminals placed at participating retailers to cause a contribution to a jackpot to be made (e.g., funded by a provider of the mobile wagering app and based on a purchase total or other transaction data) and to trigger a jackpot awarding event. In some embodiments, once a given mobile wagering app user is identified as a primary jackpot winner, other users of the mobile wagering app who are within a predetermined proximity to the primary jackpot winner also win a portion of the jackpot.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20220143489Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Patent number: 11235227Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Roxor Gaming, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Publication number: 20200376363Abstract: Embodiments provide for card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Zachary David Philip Boswell
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Patent number: 10744398Abstract: Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sanford Todd Young
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Publication number: 20190388774Abstract: Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10475277Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a gaming apparatus provides for facilitating a roulette game which allows for wagering on multi-spin wagers, wherein a win result of the multi-spin wager is dependent on a plurality of independently-determined results of the roulette game, and further wherein the wager defines a predetermined relationship the plurality of independently-determined results must bear to one another in order for the player to win the wager. The gaming apparatus is, in accordance with some embodiments, operable to modify a graphical user interface to indicate progress in a game instance of the multi-spin wager.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Jagbir Rehil
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Patent number: 10322333Abstract: Embodiments provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that allow at least one card to be dealt from a special deck (e.g., a restricted deck) into a hand, while the remainder of the cards for that hand (and, in some embodiments, other hands involved in the game event) are dealt from a main/conventional deck. In accordance with some embodiments, the at least one card dealt from the special deck is dealt into a hand of the player while in other embodiments it is dealt into the hand of a dealer and/or an opponent player. A special deck may be a deck that includes cards configured to provide an advantage to the player (e.g., in a blackjack game, restricted deck may only include high value cards if being used for a player hand or only low value cards if being used for a dealer hand).Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias, Marlon James Dublin, Alexander Sandford Todd Young
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Patent number: 10121320Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20180033249Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Patent number: 9779583Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Patent number: 9652936Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, provided herein are systems, methods and articles of manufacture for providing bonuses to player of games (e.g., online wagering games) based on the achievement of a qualifying event by another player (e.g., a friend of the players who are provided the bonuses). In accordance with some embodiments, such bonuses are funded out of respective bonus funding accounts maintained and managed for the players (which may be game-specific). In accordance with some embodiments, such bonus funding accounts may be maintained for players without the player's knowledge or control and may be funded based on gaming activity of the players (e.g., a portion of each wager made by a player may be contributed to the balance of the player's bonus funding account).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Gamesys, Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Thomas David James Aicken
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Publication number: 20170084121Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Patent number: 9511279Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves
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Publication number: 20160351018Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for online and/or electronic card games such as blackjack that are provided in an automated communal fashion to provide for a wider and more diverse audience of players.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Hans Elias
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Publication number: 20160063799Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a gaming apparatus provides for facilitating a roulette game which allows for wagering on multi-spin wagers, wherein a win result of the multi-spin wager is dependent on a plurality of independently-determined results of the roulette game, and further wherein the wager defines a predetermined relationship the plurality of independently-determined results must bear to one another in order for the player to win the wager. The gaming apparatus is, in accordance with some embodiments, operable to modify a graphical user interface to indicate progress in a game instance of the multi-spin wager.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Jagbir Rehil
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Publication number: 20150087375Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for player allocation amongst game sessions such as based on game play style and/or aggressiveness metrics and/or based on desired entertainment-based attributes for one or more sessions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Robeson Mandela Reeves, Phillip Jarlath Graham, Darse Billings
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Publication number: 20150045114Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for games that may be adjusted to provide bonuses to players playing together, such as when one player has referred the other to the system. Game win amounts may be adjusted to account for bonuses that may be provided to Refer-A-Friend (RAF) players.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Noel Thomas John Hayden, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Rajko Monden, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Tobias Patrick O'Rourke, Moustapha Mouhamadou Camara, Maninder Singh Obhrai
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Patent number: 8858322Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for games that may be adjusted to provide bonuses to players playing together, such as when one player has referred the other to the system. Game win amounts may be adjusted to account for bonuses that may be provided to Refer-A-Friend (RAF) players.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Noel Thomas John Hayden, Robeson Mandela Reeves, Rajko Monden, Jeffrey Paul Bannister, Tobias Patrick O'Rourke, Moustapha Mouhamadou Camara, Maninder Singh Obhrai
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Publication number: 20140274385Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for promoting game play frequency of online games. Embodiments include displaying a plurality of positioned game elements, wherein each positioned game element is associated with a game time period; displaying a game indicia associated with a positioned game element if a player has acquired a game piece during the game time period associated with the positioned game element; selecting one or more positioned game elements after a game duration; and awarding one or more prizes if the selected positioned game elements are associated with a game indicia. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Gamesys Ltd.Inventors: Hans Elias, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, Thomas David James Aicken, Robeson Mandela Reeves