Patents by Inventor Ron Watts

Ron Watts 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).

  • Patent number: 9697696
    Abstract: A group of associated gaming devices each having a lottery drawer including a database having a plurality of entries each entry containing one or more winning numbers associated with a predetermined time interval, and a pseudo random number generator for generating pseudo random numbers from a seed supplied by the database, and a clock for extracting the winning number or numbers from an entry of the database for the time interval indicated by the clock, and a comparator for at least one receiving of the extracted winning number or numbers and at least one number generated by the pseudo random generator, wherein the comparator is adapted for generating a win signal when the extracted winning number and the generated pseudo random number match; and wherein all of the associated gaming devices include identical databases having the plurality of entries and pseudo random number generators whereby win signals are generated simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Ron Watts, Andy Dinning
  • Publication number: 20140235317
    Abstract: A group of associated gaming devices each having a lottery drawer including a database having a plurality of entries each entry containing one or more winning numbers associated with a predetermined time interval, and a pseudo random number generator for generating pseudo random numbers from a seed supplied by the database, and a clock for extracting the winning number or numbers from an entry of the database for the time interval indicated by the clock, and a comparator for at least one receiving of the extracted winning number or numbers and at least one number generated by the pseudo random generator, wherein the comparator is adapted for generating a win signal when the extracted winning number and the generated pseudo random number match; and wherein all of the associated gaming devices include identical databases having the plurality of entries and pseudo random number generators whereby win signals are generated simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: NOVOMATIC AG
    Inventors: Ron Watts, Andy Dinning
  • Patent number: 8578089
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide a method and system for comparing a storage location related to a new write command on a storage device with storage locations of a predetermined number of write commands stored in a first table to determine frequency of write commands to the storage location. If the frequency is determined to be higher than a first threshold, the data related to the write command is stored in a write cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ron Watts, Jack Lakey
  • Publication number: 20120110258
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide a method and system for comparing a storage location related to a new write command on a storage device with storage locations of a predetermined number of write commands stored in a first table to determine frequency of write commands to the storage location. If the frequency is determined to be higher than a first threshold, the data related to the write command is stored in a write cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jack Lakey, Ron Watts