Patents by Inventor Ryan Paul Hawkins

Ryan Paul Hawkins 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: 9747746
    Abstract: A gaming system that is arranged to facilitate selection of one or more win lines by a player is described. The gaming system comprises a weight allocator for allocating a weight to a wager, the allocated weight being dependent on a number of win lines selected by the player. The gaming system further comprises a prize allocator, and a trigger determiner arranged to determine a trigger condition, the trigger condition being dependent at least in part on the allocated weight. The gaming system is arranged to allocate a prize to a player in response to determination of the trigger condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Hawkins, Jamie Keith Langille
  • Publication number: 20160180637
    Abstract: A gaming machine having a display and a user interface. At least one symbol is spun up on each of a plurality of spinning reels and displayed on the display to form outcomes. If a particular outcome occurs, the gaming machine awards an award. Each reel has an associated set of symbols. The display also displays a plurality of game options, each game option designating a respective number of free games that are each associated with a designated multiplier. A game controller (a) receives an input choosing one of the options; and (b) sequentially plays each of the number of free games according to the chosen game option. If an award is payable as a result of playing the number of free games, that award is modified by the designated multiplier associated with the respective number of free games for the chosen game option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Honeycutt, Ryan Paul Hawkins, Yanis Tsombanidis
  • Publication number: 20160093153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to gaming machines, systems and methods of gaming. There are a number of different ways available for determining an award by current gaming machines and systems. In this embodiment, a game controller is arranged to determine an award depending on the number of columns spanned by a cluster of symbols and the number of symbol positions in the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Hawkins, Yanis Tsombanidis, Stephanie Johns, Robert Honeycutt
  • Publication number: 20160093148
    Abstract: An electronic method of gaming comprising, displaying a symbol evaluation area on a display of a gaming system, the symbol evaluation area comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of symbol display positions; generating a game outcome by selecting a plurality of symbols to populate the symbol display area, the symbols being selected from first symbols having a size corresponding to the size of the symbol display positions and one or more second symbols, wherein each second symbol is at least the size of two display positions, the selecting of the symbols including selecting a display position of the evaluation area at which each selected first symbol will be displayed, and selecting one or more symbol display positions of the evaluation area at which part of each selected second symbol will be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Hawkins, Yanis Tsombanidis
  • Publication number: 20160093151
    Abstract: Described herein is a gaming machine and, a method of gaming thereon, comprising: a symbol selector for selecting a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols during play of a game, the set of symbols including a plurality of function symbols; a display having at least a game area, the selected symbols being displayed in said game area; an outcome evaluator for determining that at least one predefined triggering criterion is satisfied; and a game area expander for expanding said game area in response to said at least one predefined triggering criterion being satisfied, such that at least one additional symbol of the set of symbols is displayed in an expanded game area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Hawkins, Yanis Tsombanidis, Stephanie Johns, Robert Honeycutt
  • Patent number: 9117330
    Abstract: A gaming system is disclosed which is arranged to randomly display a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols. The gaming system comprises a function allocator arranged to allocate a function to at least one symbol selected from the set of symbols, and a game outcome generator arranged to determine a game outcome based on the displayed symbols and on the function allocated to the selected symbol. A corresponding method, computer program and computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Stevens, Ryan Paul Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20140045580
    Abstract: A gaming system that is arranged to facilitate selection of one or more win lines by a player is described. The gaming system comprises a weight allocator for allocating a weight to a wager, the allocated weight being dependent on a number of win lines selected by the player. The gaming system further comprises a prize allocator, and a trigger determiner arranged to determine a trigger condition, the trigger condition being dependent at least in part on the allocated weight. The gaming system is arranged to allocate a prize to a player in response to determination of the trigger condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Paul Hawkins, Jamie Keith Langille
  • Publication number: 20110151966
    Abstract: A cashless gaming method including receiving payment for a selected gaming ticket having a predefined fixed value, the gaming ticket being redeemable at a cashless-enabled gaming machine for an associated amount of wagerable credits, and issuing the fixed value gaming ticket to the player responsive to receiving the payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Ryan Paul Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20110151968
    Abstract: A method of gaming in a gaming system comprising a) conducting a plurality of games, each game including determining whether to award an entitlement, and, upon awarding the entitlement, controlling a size of the entitlement based on a size of at least part of a wager made in the game and adding the entitlement to a current total entitlement, b) determining to apply the total entitlement, and c) applying the total entitlement to subsequent game play independently of the most recent wager size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew Chan, Ryan Paul Hawkins, Alexander Sandford Todd Young, James Kroon
  • Publication number: 20090191936
    Abstract: A gaming system comprising: a touch screen display arranged to display a plurality of reels; and a game controller arranged to: control display of the plurality of reels; receive a signal from the touch screen display indicative that the touch screen display has been touched at a position corresponding to one of the reels; and alter the speed of rotation of at least one reel based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ryan Paul Hawkins