Patents by Inventor Samuel Goodall

Samuel Goodall 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: 11948432
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a wheel are described herein. The wheel includes a plurality of game wedges and a wedge selector. The plurality of game wedges includes a first variable wedge, a second variable wedge, and at least one moveable wedge. Each game wedge is associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection. The method includes generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges, causing the wedge selector to visibly identify the selected game wedge, and in response to a trigger game wedge of the game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the moveable wedge around the wheel to change a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable game wedge proportional to the change in visible size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LNW Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcolm Gilbertson, Samuel Goodall, Tod Sarlemyn, Peter Wilkins
  • Patent number: 11462076
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a wheel are described herein. The wheel includes a plurality of game wedges and a wedge selector. The plurality of game wedges includes a first variable wedge, a second variable wedge, and at least one moveable wedge. Each game wedge is associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection. The method includes generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges, causing the wedge selector to visibly identify the selected game wedge, and in response to a trigger game wedge of the game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the moveable wedge around the wheel to change a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable game wedge proportional to the change in visible size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcolm Gilbertson, Samuel Goodall, Tod Sarlemyn, Peter Wilkins
  • Publication number: 20220284771
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a wheel are described herein. The wheel includes a plurality of game wedges and a wedge selector. The plurality of game wedges includes a first variable wedge, a second variable wedge, and at least one moveable wedge. Each game wedge is associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection. The method includes generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges, causing the wedge selector to visibly identify the selected game wedge, and in response to a trigger game wedge of the game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the moveable wedge around the wheel to change a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable game wedge proportional to the change in visible size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jack CHESWORTH, Ross Malcolm GILBERTSON, Samuel GOODALL, Tod SARLEMYN, Peter WILKINS
  • Publication number: 20200327778
    Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a wheel are described herein. The wheel includes a plurality of game wedges and a wedge selector. The plurality of game wedges includes a first variable wedge, a second variable wedge, and at least one moveable wedge. Each game wedge is associated with a respective award and a respective probability of selection. The method includes generating, using a random-number generator, a random number representing a selected game wedge of the plurality of game wedges, causing the wedge selector to visibly identify the selected game wedge, and in response to a trigger game wedge of the game wedges being the selected game wedge, shifting the moveable wedge around the wheel to change a visible size of the first variable wedge and the respective probability of selection of the first variable game wedge proportional to the change in visible size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jack CHESWORTH, Ross Malcolm GILBERTSON, Samuel GOODALL, Tod SARLEMYN, Peter WILKINS
  • Patent number: D896244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcom Gilbertson, Samuel Goodall, Tod Sarlemyn
  • Patent number: D896245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcom Gilbertson, Samuel Goodall, Tod Sarlemyn
  • Patent number: D896246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SG Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Chesworth, Ross Malcom Gilbertson, Samuel Goodall, Tod Sarlemyn