Patents by Inventor Sandra Carpenter

Sandra Carpenter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250006015
    Abstract: Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the connected symbol sets and the player symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Amy Morin, Patricia Schmidt, Derek Levesque, Xianfeng Shang, Sandra Carpenter
  • Patent number: 12112602
    Abstract: Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the connected symbol sets and the player symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Amy Morin, Patricia Schmidt, Derek Levesque, Xianfeng Shang, Sandra Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20230326300
    Abstract: Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the connected symbol sets and the player symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Amy Morin, Pat Schmidt, Derek Levesque, Xianfeng Shang, Sandra Carpenter
  • Patent number: 10162651
    Abstract: A computer system may track the user's eye gaze on a display device over time using an eye tracker. When the computer system detects a risk associated with a graphical object and determines that the user's gaze is close to the graphical object, it may display a warning message indicating the risk. The computer system may display the warning message at a location that corresponds to the graphical object associated with the risk. Furthermore, when the computer system detects a risk and determines that the user's gaze is not at the graphical object that needs the user's immediate attention, it may display a warning message near the user's current gaze to notify the user. If desired, the warning message may be hidden based on the user's gaze, such as when the user moves his gaze away from the detected risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Inventors: Feng Zhu, Mini Zeng, Sandra Carpenter