Patents by Inventor Scott A. Caputo

Scott A. Caputo 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: 11935359
    Abstract: Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ernie M. Lafky, Bryan D. Wolf, Paulina Rodgers, Cameron A. Filipour, Adam M. Meyer, Adam M. Singer
  • Publication number: 20240038017
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for determining zero, one or more awards based on one or more moveable wild reels associated with an increasing modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, David Twomey, Luke Geraghty, Mark Claxton
  • Patent number: 11783673
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Patent number: 11551506
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes providing a real-time environmental model of a shared virtual environment (SVE) that includes a plurality of virtual players. Display data corresponding to the SVE is transmitted to each player device. The data includes user display data that causes a display in the player device to render a portion of the SVE based on a virtual orientation of the player device and a virtual location of the virtual player in the SVE. Sensory feedback data is then transmitted to the plurality of VR devices that causes each VR device to provide a sensory indication associated with the SVE to the respective player. The sensory indication is indicative of a benefit that will be provided to a subset of the plurality of players at a predetermined future time. At the predetermined future time, the benefit is then provided to the subset of the plurality of players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott Caputo, Fayez Idris, Bethany Trainor, Paolo Werbrouck
  • Publication number: 20220319275
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on adding symbols to additional symbols display positions of a symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Patent number: 11398135
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on adding symbols to additional symbols display positions of a symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Publication number: 20210366235
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Publication number: 20210350670
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Patent number: 11107324
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Publication number: 20210110640
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for determining zero, one or more awards based on one or more moveable wild reels associated with an increasing modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, David Twomey, Luke Geraghty, Mark Claxton
  • Publication number: 20210082246
    Abstract: Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods that provide games that control volatility. In one embodiment, the gaming system disclosed herein enables a player to select values, or cells associated with values, that are displayed in a particular arrangement. The player selected values are distributed to other values or cells according to one or more predefined rules. In one embodiment, one or more of the player selectable values are progressive award values. At some point during the game, the gaming system randomly picks one of the remaining values that have not been selected and provides an award to the player based at least in part on the selected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Ernie M. Lafky, Bryan D. Wolf, Paulina Rodgers, Cameron A. Filipour, Adam M. Meyer, Adam M. Singer
  • Publication number: 20210049866
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on adding symbols to additional symbols display positions of a symbol display position matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Publication number: 20210049860
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes providing a real-time environmental model of a shared virtual environment (SVE) that includes a plurality of virtual players. Display data corresponding to the SVE is transmitted to each player device. The data includes user display data that causes a display in the player device to render a portion of the SVE based on a virtual orientation of the player device and a virtual location of the virtual player in the SVE. Sensory feedback data is then transmitted to the plurality of VR devices that causes each VR device to provide a sensory indication associated with the SVE to the respective player. The sensory indication is indicative of a benefit that will be provided to a subset of the plurality of players at a predetermined future time. At the predetermined future time, the benefit is then provided to the subset of the plurality of players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Caputo, Fayez Idris, Bethany Trainor, Paolo Werbrouck
  • Publication number: 20210012618
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing an award based on matching symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Scott Caputo
  • Patent number: 10825285
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a slot game including a symbol generator modification event. In various embodiments, the gaming system is configured to provide a slot game, each play of which employs a subset of a plurality of symbol generators. If a symbol generator modification event occurs in association with a first play that employs a first subset of the symbol generators, the gaming system removes one of the symbol generators from the first subset and adds another one of the plurality of symbol generators to the first subset to form a second subset, and employs the second subset for a second play. The gaming system removes and adds the symbol generators to form the second subset such that the average expected payback percentage of the second play is greater than the average expected payback percentage of the first play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Leandro Basallo, Jon M. Leupp
  • Patent number: 10720022
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for individually activating zero, one or more features in association with one or more elements or parameters of a play of a game. In these embodiments, upon an occurrence of a feature activation determination sequence triggering event, the gaming system enables a player to participate in a feature activation determination sequence to individually determine, for one or more displayed elements of a play of a game, whether or not to individually activate one or more features in association with such displayed elements for the play of the game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, Jon M. Leupp, Joanne L. Mills
  • Patent number: 10699532
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a skill-based wagering game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Scott A. Caputo
  • Publication number: 20200105090
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for determining zero, one or more awards based on one or more moveable wild reels associated with an increasing modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Scott A. Caputo, David Twomey, Luke Geraghty, Mark Claxton
  • Patent number: 10607439
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for accumulating designated symbols, wherein the form of the designated symbols accumulated as well as the quantity of designated symbols accumulated determine whether to activate a feature in one or more plays of a first game or trigger a secondary event, such as a win of a progressive award.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Scott A. Caputo
  • Publication number: 20200074784
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods for accumulating designated symbols, wherein the form of the designated symbols accumulated as well as the quantity of designated symbols accumulated determine whether to activate a feature in one or more plays of a first game or trigger a secondary event, such as a win of a progressive award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Scott A. Caputo