Patents by Inventor Sina Miri

Sina Miri 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: 20250148868
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring funds from a financial institution account to a cashless wagering account and then to an electronic gaming machine without utilizing any physical forms of currency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Erik B. Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne A. Davis, Matthew Levin
  • Patent number: 12277834
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a management server including a processor and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive player identification data and game data. The instructions also cause the processor to request and receive, based upon the player identification data and from a player tracking server, player data associated with the player account, cause display, on a host device associated with a casino host, of at least a portion of the player data and the game data, and determine that the EGM should be disabled for a predetermined amount of time. The instructions further cause the processor to cause display of a message indicating that the EGM will be disabled and disable the EGM for the predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Cleveland, Angelo Palmisano, Patrick Rufatt, Paul Barnes, Andrew Wyllie, Mary Clevidence, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 12217570
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transferring funds from a financial institution account to a cashless wagering account and then to an electronic gaming machine without utilizing any physical forms of currency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Erik B. Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne A. Davis, Matthew Levin
  • Publication number: 20240265770
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a management server including a processor and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive player identification data and game data. The instructions also cause the processor to request and receive, based upon the player identification data and from a player tracking server, player data associated with the player account, cause display, on a host device associated with a casino host, of at least a portion of the player data and the game data, and determine that the EGM should be disabled for a predetermined amount of time. The instructions further cause the processor to cause display of a message indicating that the EGM will be disabled and disable the EGM for the predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Cleveland, Angelo Palmisano, Patrick Rufatt, Paul Barnes, Andrew Wyllie, Mary Clevidence, Sina Miri
  • Publication number: 20240257612
    Abstract: A system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a user in association with maintaining an amount of funds in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with one or more system components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Sina Miri, Dwayne A. Davis, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin
  • Patent number: 12051300
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to collect game-based data regarding a player's experience at a gaming establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne A. Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Patent number: 12039828
    Abstract: A projection surface gaming system for projecting video images onto a physical gaming table is described herein. The projection surface gaming system includes a video projection device, an object sensing system, and a controller including a processor. The processor is programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of projecting a first image on a surface of the physical gaming table using the video projection device, detecting a player's interaction with an area of the physical gaming table displaying the first image using the object sensing system, and projecting a second image on the surface of the gaming table in response to detecting the player's interaction with the area of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Soukup, Sina Miri
  • Publication number: 20240185263
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a casino patron engagement system that facilitates engagement among casino employees and casino patrons to engender patron loyalty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Eugene Bond, Gandalf Hudlow, Jie Zhou, Lu Zhao, Wei Yan, Wei Gong, Sina Miri, John E. Burden
  • Publication number: 20240169792
    Abstract: A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Erik Petersen, Lance Yuan, Mike Zarlenga, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 11983992
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides zero, one or more benefits to a user in association with maintaining an amount of funds in one or more gaming establishment accounts associated with one or more system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Sina Miri, Dwayne A. Davis, Erik Petersen, Christopher Levin
  • Patent number: 11967202
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a management server including a processor and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive player identification data and game data. The instructions also cause the processor to request and receive, based upon the player identification data and from a player tracking server, player data associated with the player account, cause display, on a host device associated with a casino host, of at least a portion of the player data and the game data, and determine that the EGM should be disabled for a predetermined amount of time. The instructions further cause the processor to cause display of a message indicating that the EGM will be disabled and disable the EGM for the predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Cleveland, Angelo Palmisano, Patrick Rufatt, Paul Barnes, Andrew Wyllie, Mary Clevidence, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 11935074
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a casino patron engagement system that facilitates engagement among casino employees and casino patrons to engender patron loyalty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Eugene Bond, Gandalf Hudlow, Jie Zhou, Lu Zhao, Wei Yan, Wei Gong, Sina Miri, John E. Burden
  • Patent number: 11922761
    Abstract: A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Kevin M. Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Erik Petersen, Lance Yuan, Mike Zarlenga, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 11875635
    Abstract: A mobile support system for providing wagering game play to a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The system is configured to receive a play request for the wagering game from a mobile device, where the play request includes a wager amount and represents placement of a wager for an instance of game play of the wagering game. The system generates an instance of game source data for the wagering game and identifies a game play data set used for the play request. Prior to performing a withdrawal transaction of the wager amount for the play request, the system generate a wager outcome for the play request by comparing the game source data with the game play data set. After determining the wager outcome for the play request, the system causes the withdrawal transaction of the wager amount to be performed, thereby completing a placement of the wager amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Gupta, Sina Miri, Yuval Mekler, Mayank Agarwal, Vinay Khandelwal, Pardeep Rathee, Nitin Varshney, Milind Shrivastava
  • Publication number: 20230401925
    Abstract: A system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Publication number: 20230401922
    Abstract: A projection surface gaming system for projecting video images onto a physical gaming table is described herein. The projection surface gaming system includes a video projection device, an object sensing system, and a controller including a processor. The processor is programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of projecting a first image on a surface of the physical gaming table using the video projection device, detecting a player's interaction with an area of the physical gaming table displaying the first image using the object sensing system, and projecting a second image on the surface of the gaming table in response to detecting the player's interaction with the area of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas E. Soukup, Sina Miri
  • Patent number: 11775942
    Abstract: A robot includes a propulsion system configured to move the robot within an operations venue, a wireless interface configured to communicatively connect the robot with a wireless network, a touchscreen display device, a contactless reader device, a memory device, a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a robot management system (RMS) and via the wireless interface, a relocation request identifying a service location within the operations venue and at which the robot is to provide a service, control the propulsion system to navigate the robot to the service location in response to receiving the relocation request, receive, from a user, an authorization request to add funds to a digital wallet of the user, and transmit, via the wireless interface, an authorization request message to a funds transfer data center associated with the user, the authorization request message configured to request adding the funds to the digital wallet of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Cupersmith, Victor Blanco, Sina Miri, Christopher Cleveland, Tammy Rambo, Rajneesh Sharma, Jennifer Potokar
  • Patent number: 11769121
    Abstract: A robot is described. The robot includes a propulsion system, a wireless interface, a memory device, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory device. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, based upon a communication received at the wireless interface, to perform a celebration associated with a trigger event that has occurred on a casino floor and in response to determining to perform the celebration, control the propulsion system to cause the robot to perform at least a portion of the celebration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Cupersmith, Victor Blanco, Jon Hanlin, Sina Miri, Christopher Cleveland, Tammy Rambo, Rajneesh Sharma, Jennifer Potokar, Frank Rodriguez, Rajendrasinh Jadeja
  • Patent number: 11763628
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Sina Miri, Dwayne Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
  • Publication number: 20230252847
    Abstract: An electronic gaming system is described. The electronic gaming system includes a management server including a processor and a memory device storing computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive player identification data and game data. The instructions also cause the processor to request and receive, based upon the player identification data and from a player tracking server, player data associated with the player account, cause display, on a host device associated with a casino host, of at least a portion of the player data and the game data, and determine that the EGM should be disabled for a predetermined amount of time. The instructions further cause the processor to cause display of a message indicating that the EGM will be disabled and disable the EGM for the predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Cleveland, Angelo Palmisano, Patrick Rufatt, Paul Barnes, Andrew Wyllie, Mary Clevidence, Sina Miri