Patents by Inventor Stephen Gerard Penrice

Stephen Gerard Penrice 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).

  • Lottery game based on letter puzzles
    Patent number: 7819738
    Abstract: A system and method for a lottery game. The game includes a plurality of puzzles, where each puzzle is a concatenation of characters including letters, wherein some characters are missing from each puzzle. A player selects a set of characters from a predefined set of characters and if the select set of characters includes a solution for at least one puzzle, the player may receive a prize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Scientific Games International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Kyle Bozeman, Stephen Gerard Penrice
  • Computer-implemented simulated card game
    Patent number: 7785184
    Abstract: A monitor-based Texas Hold'em Poker game, where a plurality of game entries are displayed to a player and each game entry is associated with a winning odds and potential payout. After the player places a wager on one of the game entries, the system generates a set of community cards and determines a winning hand according to a set of predefined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Scientific Games International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chantal Jubinville, Stephen Gerard Penrice, Alan Kyle Bozeman