Patents by Inventor Stephen W. Morro

Stephen W. Morro 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: 8641513
    Abstract: A gaming machine connected in a gaming network or operating as a stand-alone machine, is capable of accepting two or more currencies for wager game play. The machine operates internally using a native monetary type and converts non-monetary bills to native amounts in the form of restricted or cashable credits. The multiple currency capability of the machine is utilized to encourage the use of restricted credits by adjusting conversion rates, payback tables, and the like. These features, combined with the use of restricted credits, also enable ways to monitor abuse and illegal activity on the gaming machine and implement ways to limit losses by a player. Certain post-conversion processes are used to ensure that the player is returned non-converted amounts. The gaming machine has additional hard and soft meters to process multiple monetary types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William R. Brosnan, Bryan D. Wolf, Stephen W. Morro, Terrence Lee McCreary, Jr., M. Ali Saffari, John W. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 8506387
    Abstract: A gaming machine connected in a gaming network or operating as a stand-alone machine, is capable of accepting two or more currencies for wager game play. The machine operates internally using a native monetary type and converts non-monetary bills to native amounts in the form of restricted or cashable credits. The multiple currency capability of the machine is utilized to encourage the use of restricted credits by adjusting conversion rates, payback tables, and the like. These features, combined with the use of restricted credits, also enable ways to monitor abuse and illegal activity on the gaming machine and implement ways to limit losses by a player. Certain post-conversion processes are used to ensure that the player is returned non-converted amounts. The gaming machine has additional hard and soft meters to process multiple monetary types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: William R. Brosnan, Bryan D. Wolf, Stephen W. Morro, Terrence Lee McCreary, Jr., M. Ali Saffari, John W. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20120094748
    Abstract: A gaming machine connected in a gaming network or operating as a stand-alone machine, is capable of accepting two or more currencies for wager game play. The machine operates internally using a native monetary type and converts non-monetary bills to native amounts in the form of restricted or cashable credits. The multiple currency capability of the machine is utilized to encourage the use of restricted credits by adjusting conversion rates, payback tables, and the like. These features, combined with the use of restricted credits, also enable ways to monitor abuse and illegal activity on the gaming machine and implement ways to limit losses by a player. Certain post-conversion processes are used to ensure that the player is returned non-converted amounts. The gaming machine has additional hard and soft meters to process multiple monetary types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: William R. Brosnan, Bryan D. Wolf, Stephen W. Morro, Terrence Lee McCreary, JR., M. Ali Saffari, John W. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20090054149
    Abstract: A gaming machine connected in a gaming network or operating as a stand-alone machine, is capable of accepting two or more currencies for wager game play. The machine operates internally using a native monetary type and converts non-monetary bills to native amounts in the form of restricted or cashable credits. The multiple currency capability of the machine is utilized to encourage the use of restricted credits by adjusting conversion rates, payback tables, and the like. These features, combined with the use of restricted credits, also enable ways to monitor abuse and illegal activity on the gaming machine and implement ways to limit losses by a player. Certain post-conversion processes are used to ensure that the player is returned non-converted amounts. The gaming machine has additional hard and soft meters to process multiple monetary types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: William R. Brosnan, Bryan D. Wolf, Stephen W. Morro, Terrence Lee McCreary, JR., M. Ali Saffari, John W. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 6162121
    Abstract: A computer-implemented game includes a wheel of fortune portion. The wheel is positioned in a location spaced from the main game housing. In this way even relatively large wheels can be provided without undesirable dimensional enlargement of the main housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: International Game Technology
    Inventors: Stephen W. Morro, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Robert W. Crowder, Jr., Yin Zin Mark Lam
  • Patent number: 5947820
    Abstract: A computer implemented electronic game provides a game portion which includes a puzzle completion game. In one instance, the puzzle is a word phrase. The first area displays regions for each letter in the phrase. A payline of an electronic slot machine display is associated with one of a plurality of letter indicia, with a bonus value associated with each of the letter indicia. After a simulated slot machine reel spin, if the slot machine portion shows a winning combination, any letters associated with the winning paylines which match uncovered letters of the phrase will be revealed in the phrase region and a bonus value is implemented equal to the product of the bonus points associated with that letter times the number of occurrence of that letter in the phrase times the number of coins bet on the particular payline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: International Game Technology
    Inventors: Stephen W. Morro, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Robert W. Crowder, Jr.