Patents by Inventor Steven R. Cramer

Steven R. Cramer 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: 9177438
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 9177439
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140248955
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140248954
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 8747221
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120115582
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, over a wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Patent number: 8075397
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110053135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a an interactive multimedia-based gaming technology training and skill development system. The system can be accessed at almost any time and from almost anywhere a computing device may be located. Furthermore, the system can operate to present its materials in a user-paced and on-demand fashion. The gaming technology training and skill development system of the present invention allows for the system operator to bundle courses of specific interest together to form certification tracks. Additionally, the system allows the operator to assign certification exams to the certification tracks, the certification exams may feature exercises which mimic or faithfully replicate the practical exercises which they endeavor to test. Since the system maintains records for the users, the system operator can run reports that track user's activity and monitor progress real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Cris Challender
  • Publication number: 20100099063
    Abstract: A computerized wagering game education system includes presentation of one or more interactive wagering game technical tasks to a student, presentation of a quiz to a student via the network interface such that the quiz results are used to provide suggestions for further study, and presenting multiple levels of testing to a student as part of a certification process, comprising at least one quiz presented after the completion of at least one course and at least one certification test presented at the completion of multiple courses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Cris Challender
  • Publication number: 20090197660
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for servicing wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, wagering game network, service information originating from a wagering game machine, wherein the wagering game machine is configured to receive a wager associated with a wagering game. The method can also include, based on the service information and a service plan associated with the wagering game machine, determining a service action. The method can also include performing the service action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: WMS GAMING INC
    Inventors: Steven R. Cramer, Grover T. Surratt, Alfred Thomas