Patents by Inventor Susanne Kiss

Susanne Kiss 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: 11978317
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20240144786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20240144787
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Patent number: 11908283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Patent number: 11861974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems, computational devices, and methods. An illustrative method includes receiving a code request message from a computational device, where the code request message includes information describing a code requestor and a code parameter defined by the code requestor. The method may further include determining that the requestor is permitted to receive the shareable code with the code parameter defined by the code requestor, generating the shareable code, storing an electronic record indicating that the shareable code has been generated, where the electronic record includes an identifier of the shareable code and an identifier of the code requestor, and transmitting a code delivery message to the computational device, where the code delivery message includes the shareable code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer
  • Publication number: 20230206727
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20230186730
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Patent number: 11620873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Patent number: 11610454
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20230033474
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems, computational devices, and methods. An illustrative method includes receiving a code request message from a computational device, where the code request message includes information describing a code requestor and a code parameter defined by the code requestor. The method may further include determining that the requestor is permitted to receive the shareable code with the code parameter defined by the code requestor, generating the shareable code, storing an electronic record indicating that the shareable code has been generated, where the electronic record includes an identifier of the shareable code and an identifier of the code requestor, and transmitting a code delivery message to the computational device, where the code delivery message includes the shareable code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer
  • Publication number: 20230005337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices that enable interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes providing a tag with an encoded physical medium that is readable by a touch-capable user interface, determining that the tag has been read by a touch-capable user interface of a gaming device in combination with detecting a gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, enabling the gaming device to provide a predetermined game feature in response to determining that the tag has been read by the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device in combination with detecting the gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, and updating an electronic record associated with the tag to indicate that the predetermined game feature has been enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Daniel Landry, David Froy, Fayez Idris, Sven Aurich, Stefan Keilwert, Susanne Kiss
  • Patent number: 11468734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems, computational devices, and methods. An illustrative method includes receiving a code request message from a computational device, where the code request message includes information describing a code requestor and a code parameter defined by the code requestor. The method may further include determining that the requestor is permitted to receive the shareable code with the code parameter defined by the code requestor, generating the shareable code, storing an electronic record indicating that the shareable code has been generated, where the electronic record includes an identifier of the shareable code and an identifier of the code requestor, and transmitting a code delivery message to the computational device, where the code delivery message includes the shareable code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer
  • Publication number: 20220309873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems, computational devices, and methods. An illustrative method includes receiving a code request message from a computational device, where the code request message includes information describing a code requestor and a code parameter defined by the code requestor. The method may further include determining that the requestor is permitted to receive the shareable code with the code parameter defined by the code requestor, generating the shareable code, storing an electronic record indicating that the shareable code has been generated, where the electronic record includes an identifier of the shareable code and an identifier of the code requestor, and transmitting a code delivery message to the computational device, where the code delivery message includes the shareable code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer
  • Patent number: 11436894
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices that enable interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes providing a tag with an encoded physical medium that is readable by a touch-capable user interface, determining that the tag has been read by a touch-capable user interface of a gaming device in combination with detecting a gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, enabling the gaming device to provide a predetermined game feature in response to determining that the tag has been read by the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device in combination with detecting the gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, and updating an electronic record associated with the tag to indicate that the predetermined game feature has been enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Daniel Landry, David Froy, Fayez Idris, Sven Aurich, Stefan Keilwert, Susanne Kiss
  • Publication number: 20220076535
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20220058916
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Patent number: 11238701
    Abstract: A gaming device determines that only when a result of a game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for a player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20210295654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for providing reel-spin game enhancement features. A player enrolled with a subscription service server is presented with an opportunity to enhance game features associated with a gaming device after a result of a game played on the gaming device is determined. The gaming device determines that only when the result of the game played corresponds to a predetermined outcome, a respin option becomes available for the player. This option is rendered as an offer for the player to activate a game enhancement feature for a respin during a subsequent play of the reel-spin game. The game enhancement features include holding or locking a symbol in the reels of the reel-spin game, adding a score multiplier, or adding a modified symbol to a particular position or reel, during the respin of the subsequent play of the reel-spin game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Elisabeth Kiss, Susanne Kiss, Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer, Bruno Rittner, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20210090394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices that enable interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes providing a tag with an encoded physical medium that is readable by a touch-capable user interface, determining that the tag has been read by a touch-capable user interface of a gaming device in combination with detecting a gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, enabling the gaming device to provide a predetermined game feature in response to determining that the tag has been read by the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device in combination with detecting the gesture of the user at the touch-capable user interface of the gaming device, and updating an electronic record associated with the tag to indicate that the predetermined game feature has been enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, Daniel Landry, David Froy, Fayez Idris, Sven Aurich, Stefan Keilwert, Susanne Kiss