Patents by Inventor Thomas E Soukup

Thomas E Soukup 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).

  • System and method for establishing a progressive jackpot award
    Patent number: 7883410
    Abstract: System and method establish a progressive jackpot award associated with a machine useable by a user. The user has a user account stored in a computer connected to the machine. The computer includes a database for storing user account data including bonus points associated with the user. The progressive jackpot award has an associated payout value. The user uses the bonus points on the machine and an incremental number is added to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Konami Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E Soukup, Jeffrey George, Steve Sutherland