Patents by Inventor Todd C. Schnagel

Todd C. Schnagel 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: 6165070
    Abstract: The video game slot machine program has an output based upon operator skill and imitates a gaming slot machine. The computer program game displays at least a three grid and preferably a nine grid matrix on a monitor. The program displays video representations of peripheral segments of rotating cylinders in each grid of the matrix. A plurality of iconic images (in the preferred embodiment three sets of 27 images) are maintained in a predetermined and fixed sequence and are displayed on the "spinning" peripheral cylindrical segments. The program displays this predetermined sequence of iconic images in a grid such that no more than one complete icon and no more than a fraction part of two icons are displayed at any particular time. In another words, 100% of the icon A is displayed simultaneously with no more than about 98% of icon B. In another instance, 100% of icon A is displayed, 50% of icon B is displayed and 45% of icon C is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: BVC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Nolte, Todd C. Schnagel