Patents by Inventor Tracy Lee Powell

Tracy Lee Powell 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: 8911288
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Ali Mohamad Saffari, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Theodore M. Gail, Tracy Lee Powell, Bryan D. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100234089
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Ali Mohamad Saffari, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Theodore M. Gail, Tracy Lee Powell, Bryan D. Wolf