Patents by Inventor Tracy Soon

Tracy Soon 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).

  • Publication number: 20260155010
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide reel set activations with synced reels features, wherein upon an occurrence of a triggering event associated with a main set of reels, the gaming system provides reel set activations with synced reels feature for one or more additional reel sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: David Wright, W. Ben Staufeneger, Ginese Weyant, Arram Bekarian, Tracy Soon
  • Publication number: 20260038346
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods that provide a play of a keno game having one or more split spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Maresa Martin, Benjamin R. Holsclaw, Tracy Soon
  • Publication number: 20250391230
    Abstract: A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly including rotatable reel having a reel strip including one or more enlarged symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Tracy Soon, Rachel Guthrie, Matthew Palazzetti, Jason Mead
  • Publication number: 20250308333
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a held reel with increasing multiplier sequence until a sequence termination event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Craig Schaefer, Tracy Soon
  • Publication number: 20250308335
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a held reel with increasing multiplier sequence until a sequence termination event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Craig Schaefer, Tracy Soon
  • Patent number: 12361792
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a held reel with increasing multiplier sequence until a sequence termination event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Craig Schaefer, Tracy Soon
  • Publication number: 20250157293
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods provide a play of a game that includes an award amount display sequence with a limited multiplier application sub-sequence. In various embodiments, the award amount display sequence sequentially displays a plurality of award amounts and the limited multiplier application sub-sequence applies a multiplier to each of one or more (but not all) of the displayed award amounts. In various embodiments, the limited multiplier application sub-sequence applies a multiplier to each of the selected award amounts but does not apply a multiplier to the other displayed award amounts of the award amount display sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Boris Hallerbach, Bethel Brown, Brandon Woudhuysen, Tracy Soon, Helmut Sulzbacher, Michael DeBrabander
  • Publication number: 20250104527
    Abstract: A game session includes a plurality of wagering games by a player at a gaming device. For each wagering game of the plurality of wagering games, a determination that the game result for the wagering game include a first game symbol causes a first bonus game award counter value at the gaming device to increase by a first predetermined counter value. Based on a first bonus game trigger event, a first bonus game is initiated at the gaming device. A first plurality of bonus game awards corresponding to the first bonus game award counter value is awarded, wherein a first subset of the first plurality of bonus game prizes modifies a second subset of the first plurality of bonus game awards. A first total bonus game award based on the first plurality of bonus game awards is awarded to the first player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Boris HALLERBACH, Bethel BROWN, Brandon WOUDHUYSEN, Tracy SOON, Helmut SULZBACHER, Michael DEBRABANDER
  • Publication number: 20240321055
    Abstract: Gaming systems and methods providing a reel game including a plurality of reels, wherein responsive to a sequence triggering event occurring in a play of a game, the gaming systems and methods provide a held reel with increasing multiplier sequence until a sequence termination event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Schaefer, Tracy Soon