Patents by Inventor Upinder Dhaliwal

Upinder Dhaliwal 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: 20240054862
    Abstract: A navigation technique includes capturing a scan of a local physical environment comprising a physical gaming area, determine the location of a local device within the physical gaming area based on the captured scan, and identifying a game path based on the determined location of the local device, wherein the game path comprises one or more regions of interest within the physical gaming area. A graphical navigation overlay is presented on the local device, and includes navigational information for the game path. The location of the local device is tracked using sensor data captured by the local device. When the local device has reached a first region of interest of the one or more regions of interest within the physical gaming area, a mini-game overlay is presented on the local device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Eric Droukas
  • Publication number: 20230419767
    Abstract: An electronic gaming device comprising a display device, at least one input mechanism, a processor, and a memory storing a plurality of reel strips, and instructions which cause the processor to: select symbols from the reel strips for display at a plurality of symbol positions; display the symbols selected at the symbol positions; in response to a trigger condition being met, initiate an icon selection instance from which one prize of a set of prizes may be awarded, wherein each prize has an associated prize symbol; determine whether to remove one or more prizes from the set of prizes; display a plurality of selectable icons, each of the icons representing a prize; visually remove the one or more prizes; receive selections of the icons until an end condition of a plurality of end conditions is met; and provide an award.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Alessandro Sidoti, Dinh Tran, Hanson Santoso, Upinder Dhaliwal, Saurabh Kalra, Gaurav Goel, Sunil Singh, Romit Aggarwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Emily Chew
  • Publication number: 20230334955
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller that executes instructions stored in a memory which cause the game controller to display a plurality of jackpots and a plurality of bonus meters. The instructions also cause the game controller to display a plurality of player selectable symbols and to receive a player selection of at least one of the player selectable symbols. In response to receiving the player selection, the selected a jackpot symbol is revealed in place of the selected player selectable symbol, and the game controller adds a prize amount to the bonus meter of the jackpot corresponding to the revealed jackpot symbol. When at least a predefined number of jackpot symbols are revealed, both of a value of the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot symbols and an accumulated value of the associated bonus meter are awarded to a player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dinh Toan Tran, Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20230334949
    Abstract: Conducting a feature game based on an active feature state includes displaying a plurality of feature game indicators that indicate respective ones of the current feature states and a feature game to which the respective ones of the current feature states correspond. A defined number of the current feature states to be active for a game instance of a spinning reel game is selected. The display is controlled to visually indicate in connection with the feature game indicators, which of the plurality of feature states were selected to be active feature states for the game instance. An outcome is determined in accordance with the selected symbols for the game instance. Upon a trigger condition for an active feature state being met by the outcome, the feature game is conducted in accordance with the feature state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dinh Tran, Amy Batsiokis, Hiram Yu, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Philip Seifert, Ravi Khatri, Sandeep Saharawat, Upinder Dhaliwal, Lauren Chapple, Romit Aggarwal, Robbert Van Elven, Emily Chew, Paul Connelly
  • Publication number: 20230310991
    Abstract: A virtualization system is that comprises a display configured to display a representation of a real-world gaming area with physical objects. A user selects and adds one or more virtual electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to the gaming area representation to generate a mixed reality gaming area. Each virtual EGM added to the mixed reality gaming area can be moved to a desired location and rotated to a desired orientation. Each virtual EGM added to the to the mixed reality gaming area is also shown implementing a game that may also be selected by the user. The user is provided with a representation on the tablet computer of the mixed reality gaming area that includes the specific EGMs implementing the specific game, where the specific EGMs can be added or replaced at one or more virtual locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Thomas Elson
  • Publication number: 20230281915
    Abstract: Determining a fit of a real-world electronic gaming machine (EGM) using a virtual representation of an EGM includes obtaining the virtual representation, obtaining sensor data for a real-world environment in which the virtual representation is to be presented, and detecting one or more surfaces in the real-world environment based on the sensor data. A determination is made that the virtual representation of the electronic gaming machine fits within the real-world environment in accordance with the real-world dimensions and the detected one or more surfaces. The virtual representation is presented in a mixed reality environment such that the virtual representation is blended into a view of a real-world environment along the one or more surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Eric Droukas, Patrick Petrella, III
  • Publication number: 20230281914
    Abstract: Generating a presentation of a representation of an electronic gaming machine (EGM) includes generating, for presentation on a user interface, a plurality of user selectable components corresponding to one or more electronic game parameters, determining, based on user input, a selected set of electronic game parameters corresponding to an EGM configuration, and generating a virtual representation of an EGM based on the EGM configuration. The technique also includes presenting the virtual representation in a mixed reality environment such that the virtual representation is blended into a view of a real-world environment, receiving a request to obtain an image of the mixed reality environment, and in response to the request, generating an image of the virtual representation blended into the view of the real-world environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Eric Droukas, Patrick Petrella, III
  • Publication number: 20230281941
    Abstract: Providing a presentation for electronic gaming machines (EGMs) includes displaying, on a user interface, a plurality of user selectable components corresponding to one or more wagering games, determining, based on user input, a selection of a subset of the plurality of user selectable components corresponding to an electronic gaming machine configuration, and generating a representation of a first electronic gaming machine based on the selected subset of the plurality of user selectable components. The representation of the electronic gaming machine configuration is based on gaming machine data from a content management server. The representation of the first electronic gaming machine is stored as a component of a presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Eric Droukas, Patrick Petrella, III
  • Patent number: 11721173
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller that executes instructions stored in a memory which cause the game controller to display, on a display of the gaming machine, a plurality of jackpots and a plurality of bonus meters. The instructions also cause the game controller to display, on the display, a plurality of player selectable symbols and to receive a player selection of at least one of the player selectable symbols. In response to receiving the player selection, the selected a jackpot symbol is revealed in place of the selected player selectable symbol, and the game controller adds a prize amount to the bonus meter of the jackpot corresponding to the revealed jackpot symbol. When at least a predefined number of jackpot symbols are revealed, both of a value of the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot symbols and an accumulated value of the associated bonus meter are awarded to a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Dinh Toan Tran, Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11707677
    Abstract: A virtualization system is that comprises a display configured to display a representation of a real-world gaming area with physical objects. A user selects and adds one or more virtual electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to the gaming area representation to generate a mixed reality gaming area. Each virtual EGM added to the mixed reality gaming area can be moved to a desired location and rotated to a desired orientation. Each virtual EGM added to the to the mixed reality gaming area is also shown implementing a game that may also be selected by the user. The user is provided with a representation on the tablet computer of the mixed reality gaming area that includes the specific EGMs implementing the specific game, where the specific EGMs can be added or replaced at one or more virtual locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Thomas Elson
  • Publication number: 20230097046
    Abstract: A gaming device comprises a display, a random number generator, a processor, and a memory storing instructions. When the instructions are executed by the processor, they cause the processor to conduct a base game from which feature games and at least one composite feature game can be triggered, where the composite feature game comprises game play characteristics from a first feature game and a second feature game of the feature games, and the composite feature game comprises a combination of the different game play characteristics. The composite feature game is initiated in response to a composite feature trigger condition being met. The game instances are presented with one or more feature game icon, which are modified in presentation during the game instances in accordance with an associated game play characteristic for a particular instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Paul Connelly, Gaurav Goel, Dean Agan, Nitin Gupta, Neil Street, William Holland, Stephen Jones-McQueen, Leon Roberts, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Samuel Walker, Claudia Rae, Hanson Santoso, Dinh Tran
  • Publication number: 20220152499
    Abstract: A virtualization system is that comprises a display configured to display a representation of a real-world gaming area with physical objects. A user selects and adds one or more virtual electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to the gaming area representation to generate a mixed reality gaming area. Each virtual EGM added to the mixed reality gaming area can be moved to a desired location and rotated to a desired orientation. Each virtual EGM added to the to the mixed reality gaming area is also shown implementing a game that may also be selected by the user. The user is provided with a representation on the tablet computer of the mixed reality gaming area that includes the specific EGMs implementing the specific game, where the specific EGMs can be added or replaced at one or more virtual locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Thomas Elson
  • Patent number: 11266907
    Abstract: A virtualization system is that comprises a display configured to display a representation of a real-world gaming area with physical objects. A user selects and adds one or more virtual electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to the gaming area representation to generate a mixed reality gaming area. Each virtual EGM added to the mixed reality gaming area can be moved to a desired location and rotated to a desired orientation. Each virtual EGM added to the to the mixed reality gaming area is also shown implementing a game that may also be selected by the user. The user is provided with a representation on the tablet computer of the mixed reality gaming area that includes the specific EGMs implementing the specific game, where the specific EGMs can be added or replaced at one or more virtual locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Thomas Elson
  • Publication number: 20210183207
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller that executes instructions stored in a memory which cause the game controller to display, on a display of the gaming machine, a plurality of jackpots and a plurality of bonus meters. The instructions also cause the game controller to display, on the display, a plurality of player selectable symbols and to receive a player selection of at least one of the player selectable symbols. In response to receiving the player selection, the selected a jackpot symbol is revealed in place of the selected player selectable symbol, and the game controller adds a prize amount to the bonus meter of the jackpot corresponding to the revealed jackpot symbol. When at least a predefined number of jackpot symbols are revealed, both of a value of the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot symbols and an accumulated value of the associated bonus meter are awarded to a player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Dinh Toan Tran, Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10957160
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller that executes instructions stored in a memory which cause the game controller to display, on a display of the gaming machine, a plurality of jackpots and a plurality of bonus meters. The instructions also cause the game controller to display, on the display, a plurality of player selectable symbols and to receive a player selection of at least one of the player selectable symbols. In response to receiving the player selection, the selected a jackpot symbol is revealed in place of the selected player selectable symbol, and the game controller adds a prize amount to the bonus meter of the jackpot corresponding to the revealed jackpot symbol. When at least a predefined number of jackpot symbols are revealed, both of a value of the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot symbols and an accumulated value of the associated bonus meter are awarded to a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Dinh Toan Tran, Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210046383
    Abstract: A virtualization system is that comprises a display configured to display a representation of a real-world gaming area with physical objects. A user selects and adds one or more virtual electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to the gaming area representation to generate a mixed reality gaming area. Each virtual EGM added to the mixed reality gaming area can be moved to a desired location and rotated to a desired orientation. Each virtual EGM added to the to the mixed reality gaming area is also shown implementing a game that may also be selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Upinder Dhaliwal, Thomas Elson
  • Publication number: 20190096188
    Abstract: An electronic gaming machine includes a game controller that executes instructions stored in a memory which cause the game controller to display, on a display of the gaming machine, a plurality of jackpots and a plurality of bonus meters. The instructions also cause the game controller to display, on the display, a plurality of player selectable symbols and to receive a player selection of at least one of the player selectable symbols. In response to receiving the player selection, the selected a jackpot symbol is revealed in place of the selected player selectable symbol, and the game controller adds a prize amount to the bonus meter of the jackpot corresponding to the revealed jackpot symbol. When at least a predefined number of jackpot symbols are revealed, both of a value of the jackpot corresponding to the jackpot symbols and an accumulated value of the associated bonus meter are awarded to a player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dinh Toan Tran, Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: D870126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Dinh Toan Tran, Paul Lombardo
  • Patent number: D891447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Dinh Toan Tran, Paul Lombardo
  • Patent number: D971228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Crispino, Upinder Dhaliwal, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Dinh Toan Tran, Paul Lombardo