Patents by Inventor William Patrick Miller

William Patrick Miller 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: 9659459
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention provides a game server configured to communicate during use with at least one player terminal, each of which is configured to facilitate play of a centrally drawn game, the game server configured to: determine that a win rule of the centrally drawn game has been satisfied; determine a prize corresponding to satisfaction of the win rule; and find a probabilistic game instance having a prize outcome corresponding to the prize, at least in part, by executing one or more probabilistic game instances to attempt to find a probabilistic game instance having a prize outcome corresponding to the prize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Gareth Phillips, Scott Christopher Olive, William Patrick Miller