Patents by Inventor Yizhao ZHU

Yizhao ZHU 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: 20240013618
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. A system includes a communication interface, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a casino operator, a request for credit data that corresponds to a player that requested credit from the casino operator, to use in a wagering event. The processor circuit is further caused to, in response to receiving the request for credit data, receive, from a decentralized distributed casino credit management architecture, a data block that includes a credit record that corresponds the player. The processor circuit is further caused to determine, based on the credit record, a response to the player that requested the credit. The response includes extending the requested credit to the player or denying the requested credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: Haiyun ZHANG, Yizhao ZHU, Jun Robert LI, Xiang WU
  • Patent number: 11798358
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. A system includes a communication interface, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a casino operator, a request for credit data that corresponds to a player that requested credit from the casino operator, to use in a wagering event. The processor circuit is further caused to, in response to receiving the request for credit data, receive, from a decentralized distributed casino credit management architecture, a data block that includes a credit record that corresponds the player. The processor circuit is further caused to determine, based on the credit record, a response to the player that requested the credit. The response includes extending the requested credit to the player or denying the requested credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Haiyun Zhang, Yizhao Zhu, Jun Robert Li, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220309870
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided. A system includes a communication interface, a processor circuit and a memory coupled to the processor circuit. The memory includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to receive, from a casino operator, a request for credit data that corresponds to a player that requested credit from the casino operator, to use in a wagering event. The processor circuit is further caused to, in response to receiving the request for credit data, receive, from a decentralized distributed casino credit management architecture, a data block that includes a credit record that corresponds the player. The processor circuit is further caused to determine, based on the credit record, a response to the player that requested the credit. The response includes extending the requested credit to the player or denying the requested credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Haiyun ZHANG, Yizhao ZHU, Jun Robert LI, Xiang WU
  • Publication number: 20210335093
    Abstract: A blockchain system, and related devices, systems, and methods are provided. A blockchain node device node device receives a first message from a gaming device in communication with the blockchain node device, the first message including a request for first play data corresponding to historical wagering activity by a player and wagering limit data associated with a limitation on wagering activity by the player. The blockchain node transmits a first blockchain block of a plurality of blockchain blocks of a blockchain data structure to the gaming device, wherein the first blockchain block includes the first play data. The blockchain node receives a second message from the gaming device, the second message including a second blockchain block including hash data associated with the first blockchain block and second play data corresponding to further wagering activity by the player. The blockchain node adds the second blockchain block to the blockchain data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Yizhao ZHU, Xiang WU, Wei HOU, Lixia JI, Guangyu JIN