Patents by Inventor Yue Hang Tang

Yue Hang Tang 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: 20230394913
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes enabling a user to interact with a game of chance via a user interface device of the electronic gaming machine, storing an amount of credit available for the player to play the game of chance in a credit meter, presenting the amount of credit available to the user via the user interface device, providing information from the credit meter to a wireless communication assembly, and transmitting, with the wireless communication assembly, the information from the credit meter to a game management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy, JR., Michael Russ, David Small, Yue Hang Tang
  • Patent number: 11763627
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes enabling a user to interact with a game of chance via a user interface device of the electronic gaming machine, storing an amount of credit available for the player to play the game of chance in a credit meter, presenting the amount of credit available to the user via the user interface device, providing information from the credit meter to a wireless communication assembly, and transmitting, with the wireless communication assembly, the information from the credit meter to a game management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy, Jr., Michael Russ, David Small, Yue Hang Tang
  • Patent number: 11625972
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an invitation that provides a description of audio content to be shared, providing a query to a user of an electronic gaming machine requesting a confirmation to play the audio content to be shared, receiving a positive response to the query, sending a command to a different electronic gaming machine to transmit the audio content to be shared, receiving the audio content to be shared from the different electronic gaming machine, identifying a subset of a plurality of speakers from a speaker array to activate based on a determined position of the user relative to the speaker array, and causing the identified subset of the plurality of speakers to output the audio content to be shared as part of a directed sound beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventor: Yue Hang Tang
  • Patent number: 11587388
    Abstract: Gaming devices, systems, and methods include a gaming device that includes a display device and an image capture device to capture a plurality of images of an eye of a player of the gaming device at a plurality of respective times. The gaming device generates, for each image of the plurality of images, gaze direction data indicative of a gaze direction of the eye of the player at the respective time corresponding to the image. The gaming device accesses a player database including player data for a plurality of players, the player data including, for each player, stored gaze data. Based on the gaze direction data and the stored gaze data, the gaming device determines a player parameter value corresponding to a player parameter for the player. Based on the player parameter value, the gaming device modifies a game feature of a wagering game at the gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Yue Hang Tang, Michael Russ
  • Publication number: 20220101682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes enabling a user to interact with a game of chance via a user interface device of the electronic gaming machine, storing an amount of credit available for the player to play the game of chance in a credit meter, presenting the amount of credit available to the user via the user interface device, providing information from the credit meter to a wireless communication assembly, and transmitting, with the wireless communication assembly, the information from the credit meter to a game management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy Jr, Michael Russ, David Small, Yue Hang Tang
  • Patent number: 11270548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems employing directional sound recordings in a casino environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, Jr., Stefan Keilwert, Yue Hang Tang
  • Patent number: 11200775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes enabling a user to interact with a game of chance via a user interface device of the electronic gaming machine, storing an amount of credit available for the player to play the game of chance in a credit meter, presenting the amount of credit available to the user via the user interface device, providing information from the credit meter to a wireless communication assembly, and transmitting, with the wireless communication assembly, the information from the credit meter to a game management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy, Jr., Michael Russ, David Small, Yue Hang Tang
  • Publication number: 20210335086
    Abstract: Gaming devices, systems, and methods include a gaming device that includes a display device and an image capture device to capture a plurality of images of an eye of a player of the gaming device at a plurality of respective times. The gaming device generates, for each image of the plurality of images, gaze direction data indicative of a gaze direction of the eye of the player at the respective time corresponding to the image. The gaming device accesses a player database including player data for a plurality of players, the player data including, for each player, stored gaze data. Based on the gaze direction data and the stored gaze data, the gaming device determines a player parameter value corresponding to a player parameter for the player. Based on the player parameter value, the gaming device modifies a game feature of a wagering game at the gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Fayez IDRIS, Yue Hang TANG, Michael RUSS
  • Publication number: 20210319646
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an invitation that provides a description of audio content to be shared, providing a query to a user of an electronic gaming machine requesting a confirmation to play the audio content to be shared, receiving a positive response to the query, sending a command to a different electronic gaming machine to transmit the audio content to be shared, receiving the audio content to be shared from the different electronic gaming machine, identifying a subset of a plurality of speakers from a speaker array to activate based on a determined position of the user relative to the speaker array, and causing the identified subset of the plurality of speakers to output the audio content to be shared as part of a directed sound beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yue Hang Tang
  • Publication number: 20210248866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to gaming machines, systems, and methods. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes enabling a user to interact with a game of chance via a user interface device of the electronic gaming machine, storing an amount of credit available for the player to play the game of chance in a credit meter, presenting the amount of credit available to the user via the user interface device, providing information from the credit meter to a wireless communication assembly, and transmitting, with the wireless communication assembly, the information from the credit meter to a game management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Fayez Idris, Stefan Keilwert, Sven Aurich, David Froy Jr, Michael Russ, David Small, Yue Hang Tang
  • Publication number: 20210158649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems employing directional sound recordings in a casino environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Russ, David Froy, JR., Stefan Keilwert, Yue Hang Tang