Patents by Inventor Zania Marais

Zania Marais 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: 20150170460
    Abstract: A machine includes a display, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause a set of functions to be performed that include making a first determination that a first trigger event occurred; responsive to the first determination, selecting a multiplier symbol set from a multiplier symbol group, and for a or each multiplier symbol of the selected multiplier symbol set, determining a respective corresponding arrangement position that indicates a significant figure of a bonus multiplier; making a second determination whether or not a second trigger event occurred; responsive to the second determination, when the second trigger event occurred: selecting a further multiplier symbol from the multiplier symbol group, augmenting a magnitude of the bonus multiplier based on the further multiplier symbol, and displaying the augmented bonus multiplier; and when the second trigger event did not occur: displaying the bonus multiplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Zania Marais