126 patents
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Utility
Linked communications for gaming systems using acoustic signatures
4 May 21
A gaming system includes logic circuitry and a gaming machine for conducting a casino wagering game.
Martin Lyons, Ronald Gray
Filed: 13 Nov 19
Utility
Gaming systems and methods for adaptive social distancing
27 Apr 21
A gaming system comprises a plurality of gaming machines configured to conduct one or more games and a management computing device communicatively coupled to the gaming machines.
Ravi Dutt, Karthikeyan Elangovan, Muthukumaran Palanichamy
Filed: 5 Jun 20
Utility
Card handling devices including multi-card storage compartments, and related methods
30 Mar 21
Card-handling devices may include a card input mechanism and a temporary card storage area positioned to receive cards from the card input mechanism.
James B. Stasson, Attila Grauzer, Robert J. Rynda, Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson
Filed: 1 Jun 20
Utility
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
23 Mar 21
In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account.
Mark B. Gagner, Damon E. Gura, Timothy C. Loose, James M. Rasmussen, Victor T. Shi, Alfred Thomas
Filed: 11 Dec 19
Utility
Gaming machine using multiple triggers to determine an award from a subset of displayed awards
23 Mar 21
A gaming system includes at least one input device adapted to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance, an input indicative of a wager drawn on the credit balance for a wagering game, and a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance.
Jack Chesworth, George Napoleon Bouvier, Kimberly Cohn, Daniel P. Louie, Kenneth Shawn Soong
Filed: 27 Jan 20
Utility
Gaming systems and methods using dynamic modifiers
23 Mar 21
A gaming system includes a gaming machine and game-logic circuitry.
Jamie Knight, Christopher Guerrero, Jeremy Hornik
Filed: 4 Oct 19
Utility
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
16 Mar 21
In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account.
Mark B. Gagner, Damon E. Gura, Timothy C. Loose, James M. Rasmussen, Victor T. Shi, Alfred Thomas
Filed: 11 Dec 19
Utility
Method for shuffling and dealing cards
2 Mar 21
A card shuffler that moves cards one at a time to randomly designated single-card receptacle in a receiving or dealing rack, and a method for shuffling and for dealing cards.
David E. Sampson, Steven L. Forte
Filed: 24 Feb 20
Utility
Playing card handling devices and related methods
23 Feb 21
A playing card handling device comprises a card storing area that supports a stack of playing cards, the card storing area having a playing card support surface.
Robert J. Rynda, Feraidoon Bourbour, Ronald R. Swanson, Attila Grauzer
Filed: 9 Feb 18
Utility
Method and apparatus for administering a token collecting game
2 Feb 21
A method and apparatus are set forth for playing a token collecting game based upon Blackjack.
Mark N. Donadio
Filed: 11 Jan 19
Utility
Gaming system having asynchronous motion of symbols determining award outcomes
12 Jan 21
A gaming system includes an input device, an electronic display device, and game-logic circuitry.
Joel Roger Jaffe
Filed: 9 Jan 19
Utility
Unified digital wallet
4 Jan 21
A unified wallet manager (UWM) virtualized as a single virtual service in which all transactions relative to the UWM are treated as immutable facts permanently stored in append-only queues or ledgers from the time of their creation.
John P. Toohey, Cherie M. Duncan
Filed: 19 Feb 20
Utility
Gaming system with skill-based progressive jackpot feature
4 Jan 21
A gaming system comprising a regulated gaming machine primarily dedicated to playing at least one casino wagering game.
Jamie W Vann
Filed: 24 Sep 15
Utility
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
21 Dec 20
In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account.
Mark B. Gagner, Damon E. Gura, Timothy C. Loose, James M. Rasmussen, Victor T. Shi, Alfred Thomas
Filed: 10 Dec 19
Utility
Methods of making and using hand-forming card shufflers
14 Dec 20
Methods of using automatic card shufflers may involve causing playing cards to be moved from a card input area to a temporary card storage utilizing a card input mechanism.
James B. Stasson, Robert J. Rynda, James P. Helgesen, Troy D. Nelson, Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson, Colin A. Helsen, Nathan J. Wadds
Filed: 23 Jan 19
Utility
Card handling devices and associated methods
7 Dec 20
A playing card handling device comprises an elevator platform configured to receive one or more cards from an input platform to form a shuffled set of cards, a card gripper positioned above the elevator platform, and configured to grip cards from the shuffled set of cards, and a processor configured to control the elevator platform to have a grip position for the card gripper to grip the shuffled set of cards, wherein the grip position is adjusted based, at least in part, on a correction value associated with a particular card insertion.
James V. Kelly, James P. Helgesen, Vladislav Zvercov, Feraidoon Bourbour, Robert J. Rynda
Filed: 6 Nov 19
Utility
Mechanical wheel with rotatable mechanical bezel
23 Nov 20
Disclosed are embodiments of a mechanical wheel display assembly including a mechanical rotatable bezel surrounding a mechanical wheel.
Vernon Bernard, Karl Wudtke, Benjamin E. Isaac
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Wagering game system with persistent entries in community event
26 Oct 20
A game machine includes a table display defining a first portion on which a community game is displayed and second portions on which a wagering game is displayed to player stations.
Anthony Baerlocher, Jeremy Hornik
Filed: 23 Aug 16
Utility
Location tracking in mobile devices
26 Oct 20
In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: detecting a plurality of wagering game machines in proximity to the mobile phone, and selecting a first of the plurality of wagering game machines with which to establish a connection.
Thomas S. Abouchar, Martin J. Biernat, Andrew C. Guinn, Damon E. Gura, Mahesh Lakshmanaperumal, Richard B. Robbins
Filed: 15 Dec 19
Utility
Player gaming console, gaming machine, networked gaming system
12 Oct 20
Games, networked gaming systems, gaming machines and methods are disclosed that provide various player-centric games and rewards the casino patrons, as well as systems games, rewards, and tournaments to the casino patrons.
Bryan M. Kelly
Filed: 2 Aug 15