Bally Gaming, Inc.

International Game Technology

Sg Gaming, Inc.

Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Other

Joseph Randolph Hedrick

Jean Pierre Legras

Scott Thomas Hilbert

Kehl Thomas LeSourd

Binh T Nguyen

Martin S Lyons

Chauncey Warner Griswold

Kirk A Tedsen

Anthony J Baerlocher

William R Wells

Craig A Paulsen

Brett Jackson

Yogendrasinh Hematji Rajput

Bryan M Kelly

Franco E Crivelli

Robert A Luciano, Jr

Joseph E Kaminkow

Harold E Mattice

Don C Stephan

Roderick Ang

Richard Wilder

Gordon H Myers

Steven P McGahn

Daniel J Waller

Ryan Masao Yee

Jean M Brossard

Jeremy Halter

William Jones

Mark Lowell

Sridhar Gondesi

Bayard S Webb

Lance R Peterson

David C Williams

Kurt Larsen

Eric L Wagner

Kay Daniel Vetter

Greg Parrott

David Ponce

Eric Meyerhofer

Bryan D Wolf

Nicole Marie Beaulieu

Timothy Bucher

Sean Christopher Martin

Terrin Eager

Theodore Keenan

Mike Kinsley

Mohan Kumar Areanalli Manju

Dat Ta

Christian E Gadda

John Leagh Beadell

Chan Griswold

Russell Chudd

John F Link

Walter Eisele

Prateek Kumar Baishkhiyar

Ravi Subramanian

Mili Dalmia

Noel D Brodzinski

Chandradeep Gandhi

Bala Kuthyar

Pratima Mary Yedluri

Ramesh Gandhi Mathiyalagan

Sunil Somanna Subramani

Christopher L Holtz

Dat Huy Ta

Karen Michelle Cregan

Ali M Saffari

Tai Rosander

Randall D Mead

Scott Timothy Gowin

Larry R Hollibaugh

William Keith Bertram

Logan L Pease

Jason D Kremer

Ted M Gail

Robert N Silva

Thomas D Waxman

Gene Elvin Powell

John W Chamberlain

Markus Rothkranz

Steve P McGahn

Garrett Olson

Joseph Lerner

Wes F Carmean

Chris Lundy

Ward W Chilton

Vamsi Krishna Gandu

Charles J Schmucker

Ben Elie Isaac

Christen Gadda

Jean-Pierre Legras

Jean P LeGras

John Link

Paulina Rogers

Methods and systems of monitoring at least one feature associated with a patron in a gaming establishment. Such methods and systems may include detecting at least one physical feature associated with the patron and/or motions of one or more players participating in a game.

Systems and devices for identification of a feature associated with a user in a gaming establishment and related methods

At least one example of the present disclosure includes a system having a gaming table, a sensor embedded into the gaming table, and a user interface device. The sensor is configured to sense an action that occurs at a player station of the gaming table. The user interface device is associated with the player station (e.g., at the player station, in communicative connection with a device at the player station, etc.). The user interface device is configured to one or more of present, via a video display in response to the sensed action, a bonus feature, or access, via a casino network in response to the sensed action, a player electronic fund account. Access to the player electronic fund account can include use of electronic funds from the player electronic fund account for one or more games available at the gaming table.

System and method for hosting and managing a live game

Disclosed are methods for augmenting information presented in association with a gaming device. The methods include controlling a camera on a mobile device using an augmented reality gaming assistance component and enabling a user to employ the camera to capture an image of a game screen display. The captured image is sent via a network to a server that determines a game paytable, a current state of the game and a current wager amount from the captured image, then determines one or more possible strategies for the game based on that data. The game paytable, current state, current wager amount and one or more possible strategies are then transmitted to the mobile device and displayed. At least one of the possible strategies may be selected at the mobile device, wherein the odds of one or more possible game outcomes for the selected strategy are displayable on the display.

Methods for augmented reality gaming

A system and method for hosting and managing a live game are disclosed which includes a live gaming table for live players and a live dealer. In an embodiment an application configures a player's mobile device to receive an invitation from a casino to play the table game based upon the player being, based upon location aware technology, being in or near the casino. Accepting the invention permits the player to reserve a position at the gaming table and displays a machine readable code at the player's mobile device. The player positions at the gaming table include video display and player input devices (VDPIDs) and a code reader to read the displayed code and access the player's electronic account. Using the VDPID the player may convert between electronic funds and physical gaming chips, participate in video bonus event play and back-bet on other players.

Disclosed are methods for augmenting progressive meter information presented in association with a gaming device. The methods include controlling a camera on a mobile device using an augmented reality gaming assistance component and enabling a user to employ the camera to capture an image of a game screen display, the image including one or more progressive meters associated with a respective progressive award. The captured image is sent via a network to a server that, for each of one or more progressive meters, determines a location of the progressive meters within the captured image, determines a value for each associated progressive award based on the captured image at each respective location, and determines a progressive rating for the associated progressive award based on the value. Content based on the one or more progressive ratings is received at the mobile device and displayed to the user via a display.

A mobile device with remote play application is used to operate a gaming machine with a separately releasable module (SRM). The gaming machine and the mobile device are connected to a gaming network. In response to a visual code displayed on the gaming machine being captured by the mobile device, both a web socket connection and Virtual Network Computing (VNC) session are established between the SRM and the software application. The VNC session reproduces a video button panel of the gaming machine in the remote play application. The gaming machine is operated via touch inputs to the reproduced video button panel. To limit a remote session to mobile devices in close proximity to the gaming machine, the SRM sends an audio code to the mobile device and only maintains the session in response to receiving an echo of the audio code over the web socket connection.

Using mobile devices to operate gaming machines

A system is disclosed for providing access to first interactive content or second interactive content by a user of a portable computing device based upon a determined location of the portable computing device. The system includes a host server, a content server storing data representing the first interactive content and the second interactive content, and a communication network in communication with the host server and the content server. One or more WiFi communication beacons are in communication with the host server through the communication network. The communication network is configured to establish communication with the portable computing device. The host server is configured to determine a location of the portable computing device from the communication of the portable computing device with the communication network using a combination of WiFi signals and Bluetooth signals. The host server configured to control the content server and enable the portable computing device to display the first interactive content when the portable computing device is determined to be in a first location and to display the second interactive content when the portable computing device is determined to be in a second location.

System and method for positionally accurate gaming content

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for a method for providing a game on demand over a data network, in a gaming machine. The gaming machine sends a request message for a game application over the data network. In a network mode, the gaming machine receives outputted results from an executed game application over a streaming channel of the data network for network-based game play. During the network-based game play, the game application is downloaded over a download channel of the data network. In a local mode, the gaming machine executes the downloaded game application independent of the network-based game play. The gaming machine switches instantaneously from the network mode to the local mode for machine-based game play, including maintaining a status of the network-based game play.

Method and system for instant-on game download

An electronic lock and system particularly for replacing existing mechanical locks for enclosures including gaming devices are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a cabinet having a chassis and a main gaming device door locked by a mechanical lock. The electronic lock is configured to have a profile to replace the existing mechanical locks and includes a rotatable bolt receiving a sleeve. In a retained and locked position the sleeve is within the lock barrel and an operator is nested in a pocket in the barrel head. Upon receiving a command a motor rotates a cam and the sleeve is released to axially move to release the operator from the pocket for rotation of the sleeve and bolt to unlock the door. Sensors sense for fault conditions. Authentication is required to provoke the opening command. Opening events may be logged at a system server or local memory.

Electronic locking mechanism

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Reno, NV, United States of America

Joseph Randolph Hedrick