Patents
US 11779849 B2: Electronic gaming machine including a wireless charging apparatus
- Granted
- 2023-10-10
- Filed
- 2021-03-31 application 17219634
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
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Abstract
A wireless charging apparatus for use with an electronic gaming machine includes a button deck having a touchscreen video display, where the touchscreen video display is configured to display a touchscreen button at a first location. The wireless charging apparatus also includes a wireless charging device mounted within the button deck below the first location. The wireless charging device is configured to wirelessly charge a mobile communications device when the mobile communications device is positioned over the first location.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg231010.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. 117 patents | US company or organization | Franklin, TN | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fredrick Dawson, III | Spring Hill, TN | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A63F | Card, board, or roulette games; indoor games using small moving playing bodies; video games; games not otherwise provided for | A63F13/98 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3202 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04B | Transmission | H04B5/79 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04W | Wireless communication networks | H04W4/80 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H02J | Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energy | H02J7/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | Release of security interest Release (reel 062078 / frame 0604) | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2025-08-04 | ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV BIG FISH GAMES, INC. SEATTLE, WA VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FRANKLIN, TN ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD NORTH RYDE | 74992/667 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-09-02 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2022-08-31 BIG FISH GAMES, INC. signed 2022-08-31 VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2022-08-31 ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD signed 2022-08-31 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS SECURITY TRUSTEE CHARLOTTE, NC | 62078/604 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-03-31 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DAWSON, JOHN FREDRICK, III signed 2017-09-12 | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 55789/374 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.