Patents
US 11850526 B2: System and method for presenting a game of chance with a progressive jackpot
- Granted
- 2023-12-26
- Filed
- 2022-12-12 application 18079553
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine receives a first play input at a first gaming machine, determines a first quantity of play areas based on a first wager, generates at least one first play area based on the determined first quantity, and determines whether the at least one first play area satisfies a predetermined first threshold. At least a portion of the first wager associated with the first play input is allocated to a progressive jackpot. At least a first portion of the progressive jackpot is allocated to the first gaming machine when the at least one first play area satisfies the predetermined first threshold.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg231226.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Yarbrough | Franklin, TN | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ryan Cuddy | Reno, NV | 97 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mike Oberberger | Spring Hill, TN | 8 | 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 | A63F3/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3258 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | YARBROUGH, JON signed 2015-01-15 CUDDY, RYAN signed 2015-01-09 OBERBERGER, MIKE signed 2015-03-24 | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 62059/103 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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.
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