Patents
US 12254739 B2: Gaming system, control method for gaming system, and program for gaming machine, for providing a game with a bonus opportunity
- Granted
- 2025-03-18
- Filed
- 2020-12-04 application 17112900
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming system provides a center control unit and a plurality of gaming stations. The center control unit is provides a main game to a plurality of players. The center control unit is configured to randomly establish an outcome of the main game from a plurality of potential outcomes. The gaming stations accept a wager on the main game from respective players, receives the outcome of the main game and pays an award to one of the players as a function of the outcome of the main game. The center control unit randomly establishes one of the players as eligible for a bonus game, selects one of the potential outcomes of the main game as a bonus game eligible outcome, and if the bonus game eligible outcome is the outcome of the main game, provides a bonus game to the bonus game eligible player.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250318.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konami Gaming, Inc. 299 patents | US company or organization | Las Vegas, NV | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukasa Shigehito | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Osaki Yukihiro | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ueki Kyohei | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tada Ikki | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tezuka Yoshiaki | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mizoguchi Masao | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mizoguchi Toshiyuki | Zama, JP | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3223 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-04 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | IKKI, TADA signed 2017-04-18 KYOHEI, UEKI signed 2017-04-18 MASAO, MIZOGUCHI signed 2017-04-18 SHIGEHITO, MUKASA signed 2017-04-18 TOSHIYUKI, MIZOGUCHI signed 2017-04-18 YOSHIAKI, TEZUKA signed 2017-04-18 YUKIHIRO, OSAKI signed 2017-04-18 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 54607/712 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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