Patents
US 12283161 B2: Gaming systems with configurable jackpot award strategies
- Granted
- 2025-04-22
- Filed
- 2023-09-08 application 18464103
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine includes an input device and a processor coupled to the input device. The input device is configured to receive a game play event from a player. The processor is programmed to determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based at least in part on the game play event. The jackpot trigger condition includes a target quantity of games played, a target set of game tokens, a target pattern of game symbols, and/or a target pattern of game play outcomes. The processor is further programmed to award a jackpot credit to one or more players when the jackpot trigger condition is satisfied.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250422.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel William Milligan | Palmyra, VA | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher John Thacker | Earlysville, VA | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Stephen Wade Brooks | Johnston, IA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jason Todd Sprinkle | Pauline, SC | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3258 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A63F | Card, board, or roulette games; indoor games using small moving playing bodies; video games; games not otherwise provided for | A63F9/24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SPRINKLE, JASON TODD signed 2012-03-27 MILLIGAN, DANIEL WILLIAM signed 2012-03-28 THACKER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN signed 2012-03-28 BROOKS, STEPHEN WADE signed 2012-04-12 | VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 64851/123 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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