Patents
US 12462642 B2: Gaming machines and methods for operating gaming machines
- Granted
- 2025-11-04
- Filed
- 2022-09-13 application 17943920
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A gaming machine is described herein. The gaming machine includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to display an animated sequence of computer-generated images on a display device including the steps of rendering a plurality of games on a game screen with each game including a plurality of virtual reels, and animating each of the plurality of virtual reels to spin and stop to display an outcome of each corresponding game. The processor also displays a credit award feature by determining a number of free games associated with each corresponding game, determining a credit award range based on the associated number of free games, and animating a credit award selection screen onto the game screen overlaid across a portion of each corresponding game. The credit award selection screen including a selectable credit award icon displaying the determined credit award range.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251104.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Arrowsmith | Las Vegas, NV | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John Pariseau | Las Vegas, NV | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kim Yost | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3227 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | YOST, KIM signed 2022-09-27 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 61241/10 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-09-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PARISEAU, JOHN signed 2022-09-08 ARROWSMITH, IAN signed 2022-09-09 | KONAMI GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 61080/897 | 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.
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