Patents
US 9126106 B1: Promotional content coordination in wagering game machines
- Granted
- 2015-09-08
- Filed
- 2011-11-04 application 13289575
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include monitoring gaming-related events at a wagering game machine of the wagering game system to detect a promotion trigger event. The operations can also include determining information associated with the promotion trigger event, and providing the information associated with the promotion trigger event to a promotional content server of the wagering game system to cause the promotional content server to select promotional content based, at least in part, on the information associated with the promotion trigger event. The operations can further include receiving the promotional content from promotional content server in response to said providing the information associated with the promotion trigger event to the promotional content server, and presenting the promotional content at the wagering game machine.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg150908.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMS GAMING, INC. 623 patents | US company or organization | Waukegan, IL | WMS GAMING INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward G. Brunell | Chicago, IL | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark B. Gagner | West Chicago, IL | 198 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy T. Gronkowski | Chicago, IL | 33 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Scott A. Massing | Lincolnwood, IL | 43 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Charles A. Richards | Buffalo Grove, IL | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Craig J. Sylla | Round Lake, IL | 99 | 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 | A63F13/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/3216 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | LNW GAMING, INC. signed 2025-05-21 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT BROOKLYN, NY | 71340/404 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-03-21 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the the numbers 7963843, 8016666, 9076281, and 9257001 previously recorded at reel: 051642 frame: 0910. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment. | BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2020-01-03 | SG GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS | 63122/307 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-02-07 | Name change Change of name | SG GAMING, INC. signed 2023-01-03 | LNW GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 62669/341 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-04-22 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SG GAMING INC. signed 2022-04-14 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. BROOKLYN, NY | 59793/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-04-21 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2022-04-14 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV WMS GAMING INC. LAS VEGAS, NV BALLY GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV DON BEST SPORTS CORPORATION LAS VEGAS, NV | 59756/397 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-01-19 | Name change Change of name | BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2020-01-03 | SG GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 51642/910 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2018-04-11 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2018-04-09 BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2018-04-09 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 45909/513 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-12-15 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2017-12-14 BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2017-12-14 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 44889/662 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2015-07-29 | Merger Merger | WMS GAMING INC. signed 2015-06-29 | BALLY GAMING, INC. LAS VEGAS, NV | 36225/464 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2013-12-18 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2013-10-18 WMS GAMING INC. signed 2013-10-18 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT DALLAS, TX | 31847/110 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-11-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BRUNELL, EDWARD G. signed 2010-11-08 GAGNER, MARK B. signed 2010-11-08 GRONKOWSKI, TIMOTHY T. signed 2010-11-08 MASSING, SCOTT A. signed 2010-11-08 SYLLA, CRAIG J. signed 2010-11-08 RICHARDS, CHARLES A. signed 2010-11-09 | WMS GAMING, INC. WAUKEGAN, IL | 27202/961 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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