IP Library Granted Patent US 10,403,085
Granted Patent B2
US 10,403,085 · App. 15/992,888 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Electronic gaming device with call tower functionality

Inventors: Rachel Marie Calhoun (Atlanta, GA); Ian Robert Scott (Duluth, GA); Karl Frederick Zedell (Alpharetta, GA); Daniel Kendall Harden (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: AGS LLC
G07F17/3211G07F17/3202G07F17/323G07F17/3241G07F17/3255
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,403,085
App. No.
15/992,888
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, and a call tower including a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, and a call tower display screen and/or a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the gaming device, forming a u-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom each comprising a light column. The gaming device includes a processor which presents a game via the display.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a gaming cabinet having a front and a back;

at least one display device disposed on the front of the gaming cabinet;

a call tower comprising a plurality of plates, each of the plurality of plates being cantilevered from a support column extending upwardly from a top of the gaming device, each of the plurality of plates being connected to the support column at a rear side and extending towards the front of the gaming cabinet.

2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates are not enclosed above the gaming cabinet.

3. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of plates are each generally rectangular and have a pair of opposing longer sides and a pair of opposing shorter sides.

4. The electronic gaming device of claim 3 , wherein one of the longer sides comprises the rear side and the shorter sides of the plurality of plates extend in a direction from the front to the back of the gaming cabinet.

5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plates are spaced apart from one another.

6. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , further comprising a processor, the processor being configured to light the plurality of plates in a predetermined pattern.

7. The electronic gaming device of claim 6 , wherein the processor lights the plurality of plates in response to a triggering event.

8. The electronic gaming device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of plates are internally illuminated.

9. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the support column extends upwardly above a top of the at least one display device, the top of the display device positioned above a top of the gaming cabinet.

10. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of plates are positioned in a plane which extends generally parallel to a top of the gaming cabinet.

11. A call tower for an electronic gaming device comprising:

a first light plate;

a second light plate; and

a support column mounted to the electronic gaming device and extending upwardly above a top of the gaming device, the first and second light plates being cantilevered from the support column on a rear side of the first and second light plates, and the first and second light plates extending from the support column towards a front of the gaming device.

12. The call tower of claim 11 , wherein the first and second light plates are not enclosed.

13. The call tower of claim 11 , wherein the first and second light plates are each generally rectangular and have a pair of opposing longer sides and a pair of opposing shorter sides.

14. The call tower of claim 13 , wherein one of the longer sides comprises the rear side and the shorter sides of the first and second light plates extend in a direction from the front to a back of the gaming device.

15. The call tower of claim 11 , wherein the first and second light plates are spaced apart from one another.

16. The call tower of claim 11 , wherein at least one light source is associated with the support column and transmits light into at least one of the first and second light plates at the rear side at one or more times.

17. The call tower of claim 16 , wherein a portion of the support column between the first and second light plates is opaque to prevent the at least one light source from emitting light in the space between the light plates.

18. The call tower of claim 11 , further comprising a processor, the processor being configured to light the first and second light plates in a predetermined pattern.

19. The call tower of claim 18 , wherein the processor lights the first and second light plates in response to a triggering event.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT R/F 052548/0558 Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: AGS LLC
Reel/Frame 071791/0019 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: AGS LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 071787/0124 →
SUPPLEMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 1, 2020
From: AGS LLC
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 052548/0558 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
To: AGS LLC
Reel/Frame 046895/0398 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: HARDEN, DANIEL KENDALL
To: AGS LLC
Reel/Frame 046714/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2018
From: CALHOUN, RACHEL MARIE; SCOTT, IAN ROBERT; ZEDELL, KARL FREDERICK, JR.
To: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 046625/0447 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14972434 · Dec 17, 2015
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