ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,029, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).
"Gaming device" was invented by Natalie Bryant (Cherrybrook, Australia) and John Chiaravalle (Hinchinbrook, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming device comprises a processor, a credit input device, a credit meter, a win meter, a bank meter, and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate a game outcome, add any win amount resulting from the game outcome to the win meter to establish a win meter balance, upon a win amount added to the win meter satisfying the aut...