Stephen G Gordon

US Patent:

6669195, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Sep 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/243507

Inventors:

Stephen E. Gordon - Las Vegas NV 89123

International Classification:

A63F 702

US Classification:

273121B, 273123 A, 2731383

Abstract:

A pachinko-style game wherein one or more game pieces are invisibly directed to traverse a predetermined winning or non-winning path. Unlike traditional random pachinko games, the present invention only appears to be random. By strategically subjecting a magnetic game piece to magnetic forces, the game piece can be controlled such that a prize award is known prior to releasing the game piece into a field of game barriers. Translatable magnets adjacent an underside of a game surface allow an unlimited number of paths to be created by raising and lowering alternate magnets in different combinations. In the manner described, the results of the present invention may be regulated and therefore placed into casino environments.

US Patent:

7086950, Aug 8, 2006

Filed:

Oct 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/968996

Inventors:

Stephen Eugene Gordon - Las Vegas NV, US
Kenneth Walter Peek - Las Vegas NV, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 42, 463 47

Abstract:

There is provided a universal serial interconnection strategy which allows individual internal gaming machine components, sub-assemblies and sub-systems to be connected to a controller. Each component bears a globally unique identification number (GUIN) which allows the controller to recognize, enumerate and authenticate the device and to reconfigure itself or another programmable component of the gaming machine for proper communication with the device having the particular GUIN. In addition to internal gaming machine components, external components such as secondary or tertiary games may also be connected to a controller within a gaming machine to which the games are attached. The universal serial interconnection strategy of the invention thereby provides a “Plug-and-Play” (PNP) style interface which can eliminate the point-to-point interconnection of gaming machine components used in gaming machine of the prior art.

US Patent:

20030162582, Aug 28, 2003

Filed:

Feb 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/080830

Inventors:

Stephen Gordon - Las Vegas NV, US

International Classification:

A63F009/24

US Classification:

463/020000

Abstract:

The present invention is designed to trigger activation of a gaming machine repeatedly without requiring a player to press and release a play button one time per play of the machine. A PCB incorporated between a conventional machine switch and a microprocessor causes a machine to immediately play a new game upon the machine's re-set. Preferably, the PCB causes an electrical switch to open and close at a predefined rate (e.g. one second) as long as the button is pressed. In another embodiment, a cable connected to, and extending from, said machine includes a button for a player to activate said repeat play. The cable houses wires connecting the cable button to the PCB. The cable button provides a player with an option of activating said machine from a more comfortable location (e.g. the player's lap area). The present invention also allows a player to play conventionally.

US Patent:

50869299, Feb 11, 1992

Filed:

Feb 20, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/482182

Inventors:

Robert A. Richter - Deerfield FL
Maurice C. Rochman - Plantation FL
Stephen M. Gordon - Hallandale FL

Assignee:

G B Instruments, Inc. - Hollywood FL

International Classification:

B07C 100
B07C 536

US Classification:

209698

Abstract:

A sorter (3) is disclosed in which an article (A) to be sorted is delivered to a carrier. The carrier is moved by a conveyor drive along a path to a selected one unloading station UL at which two or more receptacles or bags (3) are located and the article is unloaded (dropped) from its carrier into its predetermined receptacle. After an article is loaded into the carrier, the carrier is inclined in one direction or the other and is conveyed to its selected one unloading station such that the carrier is in position to deliver its article to the proper receptacle. At each turn of the conveyor, the carriers inclined toward the inside of the turn may, optionally, be moved back toward their centered (vertical) positions as they are moved into and through the turn thereby to prevent interference between the carriers. A method of sorting is also disclosed.