James T Bullock

US Patent:

6567745, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Jun 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/184755

Inventors:

Axel Fuchs - Park Ridge IL
James Blake Bullock - Gilbert AZ
Robert A. Gee - Tempe AZ
Stanislaus Gonsalves - Elgin IL
Jeffrey Kohley - Carol Stream IL
Mark McNulty - Carol Stream IL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G01C 2100

US Classification:

701209, 701211, 340988

Abstract:

A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service center stores driving instructions in a continuously updated map database. In response to a user request the instructions are transmitted by way of a wireless network to a client device residing in the user vehicle. The instructions are assembled into sequential stepwise driving directions and stored in a storage device in the client device. Commands from the user trigger playback of the driving instructions in a stepwise fashion.

US Patent:

D520567, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

29/214531

Inventors:

Richard J. Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James K. Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen D. Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US

Assignee:

JCM American Corporation - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

2001

US Classification:

D20 9

US Patent:

D526024, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

29/214532

Inventors:

Richard J. Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James K. Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen D. Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US

Assignee:

JCM American Corporation - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

2001

US Classification:

D20 8

US Patent:

7255215, Aug 14, 2007

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/958946

Inventors:

Richard J. Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James K. Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen D. Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US

Assignee:

JCM American Corporation - Las Vegas NV

International Classification:

G07F 1/04
G07F 7/04

US Classification:

194206, 194344

Abstract:

A bill acceptor assembly for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency at a gaming table. The bill acceptor assembly includes a note feeder having an intake opening adapted to receive one or more notes. The note feeder may be mounted to a table to allow a user to insert notes into the intake opening. The notes are passed to a validator located underneath the table. The validator is configured to validate the notes and separate valid notes from invalid notes. The validator passes the valid notes to a cash box located underneath the table and passes the invalid notes to a rejection slot formed on the note feeder.

US Patent:

20050040006, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Sep 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/941316

Inventors:

Prashanth Kodela - Las Vegas NV, US
Richard Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Peter Hand - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US
Raymond Heidel - Henderson NV, US

International Classification:

G07F007/04

US Classification:

194206000

Abstract:

A casino table game transaction management system for a plurality of gaming tables each having a dealer station and at least one player station, the system including bill acceptor assemblies adapted for utilization at the gaming tables, the bill acceptor assemblies each including a note transportation system, a note validator configured to identify characteristics of each note being passed therethrough by the transportation system, and a cash box adapted to receive and to store notes. The system also includes a casino computer configured to monitor transactions within the casino via a network interconnecting each of the bill acceptor assemblies at the gaming tables to the casino computer.

US Patent:

20050126880, Jun 16, 2005

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/958958

Inventors:

Richard Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US

International Classification:

G07F007/04

US Classification:

194206000

Abstract:

A bill acceptor assembly for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency at a gaming table. The bill acceptor assembly includes a bulk note feeder capable of accepting a stack of individual notes and coupled to a validator assembly. The bulk note feeder includes a mouth opening to receive a stack of notes and an escrow reservoir for storing the stack of notes until they are fed into the validator assembly.

US Patent:

20050126881, Jun 16, 2005

Filed:

Oct 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/958959

Inventors:

Richard Iannello - Sebastopol CA, US
James Bullock - Las Vegas NV, US
Gwen Mathis - Las Vegas NV, US

International Classification:

G07F007/04

US Classification:

194206000

Abstract:

A bill acceptor assembly for accepting bills, vouchers, scrip, tickets and/or currency at a gaming table. The bill acceptor assembly includes a note feeder capable of accepting a stack of individual notes from the top side of a table and providing the stack of notes to a validator assembly located underneath the table. The note feeder has a cavity configured to receive at least one note, an opening within the cavity to allow the at least one note to pass through the opening, and an escrow chamber to temporarily store the stack of notes passed through the opening. A plunger may be used to push the at least one note within the cavity through the opening and into the escrow chamber. A transportation system is provided to pass note within the escrow chamber to a validator assembly.