Gaming machine with collectible game cards
    31.
    发明授权
    Gaming machine with collectible game cards 有权
    游戏机与收藏游戏卡

    公开(公告)号:US08840459B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US12161837

    申请日:2007-02-16

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24 A63F1/04 G07F17/32

    摘要: A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a plurality of game cards that may be read by one or more card readers of the gaming machine. The game cards may provide a variety of enhancements for the gaming machine, including enhanced game features, enhanced rules of game play, enhanced game characters, and the like. Players may collect the game cards for use in the gaming machine in hopes of increasing their likelihood of achieving a desirable outcome or altering the characteristics of the game to offer more entertaining variations on game play. The players may also trade the game cards with one another and with the casino, thereby creating excitement and interest in the gaming machine. Special interest groups and even entire industries may be formed to facilitate the collecting and trading of the game cards.

    摘要翻译: 用于进行投注游戏的游戏机包括可由游戏机的一个或多个读卡器读取的多个游戏卡。 游戏卡可以为游戏机提供各种增强,包括增强的游戏特征,增强的游戏规则,增强的游戏角色等。 玩家可以收集在游戏机中使用的游戏卡,以期增加其获得理想结果或改变游戏特征的可能性,从而在游戏中提供更多有趣的变化。 玩家还可以将游戏卡与赌场进行交易,从而对游戏机产生兴奋和兴趣。 可以形成特殊利益集团甚至整个行业以便于游戏卡的收集和交易。

    Presenting and controlling wagering game marketing information
    32.
    发明授权
    Presenting and controlling wagering game marketing information 有权
    提出和控制投注游戏营销信息

    公开(公告)号:US08651959B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-18

    申请号:US13566672

    申请日:2012-08-03

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24 A63F13/00

    摘要: Described are one or more embodiments that include a browser application (“browser”) with multiple parts. A first part of the browser (e.g., a toolbar, a dropdown, a pop-up, a widget, etc.) presents first content associated with one or more wagering games. Concurrently a second part of the browser (e.g., a main content display area) presents second content independently from presentation of the first content in the first part of the browser. In some embodiments, the first content and second content are from separate content providers with a marketing relationship. In some embodiments, in response to concurrent presentation of the first and second content, the browser application detects the marketing relationship between the content providers and presents one or more indicators. The one or more indicators indicate the marketing relationship. For example, the indicators can indicate cross-marketing, available coupons, and/or awards available via the first or second content.

    摘要翻译: 描述了包括具有多个部分的浏览器应用(“浏览器”)的一个或多个实施例。 浏览器的第一部分(例如,工具栏,下拉菜单,弹出窗口,小部件等)呈现与一个或多个投注游戏相关联的第一内容。 同时,浏览器的第二部分(例如,主要内容显示区域)独立于在浏览器的第一部分中呈现第一内容而呈现第二内容。 在一些实施例中,第一内容和第二内容来自具有营销关系的分开的内容提供者。 在一些实施例中,响应于第一和第二内容的并发呈现,浏览器应用程序检测内容提供者之间的营销关系并呈现一个或多个指示符。 一个或多个指标表示营销关系。 例如,指标可以指示通过第一或第二内容的交叉营销,可用的优惠券和/或可用的奖励。

    Visually presenting wagering game options
    34.
    发明授权
    Visually presenting wagering game options 有权
    视觉呈现投注游戏选项

    公开(公告)号:US08574072B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-05

    申请号:US12865502

    申请日:2009-01-30

    IPC分类号: A63F13/00 G06F3/048

    CPC分类号: G07F17/3262 G07F17/32

    摘要: In some embodiments, a wagering game server includes an options visualization controller configured to receive search criteria and filter information for searching wagering titles, wherein the search is based on the search criteria and filter information. The server may include a game content unit configured to store the wagering game titles. The wagering game system can also include a wagering game machine configured to present the one or more wagering games in a visual map, the visual map comprising nodes that contain summary information associated with the wagering game titles, wherein the nodes are arranged in node groups, and wherein the node groups are graphically connected by graphical connectors. The wagering game machine can present a movable filter object configured to visually depict a filter criteria, wherein the movable filter object is movable onto one or more of the nodes to provide the filtering information to the wagering game server.

    摘要翻译: 在一些实施例中,投注游戏服务器包括选项可视化控制器,其被配置为接收搜索标准和过滤用于搜索投注标题的信息,其中所述搜索基于所述搜索标准和过滤器信息。 服务器可以包括被配置为存储投注游戏标题的游戏内容单元。 投注游戏系统还可以包括投注游戏机,其被配置为在视觉地图中呈现一个或多个投注游戏,该视觉地图包括包含与投注游戏标题相关联的摘要信息的节点,其中节点被布置在节点组中, 并且其中所述节点组通过图形连接器图形连接。 投注游戏机可以呈现配置为可视地描绘过滤器标准的可移动过滤器对象,其中可移动过滤器对象可移动到一个或多个节点上,以向投注游戏服务器提供过滤信息。

    Media processing mechanism for wagering game systems
    35.
    发明授权
    Media processing mechanism for wagering game systems 有权
    用于投注游戏系统的媒体处理机制

    公开(公告)号:US08506405B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-13

    申请号:US12940987

    申请日:2010-11-05

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    CPC分类号: G07F17/3223 G07F17/32

    摘要: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include transmitting game content from a wagering game server to a gaming machine via a network to present a wagering game at the gaming machine for a player, and generating and storing video of one or more rounds of the wagering game. The operations can also include receiving, at the wagering game server via the network, video of the player playing the one or more rounds of the wagering game. The operations can further include combining the video of the one or more rounds of the wagering game with the video of the player playing the one or more rounds of the wagering game, and storing and providing access to the combined video via the network to a player account associated with the player.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏系统及其操作。 在一些实施例中,操作可以包括经由网络将游戏内容从投注游戏服务器发送到游戏机,以在玩家的游戏机上呈现投注游戏,以及生成和存储一个或多个投注游戏的视频 。 这些操作还可以包括通过网络在投注游戏服务器处接收播放一轮或多轮投注游戏的玩家的视频。 该操作可以进一步包括将一轮或多轮投注游戏的视频与播放一轮或多轮投注游戏的玩家的视频相结合,以及经由网络存储并提供对组合视频的访问给玩家 与玩家关联的帐户。

    Wagering game award system
    36.
    发明授权
    Wagering game award system 有权
    投注游戏奖励制度

    公开(公告)号:US08485890B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-16

    申请号:US12513609

    申请日:2007-11-09

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    CPC分类号: G07F17/3244 G07F17/3258

    摘要: A wagering game award system is described herein. In some embodiments, the wagering game award system detects a player identifier associated with a wagering game award system, where the wagering game award system supports a plurality of award types. The system can also determine a number of awards of a first type, wherein the number of awards are associated with the player identifier, and wherein the first type is one of the award types. The system can also detect a request to exchange some of the number of awards for awards of a second type, wherein the second type is one of the award types. The system can also submit the request.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏奖励系统。 在一些实施例中,投注游戏奖励系统检测与投注游戏奖励系统相关联的玩家标识符,其中投注游戏奖励系统支持多种奖励类型。 系统还可以确定第一类型的许多奖励,其中奖励数量与玩家标识符相关联,并且其中第一类型是奖励类型之一。 该系统还可以检测到交换一些第二类型的奖励的奖励的请求,其中第二类型是奖励类型之一。 系统还可以提交请求。

    Player wagering account and methods thereof
    37.
    发明授权
    Player wagering account and methods thereof 有权
    玩家投注账户及其方法

    公开(公告)号:US08393955B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-12

    申请号:US12304368

    申请日:2007-06-28

    摘要: A system for adding funds to a handheld gaming machine. The system includes a portable digital wallet that wirelessly communicates with a handheld gaming machine (“handheld”). The digital wallet stores an amount of funds or funds associated with a remotely stored player account, and is used by the player to add credits to a handheld. The credit meter may be stored remotely, though the player perceives that the funds are actually being transferred via the digital wallet. Other funding techniques include a kiosk that accepts cash or credit/debit cards and dispenses tickets or other media that encodes information representing an amount of funds. The player uses this media to add credits to the handheld. The media may be player-dependent such that the player's identity is somehow linked to the media or it may be player-agnostic such that the player's identity is not linked to the funds associated with the media.

    摘要翻译: 用于向手持游戏机添加资金的系统。 该系统包括与手持游戏机(手持式)无线通信的便携式数字钱包。 数字钱包存储与远程存储的玩家账户相关联的资金或资金,并且被玩家用于向手持设备添加信用。 信用计量表可以远程存储,尽管玩家认为资金实际上是通过数字钱包转移的。 其他融资技术包括接受现金或信用卡/借记卡的信息亭,并分发代表资金数量的信息的票据或其他媒体。 播放器使用此媒体向手持设备添加信用。 媒体可以是玩家依赖的,使得玩家的身份以某种方式与媒体相关联,或者可以是与玩家无关的,使得玩家的身份不与与媒体相关联的资金链接。

    Wagering game leaderboards
    38.
    发明授权
    Wagering game leaderboards 有权
    投注游戏排行榜

    公开(公告)号:US08376825B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-19

    申请号:US13388632

    申请日:2010-10-27

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    摘要: Embodiments include a method that aggregates, for each of a plurality of players, data of different wagering games based, at least in part, on criteria for an aggregate leaderboard. Values for each of the plurality of players are computed based, at least in part, on the data aggregated for each of the plurality of players and the criteria for the aggregate leaderboard. Ranks of the plurality of players are determined based, at least in part, on the computed values. A subset of the plurality of players with ranks above a threshold rank is determined. Indications of the subset of the plurality of players are supplied for updating the aggregate leaderboard.

    摘要翻译: 实施例包括一种方法,用于至少部分地针对多个玩家的标准来聚合不同投注游戏的数据。 至少部分地基于针对多个玩家中的每一个聚合的数据和聚合排行榜的标准来计算多个玩家中的每一个的值。 至少部分地基于所计算的值确定多个玩家的等级。 确定具有高于阈值等级的多个玩家的子集。 供应多个玩家的子集的指示用于更新聚集的排行榜。

    Cash-out methods and systems yielding enhanced time-deferred value
    40.
    发明授权
    Cash-out methods and systems yielding enhanced time-deferred value 有权
    现金流出方法和系统产生增强的延期价值

    公开(公告)号:US08190507B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-29

    申请号:US12375367

    申请日:2007-07-30

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00

    摘要: A method of exchanging assets within a wagering establishment computer-based marketplace layer including the acts of accessing a wagering establishment marketplace layer using a peripheral device, offering a first asset for exchange in the wagering establishment marketplace layer to all participants in the wagering establishment marketplace layer. The method also includes the acts of receiving an offer to exchange a second asset for the first asset from an anonymous one of the participants in the wagering establishment marketplace layer, accepting the offer to exchange the second asset for the first asset from the anonymous one of the participants in the wagering establishment marketplace layer, and transferring the first asset in exchange for the second asset.

    摘要翻译: 一种在投注机构计算机市场层内交换资产的方法,包括使用外围设备访问投注设立市场层的行为,向投注设立市场层中的所有参与者提供第一资产进行投注设立市场层交换 。 该方法还包括接收从投注设立市场层中的匿名匿名参与者中为第一资产交换第二资产的提议的行为,接受从第一资产的第二资产从第一资产 投标市场层面的参与者,转让第一资产以换取第二资产。