Controlling and rewarding wagering game skill
    1.
    发明授权
    Controlling and rewarding wagering game skill 有权
    控制和奖励投注游戏技能

    公开(公告)号:US08337300B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-25

    申请号:US13126503

    申请日:2009-10-30

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    摘要: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include presenting a skill-based wagering game on a wagering game machine. The skill-based wagering game can have a limited winnable award amount for the skill-based wagering game. The operations can also include tracking skilled game goals that a player accomplishes during the skill-based wagering game and awarding the player from the limited winnable award amount. The operations can also include determining a surplus amount that was not earned from the limited winnable award amount, and awarding some, or all, of the surplus amount during subsequent activity. In some embodiments, the operations can also include allocating the surplus amount to wagering game pools, distributing the surplus amount as tokens based on triggered activities, and presenting game modifiers that enable players to enhance performance in a skill-based game.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏系统及其操作。 在实施例中,操作可以包括在投注游戏机上呈现基于技能的投注游戏。 基于技能的投注游戏对于基于技能的投注游戏可以具有有限的可赢奖金额。 操作还可以包括跟踪玩家在基于技能的投注游戏中完成的熟练的游戏目标,并且授予玩家有限的可赢奖金额。 经营活动还可以包括确定从有限公司获奖金额中未获得的盈余金额,并在后续活动中授予部分或全部盈余金额。 在一些实施例中,操作还可以包括将剩余金额分配给投注游戏池,基于触发的活动将剩余金额作为标记分配,以及呈现使玩家能够增强基于技能的游戏中的表现的游戏修改器。

    CONTROLLING AND REWARDING WAGERING GAME SKILL
    2.
    发明申请
    CONTROLLING AND REWARDING WAGERING GAME SKILL 有权
    控制和挽留游戏技巧

    公开(公告)号:US20110212766A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-01

    申请号:US13126503

    申请日:2009-10-30

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    摘要: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include presenting a skill-based wagering game on a wagering game machine. The skill-based wagering game can have a limited winnable award amount for the skill-based wagering game. The operations can also include tracking skilled game goals that a player accomplishes during the skill-based wagering game and awarding the player from the limited winnable award amount. The operations can also include determining a surplus amount that was not earned from the limited winnable award amount, and awarding some, or all, of the surplus amount during subsequent activity. In some embodiments, the operations can also include allocating the surplus amount to wagering game pools, distributing the surplus amount as tokens based on triggered activities, and presenting game modifiers that enable players to enhance performance in a skill-based game.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏系统及其操作。 在实施例中,操作可以包括在投注游戏机上呈现基于技能的投注游戏。 基于技能的投注游戏对于基于技能的投注游戏可以具有有限的可赢奖金额。 操作还可以包括跟踪玩家在基于技能的投注游戏中完成的熟练的游戏目标,并且授予玩家有限的可赢奖金额。 经营活动还可以包括确定从有限公司获奖金额中未获得的盈余金额,并在后续活动中授予部分或全部盈余金额。 在一些实施例中,操作还可以包括将剩余金额分配给投注游戏池,基于触发的活动将剩余金额作为标记分配,以及呈现使玩家能够增强基于技能的游戏中的表现的游戏修改器。

    Controlling and presenting online wagering games
    3.
    发明授权
    Controlling and presenting online wagering games 失效
    控制和呈现在线投注游戏

    公开(公告)号:US08668586B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-11

    申请号:US13125231

    申请日:2009-10-23

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    摘要: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include receiving login information to log in to an online gaming venue and determining a player account associated with the login information. The operations can also include presenting the online gaming venue on a personal computing device associated with the player account. The online gaming venue can include casino related data that indicates ambience of a gambling environment (e.g., a casino, a poker room, etc.), interactive objects to interact with the player account, and communication functions to share recorded activity and other personal information, between the player account and other player accounts within the online gaming venue. In some embodiments, the operations can also include determining indications of player emotions and presenting multi-media files in conjunction with player avatars to represent the indicated emotions within the online gaming venue.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏系统及其操作。 在实施例中,操作可以包括接收登录信息以登录到在线游戏场地并且确定与登录信息相关联的玩家帐户。 这些操作还可以包括在与玩家帐户相关联的个人计算设备上呈现在线游戏场地。 在线游戏场地可以包括指示赌博环境(例如,赌场,扑克室等)的氛围的娱乐场相关数据,与玩家帐户交互的交互对象,以及分享记录活动和其他个人信息的通信功能 在玩家帐户和在线游戏场地内的其他玩家账户之间。 在一些实施例中,操作还可以包括确定玩家情绪的指示并且结合玩家头像呈现多媒体文件以表示在线游戏场地内指示的情绪。

    Visually presenting wagering game options
    4.
    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。

    CONTROLLING AND PRESENTING ONLINE WAGERING GAMES
    5.
    发明申请
    CONTROLLING AND PRESENTING ONLINE WAGERING GAMES 失效
    控制和呈现在线的游戏

    公开(公告)号:US20110201414A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-18

    申请号:US13125231

    申请日:2009-10-23

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24

    摘要: A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include receiving login information to log in to an online gaming venue and determining a player account associated with the login information. The operations can also include presenting the online gaming venue on a personal computing device associated with the player account. The online gaming venue can include casino related data that indicates ambience of a gambling environment (e.g., a casino, a poker room, etc.), interactive objects to interact with the player account, and communication functions to share recorded activity and other personal information, between the player account and other player accounts within the online gaming venue. In some embodiments, the operations can also include determining indications of player emotions and presenting multi-media files in conjunction with player avatars to represent the indicated emotions within the online gaming venue.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述了投注游戏系统及其操作。 在实施例中,操作可以包括接收登录信息以登录到在线游戏场地并且确定与登录信息相关联的玩家帐户。 这些操作还可以包括在与玩家帐户相关联的个人计算设备上呈现在线游戏场地。 在线游戏场地可以包括指示赌博环境(例如,赌场,扑克室等)的氛围的娱乐场相关数据,与玩家帐户交互的交互对象,以及分享记录活动和其他个人信息的通信功能 在玩家帐户和在线游戏场地内的其他玩家账户之间。 在一些实施例中,操作还可以包括确定玩家情绪的指示并且结合玩家头像呈现多媒体文件以表示在线游戏场地内指示的情绪。

    GAMING MACHINE WITH COLLECTIBLE GAME CARDS
    8.
    发明申请
    GAMING MACHINE WITH COLLECTIBLE GAME CARDS 有权
    游戏卡片游戏机

    公开(公告)号:US20090082088A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-26

    申请号:US12161837

    申请日:2007-02-16

    IPC分类号: A63F9/24 A63F13/00

    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。