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US 10,762,749 B2Granted
Applications for gaming devices in a networked environment
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJay S. Walker, Matthew P. Ellenthal
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Abstract
A method comprises receiving a request from a gaming device to initiate a session of game play comprising a plurality of game plays to be played, and transmitting to the gaming device an amount of credit required to initiate a first game play of the session on the gaming device.
Claims16
A gaming system server comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor in association with an initiated game play session, cause the at least one processor to:
- following a first game initiation input made, via an input device of a gaming device, to place a first wager of a first amount of credits on a first play of a game of the initiated game play session, receive a first request for the first amount of credits, and
- after receiving the first request and prior to any initiation of the first play of the game of the initiated game play session:
- determine whether to authorize the requested first amount of credits, and
- responsive to the determination being to authorize the requested first amount of credits:
- transmit data associated with an authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game to the gaming device, and
- modify a balance based on the authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game, wherein no data associated with any authorization of any second amount of credits required to initiate any second, subsequent play of the game of the initiated game play session is transmitted to the gaming device, and after receipt of the data associated with the authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game, the gaming device enables a placement of a wager of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game of the initiated game play session.
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A method of operating a gaming system server, said method comprising:
- following first game initiation input made, via an input device of a gaming device, to place a first wager of a first amount of credits on a first play of a game of an initiated game play session, receiving a first request for the first amount of credits, and
- after receiving the first request and prior to any initiation of the first play of the game of the initiated game play session:
- determining, by at least one processor, whether to authorize the requested first amount of credits, and
- responsive to the determination being to authorize the requested first amount of credits:
- transmitting data associated with an authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game to the gaming device, and
- modifying, by the at least one processor, a balance based on the authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game, wherein no data associated with any authorization of any second amount of credits required to initiate any second, subsequent play of the game of the initiated game play session is transmitted to the gaming device, and after receipt of the data associated with the authorization of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game, the gaming device enables a placement of a wager of the first amount of credits on the first play of the game of the initiated game play session.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.