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US 11,107,316 B2Granted
Gaming system and a method of gaming
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorRichard G. LeBaron
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Abstract
A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a game play monitor arranged to monitor game play data associated with a player during game play, and a reward controller arranged to maintain a game player data target associated with at least one player. The system is arranged to maintain a current game play data total such that the game play data total accumulates in response to detection of game play data by the game play monitor, and to determine whether to allocate a reward to the at least one player based on the current game play data total and the game play data target. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
Claims27
A gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines, the gaming system comprising:
- a first of said gaming machines having 1) a first credit input mechanism configured to permit player interaction to receive a first physical item from a first player representing a first monetary value for establishing a first credit balance, the first credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, said first of said gaming machines configured to generate first game play data associated with the first player during game play of a first primary game at the first of said gaming machines in accord with having established the first credit balance via the first credit input mechanism receiving the first physical item, and 2) a first game play monitor configured to monitor the generated first game play data associated with the first primary game of the first player;
- a second of said gaming machines having 1) a second credit input mechanism configured to permit player interaction to receive a second physical item representing a second monetary value for establishing a second credit balance, the second credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, said second of said gaming machines configured to generate second game play data associated with a second player during game play of a second primary game at the second of said gaming machines in accord with having established the second credit balance via the second credit input mechanism receiving the second physical item, and 2) a second game play monitor configured to monitor the generated second game play data associated with the second primary game of the second player;
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- a reward controller, having a network interface configured to receive the first game play data associated with the first primary game of the first player from the first of said gaming machines and the second game play data associated with the second primary game of the second player from the second of said gaming machines, the reward controller being configured to maintain a common game play data target of a common game associated with both the first game play data received from the first of said gaming machines and the second game play data received from the second of said gaming machines, to maintain a common game play data total of the common game associated with the first player and the second player, and to contribute both a first value indicative of the first game play data associated with the first player and a second value indicative of the second game play data associated with the second player towards the common game play data total of the common game, wherein game play of the common game is concurrent with the game play of the first primary game and the game play of the second primary game;
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- an electronic display, coupled to both the first of said gaming machines and the second of said gaming machines, and configured to display:
- a graphical progression of the common game play data total graphically progressing towards the common game play data target, wherein the graphical progression of the common game play data total is continuously updated, and
- a graphical timer configured to visually indicate an amount of time available for the common game play data total to exceed the common game play data target, the graphical timer continuously running during the concurrent game play of the common game, the first primary game, and the second primary game;
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- wherein said reward controller is further configured to allocate a reward to both the first player and the second player when the common game play data total exceeds the common game play data target before expiration of said time available.
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A method of gaming for use with a plurality of gaming machines, a network interface, and a gaming controller,
- a first of said gaming machines having 1) a first credit input mechanism configured to permit player interaction to receive a first physical item from a first player representing a first monetary value for establishing a first credit balance, the first credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, said first of said gaming machines configured to generate first game play data associated with the first player during game play of a first primary game at the first of said gaming machines in accord with having established the first credit balance via the first credit input mechanism receiving the first physical item, and 2) a first game play monitor, and
- a second of said gaming machines having 1) a second credit input mechanism configured to permit player interaction to receive a second physical item representing a second monetary value for establishing a second credit balance, the second credit balance being increasable and decreasable based at least on wagering activity, said second of said gaming machines configured to generate second game play data associated with a second player during game play of a second primary game at the second of said gaming machines in accord with having established the second credit balance via the second credit input mechanism, and 2) a second game play monitor, the method comprising:
- monitoring via said first game play monitor the generated first game play data associated with the first primary game of the first player from the first of said gaming machines;
- monitoring via said second game play monitor the generated second game play data associated with the second primary game of the second player from the second of said gaming machines;
- receiving via the network interface the first game play data associated with the first primary game of the first player from the first of said gaming machines;
- receiving via the network interface the second game play data associated with the second primary game of the second player from the second of said gaming machines;
- maintaining via said gaming controller a common game play data target of a common game associated with both the game play data received from the first of said gaming machines and the second game play data received from the second of said gaming machines;
- maintaining via said gaming controller a common game play data total of the common game associated with both the first player and the second player;
- contributing via the game controller both a first value indicative of the first game play data associated with both the first player and a second value indicative of the second game play data associated with the second player towards the common game play data total of the common game, wherein game play of the common game is concurrent with the game play of the first primary game and the game play of the second primary game;
- displaying, at an electronic display coupled to both the first of said gaming machines and the second of said gaming machines, both of:
- a graphical progression of the common game play data total graphically progressing towards the common game play data target, wherein the graphical progression of the common game play data total is continuously updated, and
- a graphical timer configured to visually indicate an amount of time available for the common game play data total to exceed the common game play data target, the graphical timer continuously running during the concurrent game play of the common game, the first primary game, and the second primary game;
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- allocating a reward to each of the first player and the second player when the common game play data total exceeds the common game play data target before expiration of said time available.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.