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US 12,525,097 B2Granted
Multi-player tournament and competition
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDwayne Nelson, Paul A. Johnson
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a gaming system that enables a common gaming device to engage multiple players in a common or separate gaming session(s) that can be configured as a multi-player tournament.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a first user interface of a first electronic gaming device, first credit information regarding a first credit amount associated with a first player;
- receiving, by the first user interface of the first electronic gaming device, second credit information regarding a second credit amount associated with a second player;
- updating, by a processor, an electronic record associated with a first credit meter associated with the first player to reflect the first credit information, a second credit meter associated with the second player to reflect the second credit information, and a joint credit meter associated with the first and second players to reflect the first and second credit information;
- simultaneously displaying, by a display of the first electronic gaming device, the first and second credit amounts and a joint credit amount in the joint credit meter derived from the first and second credit amounts;
- receiving, by a processor of the first electronic gaming device, a request to initiate concurrent first and second gaming sessions with the first and second players;
- initiating, by the processor of the first electronic gaming device, the concurrent first and second gaming sessions;
- upon occurrence of a gaming event, terminating the first and second gaming sessions;
- responsive to the terminating, comparing a first credit amount of the first credit meter with a second credit amount of the second credit meter, the first credit amount being greater than the second credit amount;
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- based on the comparing, updating an electronic record associated with each of the first and second credit meters to transfer at least part of the second credit amount from the second credit meter to the first credit meter.
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An electronic gaming device comprising:
- first and second player user interfaces for first and second players, respectively;
- first and second credit meters associated with the first and second players, respectively;
- a joint credit meter having a joint credit amount derived from the first and second credit meters,
- a processor coupled with the first and second player user interfaces;
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- a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- receive, by the first player user interface, first credit information regarding a first credit amount associated with the first player;
- receive, by the second player user interface, second credit information regarding a second credit amount associated with the second player:
- update an electronic record associated with a first credit meter associated with the first player to reflect the first credit information, a second credit meter associated with the second player to reflect the second credit information, and a joint credit meter associated with the first and second players to reflect the first and second credit information;
- simultaneously display, by a display, the first and second credit amounts and a joint credit amount derived from the first and second credit amounts;
- receive a request to initiate concurrent first and second gaming sessions with the first and second players;
- initiate the concurrent first and second gaming sessions;
- upon occurrence of a gaming event, terminate the first and second gaming sessions;
- compare a first credit amount of the first player credit meter with a second credit amount of the second player credit meter;
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- based on comparison of the first and second credit amounts, update an electronic record associated with each of the first and second credit meters to transfer at least part of the second credit amount from the second credit meter to the first credit meter.
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An electronic gaming device comprising:
- first and second player user interfaces for first and second players, respectively;
- first and second credit meters associated with the first and second players, respectively;
- a joint credit meter having a joint credit amount derived from the first and second credit meters;
- a processor coupled with the first and second player user interfaces;
- and
- a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- receive, by a first player user interface, first credit information regarding a first credit amount associated with the first player;
- receive, by the second player user interface, second credit information regarding a second credit amount associated with the second player;
- update an electronic record associated with a first credit meter associated with the first player to reflect the first credit information, a second credit meter associated with the second player to reflect the second credit information, and a joint credit meter associated with the first and second players to reflect the first and second credit information;
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- simultaneously display, by a display, the first and second credit amounts and a joint credit amount derived from the first and second credit amounts receive a request to initiate concurrent first and second gaming sessions with the first and second players;
- initiate the concurrent first and second gaming sessions;
- upon occurrence of a gaming event, terminate the first and second gaming sessions;
- compare a first credit amount of the first credit meter with a second credit amount of the second credit meter;
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- based on comparison of the first and second credit amounts, update an electronic record associated with each of the first and second credit meters to transfer at least part of the second credit amount from the second credit meter to the first credit meter, wherein a joint credit amount in the joint credit meter is maintained unchanged during updating of the electronic record associated with each of the first and second credit meters to transfer at least part of the second credit amount from the second credit meter to the first credit meter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.