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US 2013/0210514 A1Published application
Social gaming
AssigneeNguyen Gaming LLC
InventorBINH T. NGUYEN
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system, apparatus, and method for social gaming includes at least one gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information and a social gaming server configured to: communicate with the at least one gaming machine; establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and at least one user device; and distribute at least a portion of the game information to the at least one user device.
Claims28
A social gaming system, comprising:
- at least one gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information;
- and
- a social gaming server configured to:
- communicate with the at least one gaming machine;
- establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and at least one user device;
- and
- distribute at least a portion of the game information to the at least one user device.
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A social gaming server, comprising:
- a social game session manager configured to:
- establish a social game session between a gaming machine and at least one user device;
- acquire gaming information from the gaming machine;
- determine portions of gaming information to be distributed to the at least one user device;
- and
- initiate transfer of the portions of gaming information to the at least one user device.
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A method for distributing game information, comprising:
- operating a game of chance on a gaming machine to produce game information;
- identifying at least one remote user;
- and
- distributing at least a portion of the game information from the game of chance to the at least one remote user.
1 more element
A method for managing social awards, comprising:
- (a) operating a game of chance on a gaming machine;
- (b) determining whether a social award has been earned through playing the game of chance;
- (c) generating the social award if the determining (b) determines that a social award has been earned;
- (d) determining if the social award is to be transferred to at least one remote recipient;
- and
- (e) transferring the social award to the remote recipient if the determining
- (d) determines that the social award is to be transferred to a remote recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.