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US 2013/0210530 A1Published application
Temporary grant of real-time bonus feature
AssigneeNguyen Gaming LLC
InventorBINH T. NGUYEN
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system, apparatus, and method for distributing a portion of game information may include a gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information. A social gaming server can be configured to communicate with the gaming machine, may establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and a user device, and may distribute the portion of the game information to the user device. A social gaming server may also establish a temporal bonus game feature between the gaming machine user and at least one available remote user.
Claims24
A gaming system, comprising:
- a gaming machine configured to:
- present a primary game of chance on a display of the gaming machine;
- determine whether a bonus triggering event is triggered on the primary game of chance;
- receive a list of at least one available remote user;
- display the list of at least one available remote user on the display of the gaming machine;
- detect a selection of at least one remote user from the list of at least one available remote user displayed on the display;
- transmit the selection of at least one remote user to a social gaming server;
- await, up to a predetermined period of time, for receipt of a bonus game input associated with the bonus game, the bonus game input being initiated by the at least one remote user;
- and
- display results of the bonus game following receipt of the bonus game input;
- the social gaming server configured to:
- monitor the primary game of chance presented on the gaming machine;
- determine whether the bonus triggering event is triggered on the gaming machine;
- generate the list of at least one available remote user for participation in the bonus game;
- transmit the list of at least one available remote user to the gaming machine;
- receive the selection of the at least one remote user from the gaming machine for distribution of the bonus game feature to the at least one remote user;
- distribute the bonus game feature to each of the selected at least one remote user;
- await, up to a predetermined period of time, for receipt of a bonus game input associated with the bonus game, the bonus game input being initiated by at least one of the selected remote user;
- receive a result of the bonus game;
- and
- transfer the result of the bonus game to the gaming machine and the at least one selected remote user.
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A method for granting a real-time bonus game feature, comprising:
- presenting a primary game of chance on a display of a gaming machine;
- determining whether a bonus triggering event is triggered on the primary game of chance;
- receiving a list of at least one available remote user;
- displaying the list of at least one available remote user on the display of the gaming machine;
- detecting a selection of at least one remote user from the list of at least one available remote user displayed on the display;
- transmitting the selection of the at least one remote user to a social gaming server for distribution of a bonus game feature to the at least one remote user;
- awaiting, up to a predetermined period of time, for receipt of a bonus game input associated with the bonus game feature, the bonus game input being initiated by the at least one remote user;
- and
- displaying results of a bonus game following receipt of the bonus game input, wherein the bonus game feature is used to play the bonus game.
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A method for facilitating real-time bonus game participation on a social gaming server, comprising:
- monitoring a primary game of chance on a gaming machine;
- determining whether a bonus triggering event is triggered on the primary game of chance;
- generating a list of at least one available remote user;
- transmitting the list of at least one available remote user to the gaming machine;
- receiving selection of the at least one remote user from the gaming machine for distribution of a bonus game feature to the at least one remote user;
- distributing the bonus game feature to each of the selected at least one remote user;
- awaiting, up to a predetermined period of time, for receipt of a bonus game input associated with a bonus game, the bonus game input being initiated by the at least one remote user;
- calculating a result of the bonus game;
- and
- transferring the result of the bonus game to the gaming machine and the at least one selected remote user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.