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US 2014/0274279 A1Published application
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a bingo game having a sharing feature
AssigneeGamesys Ltd.
InventorsMary Louise Macbeth, Mary Brittney Bean, Daniel Robert Sanderson, Thomas Newton, Justin Kennedy, Adam Scott
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a bingo game including at least one initial ball call and an option for a player to receive at least one additional ball call. In one example, the at least one additional ball call includes one or more of: (i) a ball call locked until a player accepts an option to unlock the locked ball call, and (ii) a ball call provided by another member of a social network (e.g., a friend of the player).
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor, the computer-readable memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor direct the processor to:
- initiate play of a bingo game having at least one initial ball call;
- transmit to a player an option to receive at least one additional ball call for the bingo game;
- and
- provide the at least one additional ball call to the player.
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A method, comprising:
- initiating, by a computing device comprising at least one processor, play of a bingo game having at least one initial ball call;
- transmitting, by the computing device via a user interface, an option for a player to receive at least one additional ball call for the bingo game;
- and
- providing, by the computer device, the at least one additional ball call to the player.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.