Real Money Gambling Payouts That Depend on Online Social Activity
AssigneeZynga Inc.
InventorsJesse Janosov, Nir Leibovich
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Abstract
Software on a server and/or client device causes a view in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a game to be displayed to a user. The game is an online gambling game for real money. The software receives input from the user. The input includes a wager and play according to game mechanics for the game. The software calculates a payout from the play. The payout includes a promotional payout that depends at least in part on a measure of social activity associated with the user or a measure of social influence associated with the user. And the software broadcasts the payout to at least one other person who is a social relation of the user.
Claims20
A method, comprising the operations of:
- causing a view a view in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a game to be displayed to a user, where the game is an online gambling game for real money;
- receiving input from the user, wherein the input includes a wager and play according to game mechanics for the game;
- calculating a payout from the play, wherein the payout includes a promotional payout that depends at least in part on a measure of social activity or on a measure of social influence associated with the user;
- and
- broadcasting the payout to at least one other person who is a social relation of the user, wherein each of the operations is executed by one or more processors.
A computer-readable storage medium persistently storing a program, wherein the program, when executed, instructs one or more processors to perform the following operations:
- cause a view a view in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a game to be displayed to a user, where the game is an online gambling game for real money;
- receive input from the user, wherein the input includes a wager and a play according to game mechanics for the game of chance;
- calculate a payout from the play, wherein the payout includes a promotional payout that depends at least in part on a measure of social activity associated with the user or a measure of social influence associated with the user;
- and
- broadcast the payout to at least one other person who is a social relation of the user, wherein each of the operations is executed by one or more processors.
A method, comprising the operations of:
- causing a view in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a game to be displayed to a user, wherein the game is a video slot machine and the view includes a reel symbol that includes text suggesting that the user invite other persons to play the game;
- receiving input from the user identifying one or more other persons to be invited to the play the game;
- and
- changing the reel symbol with the text to another reel symbol that compensates the user, wherein each of the operations is executed by one or more processors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.