Gamifying search engine results
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsScott Alan Massing, Andrew Guinn, Richard Robbins, Brian K. Danilo
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method in a gaming system includes, in response to a participant's search query, conducting, by one or more processors, a search on a search engine through a web browser; and presenting, by at least one of the one or more processors, search engine results including one or more standard indices and one or more incentivized indices, each of the one or more standard indices including a selectable hyperlink for directing the participant to a third-party website, each of the one or more incentivized indices including a selectable hyperlink for playing a game.
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A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, the method comprising:
- in response to a participant's search query, conducting, by one or more processors, a search on a search engine through a web browser;
- and
- presenting, by at least one of the one or more processors, search engine results including one or more standard indices and one or more incentivized indices, each of the one or more standard indices including a selectable hyperlink for directing the participant to a third-party website, each of the one or more incentivized indices including a selectable hyperlink for playing a game.
One or more physical machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- in response to a participant's search query, conducting a search on a search engine through a web browser;
- and
- presenting search engine results including one or more standard indices and one or more incentivized indices, each of the one or more standard indices including a selectable hyperlink for directing the participant to a third-party website, each of the one or more incentivized indices including a selectable hyperlink for playing a game.
A gaming system, comprising:
- one or more clients being provided to a participant on one or more computational devices having one or more input devices and one or more output devices;
- and
- one or more gaming servers in communication with the one or more clients over one or more networks comprising one or more search engines, each of the one or more gaming servers having one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more gaming servers to:
- retrieve one or more incentivized indices to be presented to the participant in response to a search that is executed on the one or more search engines by the participant, and
- initiate one or more gaming sessions configured to interact with the participant at the one or more clients if the participant selects any of the one or more incentivized indices.
A computer-implemented method for a gaming system, the method comprising:
- receiving information pertaining to a search being performed by a participant through one or more input devices of a computational device, the search being relevant to a third-party;
- retrieving one or more incentivized indices from one or more gaming servers to be displayed to the participant based on the search;
- and
- initiating one or more gaming sessions configured to interact with the participant via the computational device if the participant selects any one of the one or more incentivized indices.
A tangible machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- monitoring for one or more inputs provided by a participant through one or more input devices of a computational device;
- retrieving one or more incentivized indices from one or more gaming servers to be displayed to the participant at an output device of the computational device if the participant engages one or more of the inputs, each of the one or more incentivized indices corresponding to one or more standard indices associated with one or more third-party servers;
- and
- initiating a gaming session for interacting with the participant if the participant selects one of the one or more incentivized indices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.