# US 2019/0244479 A1 · Cumulative personal guaranteed jackpot for gaming > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0244479 A1 - Document ID: US20190244479A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/268,451 - Filed: 2019-02-05 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-07 - Inventors: Jean-Christophe Choffray; Christophe Boniver; Sylvain Boniver - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244479A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots} - G07F 17/3206: {Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics} - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A gaming reward system is described that guarantees a jackpot to a game player. The jackpot is cumulative and based upon the amount paid in by the player over time to play the game. Each time the player plays, the system adds a small amount of the player's wager to the player's jackpot. Over time, the jackpot grows larger. At some point, a triggering event occurs, and the player is awarded the cumulative, guaranteed jackpot. The jackpot is cumulative in the sense that its amount is increased with each play by the player and guaranteed in the sense that the system works to make sure only the specific player who fills the jackpot can win the jackpot. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method to handle one or more plays in the context of a game associated with a player, the method comprising: identifying the player playing the game; establishing a game session that begins as the player starts playing the game at a current location on a current game machine and ends as the player indicates the game session is over; receiving a wager for a current turn from the player, wherein the wager represents the player's estimation of the player's likelihood of success during the current turn; allocating a first amount from the received wager to operator profit, and a second amount to a player cumulative guaranteed personal jackpot; incrementing the jackpot based on the second amount allocated to the jackpot; detecting that a triggering event has occurred; and as a result of detecting that the triggering event has occurred, awarding the cumulative guaranteed personal jackpot to the player in a manner that only the player who fills the jackpot can trigger the jackpot, wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the player comprises receiving login information that identifies the player and allows the system to access an associated player profile with information stored about the player across multiple game sessions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the player comprises detecting that the player swiped a game playing card at a game machine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein identifying the player comprises receiving biometric information that identifies the player. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein establishing the game session comprises ending the game session after the player logs off the game machine. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the wager comprises automatically deducting the wager from an account associated with the player. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the wager comprises calculating and tracking an average wager amount for multiple turns during the game session. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein allocating the amount from the received wager comprises setting the jackpot to an amount that provides an encouragement to the player to continue playing the current session. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein incrementing the jackpot comprises accumulating the jackpot until one or more conditions for the jackpot's distribution occurs. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein detecting that a triggering event has occurred comprises detecting passage of a threshold period after which the player is rewarded for continuing to play the game. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein awarding the jackpot comprises crediting an account associated with the player. ### Claim 12 A computer system for providing a guaranteed, progressive jackpot in a game, the system comprising: a processor and memory configured to execute software instructions embodied within the following components; a player identity component that identifies a player playing the game; a game session component that manages a particular instance of the player playing the game; a bet receiving component that receives a wager on a particular play of the game from the player; a bet allocating component that divides the received wager into (1) operator profit, (2) a small winning amount for the player, and (3) a jackpot amount; a progressive jackpot component that manages a progressive, jackpot that is contributed to and won by a single player; a trigger detection component that detects a triggering event for distributing the jackpot to the player; and a jackpot reward component that distributes the jackpot to the player. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the player identity component maintains a stored user profile for each player to track each player's progress across multiple game sessions and multiple devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the game session component defines a game session as a particular location, machine, and period during which the player is playing the game. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the bet receiving component receives a wager for each of multiple plays associated with each of multiple goals of the game. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the bet allocating component allocates as operator profit an amount of money that an operator of the game receives for offering the game to players, and as the cumulative guaranteed personal jackpot an amount won by a single player during the game session. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the progressive jackpot component is designed so that a player will win at least once and potentially multiple times during a particular game session. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the trigger detection component defines as a trigger at least one of: passage of time, progress toward sub-goals in the game, lack of wins over a period, and detection of player disinterest. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12 wherein the jackpot reward component renders a software-based animation to signal the player that the cumulative guaranteed personal jackpot has been won. ### Claim 20 A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for controlling a computer system to handle multi-session game progress, wherein the instructions, upon execution, cause a processor to perform actions comprising: establishing a top goal that defines conditions for completion of a game across multiple game sessions; determining one or more sub-goals that are progress points on the way to completing the established top goal; receiving a play that includes a wager indicating a player estimation of a likelihood of success of the play towards completing one of the sub-goals; updating the player's current progression and determining whether a sub-goal is complete; upon determining that the sub-goal is complete, awarding the player a short-term, player-accumulated reward that is allocated from each of several wagers made by the player; determining whether the top goal is complete; and upon determining that the top goal is complete, distributing a completion award to the player for completing the game.