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US 2021/0201622 A1Published application
System and method for streaming wagering games
AssigneeIgt
InventorsCurtis Baker, Kevin Higgins, Dwayne R. Nelson
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Abstract
Systems and methods that utilize an electronic gaming machine to stream one or more events occurring in association with the electronic gaming machine to zero, one or more interested parties whom are remote from the electronic gaming machine.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a display device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- upon an occurrence of a game triggering event, cause the display device to display a play of a wagering game;
- communicate data associated with the play of the wagering game and supplemental content associated with a player to a live streaming platform server;
- and
- upon an occurrence of a remote viewer interaction event occurring in association with a live stream that is at least partially based on the data communicated to the live streaming platform server and accessible by a remote viewer at a remote device, enable the player to interact with the remote viewer.
5 more elements
A live streaming platform server comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, from an electronic gaming machine, data associated with a wagering gaming session occurring at the electronic gaming machine;
- determine a live stream based on the received data;
- broadcast the determined live stream to a plurality of remote viewers at a plurality of devices;
- and
- responsive to an occurrence of a remote viewer wagering event associated with one of the remote viewers and a play of a wagering game occurring during the wagering gaming session that is associated with the occurrence of the remote viewer wagering event resulting in a winning game outcome, increase a balance of a live streaming platform account associated with that remote viewer.
5 more elements
A method of operating an electronic gaming machine, the method comprising:
- upon an occurrence of a game triggering event, displaying, by a display device, a play of a wagering game;
- communicating data associated with the play of the wagering game and supplemental content associated with a player to a live streaming platform server;
- and
- upon an occurrence of a remote viewer interaction event occurring in association with a live stream that is at least partially based on the data communicated to the live streaming platform server and accessible by a remote viewer at a remote device, enabling the player to interact with the remote viewer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.