Connected interleaved wagering system

• US 10,319,179 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Inventors: Arnone, Miles, Cire, Frank, Kaylin, Clifford, Meyerhofer, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/681,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20170345254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3269 Timing aspects of game play, e.g. blocking/halting the operation of a gaming machine

Abstract

An electronic gaming machine including, an application controller, providing skill-based entertainment games, distributing application telemetry, receiving a wager outcome, and providing a display of the received wager outcome; a wager controller receiving a wager request, determining a wager outcome, and distributing the wager outcome; and an application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, distributing application telemetry, distributing the wager request, receiving the wager outcome, receiving, second application telemetry; and distributing the wager outcome.

Claims

1. An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

an interactive controller configured to;

communicate, to an application controller, first application telemetry, the first application telemetry associated with a first skill-based entertainment game;

communicate, to the application controller, second application telemetry, the second application telemetry associated with a second skill-based entertainment game;

receive, from the application controller, a wager outcome generated based on the first application telemetry; and

provide a perceivable display of the received wager outcome;

a wager controller constructed to;

receive, from the application controller, a wager request;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request using a random number generator; and

distribute, to the application controller, the wager outcome; and

the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, the application controller constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, the first application telemetry;

distribute, to the wager controller, the wager request;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome;

receive, from the interactive controller, the second application telemetry; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome.

2. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1,

wherein the interactive controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the wager controller using a communication link.

3. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1,

wherein the wager controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the interactive controller using a communication link.

4. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the first skill-based entertainment game is thematically distinct from the second skill-based entertainment game.

5. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the first application telemetry is distributed during a first session, and wherein the second application telemetry is distributed during a second session, wherein the first session and the second session occur at distinct times.

6. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to:

distribute, to the session controller, a request for user session information;

receive, from the session controller, the user session information; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the user session information, and

wherein the interactive controller is further configured to receive, from the application controller, the user session information.

7. The electronic gaming machine of claim 6,

wherein the interactive controller is further configured to distribute, to the application controller, a session initialization indication,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to receive, from the interactive controller, the session initialization indication, and

wherein the application controller distributes, to the session controller, the request for the user session information upon receiving the session initialization indication.

8. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the application controller is further constructed to distribute, to the session controller, updated user session information based on the received wager outcome.

9. An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

a wager controller of the connected interleaved wagering system constructed to;

receive, from an application controller, a wager request;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request; and

distribute, to the application controller, the wager outcome; and

the application controller of the connected interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the wager controller to an interactive controller using a communication link and constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, first application telemetry, the first application telemetry associated with a first skill-based entertainment game;

distribute, to the wager controller, the wager request based on the first application telemetry;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome;

receive, from the interactive controller, second application telemetry, the second application telemetry associated with a second skill-based entertainment game; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome, wherein the interactive controller provides a display of the wager outcome.

10. The electronic gaming machine of claim 9, wherein the first skill-based entertainment game is thematically distinct from the second skill-based entertainment game.

11. The electronic gaming machine of claim 9, wherein the first application telemetry is distributed during a first session, and wherein the second application telemetry is distributed during a second session, wherein the first session and the second session occur at distinct times.

12. The electronic gaming machine of claim 9, wherein the application controller is further constructed to:

distribute, to the session controller, a request for user session information;

receive, from the session controller, the user session information; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the user session information.

13. The electronic gaming machine of claim 12, wherein the application controller is further constructed to receive, from the interactive controller, the session initialization indication, and

wherein the application controller distributes, to the session controller, the request for the user session information upon receiving the session initialization indication.

14. The electronic gaming machine of claim 9, wherein the application controller is further constructed to distribute, to the session controller, updated user session information based on the received wager outcome.

15. An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

an interactive controller of the connected interleaved wagering system configured to;

distribute, to an application controller, first application telemetry, the first application telemetry associated with a first skill-based entertainment game;

distribute, to the application controller, second application telemetry, the second application telemetry associated with a second skill-based entertainment game;

receive, from the application controller, a wager outcome generated based on the first application telemetry; and

provide a perceivable display of the received wager outcome; and

the application controller of the connected interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the interactive controller to a wager controller and constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, the first application telemetry;

distribute, to the wager controller, the wager request;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome;

receive, from the interactive controller, the second application telemetry; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the wager outcome.

16. The electronic gaming machine of claim 15, wherein the first skill-based entertainment game is thematically distinct from the second skill-based entertainment game.

17. The electronic gaming machine of claim 15, wherein the first application telemetry is distributed during a first session, and wherein the second application telemetry is distributed during a second session, wherein the first session and the second session occur at distinct times.

18. The electronic gaming machine of claim 15,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to:

distribute, to the session controller, a request for user session information;

receive, from the session controller, the user session information; and

distribute, to the interactive controller, the user session information, and

wherein the interactive controller is further configured to receive, from the application controller, the user session information.

19. The electronic gaming machine of claim 18,

wherein the interactive controller is further configured to distribute, to the application controller, a session initialization indication,

wherein the application controller is further constructed to receive, from the interactive controller, the session initialization indication, and

wherein the application controller distributes, to the session controller, the request for the user session information upon receiving the session initialization indication.

20. The electronic gaming machine of claim 19, wherein the application controller is further constructed to distribute, to the session controller, updated user session information based on the received wager outcome.