SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING GAME SESSION INFORMATION

• US 20060287040A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: GILMAN, Norman C., SPARICO, Thomas M., GELMAN, Geoffrey M., JORASCH, James A., WALKER, Jay S., FINCHAM, Magdalena M., SANTISI, Steven M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,862,416 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a contract is established for a session comprising two or more plays of at least one gaming device. Information about the game play session, such as outcomes generated at the at least one gaming device, is communicated to a player device. The information is presented to a player via the player device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing a contract with a player for a session of two of more plays of a gaming device;

after establishing the contract, initiating the session;

determining a symbol that is representative of the session;

determining session information that is based on at least one play of the session; and

displaying the symbol and the session information to the player.

2. The method of claim 1, in which establishing the contract comprises:

determining a contract price for the contract; and

receiving payment of the contract price.

3. The method of claim 2, in which the contract price is a flat rate price.

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