DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PAYOUTS BASED ON ACTIVITY AND RANKS OF OTHER GAMING SESSIONS

• US 20080153585A1
• Filed: 03/06/2008
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Jorasch, James A., Downs, Michael D., Walker, Jay S., Packes, John M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,202,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides for determining a first gaming session; determining a rank of the first gaming session; determining at least one gaming session, each at least one gaming session of the first set having a respective rank that is not higher than the rank of the first gaming session, determining data corresponding to the at least one gaming session; determining at least one bonus based on the data; and applying the at least one bonus to the first gaming session.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a first gaming session;

determining a rank for each of a plurality of gaming sessions comprising the first gaming session and at least one other gaming session, each at least one other gaming session having a respective rank that is lower than the rank of the first gaming session;

determining data corresponding to the at least one other gaming session;

determining at least one bonus based on the data; and

applying the at least one bonus to the first gaming session,

in which determining the rank of each of the plurality of gaming sessions comprises;

determining for each of the plurality of gaming sessions a number of prior gaming sessions that are not concluded; and

determining the rank of each of the plurality of gaming sessions based on the number.