Methods, Devices, Systems, Platforms, and Products for Enhancing Game Play in a Computerized Network

• US 20120157199A1
• Filed: 12/21/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Games I Play, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Games I Play, Inc.
• Inventors: Nord, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US12/975,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20120157199A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

Provided are methods, devices, systems, products, and platforms for updating content displayed to at least a first user of a gaming network without requiring the refreshing of the user'"'"'s display page that comprises the step of updating partition content with a corresponding server content if the corresponding server content is flagged for update for that particular user.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A system for updating a partition content displayed to a user of a gaming network without requiring refreshing of a webpage comprising:

(a) a digital processing device that is connected to a network comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and which comprises a memory device, a display, and an input device; and

(b) content provided to the digital processing device via the network wherein the executable instructions are configured to;

transmit a server content flagged for update to a display page; and

replace a corresponding partition content on the display page with the server content without refreshing the display page.

30. The system in claim 29 wherein network is the Internet, the display page is a webpage, and wherein the system is further configured to un-flag the server content for update after it is updated on the webpage.

31. The system in claim 29 that is further configured to flag the server content for update in response to any change in the server content.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the change in the server content is initiated by a user of the website.

33. The system of claim 31 wherein the change in the server content is initiated by an automated function.

34. The system of claim 29 wherein the server content is flagged for a user of the display page.

35. The system of claim 29 wherein the server content is flagged for no user of the display page.

36. The system of claim 29 wherein the transmission function is scheduled.

37. The system of claim 29 wherein the transmission function is scheduled to occur every two seconds.

38. The system of claim 29 wherein the web content appears on a plurality of windows.

39. The system of claim 29 wherein the web content appears on a pop-up window that can be opened, moved, and closed by a user of the display page.

40. The system of claim 29 wherein the content is related to an online web-based game that is selected from a card game, a board game, a casino game, a cell phone game, a dice game, an arcade game, a puzzle game, a role playing game, a tabletop game, or a video game.

41. A system for updating a partition content displayed simultaneously to at least a first user and a second user of a gaming network comprising:

(a) a digital processing device that is connected to a network comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and which comprises a memory device, a display, and an input device; and

(b) content provided to the digital processing device via the network wherein the executable instructions are configured to;

transmit a server content to a display page of the first user when the server content is flagged for update by the second user; and

replace a corresponding partition content on the display page of the first user with the server content without refreshing the display page of the first user.

42. The system in claim 41 wherein network is the Internet, the display page is a webpage, and wherein the system is further configured to un-flag the server content for update for the first user after it is updated on the webpage of the first user.

43. The system in claim 41 that is further configured to flag the server content for update for all users in response to any change in the server content.

44. The system of claim 43 wherein the change in the server content is initiated by the first user but not the second user.

45. The system of claim 43 wherein the change in the server content is initiated by the first user and the second user.

46. The system of claim 43 wherein the change in the server content is initiated by an automated function.

47. The system of claim 42 wherein the server content is flagged for no user of the website.

48. The system of claim 41 wherein the server content is flagged for the first user but not the second user.

49. The system of claim 41 wherein the server content is flagged for the first user and the second user.

50. The system of claim 41 wherein the transmission function is scheduled.

51. The system of claim 41 wherein the transmission function is scheduled to occur every two seconds.

52. The system of claim 41 that performs the transmission function for the first user but not the second user.

53. The system of claim 41 that simultaneously performs the transmission function for the first user and the second user.

54. The system of claim 41 where the web content appears on a plurality of windows to the first user.

55. The system of claim 42 where a web content appears on a pop-up window that can be opened, moved, and closed by the first user.

56. The system of claim 41 wherein the content is related to an online web-based game that is selected from a card game, a board game, a casino game, a cell phone game, a dice game, an arcade game, a puzzle game, a role playing game, a tabletop game, or a video game.