Systems and Methods for a Support Game

• US 20120289330A1
• Filed: 05/14/2012
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cognant LLC (AppLovin Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Cognant LLC (AppLovin Corporation)
• Inventors: Leydon, Gabriel, Nakagawa, Halbert
• Application Number:
  US13/471,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20120289330A1
• 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 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

Systems and methods for a support game are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises enabling a first player to play a first main game with a first economy, receiving a request to engage in a support game, displaying a first instance of the support game in response to the request, providing a first virtual good to the first player, the first virtual good being usable in the first game, enabling a second player to play a second main game with a second economy, receiving a request to engage in the support game, displaying a second instance of the support game in response to the request, and providing a second virtual good to the second player in response to the second player interacting with the second instance of the support game, the second virtual good being usable in the second game.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

enabling a first player to play a first main game with a first economy;

receiving a request by the first player to engage in a support game;

displaying a first instance of the support game to the first player in response to the request;

providing a first virtual good to the first player in response to the first player interacting with the first instance of the support game, the first virtual good being usable in the first game;

enabling a second player to play a second main game with a second economy;

receiving a request by the second player to engage in the support game;

displaying a second instance of the support game to the second player in response to the request; and

providing a second virtual good to the second player in response to the second player interacting with the second instance of the support game, the second virtual good being usable in the second game.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first virtual good is a virtual currency, points, or credit that is usable with the first economy.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second virtual good is a virtual currency, points, or credit that is usable with the second economy.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first virtual good is a virtual item that is usable in the first main game.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the first and second players to play a game of chance in the first and second instances of the support game.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein providing the first and second virtual goods to the first and second players, respectively, comprises the first and second players winning the first and second virtual goods in the game of chance.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the support game is a virtual casino configured to allow users to play games of chance.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a provider of the first main game configures the first instance of the support game to identify the first virtual good.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the provider of the first main game further determines a probability that the first virtual good will be provided in the first instance of the support game.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a ticket to the first player which is required to play within the first support game.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a virtual item in exchange for the first virtual good in a virtual store, the virtual item being usable in the first main game.

12. A system comprising:

a processor;

a first main game module configured to enable a first player to play a first main game with a first economy;

a second main game module configured to enable a second player to play a second main game with a second economy;

a support game request module configured to receive a request by the first player to engage in a support game and to receive a request by the second player to engage in the support game;

display module configured to provide a display of a first instance of the support game to the first player in response to the request and to provide a display of the second instance of the support game to the second player in response to the request; and

a support game virtual good module configured to provide a first virtual good to the first player in response to the first player interacting with the first instance of the support game, the first virtual good being usable in the first game, and provide a second virtual good to the second player in response to the second player interacting with the second instance of the support game, the second virtual good being usable in the second game.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first virtual good is a virtual currency, points, or credit that is usable with the first economy.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second virtual good is a virtual currency, points, or credit that is usable with the second economy.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the first virtual good is a virtual item that is usable in the first main game.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a support game play module configured to enable the first and second players to play a game of chance in the first and second instances of the support game.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the support game virtual good module configured to provide the first and second virtual goods to the first and second players, respectively, comprises the support game virtual good module configured to provide the first and second virtual goods to the first and second players after the first and second players won the first and second virtual goods in the game of chance.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the support game is a virtual casino configured to allow users to play games of chance.

19. The system of claim 12, further comprising a support game configuration module configured to receive, from a provider of the first main game, a configuration of the first instance of the support game to identify the first virtual good.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the support game configuration module is further configured to receive, from the provider of the first main game, a probability that the first virtual good will be provided in the first instance of the support game.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the first game play module is further configured to provide a ticket to the first player which is required to play within the first support game.

22. The system of claim 12, further comprising a virtual store module configured to provide a virtual item in exchange for the first virtual good, the virtual item being usable in the first main game.

23. Non-transitory computer readable media comprising executable instructions, the executable instructions being executable by a processor for performing a method, the method comprising:

enabling a first player to play a first main game with a first economy;

receiving a request by the first player to engage in a support game;

displaying a first instance of the support game to the first player in response to the request;

providing a first virtual good to the first player in response to the first player interacting with the first instance of the support game, the first virtual good being usable in the first game;

enabling a second player to play a second main game with a second economy;

receiving a request by the second player to engage in the support game;

displaying a second instance of the support game to the second player in response to the request; and

providing a second virtual good to the second player in response to the second player interacting with the second instance of the support game, the second virtual good being usable in the second game.