MASH-UP WAGERING GAME CREATION

• US 20130184063A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Gura, Damon E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,275,518 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 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems

Abstract

A wagering game developer can provide an online wagering game community, and receive continuous and current feedback about wagering games. The wagering game developer can use the online wagering game community to gauge popularity of wagering games, demonstrate wagering games, test wagering games, estimate wagering game life cycles, etc. Moreover, the wagering game developer can use the creativity of community members to modify and, perhaps, develop wagering games. The wagering game developer can decompose different aspects of a wagering game into executable code units that are platform independent, re-usable, and/or configurable (“wagering game widgets”). Users combine wagering game widgets, whether derived from a wagering game or user generated, to create a wagering game for playing in the online wagering game community. Wagering game developers can reward users who create the most popular wagering games, and develop proper versions of these user-created wagering games for deployment in wagering game establishments.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

evaluating compatibility of a wagering game logic widget that implements game logic of a first wagering game with a wagering game presentation engine widget that implements a wagering game presentation engine of a second wagering game;

determining the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget to be compatible based on said evaluating; and

generating a platform independent wagering game with the wagering game logic widget, the wagering game presentation engine widget, one or more aesthetic assets, and a pay table based on the game logic.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating the pay table for the platform independent wagering game based, at least in part on the game logic and indicated wager denominations.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising evaluating compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of the first wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising evaluating compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of a third wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising deploying the platform independent wagering game to an online wagering game community and tracking popularity of the deployed platform independent wagering game.

6. One or more machine-readable storage media having program code stored therein and executable by a machine, the program code comprising program code to:

evaluate compatibility of a wagering game logic widget that implements game logic of a first wagering game with a wagering game presentation engine widget that implements a wagering game presentation engine of a second wagering game;

determine whether the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget are compatible based on the evaluation; and

generate a platform independent wagering game with the wagering game logic widget, the wagering game presentation engine widget, one or more aesthetic assets, and a pay table based on the game logic if the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget are compatible.

7. The machine-readable storage media of claim 6, wherein the program code further comprises program code to generate the pay table for the platform independent wagering game based, at least in part on the game logic and indicated wager denominations.

8. The machine-readable storage media of claim 6, wherein the program code further comprises program code to evaluate compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of the first wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

9. The machine-readable storage media of claim 6, wherein the program code further comprises program code to evaluate compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of a third wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

10. The machine-readable storage media of claim 6, wherein the program code further comprises program code to deploy the platform independent wagering game to an online wagering game community and to track popularity of the deployed platform independent wagering game.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a machine-readable storage medium having program code stored therein and executable by the processor, the program code comprising program code to;

evaluate compatibility of a wagering game logic widget that implements game logic of a first wagering game with a wagering game presentation engine widget that implements a wagering game presentation engine of a second wagering game;

determine whether the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget are compatible based on the evaluation; and

generate a platform independent wagering game with the wagering game logic widget, the wagering game presentation engine widget, one or more aesthetic assets, and a pay table based on the game logic if the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget are compatible.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code further comprises program code to generate the pay table for the platform independent wagering game based, at least in part on the game logic and indicated wager denominations.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code further comprises program code to evaluate compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of the first wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code further comprises program code to evaluate compatibility of a second wagering game logic widget, which implements a second game logic of a third wagering game, with both the wagering game logic widget and the wagering game presentation engine widget.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the program code further comprises program code to deploy the platform independent wagering game to an online wagering game community and to track popularity of the deployed platform independent wagering game.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a display;

a set of one or more processor units;

means for evaluating compatibility of a plurality of widgets that implement at least two of a wagering game logic, a wagering game presentation engine, and aesthetic assets for a plurality of wagering games; and

means for generating a platform independent wagering game from the plurality of widgets determined to be compatible by the evaluating means.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the generating means uses one or more glue code units to implement interaction among the plurality of widgets.