COLLECTIVE ENABLING ELEMENTS FOR ENRICHED GAME PLAY ENVIRONMENT (SINGLE and/or MULTIPLAYER) FOR CASINO APPLICATIONS

• US 20140235330A1
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Inventors: Arnone, Miles, Meyerhofer, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,974,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• 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 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3274 wherein the players cooperate, e.g. team-play
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3279 wherein the competition is one-to-one, e.g. match
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3295 Games involving skill, e.g. dexterity, memory, thinking

Abstract

Methods and systems for gaming are provided. A transpiring of a collective element in an entertainment game portion of a hybrid game is determined where the collective element is shared by two or more players of the entertainment portion of the hybrid, and where the hybrid game includes a gambling game portion and the entertainment game portion. A wager is triggered in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment game portion of the hybrid game. A real world credit gambling game result is distributed in the gambling game portion of the hybrid game between the two or more players. The distribution may be made on the basis of various parameters of the use of the shared collective element by the players. In addition, an allocation of an amount of a real world credit for the wager may also be based on various parameters of the players use of the shared collective element.

Claims

1. A method of gaming, comprising:

configuring at least one processor as an entertainment software engine constructed to;

provide a skill based entertainment game;

receive a player'"'"'s input for the skill based entertainment game; and

determine a transpiring of a collective element of the skill based entertainment game resulting from the player'"'"'s input, wherein the collective element is available to a plurality of players of the skill based entertainment game;

configuring at least one processor as a game world engine constructed to;

receive, via a network, from the entertainment software engine, data regarding the transpiring of the collective element;

trigger a wager based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment software engine; and

distribute to the players of the skill based entertainment game, a real world credit gambling game result of the wager in the real world engine.

2. The method of gaming of claim 1, where the network is a local area network.

3. The method of gaming of claim 2, where the local area network is a network on a casino floor.

4. The method of gaming of claim 1, where the network is a wide area network.

5. The method of gaming of claim 4, where the wide area network is the internet.

6. The method of gaming of claim 1, where the real world engine and the game world engine are connected via the network.

7. The method of gaming of claim 1, wherein the transpiring of the collective element includes accumulation of a collective enabling element.

8. The method of gaming of claim 1, wherein the transpiring of the collective element includes accumulation of a collective actionable element.

9. The method of gaming of claim 1, where a plurality of entertainment software engines are connected to the game world engine via the network.

10. The method of gaming of claim 9, where the plurality of entertainment software engines are connected to each other via the network.

11. The method of gaming, of claim 10 wherein the skill based entertainment game played by the plurality of players is selected from the group consisting of a single-player game, a multi-player cooperative game, a multi-player competitive game, and a multi-player head-to-head game.

12. The method of gaming, of claim 1, wherein an amount of the wager allocated from each of the plurality of players is based on each player'"'"'s use of the collective element.

13. An apparatus for gaming, comprising:

at least one processor configured as an entertainment software engine constructed to;

provide a skill based entertainment game;

receive a player'"'"'s input for the skill based entertainment game; and

determine a transpiring of a collective element of the skill based entertainment game resulting from the player'"'"'s input, wherein the collective element is available to a plurality of players of the skill based entertainment game;

at least one processor configured as a game world engine constructed to;

receive, via a network, from the entertainment software engine, data regarding the transpiring of the collective element;

trigger a wager based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment software engine; and

distribute to the players of the skill based entertainment game, a real world credit gambling game result of the wager in the real world engine.

14. The apparatus of gaming of claim 13, where the network is a local area network.

15. The apparatus of gaming of claim 14, where the local area network is a network on a casino floor.

16. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, where the network is a wide area network.

17. The apparatus for gaming of claim 16, where the wide area network is the internet.

18. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, where the real world engine and the game world engine are connected via the network.

19. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, wherein the transpiring of the collective element includes accumulation of a collective enabling element.

20. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, wherein the transpiring of the collective element includes accumulation of a collective actionable element.

21. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, where a plurality of entertainment software engines are connected for the game world engine via the network.

22. The apparatus for gaming of claim 21, where the plurality of entertainment software engines are connected to each other via the network.

23. The apparatus for gaming of claim 22, wherein the skill based entertainment game played by the plurality of players is selected from the group consisting of a single-player game, a multi-player cooperative game, a multi-player competitive game, and a multi-player head-to-head game.

24. The apparatus for gaming of claim 13, wherein an amount of the wager allocated from each of the plurality of players is based on each player'"'"'s use of the collective element.

25. One or more non-transitory machine readable storage media having stored processor-executable instructions for one or more processors, the processor-executable instructions comprising:

configuring at least one processor as an entertainment software engine constructed to;

provide a skill based entertainment game;

receive a player'"'"'s input for the skill based entertainment game; and

determine a transpiring of a collective element of the skill based entertainment game resulting from the player'"'"'s input, wherein the collective element is available to a plurality of players of the skill based entertainment game;

configuring at least one processor as a game world engine constructed to;

receive, via a network, from the entertainment software engine, data regarding the transpiring of the collective element;

trigger a wager based on the transpiring of the collective element in the entertainment software engine; and

distribute to the players of the skill based entertainment game, a real world credit gambling game result of the wager in the real world engine.

26. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 25, where the real world engine and the game world engine are connected via the network.

27. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 25, where a plurality of entertainment software engines are connected to the game world engine via the network.

28. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 26, where the plurality of entertainment software engines are connected to each other via the network.

29. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 27, wherein the skill based entertainment game played by the plurality of players is selected from the group consisting of a single-player game, a multi-player cooperative game, a multi-player competitive game, and a multi-player head-to-head game.

30. The one or more non-transitory machine readable storage media of claim 25, wherein an amount of the wager allocated from each of the plurality of players is based on each player'"'"'s use of the collective element.