DIFFICULTY LEVEL ALTERATION INTERLEAVED WAGERING SYSTEM

• US 20150317880A1
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC (Hard 8 Games, LLC)
• Inventors: Arnone, Miles, Cire, Frank, Kaylin, Clifford, Meyerhofer, Eric, Ross, Caitlyn
• Application Number:
  US14/701,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20150317880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• 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

Abstract

A difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive controller configured to: communicate application telemetry; adjust a difficulty of an interactive application based on received difficulty adjustment instructions; and display a wager outcome; a wager controller configured to: receive wager request instructions; determine a wager outcome; and communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data; and the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, constructed to: receive the application telemetry; determine a difficulty; determine a difficulty adjustment; instruct the interactive controller by communicating generated difficulty adjustment instructions to the interactive controller; determine whether a wager request is triggered; instruct the wager controller by communicating generated wager request instructions to the wager controller; receive the wager outcome data; generate the wager outcome display instructions; and instruct the interactive controller by communicating the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller.

Claims

1. A difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system, comprising:

an interactive controller configured to;

communicate, to an application controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the interactive application associated with a user;

receive, from the application controller, difficulty level adjustment instructions;

adjust a difficulty level of the interactive application based on the difficulty level adjustment instructions;

receive, from the application controller, wager outcome display instructions; and

display a wager outcome based on the wager outcome display instructions;

a wager controller configured to;

receive, from the application controller, wager request instructions;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instructions; and

communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data based on the wager outcome; and

the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;

scan the application telemetry to determine a difficulty level associated with the interactive application;

determine a difficulty level adjustment based on the difficulty level associated with the interactive application and a wagering rate associated with the user;

generate the difficulty level adjustment instructions using the determined difficulty level adjustment;

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the difficulty level adjustment instructions to the interactive controller;

determine whether a wager request is triggered based on the application telemetry;

when a wager request is triggered, generate the wager request instructions using the application telemetry;

instruct the wager controller by communicating the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

generate the wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome; and

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller.

2. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 1,

wherein the interactive controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the wager controller using a communication link.

3. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 1,

wherein the wager controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the interactive controller using a communication link.

4. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 1, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is a lowering of difficulty level when the difficulty level associated with the interactive application is greater than a difficulty threshold and the wagering rate is greater than a wagering rate threshold.

5. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 1, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is further based on the wager outcome.

6. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 5, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is inversely proportional to the wager outcome.

7. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 5, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is directly proportional to the wager outcome.

8. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 1, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is determined when the wager request is triggered.

9. A difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system, comprising:

a wager controller of the difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system constructed to;

receive, from an application controller, wager request instructions;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instructions; and

communicate, to the application controller, wager outcome data based on the wager outcome; and

the application controller of the difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the wager controller to an interactive controller using a communication link, the application controller constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the interactive application associated with a user;

scan the application telemetry to determine a difficulty level associated with the interactive application;

determine a difficulty level adjustment based on the difficulty level associated with the interactive application and a wagering rate associated with the user;

generate difficulty level adjustment instructions using the determined difficulty level adjustment;

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the difficulty level adjustment instructions to the interactive controller;

determine whether a wager request is triggered based on the application telemetry;

when a wager request is triggered, generate the wager request instructions using the application telemetry;

instruct the wager controller by communicating the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

generate the wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome; and

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller.

10. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 9, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is a lowering of difficulty level when the difficulty level associated with the interactive application is greater than a difficulty threshold and the wagering rate is greater than a wagering rate threshold.

11. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 9, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is further based on the wager outcome.

12. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 11, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is inversely proportional to the wager outcome.

13. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 11, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is directly proportional to the wager outcome.

14. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 9, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is determined when the wager request is triggered.

15. A difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system, comprising:

an interactive controller of the difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system configured to;

communicate, to an application controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the interactive application associated with a user;

receive, from the application controller, difficulty level adjustment instructions;

adjust a difficulty level of the interactive application based on the difficulty level adjustment instructions;

receive, from the application controller, wager outcome display instructions; and

display a wager outcome based on the wager outcome display instructions; and

the application controller of the difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system as described herein operatively connecting the interactive controller to a wager controller, the application controller constructed to;

receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;

scan the application telemetry to determine a difficulty level associated with the interactive application;

determine a difficulty level adjustment based on the difficulty level associated with the interactive application and a wagering rate associated with the user;

generate difficulty level adjustment instructions using the determined difficulty level adjustment;

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the difficulty level adjustment instructions to the interactive controller;

determine whether a wager request is triggered based on the application telemetry;

when a wager request is triggered, generate wager request instructions using the application telemetry;

instruct the wager controller by communicating the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

generate the wager outcome display instructions based on the wager outcome; and

instruct the interactive controller by communicating the wager outcome display instructions to the interactive controller.

16. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 15, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is a lowering of difficulty level when the difficulty level associated with the interactive application is greater than a difficulty threshold and the wagering rate is greater than a wagering rate threshold.

17. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 15, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is further based on the wager outcome.

18. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 17, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is inversely proportional to the wager outcome.

19. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 17, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is directly proportional to the wager outcome.

20. The difficulty level alteration interleaved wagering system of claim 15, wherein the difficulty level adjustment is determined when the wager request is triggered.