METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAGNIFYING SELECTION WINDOWS IN ROULETTE GAMES AND ACCESSING CUSTOM WAGERING PROFILES

• US 20160019743A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Shoenhair, Thomas Arthur, Rageh, Ibrahim Nabil, Karo, Christopher Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,779,576 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A method for facilitating placement of wagers in an online game during game play includes displaying a first view of a wagering grid for an online game, with the wagering grid having lines. The method further includes receiving an input that is a gesture representing placement of a wager by a user on the wagering grid, and displaying a second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view. The second view, which can be a zoomed view or a magnified view, excludes any other placed wagers to facilitate placement of the wager by the user with respect to the lines of the wagering grid. Once the user has placed the wager, the method includes displaying an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user. In one example, the online game is a roulette game.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

displaying a first view of a wagering grid for an online game, the wagering grid having lines;

receiving an input that is a gesture representing placement of a wager by a user on the wagering grid;

displaying a second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view, wherein the second view excludes any other placed wagers to facilitate placement of the wager by the user with respect to the lines of the wagering grid; and

displaying an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user,

wherein the operations are performed by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second view is a zoomed view or a magnified view.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a third view that is a pop-up view that includes a menu that allows the user to save attributes of the wager for use in subsequent game play.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include an amount of the wager.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include placement of the wager with respect to lines of the wagering grid.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the third view is displayed in response to an input by the user that is a gesture.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the gesture is a long press.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an input from the user that results in placement of a saved wager on the wagering grid.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the input is a press of a button.

10. A method, comprising:

displaying a first view of a wagering grid for an online roulette game, the wagering grid having lines;

receiving an input that is a gesture representing placement of a wager by a user on the wagering grid;

displaying a second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view, wherein the second view excludes any other placed wagers to facilitate placement of the wager by the user with respect to the lines of the wagering grid; and

displaying an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user,

wherein the operations are performed by a processor.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second view is a zoomed view or a magnified view.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a third view that is a pop-up view that includes a menu that allows the user to save attributes of the wager for use in subsequent game play.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include an amount of the wager.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include placement of the wager with respect to lines of the wagering grid.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the third view is displayed in response to an input by the user that is a gesture.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture is a long press.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an input from the user that results in placement of a saved wager on the wagering grid.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the input is a press of a button.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program stored therein, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing a computer to perform the following operations:

display a first view of a wagering grid for an online game, the wagering grid having lines;

receive an input that is a gesture representing placement of a wager by a user on the wagering grid;

display a second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view, wherein the second view excludes any other placed wagers to facilitate placement of the wager by the user with respect to the lines of the wagering grid; and

display an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the online game is a roulette game.