Network gaming system
First Claim
1. A pay to play gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play of tournament games, each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising:
- a game server; and
a gaming web site operated by a casino and accessible by a player via one or more access portal sites, wherein the server reconfigures the web site in response to an access portal site from which the player enters;
a plurality of game units connected to the game server over a network;
wherein the game system obtains user verification information for verifying a user attempting to play a game;
wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide a redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games.
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Abstract
A method and article of manufacture for implementing a user profile-driven gaming and prize redeeming system is disclosed. The user profile-driven gaming and prize redemption system allows for the tailoring of a user'"'"'s experience of playing a computer implemented game on a network gaming system by first receiving an identifier selected from a group of identifiers including a user identifier relating to the user (i.e., player) of the network gaming system, a game identifier relating to a particular game played by the user of the network gaming system, and a site identifier relating to the location (i.e., web site) from which the game is being played. The network gaming system then alters the computer-implemented game played by the user in a manner based upon the selected identifier. The foregoing technique may also be applied to a prize redemption system.
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22 Claims
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1. A pay to play gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play of tournament games, each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising:
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a game server; and a gaming web site operated by a casino and accessible by a player via one or more access portal sites, wherein the server reconfigures the web site in response to an access portal site from which the player enters; a plurality of game units connected to the game server over a network; wherein the game system obtains user verification information for verifying a user attempting to play a game; wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide a redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games.
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2. A pay to play gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play of tournament games, each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising:
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a game server; and a plurality of game units connected to the game server over a network; wherein the game system obtains user verification information for verifying a user attempting to play a game; wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide a redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games, and wherein the gaming system enables real-time pay to play game play on the game units via the network connection to the game server, and wherein the gaming system enables time-based progressive game play in which a progressive prize value grows with respect to time periods rather than wager amounts.
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3. A pay to play gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play of tournament games, each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising:
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a game server; and a plurality of game units connected to the game server over a network; wherein the gaming system obtains user verification information for verifying a user attempting to play a game; wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide a redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games, and wherein business rules vary based upon a web portal site through which the game was accessed. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A pay to play gaming system that provides an opportunity to win a prize in response to game play of tournament games each game being played in exchange for monetary input, the gaming system comprising:
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a game server; and a plurality of game units connected to the game server over a network, wherein the gaming system obtains user verification information for verifying a user attempting to play a game; wherein the gaming system utilizes websites or web pages to provide a redemption of prize credits or merchandise prizes earned in a tournament game selected from a plurality of tournament games, and wherein the gaming system enables messages to be sent, containing key codes and a Universal Resource Locator, that act as electronic promotional coupons to provide a predetermined amount of game credits.
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