Monetization of an integrated wagering and interactive media platform

• US 8,777,735 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Game Play Network, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Game Play Network, Inc.
• Inventors: Fine, Russell M., Selby, Jamison
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US14/210,196
• Time in Patent Office: 124 Days
• Field of Search: 463/25, 463/29
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• 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 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• 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 17/326 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 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. An operator of the system may monetize the interactive media and wagering platform described herein and maintain a system account to obtain the funds from various entities, such as users, third party interactive media provider(s), partner promotions provider(s), and/or others.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of monetizing an integrated wager and interactive media platform, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:

processing, by the computer system, a real-world wager associated with a user;

determining, by the computer system, the outcome of the real-world wager before a user interaction by the user with interactive media;

revealing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the outcome to the user through the interactive media based on the user interaction to give the appearance that the user won the revealed portion based on the user interaction; and

collecting, by the computer system, a fee related to the processing of the wager, use of the interactive media by the user, and/or the reveal of the portion of the outcome.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected fee comprises at least a percentage of the revealed portion and/or at least a percentage of the outcome.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected fee comprises a fixed fee.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the fee is collected from a third-party entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fee is collected from the third-party entity for the reveal of the portion of the outcome.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

offering, by the computer system, for sale, a token that causes the real-world wager to be placed upon purchase of the token and/or activation of the token after the token is purchased,

wherein the real-world wager is processed based on the purchase of the token by the user and/or the activation of the token by the user, and wherein the fee related to the processing of the wager comprises at least a percentage of a purchase price of the token.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the computer system, a token associated with the outcome to the user such that the token is usable by the user to enable user interactions with the interactive media, wherein the token has a value corresponding to the outcome;

decrementing, by the computer system, the value of the token responsive to use of the token by the user to enable user interactions with the interactive media,

wherein the fee related to the use of the interactive media comprises at least a part of an amount decremented from the value of the token.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive media comprises a game, the method further comprising:

providing, by the computer system, a token associated with the outcome to the user such that the token is usable by the user to purchase one or more in-game items in the game, wherein the token has a value corresponding to the outcome;

decrementing, by the computer system, the value of the token responsive to a purchase of an in-game item by the user,

wherein the fee related to the use of the interactive media comprises at least a part of an amount decremented from the value of the token.