Coordinating game events between a stationary wagering game machine and an associated portable game machine
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting, by a portable game machine, occurrence of a first game event at a stationary wagering game machine that is associated with the portable game machine;
in response to said detecting the occurrence of the first game event at the stationary wagering game machine, determining, by the portable game machine, a second game event triggered by the first game event; and
invoking the second game event at the portable game machine with resources of the portable game machine.
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Abstract
A portable game machine is associated with a stationary wagering game machine. With resources of both the portable game machine and the stationary wagering game machine, the portable game machine and the stationary wagering game machine provide a wagering game experience. The portable game machine detects occurrence of a game event at the associated stationary wagering game machine, and, in response, determines a cumulative or bonus game event triggered by the detected game event. The portable game machine then invokes the triggered game event at the portable game machine.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting, by a portable game machine, occurrence of a first game event at a stationary wagering game machine that is associated with the portable game machine; in response to said detecting the occurrence of the first game event at the stationary wagering game machine, determining, by the portable game machine, a second game event triggered by the first game event; and invoking the second game event at the portable game machine with resources of the portable game machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions comprising:
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program instructions to detect occurrence of a first game event at a stationary wagering game machine that is associated with a portable game machine executing the program instructions; program instructions to determine a second game event triggered by the first game event in response to detection of the occurrence of the first game event at the stationary wagering game machine; and program instructions to invoke the second game event at the portable game machine with resources of the portable game machine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A portable game machine comprising:
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a display; an interface operable to receive at least one of data and signals; a processor unit coupled with the display and the network interface; a machine-readable storage media coupled with the processor unit and having program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions including, program instructions to detect occurrence of the first game event at a stationary wagering game machine that is associated with the portable game machine; program instructions to determine a second game event triggered by the first game event in response to detection of the occurrence of the first game event at the stationary wagering game machine; and program instructions to invoke the second game event at the portable game machine with resources of the portable game machine. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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