Methods and systems for magnifying selection windows in roulette games and accessing custom wagering profiles

• US 9,779,576 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoel, Matthew D.
• Application Number:
  US14/622,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20160019743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 463 17
• 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 on a screen of a mobile touch-screen device, the wagering grid having lines, and the first view including a social messaging button that enables a user to communicate with others via a third party social network;

receiving an input on the screen of the mobile touch-screen device that is a dragging gesture representing placement of a wager by the user on the wagering grid;

displaying, in response to the input on the screen of the mobile touch-screen device, a second view of the wagering grid that is a magnified view of the wagering grid from the first view, the second view tracking the dragging gesture, and the second view including the lines of the wagering grid, 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;

closing the second view once input is no longer being received at the screen of the mobile touch-screen device and then displaying an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user; and

receiving an input on the screen of the mobile touch-screen device from the user through the social messaging button and transmitting a resulting communication to the third party social network through an application programming interface,

wherein the operations are performed by a processor, and wherein said displaying the first view is maintained for at least a portion of the screen of the mobile touch screen device during said displaying the second view.

2. 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.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include an amount of the wager.

4. The method of claim 2, 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.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the third view is displayed in response to an input by the user that is a gesture.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the gesture is a long press.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

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

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the input is a press of a button.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view is a selection window, and the displaying of the second view of the wagering grid includes moving the selection window with a chip as the chip is being dragged across the wagering grid, wherein the chip represents the wager placed by the user.

10. A method, comprising:

displaying a first view of a wagering grid for an online roulette game on a screen of a mobile touch-screen device, the wagering grid having lines, and the first view including a social messaging button that enables a user to communicate with others via a third party social network;

receiving an input that is a dragging gesture on the screen of a mobile touch-screen device, the dragging gesture representing placement of a wager by the user on the wagering grid;

displaying, in response to the dragging gesture, a second view of the wagering grid that is a magnified view of the wagering grid from the first view, the second view tracking the dragging gesture, and the second view including the lines of the wagering grid from the first 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;

closing the second view once input is no longer being received at the screen of the mobile touch screen device and then displaying an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user; and

receiving an input at the screen of the mobile touch-screen device from the user through the social messaging button and transmitting a resulting communication to the third party social network through an application programming interface,

wherein the operations are performed by a processor, and wherein said displaying the first view is maintained for at least a portion of the screen of the mobile touch-screen device during said displaying the second view.

11. 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.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the attributes of the wager that are saved for use in subsequent game play include an amount of the wager.

13. The method of claim 11, 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.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the third view is displayed in response to an input by the user that is a gesture.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the gesture is a long press.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

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

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the input is a press of a button.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the second view of the wagering grid that is a pop-up view is a selection window, and the displaying of the second view of the wagering grid includes moving the selection window with a chip as the chip is being dragged across the wagering grid, wherein the chip represents the wager placed by the user.

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 on a screen of a mobile touch-screen device, the wagering grid having lines, and the first view including a social messaging button that enables a user to communicate with others via a third party social network;

receive, at the screen of the mobile touch-screen device, an input that is a dragging gesture, the dragging gesture representing placement of a wager by the user on the wagering grid;

display, in response to the input, a second view of the wagering grid that is a magnified view of the wagering grid from the first view, the second view including the lines of the wagering grid from the first view, and the second view tracking the dragging gesture, 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;

close the second view once input is no longer being received at the screen of the mobile touch-screen device and then display an updated version of the first view that includes the wager placed by the user; and

receive an input at the screen of the mobile touch-screen device from the user through the social messaging button and transmit a resulting communication to the third party social network through an application programming interface;

wherein said displaying the first view is maintained for at least a portion of the screen of the mobile touch-screen device during said displaying the second view.

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