Granted Patent B2

US 8,758,120 · App. 13/767,828 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Abstract

Claims (79)

1. A method comprising:

presenting a community game that includes game-establishment game play on a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment and online game play at an online wagering game played on a device that communicates on networks other than a network for communications between the wagering game machine and other wagering game machines at the wagering game establishment;

selecting either the game-establishment game play or the online game play to be defined as an affected game play, wherein the affected game play is to have at least one result in the community game that is affected by the other game play that was not selected;

initiating execution of the community game;

in response to a determination that a generation of the at least one result is needed for the affected game play for the community game,

transmitting a request to present, at the other game play, a game that is part of the community game;

receiving, back from the other game play, a result from the game;

affecting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play based on the result of the game at the other game play; and

outputting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises altering the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises:

receiving a selection from a picking game by a group of wagering game players that are part of the other game play;

receiving a selection from a wagering game player that is a part of the affected game play; and

in response to the selection from the wagering game player matching the selection from the picking game for at least a predetermined number of the group of wagering game players that are part of the other game play, providing a winning result for the community game for the affected game play.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises at least one of replacing and supplementing the at least one result for the affected game play.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a game-establishment wagering game player is playing the game-establishment game play and an online wagering game player is playing the online game play, wherein the game-establishment wagering game player and the online wagering game player are part of a team for the community game.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the game at the other game play that is part of the community game is a picking game.

7. A method comprising:

presenting, for game-establishment game play, a community game that includes the game-establishment game play on a game-establishment wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment and online game play at an online wagering game played on a device that communicates on networks other than a network for communications between the wagering game machine and other wagering game machines at the wagering game establishment;

initiating execution of the community game;

in response to a determination that at least one result for the community game is needed for the game-establishment game play,

transmitting a request to present, to the online game play, a game;

receiving, back from the online game play, a result from the game;

affecting the at least one result for the community game for the game-establishment wagering game play based on the result from the game at the online game play; and

outputting, for the game-establishment game play, the at least one result of the community game.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein affecting of the at least one result of the community game comprises altering the at least one result of the community game for the game-establishment game play.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein affecting of the at least one result of the community game comprises:

receiving a selection from a picking game by a group of wagering game players that are part of the online game play;

receiving a selection from a wagering game player that is a part of the game-establishment game play; and

in response to the selection from the wagering game player matching the selection from the picking game for at least a predetermined number of the group of wagering game players that are part of the online game play, providing a winning result for the community game for the game-establishment game play.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein affecting of the at least one result of the community game comprises at least one of replacing and supplementing the at least one result for the game-establishment game play.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein a game-establishment wagering game player is playing the game-establishment game play and an online wagering game player is playing the online game play, wherein the game-establishment wagering game player and the online wagering game player are part of a team for the community game.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein a game-establishment wagering game player is playing the game-establishment game play and multiple online wagering game players are playing the online game play, wherein the game-establishment wagering game player and the multiple online wagering game players are part of a team for the community game, wherein affecting of the at least one result of the community game for the game-establishment game play is based on the selection result from the selection game by the multiple online wagering game players.

13. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

presenting a community game that includes game-establishment game play on a wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment and online game play at an online wagering game played on a device that communicates on networks other than a network for communications between the wagering game machine and other wagering game machines at the wagering game establishment;

selecting either the game-establishment game play or the online game play to be defined as an affected game play, wherein the affected game play is to have at least one result in the community game that is affected by the other game play that was not selected;

initiating execution of the community game;

in response to a determination that a generation of the at least one result is needed for the affected game play for the community game,

transmitting a request to present, at the other game play, a game that is part of the community game;

receiving, back from the other game play, a result from the game;

affecting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play based on the result of the game at the other game play; and

outputting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

14. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises altering the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

15. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises:

receiving a selection from a picking game by a group of wagering game players that are part of the other game play;

receiving a selection from a wagering game player that is a part of the affected game play; and

in response to the selection from the wagering game player matching the selection from the picking game for at least a predetermined number of the group of wagering game players that are part of the other game play, providing a winning result for the community game for the affected game play.

16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises at least one of replacing and supplementing the at least one result for the affected game play.

17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein a game-establishment wagering game player is playing the game-establishment game play and an online wagering game player is playing the online game play, wherein the game-establishment wagering game player and the online wagering game player are part of a team for the community game.

18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 13 , wherein the game at the other game play that is part of the community game is a picking game.

19. A wagering game machine comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one processor;

at least one memory device configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wagering game machine to:

receive, via the at least one input device, wagers from a player to play a wagering game;

initiate execute of a community game during play of the wagering game;

present, for game-establishment game play on the at least one display device, the community game that includes the game-establishment game play on the wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment and online game play at an online wagering game played on a device that communicates on networks other than a network for communications between the wagering game machine and other wagering game machines at the wagering game establishment;

in response to a determination that at least one result for the community game is needed for the game-establishment game play, transmit a request to present, to the online game play, a game;

receive, back from the online game play, a result from the game;

affect the at least one result for the community game for the game-establishment wagering game play based on the result from the game at the online game play; and

output, for the game-establishment game play, the at least one result of the community game.

20. The wagering game machine of claim 19 , wherein the affect of the at least one result comprises an operation to alter the at least one result of the community game for the game-establishment game play.

21. The wagering game machine of claim 19 , wherein the affect of the at least one result comprises operations that include:

receive a selection from a picking game by a group of wagering game players that are part of the online game play;

receive a selection from a wagering game player that is a part of the game-establishment game play; and

in response to the selection from the wagering game player matching the selection from the picking game for at least a predetermined number of the group of wagering game players that are part of the online game play, provide a winning result for the community game for the game-establishment game play.

22. The wagering game machine of claim 19 , wherein the affect of the at least one result comprises at least one of an operation to replace and an operation to supplement the at least one result for the affected game play.

23. An apparatus comprising:

means for presenting a community game that includes game-establishment game play on a game-establishment wagering game machine at a wagering game establishment and online game play at an online wagering game played on a device that communicates on networks other than a network for communications between the wagering game machine and other wagering game machines at the wagering game establishment;

means for selecting either the game-establishment game play or the online game play to be defined as an affected game play, wherein the affected game play is to have at least one result in the community game that is affected by the other game play that was not selected;

means for initiating execution of the community game;

in response to a determination that a generation of the at least one result is needed for the affected game play for the community game,

means for transmitting a request to present, at the other game play, a game that is part of the community game;

means for receiving, back from the other game play, a result from the game;

means for affecting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play based on the result of the game at the other game play; and

means for outputting the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the means for affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises means for altering the at least one result of the community game for the affected game play.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the means for affecting the at least one result of the community game comprises at least one of means for replacing and means for supplementing the at least one result for the game-establishment game play.

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