IP Library Granted Patent US 9,171,426
Granted Patent B2
US 9,171,426 · App. 13/910,703 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Advertising space for tournaments

Inventors: Carmen DiMichele (Norcross, GA); Kim Weldon (Atlanta, GA); Tamara Bailey (Roswell, GA)
Assignee: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
G07F17/34G07F17/323G07F17/3276
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Patent No.
US 9,171,426
App. No.
13/910,703
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for tournament game player. An electronic gaming device may include a memory, one or more processors, and a plurality of reels. One or more paylines may be formed on at least a portion of the plurality of reels. The memory may include one or more tournament game structures. The memory may also include one or more advertisement structures. The one or more processors may initiate one or more tournaments based on one or more tournament game structures. The one or more processors may initiate one or more advertisements based on at least one of the one or more advertisement structures and one or more triggering events.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a plurality of display areas;

one or more paylines formed on at least a portion of the plurality of display areas;

a memory, the memory including one or more tournament game structures, the memory further including one or more advertisement structures; and

one or more processors configured to initiate one or more tournaments based on one or more tournament game structures, the one or more processors configured to initiate one or more advertisements based on at least one of the one or more advertisement structures and one or more triggering events;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to initiate a first advertisement based on a first tournament time where the first tournament time is an intermission time period for a first tournament;

wherein the one or more paylines are utilized in game play during the first tournament.

2. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate a second advertisement based on a second tournament time.

3. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the first tournament of the one or more tournaments is an asynchronous tournament.

4. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein a second tournament of the one or more tournaments is a synchronous tournament.

5. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate one or more modified advertisements where the one or more modified advertisements are modified based on one or more player data.

6. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate one or more modified advertisements where the one or more modified advertisements are modified based on a tournament time period.

7. The electronic gaming device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to initiate one or more sponsor presentations.

8. A method of providing tournament gaming options via an electronic gaming device where the electronic gaming device includes a plurality of display areas and one or more paylines formed on at least a portion of the plurality of display areas, the method comprising:

starting via one or more processors a first tournament initiating via the one or more processors one or more advertisements during an implementation of the first tournament; and

initiating via the one or more processors a first advertisement based on a first tournament time where the first tournament time is an intermission time period for the first tournament; wherein the one or more paylines are utilized in game play during the first tournament.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising initiating a second advertisement based on a second tournament time.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first tournament of the one or more tournaments is an asynchronous tournament.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein a second tournament of the one or more tournaments is a synchronous tournament.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising initiating one or more modified advertisements where the one or more modified advertisements are modified based on one or more player data.

13. An electronic gaming system comprising:

a server including a server memory and a server processor, the server memory including one or more tournament game structures, the server memory further including one or more advertisement structures; and

the server processor configured to initiate the one or more tournaments based on one or more tournament game structures on an electronic gaming device where the electronic gaming device includes a plurality of display areas and one or more paylines formed on at least a portion of the plurality of display areas, the server processor configured to initiate one or more advertisements based on at least one of the one or more advertisement structures and one or more triggering events;

wherein the server processor is configured to initiate a first advertisement based on a first tournament time where the first tournament time is an intermission time period for a first tournament; wherein the one or more paylines are utilized in game play during the first tournament.

14. The electronic gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the server processor is further configured to initiate a second advertisement based on a second tournament time.

15. The electronic gaming system of claim 14 , wherein the first tournament of the one or more tournaments is an asynchronous tournament.

16. The electronic gaming system of claim 15 , wherein a second tournament of the one or more tournaments is a synchronous tournament.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT R/F 042712/0344 Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 071784/0508 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: AGS LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 071787/0124 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
To: AGS LLC
Reel/Frame 044902/0150 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2017
From: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042712/0344 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2017
From: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: AGS LLC; CADILLAC JACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 042702/0036 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 29, 2015
From: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 035795/0484 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 27, 2013
From: CADILLAC JACK, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 031870/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2013
From: DIMICHELE, CARMEN; WELDON, KIM ANDREW; BAILEY, TAMARA LYNN
To: CADILLAC JACK
Reel/Frame 030552/0436 →
Continuity (1)
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