Insurance enabled hybrid gaming system
View Patent ↗An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system is disclosed. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system includes an entertainment software engine constructed to provide an entertainment game. The hybrid gaming system also includes a real world engine constructed to provide a gambling game. The hybrid gaming system also includes a game world engine connecting the entertainment software engine and the real world engine using a network, the game world engine configured to: receive a gameplay gambling event occurrence; communicate, to the real world engine, the gameplay gambling event occurrence; activate an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule; communicate, to the real world engine, an indication to collect an insurance fee from a player profile in accordance with the insurance proposition rule; and communicate an insurance safeguard, in response to a negative outcome of the challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
1. An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system, comprising:
an entertainment software engine constructed to provide an entertainment game;
a real world engine constructed to provide a gambling game, the gambling game providing a randomly generated payout of real world credits from the wager of real world credits in the gambling game;
a game world engine connecting the entertainment software engine and the real world engine using a network, the game world engine configured to:
receive, from the entertainment software engine, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in a gambling game;
communicate, to the real world engine, the gameplay gambling event occurrence;
activate an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that can be applied in response to a negative outcome of a challenge of the entertainment game in exchange for an insurance fee, where an insurance relationship can be applied in accordance with an insurance proposition rule, and where the challenge is a gameplay event of the entertainment game dependent upon player action and the negative outcome is an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
communicate, to the real world engine, an indication to collect an insurance fee from a player profile in accordance with the insurance proposition rule; and
communicate, to the entertainment software engine, an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee in accordance with the insurance proposition rule, in response to a negative outcome of the challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
2. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine monitors insurance enabled hybrid gaming system gameplay using the insurance activation rule for the insurance trigger event.
3. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein an insurance database is used to store information accessible to the game world engine selected from the group consisting of: insurance trigger events, insurance relationships and insurance proposition rules.
4. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance proposition generates at least one insurance relationship by retrieving at least one insurance relationship from an insurance database utilizing metadata that identifies an insurance trigger event.
5. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance proposition rule includes receipt of an acceptance of an insurance relationship from a user interface associated with the player in order to collect the insurance fee from the player profile.
6. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance proposition rule includes collection of the insurance fee from the player profile in order to apply the insurance safeguard.
7. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance trigger event is a configuration of gameplay resources present in an insurance enabled hybrid gaming system gameplay session associated with a player selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
8. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance fee includes an amount of gameplay resources selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
9. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance safeguard is a payout of gameplay resources to a player, where the gameplay resources are selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
10. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression to a point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
11. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 10 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression by recording game state data that can be utilized to recreate the entertainment game at a point prior to the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
12. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player in the entertainment game to a point beyond the challenge.
13. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 12 , wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player to a point beyond the challenge by storing game state data that can be utilized to execute the entertainment game at a point past the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point past the challenge.
14. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein a player of an insurance enabled hybrid gaming system is an electronic representation of interactions associated with a player profile of the insurance enabled hybrid gaming system.
15. An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system, comprising:
a real world engine constructed to provide a gambling game, the gambling game providing a randomly generated payout of real world credits from the wager of real world credits in the gambling game;
a game world engine connecting the real world engine to an entertainment software engine using a network, the entertainment software engine providing an entertainment game and the game world engine configured to:
receive, from the entertainment software engine, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in a gambling game;
communicate, to the real world engine, the gameplay gambling event occurrence;
activate an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that can be applied in response to a negative outcome of a challenge of the entertainment game in exchange for an insurance fee, where an insurance relationship can be applied in accordance with an insurance proposition rule, and where the challenge is a gameplay event of the entertainment game dependent upon player action and the negative outcome is an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
communicate, to the real world engine, an indication to collect an insurance fee from a player profile in accordance with the insurance proposition rule; and
communicate, to the entertainment software engine, an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee in accordance with the insurance proposition rule, in response to a negative outcome of the challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
16. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein an insurance database is used to store information accessible to the game world engine selected from the group consisting of: insurance trigger events, insurance relationships and insurance proposition rules.
17. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the insurance proposition generates at least one insurance relationship by retrieving at least one insurance relationship from an insurance database utilizing metadata that identifies an insurance trigger event.
18. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the insurance proposition rule includes receipt of an acceptance of an insurance relationship from a user interface associated with the player in order to collect the insurance fee from the player profile.
19. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the insurance trigger event is a configuration of gameplay resources present in an insurance enabled hybrid gaming system gameplay session associated with a player selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
20. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression to a point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
21. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 20 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression by recording game state data that can be utilized to recreate the entertainment game at a point prior to the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
22. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player in the entertainment game to a point beyond the challenge, the insurance safeguard advancing a player to a point beyond the challenge by storing game state data that can be utilized to execute the entertainment game at a point past the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point past the challenge.
23. An insurance enabled hybrid gaming system, comprising:
an entertainment software engine constructed to provide an entertainment game;
a game world engine connecting the entertainment software engine to a real world engine using a network, the real world engine providing a gambling game and the game world engine configured to:
receive, from the entertainment software engine, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in a gambling game;
communicate, to the real world engine, the gameplay gambling event occurrence;
activate an insurance proposition associated with an insurance trigger event in accordance with an insurance activation rule to generate at least one insurance relationship between an insurance safeguard that can be applied in response to a negative outcome of a challenge of the entertainment game in exchange for an insurance fee, where an insurance relationship can be applied in accordance with an insurance proposition rule, and where the challenge is a gameplay event of the entertainment game dependent upon player action and the negative outcome is an outcome of the challenge defined by the insurance safeguard;
communicate, to the real world engine, an indication to collect an insurance fee from a player profile in accordance with the insurance proposition rule; and
communicate, to the entertainment software engine, an insurance safeguard associated with the collected insurance fee in accordance with the insurance proposition rule, in response to a negative outcome of the challenge detected by the insurance module that mitigates the negative outcome.
24. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein an insurance database is used to store information accessible to the game world engine selected from the group consisting of: insurance trigger events, insurance relationships and insurance proposition rules.
25. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein the insurance proposition generates at least one insurance relationship by retrieving at least one insurance relationship from an insurance database utilizing metadata that identifies an insurance trigger event.
26. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein the insurance proposition rule includes receipt of an acceptance of an insurance relationship from a user interface associated with the player in order to collect the insurance fee from the player profile.
27. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein the insurance trigger event is a configuration of gameplay resources present in an insurance enabled hybrid gaming system gameplay session associated with a player selected from the group consisting of: real world credits, game world credits and elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within the entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay.
28. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression to a point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
29. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 28 , wherein the insurance safeguard rolls back entertainment game gameplay progression by recording game state data that can be utilized to recreate the entertainment game at a point prior to the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point prior to the outcome of the challenge.
30. The insurance enabled hybrid gaming system of claim 23 , wherein the insurance safeguard advances a player in the entertainment game to a point beyond the challenge, the insurance safeguard advancing a player to a point beyond the challenge by storing game state data that can be utilized to execute the entertainment game at a point past the outcome of the challenge and restarting the entertainment game configured with the game state data to recreate entertainment game gameplay at the point past the challenge.