IP Library Granted Patent US 9,472,055
Granted Patent B2
US 9,472,055 · App. 14/740,078 · Granted Oct 18, 2016

Initiation modes for a credit and enabling system for virtual constructs

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,472,055
App. No.
14/740,078
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a controlled entity hybrid game including an entertainment software controller connected by a network to a game world controller, and constructed to: execute an entertainment game; convey actions taken by the player, wherein the actions include the player's instruction of a controlled entity, wherein upon consumption of the enabling element, a wager is triggered in the gambling game; and the game world controller connected to a real world controller and connected by the network to the entertainment software controller, wherein the game world controller is constructed to: receive the actions taken by the player; trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game; accumulate an amount of the enabling element in a reserve enabling element reservoir; and allow access in the entertainment game to the amount of enabling element on passing one or more transport tests.

Claims (38)

1. A controlled entity hybrid gaming system, comprising:

an entertainment software controller connected by a network to a game world controller, wherein the entertainment software controller is constructed to:

execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and

convey, to the game world controller by the network, actions taken by the player during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game,

wherein the actions taken by the player include the player's instruction of a controlled entity of the entertainment game whereby the controlled entity consumes a discrete amount of an enabling element of the entertainment game,

wherein the enabling element is an element of the entertainment game utilized by the controlled entity in a game world environment, and

wherein upon consumption of the enabling element, a wager of real world credits is triggered in a gambling game by the game world controller; and

the game world controller connected to a real world controller and connected by the network to the entertainment software controller, wherein the game world controller is constructed to:

receive from the entertainment software controller the actions taken by the player;

trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game based upon the actions taken by the player, wherein the amount of real world credits is based on the discrete amount of the enabling element consumed by the controlled entity;

receive a gambling game outcome as a randomly generated payout of real world credits from the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game from the real world controller;

accumulate an amount of the enabling element in a reserve enabling element reservoir as a result of a gambling game outcome; and

allow access in the entertainment game to the amount of enabling element in the reserve enabling element reservoir on passing one or more transport tests on a basis of a value of an entertainment game variable of the entertainment game.

2. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein consumption of the enabling element by the controlled entity causes an actionable element of the entertainment game to trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game.

3. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game variable is a change in a game world credit caused by entertainment game play.

4. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game variable is an entertainment game object required for consumption of the enabling element.

5. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game variable is an entertainment game environmental condition required for consumption of the enabling element.

6. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the real world controller is connected by a network to the game world controller.

7. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world controller and the entertainment software controller are constructed from the same device.

8. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the real world controller and the game world controller are constructed from the same device.

9. A controlled entity hybrid gaming system, comprising:

a real world controller connected to a game world controller, wherein the real world controller is constructed to:

provide a gambling game outcome as a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager of an amount of real world credits in a gambling game; and

receive a trigger from the game world controller to execute the wager of an amount of real world credits in the gambling game; and

the game world controller connected to the real world controller and connected by a network to an entertainment software controller, wherein the game world controller is constructed to:

receive from the entertainment software controller the actions taken by the player during the player's skillful execution of an entertainment game executed by the entertainment software controller,

wherein the actions taken by the player include the player's instruction of a controlled entity of the entertainment game whereby the controlled entity consumes a discrete amount of an enabling element of the entertainment game, and

wherein the enabling element is an element of the entertainment game utilized by the controlled entity in a game world environment;

trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game based upon the actions taken by the player, wherein the amount of real world credits is based on the discrete amount of the enabling element consumed by the controlled entity;

accumulate an amount of the enabling element in a reserve enabling element reservoir as a result of the gambling game outcome; and

allow access in the entertainment game to the amount of enabling element in the reserve enabling element reservoir on passing one or more transport tests on a basis of a value of an entertainment game variable of the entertainment game.

10. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein consumption of the enabling element by the controlled entity causes an actionable element of the entertainment game to trigger the wager of the amount of real world credits in the gambling game.

11. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the entertainment game variable is a change in a game world credit caused by entertainment game play.

12. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the entertainment game variable is an entertainment game object required for consumption of the enabling element.

13. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the entertainment game variable is an entertainment game environmental condition required for consumption of the enabling element.

14. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the real world controller is connected by a network to the game world controller.

15. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the game world controller and the entertainment software controller are constructed from the same device.

16. The controlled entity hybrid gaming system of claim 9 , wherein the real world controller and the game world controller are constructed from the same device.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 053122/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 051973/0476 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 045888/0454 →
TRANSFER OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2017
From: ACAS, LLC (F/K/A AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.)
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 042554/0313 →
CONVERSION OF HOLDER OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD
To: ACAS, LLC
Reel/Frame 042447/0187 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2016
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 041226/0652 →