Granted Patent B2

US 9,349,247 · App. 14/919,665 · Granted May 24, 2016

Abstract

Claims (79)

1. A networked gaming system comprising:

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

communicate to the game world controller via the network, an initialization request including player information of a player;

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a plurality of transaction identifiers;

communicate, to the game world controller via the network, game world information of an entertainment game and an associated transaction identifier from the plurality of transaction identifiers;

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a gambling outcome and game world resources;

display the gambling outcome; and

integrate the game world resources into the entertainment game;

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

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a wager request;

determine the gambling outcome based on the wager request; and

communicate, to the game world controller via the network, the gambling outcome; and

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

receive, from the entertainment game controller via the network, the initialization request;

determine whether or not the player is authorized, based on the player information included in the initialization request;

generate the plurality of transaction identifiers in response to the player being authorized;

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the plurality of transaction identifiers;

receive from the entertainment game controller via the network, the game world information and the associated transaction identifier;

determine whether or not the associated transaction identifier is valid;

responsive to the transaction identifier being valid, communicate, to the real world controller via the network, the wager request;

receive, from the real world controller via the network, the gambling outcome;

determine the game world resources based on the gambling outcome; and

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the gambling outcome and the game world resources.

2. The networked gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player information comprises information regarding an identity of the player.

3. The networked gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player information comprises authorization information regarding whether the player is authorized to play the game.

4. The networked gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player information comprises account information of an amount of credits associated with the player.

5. The networked gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the game world controller is further constructed to:

store the plurality of transaction identifiers in a memory; and

associate the plurality of transaction identifiers with the game world information.

6. The networked gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player information comprises location information associated with the player.

7. A networked gaming system comprising:

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

communicate to the game world controller via the network, an initialization request including player information of a player;

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a plurality of transaction identifiers;

communicate, to the game world controller via the network, game world information of an entertainment game and an associated transaction identifier from the plurality of transaction identifiers;

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a gambling outcome and game world resources;

display the gambling outcome; and

integrate the game world resources into the entertainment game; and

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

receive, from the entertainment game controller via the network, the initialization request;

determine whether or not the player is authorized, based on the player information included in the initialization request;

generate the plurality of transaction identifiers in response to the player being authorized;

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the plurality of transaction identifiers;

receive from the entertainment game controller via the network, the game world information and the associated transaction identifier;

determine whether or not the associated transaction identifier is valid;

responsive to the transaction identifier being valid, communicate, to the real world controller via the network, a wager request;

receive, from the real world controller via the network, the gambling outcome;

determine the game world resources based on the gambling outcome; and

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the gambling outcome and the game world resources.

8. The networked gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the player information comprises information regarding an identity of the player.

9. The networked gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the player information comprises authorization information regarding whether the player is authorized to play the game.

10. The networked gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the player information comprises account information of an amount of credits associated with the player.

11. The networked gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the game world controller is further constructed to:

store the plurality of transaction identifiers in a memory; and

associate the plurality of transaction identifiers with the game world information.

12. The networked gaming system of claim 7 , wherein the player information comprises location information associated with the player.

13. A networked gaming system comprising:

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

receive, from the game world controller via the network, a wager request;

determine a gambling outcome based on the wager request; and

communicate, to the game world controller via the network, the gambling outcome; and

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

receive, from the entertainment game controller via the network, an initialization request including player information of a player;

determine whether or not the player is authorized, based on the player information included in the initialization request;

generate a plurality of transaction identifiers in response to the player being authorized;

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the plurality of transaction identifiers;

receive from the entertainment game controller via the network, game world information of an entertainment game and an associated transaction identifier from the plurality of transaction identifiers;

determine whether or not the associated transaction identifier is valid;

responsive to the transaction identifier being valid, communicate, to the real world controller via the network, the wager request;

receive, from the real world controller via the network, the gambling outcome;

determine game world resources based on the gambling outcome; and

communicate to the entertainment game controller via the network, the gambling outcome and the game world resources, wherein the entertainment game controller displays the gambling outcome and integrates the game world resources into the entertainment game.

14. The networked gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the player information comprises information regarding an identity of the player.

15. The networked gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the player information comprises authorization information regarding whether the player is authorized to play the game.

16. The networked gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the player information comprises account information of an amount of credits associated with the player.

17. The networked gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the game world controller is further constructed to:

store the plurality of transaction identifiers in a memory; and

associate the plurality of transaction identifiers with the game world information.

18. The networked gaming system of claim 13 , wherein the player information comprises location information associated with the player.

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