IP Library Granted Patent US 10,854,042
Granted Patent B2
US 10,854,042 · App. 15/255,789 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Transportable variables in hybrid games

Inventor: Miles Arnone (Sherborn, MA)
Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
G07F17/3244A63F13/35A63F13/352A63F13/792G07F17/3225G07F17/3234
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,854,042
App. No.
15/255,789
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention include: an entertainment game that provides outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game by utilizing elements, where elements are a limited resource consumed within an entertainment game to advance entertainment game gameplay; a gambling game constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of elements from a wager of elements; and a transportable variables module constructed to: communicate an entertainment gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers the wager of elements in the gambling game to the gambling game; associate elements with the player based upon elements accrued during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the randomly generated payout of elements from the gambling game; and determine a cash out value of real world credits for the player based upon elements associated with the player.

Claims (26)

1. A transportable variables hybrid gaming system, comprising:

a terminal including an entertainment software controller constructed to:

receive from a player a commitment of an amount of real world credit wherein the amount of real world credit includes a first real world credit for a wager;

provide an entertainment game that provides outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game by a player utilizing a first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game, wherein the enabling elements are immediately consumable elements of the entertainment game that may be accrued by the player during the skillful execution of the entertainment game; and

generate a visual display of the transportable variables hybrid gaming system, wherein the visual display includes the entertainment game and an amount of the enabling elements;

a real world controller constructed to provide a gambling game in which the first real world credit is wagered to provide a randomly generated payout of a second amount of the enabling elements of the entertainment game using a random number generator; and

a game world controller connecting the entertainment software controller and the real world controller using a network, the game world controller configured to:

receive, from the entertainment software controller, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game that triggers the wager in a gambling game;

communicate, to the real world controller, the gameplay gambling event occurrence;

generate the first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game utilized by the player from the first real world credit based upon a function, the function based on:

the amount of real world credit received from the player;

a variable set of entertainment game aspects that can vary during entertainment game gameplay progression; and

a conversion rate between the first real world credit and the first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game generated as instructed by an operator of the transportable variables hybrid gaming system;

associate an amount of associated enabling elements with the player based upon a third amount of enabling elements accrued during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and the randomly generated payout of the second amount of enabling elements from the gambling game; and

determine a value of a second real world credit as a cash out amount of real world credit for the amount of the associated enabling elements; and

communicate, to the entertainment software controller, the value of the second real world credit.

2. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment game's includes a variable set that includes at least one variable selected from the group consisting of enabling elements of the entertainment game that are immediately consumable elements of the entertainment game, reserve enabling elements that convert into enabling elements upon occurrence of a release event in transportable variable hybrid game gameplay, required objects in an entertainment game necessary for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon, required environmental conditions that are a game state necessary within an entertainment game for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon, and controlled entity characteristics which is a status necessary for a controlled entity associated with a player for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon.

3. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 2 , wherein the value of the second real world credit is based upon an inverse function of at least a portion of the entertainment game's variable set in determining a conversion rate between the first real world credit and the first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game as instructed by the operator of transportable variables hybrid gaming system.

4. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 3 , wherein the entertainment game's variable set includes at least one variable selected from the group consisting of actionable elements that trigger a wager executable by the real world engine when acted upon, reserve enabling elements of the entertainment game that convert into enabling elements of the entertainment game upon occurrence of a release event in transportable variable hybrid game gameplay, required objects in an entertainment game necessary for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon, required environmental conditions that are a game state necessary within an entertainment game for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon, and controlled entity characteristics which is a status necessary for a controlled entity associated with a player for an actionable element of the entertainment game to be acted upon.

5. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the value of the second real world credit is based upon an inverse function of a ratio of the first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game to the first real world credit utilized to generate the first amount of enabling elements of the entertainment game associated with the player.

6. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the player of a transportable variables hybrid game is an electronic representation of interactions associated with a player profile of the transportable variables hybrid gaming system.

7. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment software controller and the game world controller are constructed from a same processing apparatus.

8. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment software controller and the game world controller are constructed from different processing apparatuses.

9. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the real world controller and the game world controller are constructed from a same processing apparatus.

10. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the real world controller and the game world controller are constructed from different processing apparatuses.

11. The transportable variables hybrid gaming system of claim 10 , wherein the real world controller and the game world controller communicate over a network.

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 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14175986 · Feb 7, 2014
Continuation PCTUS2013021786 · Jan 17, 2013
Provisional Application 61632110 · Jan 19, 2012
Related Publication 20160371928A1 · Dec 22, 2016