IP Library Granted Patent US 9,928,687
Granted Patent B2
US 9,928,687 · App. 15/286,922 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Electromechanical gaming machine with a fixed ship

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Patent No.
US 9,928,687
App. No.
15/286,922
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromechanical gaming machine that provides an entertainment game wherein a user controls the movement of a ship across a fixed plane. A passively actuated entertainment element allows for a user to trigger wagers through the use of an entertainment software engine. A game world engine detects the trigger and then requests a real world engine to resolve the gambling event. The results of the gambling event are communicated to the game world engine which then instructs the entertainment software engine to generate a display.

Claims (76)

1. An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to receive real credits from a user, comprising:

an entertainment software engine constructed to:

execute an entertainment game stored on a non-transitory processor-readable storage media, wherein within the entertainment game user input causes a ship to move across a fixed plane;

generate a visual display for a passively actuated entertainment element;

determine when the passively actuated entertainment element is triggered in the entertainment game during execution by the entertainment software engine;

deplete the amount of the passively actuated entertainment element;

update the visual display with the depleted amount of the passively actuated entertainment element;

transmit, to a game world engine, a signal including the trigger;

receive, from the game world engine, a signal including an outcome of a wager;

generate a visual display of the outcome of the wager;

the game world engine constructed to:

monitor the execution of the entertainment game by the entertainment software engine for the signal including the trigger;

receive the signal including the trigger;

transmit, to a real world engine, a signal to execute the wager;

receive, from the real world engine, a signal including the outcome of the wager;

transmit, to entertainment software engine, the signal including the outcome of the wager; and

the real world engine constructed to:

receive, from the game world engine, the signal to execute the wager;

determine the outcome of the wager using a random number generator; and

transmit, to the game world engine, a signal including the outcome of the wager.

2. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the passively actuated enabling element is an enabling element consumed through game play of the fixed shooter game but not directly through user action.

3. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the passively actuated enabling element persists from one level of play to a next and resets at end of a single game session.

4. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the passively actuated enabling element is reset each level.

5. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the passively actuated enabling element persists across multiple levels and across multiple game play sessions.

6. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 ,

wherein the entertainment software engine and the game world engine are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the game world engine is operatively connected to the real world engine using a communication link.

7. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 ,

wherein the real world engine and the game world engine are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the game world engine is operatively connected to entertainment software engine using a communication link.

8. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 1 , further comprising:

an enclosure constructed to mount:

a user input device operatively connected to the entertainment software engine;

a user output device operatively connected to the entertainment software engine;

a credit input device operatively connected to the real world engine; and

a credit output device operatively connected to the real world engine.

9. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 8 wherein the real world engine is further constructed to:

communicate with the credit input device to receive a credit input, the credit input to determine the

generate a change to the passively actuated entertainment element based on a random result generated by the random number generator; and

update a credit meter based on the event outcome.

10. An electromechanical gaming machine constructed to receive real credits from a user, comprising:

an entertainment software engine constructed to:

execute an entertainment game stored on a non-transitory processor-readable storage media, wherein within the entertainment game user input causes a ship to move across a fixed plane;

generate a visual display for a passively actuated entertainment element;

determine when the passively actuated entertainment element is triggered in the entertainment game during execution by the entertainment software engine;

deplete the amount of the passively actuated entertainment element;

update the visual display with the depleted amount of the passively actuated entertainment element;

transmit, to a game world engine, a signal including the trigger;

receive, from the game world engine, a signal including an outcome of a wager;

generate a visual display of the outcome of the wager;

the game world engine operatively connected to a real world engine wherein the game world engine is constructed to:

monitor the execution of the entertainment game by the entertainment software engine for the signal including the trigger;

receive the signal including the trigger;

transmit, to a real world engine, a signal to execute the wager;

receive, from the real world engine, a signal including the outcome of the wager based on a random number generator; and

transmit, to entertainment software engine, the signal including the outcome of the wager.

11. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 wherein the passively actuated enabling element is an enabling element consumed through game play of the fixed shooter game but not directly through user action.

12. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 wherein the passively actuated enabling element persists from one level of play to a next and resets at end of a single game session.

13. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 wherein the passively actuated enabling element is reset each level.

14. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 wherein the passively actuated enabling element persists across multiple levels and across multiple game play sessions.

15. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 ,

wherein the entertainment software engine and the game world engine are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the game world engine is operatively connected to the real world engine using a communication link.

16. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 ,

wherein the real world engine and the game world engine are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the game world engine is operatively connected to entertainment software engine using a communication link.

17. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 , further comprising:

an enclosure constructed to mount:

a user input device operatively connected to the entertainment software engine;

a user output device operatively connected to the entertainment software engine;

a credit input device operatively connected to the real world engine; and

a credit output device operatively connected to the real world engine.

18. The electromechanical gaming machine of claim 10 wherein the real world engine is further constructed to:

communicate with the credit input device to receive a credit input, the credit input to determine the

generate a change to the passively actuated entertainment element based on a random result generated by the random number generator; and

update a credit meter based on the event outcome.

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 →