Sponsored hybrid systems
View Patent ↗An electronic game machine allowing for a sponsored hybrid system includes: a real world controller coupled to a game world controller over a network, the real world controller constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits; an entertainment software controller coupled to the game world controller, wherein the entertainment software controller is configured to execute an entertainment game; and the game world controller coupled to the entertainment software controller, a non-player interface, and the real world controller by the network, wherein the game world controller is constructed to: access a database containing a player profile of the player and a sponsor profile of a non-player; receive from the non-player interface, sponsorship terms involving allocation of gameplay resources during sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game; allocate gameplay resources associated with the sponsor profile to the player profile based on the sponsorship terms; and allocate gameplay resources resulting from a payout of gameplay resources.
1. An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive real credits from a player, comprising:
an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game, the entertainment game including one or more elements for utilization by the player during skillful play of the entertainment game; a
a real world engine coupled to a game world engine, wherein the real world engine is constructed to use a random number generator to generate and distribute a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game of a hybrid game;
the game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine, a non-player interface, and the real world engine, wherein the game world engine is constructed to:
associate the player's utilization of the one or more elements of the entertainment game during skillful play of the entertainment game with a triggering of a commitment of a wager of real credits to the gambling game of the real world engine;
access a database containing a player profile of the player and a sponsor profile of a non-player;
distribute, to the non-player interface, information of sponsorship terms;
generate a visual display of the sponsorship terms;
receive, from the non-player interface, acceptance of the sponsorship terms via a user input device;
allocate gameplay resources associated with the sponsor profile to the player profile based on sponsorship terms for use in sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game by the player; and
allocate gameplay resources resulting from a payout of gameplay resources during the sponsored gameplay using the sponsorship terms.
2. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the non-player interface presents information of the sponsor profile using a content filter to determine what information is accessible to the non-player interface.
3. The electronic gaming machine of claim 2 wherein the hybrid game is played by a plurality of players, and wherein the content filter determines whether gameplay progress of the plurality of players is accessible.
4. The electronic gaming machine of claim 2 , wherein the content filter determines accessibility of information concerning the player profile in accordance with permissions set by a player associated with the player profile.
5. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the non-player interface presents information of players that can be sponsored.
6. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the non-player interface presents sponsorship terms involving allocation of gameplay resources during sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game between the player profile and the sponsor profile, wherein the sponsorship terms are generated by the non-player interface.
7. The electronic gaming machine 1 , wherein the non-player interface presents information of the payout of gameplay resources resulting from the sponsored gameplay.
8. The electronic gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software 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.
9. The electronic 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.
10. An electronic gaming machine, comprising:
a real world engine coupled to a game world engine over a network, wherein the real world engine is constructed to use a random number generator to generate and distribute a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game of a hybrid game; and
the game world engine coupled to an entertainment software engine, a non-player interface, and the real world engine by the network, wherein the game world engine is constructed to:
access a database containing a player profile of the player and a sponsor profile of a non-player;
distribute, to the non-player interface, information of sponsorship terms;
generate a visual display of the sponsorship terms;
receive, from the non-player interface, acceptance of the sponsorship terms via a user input device;
allocate gameplay resources associated with the sponsor profile to the player profile based on the sponsorship terms for use in the sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game by the player; and
allocate gameplay resources resulting from a payout of gameplay resources during the sponsored gameplay using the sponsorship terms.
11. The electronic gaming machine of claim 10 , wherein the non-player interface presents information of the sponsor profile using a content filter to determine what information is accessible to the non-player interface.
12. The electronic gaming machine of claim 11 , wherein the hybrid game is played by a plurality of players, and wherein the content filter determines whether gameplay progress of the plurality of players is accessible.
13. The electronic gaming machine of claim 11 , wherein the content filter determines accessibility of information concerning the player profile in accordance with permissions set by a player associated with the player profile.
14. The electronic gaming machine of claim 10 , wherein the non-player interface presents information of players that can be sponsored.
15. The electronic gaming machine of claim 10 , wherein the non-player interface presents sponsorship terms involving allocation of gameplay resources during sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game between the player profile and the sponsor profile, wherein the sponsorship terms are generated by the non-player interface.
16. The electronic gaming machine 10 , wherein the non-player interface presents information of the payout of gameplay resources resulting from the sponsored gameplay.
17. The electronic gaming machine of claim 10 , wherein the game world engine and the entertainment software 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.
18. The electronic 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.