IP Library Granted Patent US 10,833,109
Granted Patent B2
US 10,833,109 · App. 16/201,195 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system

Inventors: Miles Arnone (Sherborn, MA); Eric Meyerhofer (Pasadena, CA); Frank Cire (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee: Gamblit Gaming, LLC
H01L27/14607G07F17/3223G07F17/3248G07F17/3258G07F17/3267H01L23/5223H01L27/00H01L27/1464H01L27/14601H01L27/14609H01L27/14612H01L27/14614H01L27/14621H01L27/14623H01L27/14627H01L27/14636H01L27/14641H01L27/14643H01L27/14645H04N5/374H04N5/378
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,833,109
App. No.
16/201,195
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive controller connected to an application controller, and configured to: communicate application telemetry; provide a skill proposition; communicate secondary telemetry; receive and display award information; a wager controller connected to the application controller, and constructed to: receive wager request instructions; determine and communicate the wager outcome; and the application controller connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, connected to a session controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry and the wager outcome; receive indication to provide a skill proposition; receive the secondary telemetry; determine whether an award should be awarded.

Claims (127)

1. A skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system, comprising:

an interactive controller operatively connected to an application controller, the interactive controller configured to:

accept input from a user via an input device;

distribute, to the application controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the application telemetry associated with the user;

receive, from the application controller, application credit (AC) information and a wager outcome, wherein AC is awarded based on the application telemetry, and wherein determining of the wager outcome is triggered by the application telemetry;

receive, from the application controller, skill proposition display instructions;

display skill proposition information associated with a skill proposition based on the skill proposition display instructions via an output device;

distribute, to the application controller, an indication to use the skill proposition;

provide, to the user, a skill-based challenge;

distribute, to the application controller, secondary telemetry associated with the skill-based challenge;

receive, from the application controller, certificate display instructions, wherein a certificate is associated with an AC award based on the secondary telemetry; and

display certificate information based on the certificate display instructions via the output device;

a wager controller operatively connected to the application controller, the wager controller constructed to:

receive, from the application controller, wager request instructions;

determine the wager outcome based on the wager request instructions request using a random number generator;

distribute, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising

the wager outcome; and

the application controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the wager controller, and operatively connected to a session controller, the application controller constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager;

when a wager is triggered, generate wager request instructions;

instruct the wager controller by distributing the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to award AC to the user;

when AC is awarded to the user, communicate, to the interactive controller, the AC information and the wager outcome;

generate skill proposition instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the skill proposition instructions to the session controller;

determine skill proposition information;

generate the skill proposition display instructions based on the skill proposition information;

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the skill proposition display instructions to the interactive controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, the indication to use the skill proposition;

instruct the session controller by distributing, to the session controller, skill proposition consumption instructions;

receive, from the interactive controller, the secondary telemetry;

scan the secondary telemetry to determine whether AC should be awarded to the user from a progressive pool of AC;

when AC should be awarded from the progressive pool of AC, generate certificate creation instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the certificate creation instructions to the session controller;

receive, from the session controller, the certificate;

scan the certificate to determine certificate information;

generate certificate display instructions based on the certificate information; and

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the certificate display instructions to the interactive controller.

2. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 ,

wherein the interactive controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the wager controller using a communication link.

3. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 ,

wherein the wager controller and the application controller are constructed from the same device, and

wherein the application controller is operatively connected to the interactive controller using a communication link.

4. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 , wherein one or more users contribute to the progressive pool of AC.

5. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more users contribute a portion of AC awarded based on application telemetry, to the progressive pool of AC by distributing the portion to the session controller.

6. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 , wherein a sponsor contributes AC to the progressive pool of AC.

7. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 , wherein the skill proposition is generated based on skill levels of a plurality of users.

8. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 1 , wherein the skill proposition is associated with an operator.

9. A skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system, comprising:

a wager controller of the skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system operatively connected to an application controller, the wager controller constructed to:

receive, from the application controller, wager request instructions;

determine a wager outcome based on the wager request instructions using a random number generator;

distribute, to the application controller, wager outcome data comprising the wager outcome; and

the application controller of the skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the wager controller to an interactive controller using a communication link, and operatively connected to a session controller, the application controller constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the application telemetry associated with a user;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager;

when a wager is triggered, generate wager request instructions;

instruct the wager controller by distributing the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to award application credit (AC) to the user based on the application telemetry;

when AC is awarded to the user, communicate, to the interactive controller, the AC information and the wager outcome;

generate skill proposition instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the skill proposition instructions to the session controller;

determine skill proposition information;

generate skill proposition display instructions based on the skill proposition information;

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the skill proposition display instructions to the interactive controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, an indication to use the skill proposition;

instruct the session controller by distributing, to the session controller, skill proposition consumption instructions;

receive, from the interactive controller, secondary telemetry associated with a skill-based challenge provided by the interactive controller;

scan the secondary telemetry to determine whether AC should be awarded to the user from a progressive pool of AC;

when AC should be awarded from the progressive pool of AC, generate certificate creation instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the certificate creation instructions to the session controller;

receive, from the session controller, the certificate;

scan the certificate to determine certificate information;

generate certificate display instructions based on the certificate information; and

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the certificate display instructions to the interactive controller.

10. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 9 , wherein one or more users contribute to the progressive pool of AC.

11. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more users contribute a portion of AC awarded based on application telemetry, to the progressive pool of AC by distributing the portion to the session controller.

12. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 9 , wherein a sponsor contributes AC to the progressive pool of AC.

13. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 9 , wherein the skill proposition is generated based on skill levels of a plurality of users.

14. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 9 , wherein the skill proposition is associated with an operator.

15. A skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system, comprising:

an interactive controller of the skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system operatively connected to an application controller, the interactive controller configured to:

accept input from a user via an input device;

distribute, to the application controller, application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller, the application telemetry associated with the user;

receive, from the application controller, application credit (AC) information and a wager outcome, wherein AC is awarded based on the application telemetry, and determining of the wager outcome is triggered by the application telemetry;

receive, from the application controller, skill proposition display instructions;

display skill proposition information associated with the skill proposition based on the skill proposition display instructions via an output device;

distribute, to the application controller, an indication to use the skill proposition;

provide, to the user, a skill-based challenge based on the skill proposition;

distribute, to the application controller, secondary telemetry associated with the skill-based challenge;

receive, from the application controller, certificate display instructions, wherein a certificate is associated with an AC award based on the secondary telemetry; and

display certificate information based on the certificate display instructions via the output device; and

the application controller of the skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system operatively connecting the interactive controller to a wager controller, and operatively connected to a session controller, the application controller constructed to:

receive, from the interactive controller, the application telemetry;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to trigger a wager;

when a wager is triggered, generate wager request instructions;

instruct the wager controller by distributing the wager request instructions to the wager controller;

receive, from the wager controller, the wager outcome data outcome generated using a random number generator;

scan the wager outcome data to determine the wager outcome;

scan the application telemetry to determine whether to award AC to the user;

when AC is awarded to the user, distribute, to the interactive controller, the AC information and the wager outcome;

generate skill proposition instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the skill proposition instructions to the session controller;

determine skill proposition information;

generate skill proposition display instructions based on the skill proposition information;

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the skill proposition display instructions to the interactive controller;

receive, from the interactive controller, the indication to use the skill proposition;

instruct the session controller by distributing, to the session controller, skill proposition consumption instructions;

receive, from the interactive controller, the secondary telemetry;

scan the secondary telemetry to determine whether AC should be awarded to the user from a progressive pool of AC;

when AC should be awarded from the progressive pool of AC, generate certificate creation instructions;

instruct the session controller by distributing the certificate creation instructions to the session controller;

receive, from the session controller, the certificate;

scan the certificate to determine certificate information;

generate certificate display instructions based on the certificate information; and

instruct the interactive controller by distributing the certificate display instructions to the interactive controller.

16. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 15 , wherein one or more users contribute to the progressive pool of AC.

17. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more users contribute a portion of AC awarded based on application telemetry, to the progressive pool of AC by distributing the portion to the session controller.

18. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 15 , wherein a sponsor contributes AC to the progressive pool of AC.

19. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 15 , wherein the skill proposition is generated based on skill levels of a plurality of users.

20. The skill-based progressive interleaved wagering system of claim 15 , wherein the skill proposition is associated with an operator.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: SPV 47, LLC
Reel/Frame 051973/0476 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2019
From: GAMBLIT GAMING, LLC
To: BCC SPV 47 (GAMBLIT) (E), LLC
Reel/Frame 050489/0449 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15278096 · Sep 28, 2016
Continuation 14815764 · Jul 31, 2015
Provisional Application 62068587 · Oct 24, 2014
Provisional Application 62031814 · Jul 31, 2014
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