Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Granted: February 6, 2018
Patent Number:
D809526
Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Granted: February 6, 2018
Patent Number:
D809521
Methods and systems for state synchronization over a non-reliable network using signature processing
Granted: January 30, 2018
Patent Number:
9882981
Systems and methods for facilitating confirmation of completion of a transaction for state synchronization over a non reliable network using signature processing are described. One of the methods includes receiving a read request from a first client, sending a last known signature with a context object to the first client in response to receiving the read request, and receiving an appended signature from the first client with a context object for a transaction at the first client. The…
Social collaboration in community casino game offered as player incentive
Granted: January 30, 2018
Patent Number:
9881447
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for enhancing social collaboration in an online casino game. One method includes an operation for receiving bets from players playing in a first gambling mode in an online gambling room. The method also includes an operation for determining contributions to a community metric based on the outcomes of the bets, where all players in the online gambling room contribute towards the community metric. After detecting that the community…
Multi-hand bet with escalating payouts
Granted: January 23, 2018
Patent Number:
9875615
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for providing games with multi-hand bets with escalating payouts. One method includes an operation for providing an interface for a betting game, the interface including an option to select single or multiple turn bets. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting a player selection of the multiple-turn bet, which has a plurality of single turns, each single turn being associated with a respective payout multiplier.…
Systems and methods for modifying input detection areas
Granted: January 23, 2018
Patent Number:
9875501
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to modify a size of one or more input detection areas. A size modifier accesses user interface size data. The user interface size data comprises a size for a first user interface element and a size for a first user input detection area. The size modifier determines a size of a display area of a user device. The size modifier calculates a modified size of the first user…
Asynchronous online game play and defend mode processing to enable social friends to assist and alter game play outcomes
Granted: January 23, 2018
Patent Number:
9873046
Methods for allowing a user to participate and change outcome of an asynchronous game includes receiving an indication of an attack initiated by a second player on a first player's game base during game play. In response, a first social post is generated to inform friends of the first player of the attack and request assistance to defend the first player's game base. An acceptance to defend the first player's game base is detected from a third player at the first social post. In…
Money card in poker game
Granted: January 16, 2018
Patent Number:
9870676
Methods, and computer programs are provided for games with an additional chance for a fee. One method includes operations for providing an interface for playing a game, and executing game operations to determine the outcome of the game, where the outcome includes a combination obtained by the player. Additionally, the method includes operations for determining if the combination is eligible for allowing the player to improve, and for ending the betting game when the combination is…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: January 9, 2018
Patent Number:
D807393
System and method for connecting gaming devices to a network for remote play
Granted: January 9, 2018
Patent Number:
9865126
A first remote player device records a state of the gambling game that is in progress. The gaming system interrupts the gambling game and transfers the state of the gambling game to a second remote player device. The gambling game resumes on the second remote player device.
Communicating messages within network games
Granted: January 2, 2018
Patent Number:
9855505
Systems and methods for communicating messages within online games are described. One of the methods includes receiving a message post from a first user. The message post is displayed on an in-game object that is configured for sharing message posts between the first user and other users. The method further includes detecting an interfacing action by a second user with the in-game object. The interfacing action is an input that is responsive to request content that is part of the message…
Systems and methods for providing efficient game access
Granted: January 2, 2018
Patent Number:
9855494
A system, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method to provide efficient game access is described. A request to access a first game using a first primary identifier is received. An internal identifier and a game identifier associated with the first primary identifier are accessed. A request to access a second game using a second primary identifier is received. An internal identifier and a game identifier associated with the…
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Granted: January 2, 2018
Patent Number:
D806745
Custom game boards
Granted: December 26, 2017
Patent Number:
9849370
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing custom features in a game is provided. A themed game board associated with a first set of rules of a computer-implemented game is generated. The first set of rules relates to a theme of the themed game board and is different than a second set of rules associated with a game board without a theme. Game board display data is provided to a first client device of a first…
Dynamically variable advertising incentive rewards in online games
Granted: December 19, 2017
Patent Number:
9846992
A system and method for managing a computer-implemented online game provides dynamically variable rewards to incentivize player interaction with sponsored content presented within the game. The particular reward offered to incentivize player interaction with particular sponsored content (e.g., a particular advertisement) can be dynamically variable based on the attributes of the player, thus providing user-specific custom rewards for interaction with sponsored content. Properties of…
Providing social network content in games
Granted: December 19, 2017
Patent Number:
9844728
An apparatus and method for providing social network content in an online game is disclosed herein. Content is obtained from a social network site and is displayed within the game. The game also provides a mechanism for the user of the game to generate content to the posted within the social network from within the game. Such generated content is automatically posted in the social network for a recipient specified by the user.
In-browser emulation of multiple technologies to create consistent visualization experience
Granted: December 19, 2017
Patent Number:
9844723
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to render one or more graphical objects on multiple types of browsers despite the browsers providing support for different graphical capabilities. A Rendering Engine receives source data associated with a graphical object. The Rendering Engine receives an identification of a program for rendering the graphical object in a first browser that supports a graphical…
Actionable social news generator
Granted: December 12, 2017
Patent Number:
9842169
A method of encouraging a user to be active with respect to a game networking system on a particular day is disclosed. An event is detected on the game networking system. A newsworthiness of the event to the user is determined. An action that the user is likely to want to perform on the game networking system in response to receiving information pertaining to the event is determined. A notification is generated that includes the information pertaining to the event and information…
Slots game with improving bonus-winning odds
Granted: December 12, 2017
Patent Number:
9842474
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for adjusting bonus winning odds while playing an online slots game. One method includes an operation for receiving user input during a session of an online slots game, where the user input is defined to spin wheels of the online slots game. In addition, the method includes an operation for defining an initial tier and one or more additional tiers for play of the online slots game during the session, each tier being assigned an odds…
Assigning a secure room to a player in online poker game
Granted: December 12, 2017
Patent Number:
9842471
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for selecting game servers and assigning seats to players in poker tables. One method includes an operation for receiving table parameters from a user in a poker game. The table parameters identify the characteristics of a desired table for playing poker by the user. A distance from the desired table to the available poker tables is calculated, where the distance based on the similarity between the desired table and each of the…
