Interactive gaming via mobile playmaker
US9358463B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/08
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A gaming system, comprising a site server configured to provide game instances to local gaming devices in communication with the site server, a monitor for displaying video information related to the game instances, a central server configured to provide information about the availability of a game to players using local gaming devices in proximity of the site server, provide information about the availability of the game to one of the mobile telephones over the wide-area wireless network, receive, from the one or more mobile telephones, an indication of a selected game offered by the central server, and relay game instances between the site server and the one or more mobile telephones as the selected game is being played by players using the local gaming devices and players using the one or more mobile telephones via the wide-area wireless network.
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