Funding concurrent wagering games

US9443385B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Srinivyasa M. Adiraju · Vernon Hills, US
• Vijay K. Agarwal · Hoffman Estates, US
• Dale R. Buchholz · Palatine, US
• Mary M. Burke · Sandwich, US
• Timothy F. Dinovo · Bartlett, US
• Magesh Gangadharan · Des Plaines, US
• Jacek A. Grabiec · Chicago, US
• James S. Halprin · Chicago, US
• Mark C. Pace · Palatine, US
• Jacqueline F. Parra · Glen Ellyn, US
• David M. Pryor · Elmhurst, US
• Matthew J. Ward · Northbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3286
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

“Described herein are processes and devices that perform operations that, in some embodiments, include receiving a request for concurrent presentation of a first wagering game and a second wagering game via a display device of a wagering game machine. The first wagering game includes first content that originates from a first content source, and the second wagering game includes second content that originates from a second content source. The operations further include accessing funds associated with the first wagering game. The operations further include funding one or more wagers for the second wagering game using at least a portion of the accessed funds associated with the first wagering game.”