Patent ID: 11941941
Assignee: VIDEO GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A gaming server for use in providing a random benefit associated with at least one electronic game, said gaming server comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions; and
a processor coupled to said computer-readable storage medium for executing the computer-executable instructions, wherein, when said processor executes the computer-executable instructions, said processor is programmed to:
receive, from a game play device, electronic inputs corresponding to game play activity by a player, wherein the game play activity is associated with a player tracking account associated with the player, and wherein the player tracking account is stored by the gaming server within a memory;
transmit, to a portable computing device of the player, a code provided for entry towards a random benefit;
store, within the memory, the code linked to the player tracking account;
after storing the code within the memory linked to the player tracking account, receive, from the portable computing device, the code linked to the player tracking account during game play activity;
in response to receiving the code from the portable computing device, determine that the player is eligible to receive the random benefit by (i) verifying that the received code matches the transmitted code, and (ii) determining that a trigger condition associated with the game play activity and the random benefit is satisfied; and
transmit, to the portable computing device, a notification regarding the random benefit in response to determining that the player is eligible to receive the random benefit.