Patent ID: 11967211
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the room is one or more of a virtual room, a physical room, and a mixed reality room, wherein the player has restricted access from the defined boundaries during the escape room game, wherein play of the at least a first puzzle of the plurality of puzzles depends upon a prior successful solution of a second puzzle by the player, wherein the plurality of puzzles must be completed in the specific order for the restricted access to be removed, wherein the determining of a relative contribution is performed at a conclusion of the escape room game, and wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
establish a predetermined period of time in which the plurality of players are required to solve the plurality of puzzles;
select each of the plurality of puzzles from a set of puzzles, each of the puzzles comprising a corresponding solution for puzzle completion, a credit amount associated with puzzle completion, a predetermined period of time for puzzle completion, and a difficulty level of the respective puzzle, wherein the credit amount and predetermined period of time for puzzle completion are directly related to the difficulty level of the respective puzzle; and
associating each identified separate game input with corresponding metadata describing the identified separate game input, an identity of a corresponding player responsible for the identified separate game input, and a corresponding timestamp associated with the identified separate game input.