Patent ID: 9251645
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a wagering game system, said method comprising: connecting, via a network communication interface of the wagering game system, a wagering game controlled by the wagering game system to a chat session initiated via a social chat application configured to generate a first chat message directed to at least one of a plurality of chat participants indicated via a chat console, wherein the first chat message includes one or more textual characters, and wherein the social chat application is configured to send the first chat message via a network; detecting, via the network communication interface, the first chat message; determining, based on analysis of the one or more textual characters of the first chat message by an electronic game control unit of the wagering game system, that the one or more textual characters indicate a textual game command for the wagering game; and activating, via at least one of one or more processors of the wagering game system, a wagering game function for the wagering game in response to the determining that the one or more textual characters indicate the textual game command.