Patent ID: 9330536
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: electronically accessing, via a network communication interface of the gaming system, a user account in response to communication with a plug-in of a web browser, wherein the plug-in is configured to present gaming information associated with the user account in a graphical-user-interface object of the web browser, wherein an identifier for the user account is stored using the plug-in before the gaming information is presented in the graphical-user-interface object of the web browser, wherein the user account is accessed using the identifier, and wherein the graphical-user-interface object is separate from a main display area of the web browser; detecting information about first content that is presented in the main display area of the web browser; storing the information about the first content in the user account via use of the plug-in; determining, based on analysis of the information about the first content by one or more electronic processing units, gaming information to present in the graphical-user-interface object of the web browser; providing, via the network communication interface, the gaming information associated with the user account for presentation in the graphical-user-interface object; and based on user interaction with the graphical-user-interface object, automatically providing, via the network communication interface, second content that is related to the gaming information for presentation via the main display area of the web browser.