Patent ID: 9280868
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A remote gaming method comprising: establishing a wireless communications link between a mobile gaming device operated by a player and a first gaming terminal to play at least a first game; receiving player control signals by the first gaming terminal from the mobile gaming device to initiate the first game; carrying out the first game by the first gaming terminal, including determining a final outcome of the first game and any award for the outcome; displaying game animation on the mobile gaming device for the first game, conveying to the player that the first game is presently occurring; transmitting signals from the first gaming terminal to the mobile gaming device identifying the final outcome of the first game and the award; in an event of a communications link failure between the mobile gaming device and the first gaming terminal during the first game, prior to receiving the signals by the mobile gaming device identifying the final outcome of the first game and the award but after the game animation has begun, extending the game animation by the mobile gaming device during the communications link failure beyond a typical time for the first game until the communications link has been re-established; once the communication link has been re-established, transmitting the signals to the mobile gaming device identifying the final outcome of the first game and the award, stopping the game animation; and displaying, by the mobile gaming device, the final outcome of the first game and the award, such that the first game perceived by the player is not interrupted during the communications link failure.