Patent ID: 9283479
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. Method for allocating virtual prizes, the method comprising: monitoring tactile input from a user; providing to the mobile device, in response to a request from a user, a game comprising a plurality of identifiable game pieces, the game pieces displayed on a playing surface of a user interface; receiving, from a server, an advertisement; displaying the advertisement adjacent to the playing surface within the user interface on the mobile device; initiating play of the game based upon the monitored tactile input from the user by the mobile device; associating, by the server, one or more of the plurality of identifiable game pieces to a prize based upon input from a random number generator; receiving input from a user of the mobile device, the input indicating selection of a user-selected game piece from the plurality of game pieces; comparing the user-selected game piece to the associated one or more of the plurality of identifiable game pieces to the prize; and allocating the prize to the user based upon the comparing, wherein the allocating comprises associating the user with the virtual prize within the server.