Patent ID: 9697680
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a transactional server and from a peer wagering module, data comprising a request to initiate a cooperative digital skills-based gaming competition and an identification of one or more additional players to invite to join a cooperative team, the transactional server comprising one or more data processors forming part of at least one computing system, the peer wagering module integrated into a third party game instance operating on a client, the peer wagering module communicating with and working with the transactional server; transmitting, using the transactional server and to clients associated with the one or more additional players, data comprising an invitation to become members of the cooperative team; receiving, by the transactional server and from the clients associated with one or more additional players, data comprising a confirmation to join the cooperative team; determining, using the transactional server, an amount of funds for one or more of the members of the cooperative team to contribute to form a wager for the cooperative team; transmitting, using the transactional server and to a game server, data comprising a confirmation to initiate, which, when received by the game server, causes initiation of the cooperative digital skills-based gaming competition and contemporaneous game play for the members of the cooperative team, the cooperative digital skills-based gaming competition provided to each member contemporaneously by a respective peer wagering module integrated into a respective game instance operating on a respective client such that games are played contemporaneously; receiving, from the game server, data comprising an outcome of the cooperative digital skills-based gaming competition; and causing to be distributed a prize to one or more members of the cooperative team using the transactional server and based on the outcome.