Patent ID: 9613489
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A gaming system for presenting displayable events on a gaming device, the system comprising: two or more gaming devices, each gaming device including a display for displaying a base game and bonus or secondary features associated with the base game, and a displayable event thereon, the displayable event being independent of the base game and bonus or secondary features associated with the base game; a server having a memory for storing the displayable event, wherein the server is connected to the two or more gaming devices via a network; and an overlay module connected to the two or more gaming devices and the server via the network and being a separately executable module from the base game, wherein the overlay module downloads the displayable event, initiates presentation of the displayable event on the display of the gaming device, and restores the base game upon completion of the displayable event; wherein the gaming system enables a state of the displayable event to be saved and reproduced at a later time on another gaming machine in the network independent, separate and distinct of a state of the base game which remains in its entirety.