Patent ID: 9022867
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system, comprising: a game server connected to a physical game network that provides a network-based game; a plurality of gaming devices that are connected to the physical game network, each gaming device including a base game display and a base game processor, the network-based game being presented on the base game display using the base game processor, and each gaming device including a secondary device having a secondary display and a secondary processor, the secondary device being operatively associated with the gaming device, and the secondary device enabling, via the tournament server, a player to play a tournament game that is presented amongst one or more of the plurality of gaming devices; and a tournament server that is connected to the plurality of gaming devices via the physical game network, the tournament server in communication with the secondary device using web service protocols, wherein the tournament server increments a tournament counter in response to play of the base game, presented on the base game display, based on one or more accrual rules specifying an event, an increment value, and an occurrence counter, wherein the tournament counter initiates play of the tournament game, presented on the secondary game display, when the tournament counter reaches a predetermined value, and wherein the tournament server sends and receives player-related data and tournament-related data to and from one or more of the secondary devices participating in the tournament game; wherein the occurrence counter specifies, using the tournament server, the number of times the event must occur before the tournament counter is incremented by the increment value, and wherein the increment value varies based on the event.